Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-02
PaFsOn BrOwnIOw on the BmaucipatTOn
Proclamation and Oompronasse.


We find in the Albany EueiAg Journal q letter from
Parson Bicwnlow, from which make the following
| extracts
This negro question is daily becoming more and ssers
/ troublesome. There thousands Of slave
within our lines, at and sTcund Nashville. / saw al
many thousand in one encamOment They ar
elsmorng for tents blankets clothing and rsiions anC
really government has its hands full along the south
! ern borders Many of them women and children
and cant renn rate the government by labor for wha
they may get Indeed, the negros idea Of freedom
fre dom from labor They suppose that the friendship
OF the people Of the North toward them, will induce
tRem TO furnish them with homes and then supply them
mistaken.
Withia my certaiu knowledge assure YOU. that 10
protect their negroes efectualy the SOuthaners
all along these border ate are driving them from be-
fore our lines nto the interior making no dscrinina-
ton between the epsaved and the free. All alike viii
De sod to new masters upon their arrival in the cotton
states. This is natural operation of the proc aaon
OF enamel IN Unless our armies can crush out and
oisperee the arieles OF the COnfrderacy gaining
cssses far beyond anything yet bished and effect
ing complete Reorganization Of Southern society the
war viii operate to reduce black the
States to ndags abiect and end severer dis
cpina, than be fore. The slaves naccsssibe
except the wreck of the rebel DISCRIMINATION
differ widely in my v1vs upon this subject from msny
OF your ablest in the North. And while my ndi-
viduAl opinions ara worth but little, upon this any
other subject have bes owed upon it c0nsi lerabls
thought One thing is obvious 90 my mind either that
Nhe rebols must be sE6due their peculiar
on this continent Is inrenehed gresrer sodty
better prospect OF permanenee than at any previous
time since its introduction upon the continent The
moral IS not to place much confidence
pated result from the Presidents proclamation Of eman
cipatOn- The rebellion is 20 be subdued by war and
implies cannon, muskets and 5ayunets soldiers and
shOt and shell B the free of these and onfv these
victory be had wicked foe We have a pow
erul army n the field and look for great results during
this winter and the ensuing spring The people expect
much, and they have right 10 expect much after com
ing to the rescue with and means upon the large
scale they have done.
am IN favor OF vigorous prosecution of the war
am in favor OF the eOnscatCn of rebel property and
am in favor Of the OF the administration
It Ii foOlishuess 70 talk about compromise with the
Southern leaders and ly shows that those who Rd
vOeats compromise wholly ignorant Of the tenn
permanent Of the leaders, know them and Z assure
you that they will only conpromiss terms that will
humble and degrade the loyal States They win hsve
it ali their own way and, strapge to say you have
thousands OF miserable sympahizsrs with this wicked
rebellion in the Moth and Northwest who are very
power, compromise with them on their OVID terms
have new spoken &c something like a h If mil
lion Of people in the true and lsyal States since
March last, and am s0Try to = 90 you that find
great many dislOyal men IN the North and espe
eiay in the Northwest These men, and their papers
tai rght out, and openly declare themselves
the sids of the South They discourage enlstments-
and when not actu- y engaged IN stir ing up rebellion
they fermenting eaousies toward the ad nnisrrs
tOn, and teaching their serve partsans that all hope
Of the country lies in the restoration power of what
they call the Democratic patty For the sake of power
and place, these prepared for inglorious
surrender TO JEFF DAVIS and for SURRENDERED the very
principles that und-rlie the present struggle for
national existence, Thsse demagogues talk aboRt lhe
rights Of the S0nth, the right Of revolution and
all of thing