Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-26

From TIE J5umsus saH
some Of he suaients said; 'HWhon the gods
.nssnd 10 destroy thsy hrst aake mad"
Ars wa tc be of tHat Rsmbsr II not Whaacc
al this dissatisfaction and complaint ct the acts
af tho asvsrayaent1 WheHas ali this COM
SLANT about the inpreGsRsHt law, aad the tax
iawg admit tRat ths tax law and the impress
u1snt ssvs are wrsua Bat who msde fhssa
We did, Wsm made lhem By ear agents, whom
ggs selected fer th.t pgrpose. They zaae them
ss thoy believed TO suit the E1ajsTity Of Us. They
had net the nerve and honesty - levy fair,
equal aHd manly tax, sns thsy adopted this
fssssura Of raiBiag revenue 70 sHit, as they sup
aesed, ear Ignorance, our gTejutiess, and cur
sahfhnoss. They mad beard men complain OF
taxes before. They kasw that a great many
alsn want, ia pace IS we'll ~ m war, 70 ihrow
.he burshsa eff sAoir own shoulders Hpen they
ueighbOrs; and il tryiag 30 avoid enc aei OF men
and reach another they have made laws with
qhish nobody Is satishsd.
Bat Suppose the laws sTs bad, as [ ihink tAsy
sre bat thoY are eur laws, made By our agents.
[ think I eaald have made beitsr, BAT sasy might
nst have suited ysu; you @ight have made BET
tar but tbsv might nei have suited somebody
else Bat COED sr bad, it is the best law we
have. and tho only one By Wkieh We can sup
asrt ihs army. The army must be supported,
asd well Supported, or the Yaakess vail show
as saeiher sort OF imPTsssnsnt lAw 20 the one
70 have Lsok at the sesntry wherever the
Yankees have passed, and say II ysu have sRe
hssrt TO eomslsiR. I ssH tell yeu another thing.
II ,ye cannot or will not send provisions ts the
army, the array must sad will csHas to the pro,
I visions in whieh eass they woald help them
4 selves beautifully, IS tRAS >7ght 70 DO.
/ Great compliant is ms6a tGlG ths 6oVsTnmeag
I faEss horses and provisans st loss than they
viii briHg In the market ARd that, ysu tn uk
| is wrong, very unjssE Well, the Government
ssRas = man frsm his home, his business ane
fsmily, and pats him in The army st eoven aot
lars month, and ysE sll said il was right, be-
cause tha necessities sf the souRtry demanded
g. BE may be killed in q month, and his fam
fy get eleven deilsTs; # the war should con-
Time I've or three years, and he should live
through It, he gets two OF thTse hundred dollars
A seldisr, and an inferieT enc at that, brings in
the market three tbeassnd dollars.
Il here any mere hardship or iniuBtiee in tax
isg eur horses and our Surplus provisions at les'
thea the market Bries thaa there Is in taking hii
services aRa his life in the aalae way The 40
eessiliss Of the ssuntry demand one IHst q
nueb a. The othsr Tke soldiers sre Of no vala'
Is us ualess we can and will feed them.
ggpssss every man in the arny WAC deea no
sat lie msrkot pries for bis ssTyises was te sOm'
bons, and leave Rss6dY but the substitutes 4
. lrsep hack the Yankees from US, what weuid ca
provisions, or our horses, or ear negroes, or eu
lands, be worth 10 us1 How mue6 OF sheu
wsuld they Leave to ss, or what woula they Pc!
as tor ii
strange, and no lsss sAAasfal than straag'
thss men, living at hsme in ease ard eomierl
! sBrreznded with abundance and % spare, vines
sll depends upon the brave, patriotic msn Wb'
, savs sacrificed a thepsaRd tines more than an.
nan eAR who stays at hsIse, to steEd 5etWoeI
hem and distraction, should, fer the sake Of
few dollsTs, more or less, of currency the
Brofsss 70 consider IS est worthless, be Wiiln
70 hazard the loss Of everything that men ough
+ le hold dear Ara We BAd
Again I say the existing laws ere tha onl
means Of ssstsinisg Tie army. Lat US mas
! aetter vixen We can, but for the present let
willingly ahd chssrfHlly dc all that We eAn.
: Thsie is q future; Of thal | may AaVs ssm
: shlng te say hereafter. l believe Wo shs
aehiSye sur iEdspssdsRss; tboR no man Ei
think 10 has deas sf sacrificed too much. 81
4 if God ia his anger sbsuls daieTmins otasrEis
! then svery man Who is not On the bstile-as
will bitterly feel shst he mas done and sserihe'
Q too little. JAMES \. BnfHUAE.