Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-12
EFCFRRx Gun oEBK HOPE OF
PEACE.


Near Coffsevile, March, 1865.
EDITORS APPEAL: You seldom receive 3
communication from the cavalry because they
are not "a 1ha Infantry, stationary for the most
psrt, bu, are here to-day and he devil knows
\ where tomorrow. Fer tbe particular night
however, on which this is written, your cores
/ pon3ent knows not only where he is, but net
where hs will be for The next twenty-four hou-s,
and proposes to give you an account Of neither
Hs IS induced to address you By the common
sense eamplezion of your eiitoials, aud es-
psqiaIy Of those ipregard to paace. You take
the general ground that pesee IS in tbs future,
and mnss BE- purchased By farther expenditure
Of blood and treasure.
Asatfaage as it may appear to you, Ar. Ed
tor, t5egs sre people whqexpsct TO hear Of Psacs
proclaimed by every mail. To my certain
knowledge there are msny, oven IN the army,
and ia my paticulst regiment thereof, VINO seize
mediation tesgrsms and things Of tia. ijk, IS
roof incontesible that peace Will shine on Us
in a iew weeks-
IesHnct laugh at these people, because ]
know the f7auisin wbence springs She thought
s7rsps .hise Eitb tban I too have felt the dif-
fculsy Of rna,iog ny opinion ihs result Of sober
rssso1--icy logic-whan in the spring season of
tbe heart, Hetsroaoz hops was climbing for the
mastery. I too haze heard and hesr now Gn
inaFinatiou) the wife voie3, gentlas and low--su
excellent thiug IA woman-and the soft cadenees
Of my childrens laughter, knocking at the door
e g.. a----s - boo.~i,- f,r ,.soo p-t
against the musicaly pattering fest Of the littIe
ones, and agafgst the soft arms ard clasped
hands cf that second life--the dear, dear part
ner the looks are inoxoTab.s-Peace Is ysb afsr
Of, aud is TO be purchased by the strong arms Of
our soldiers.
Mediation sld Intervention have played cut
we have no longer any hope from abrOsd-we
ere left to work oJt cur own sal alton, and we
viii 40 It If we sre net Iced sstray or bsfogged
bv De35Rg's correspondent snd his followers.
BY the way, IF ypp are acquainted WIKI Pytbon,
saw to hial tbat I-eyen I-hold his reasoning ia
very low esIimst5on, and tell SIR DsBow that
he mus always give such stfnsioma 70 the coun-
cry in nonpsTeil ia that shape nobody reads
them, unless, ike myself thsy are on the point
of literary starvation, and any one who has the
energy 10 90 SO, surely possesses Che m0therwis
to contr0velt.
Python. 3fr Edaor, IS neither friend nor on
acaaai8ieacs cf nina. hat if he were either.
should edYise hin to throw bis Fhesoric to the
dags. Logic only sstisfies the cravings Of
sh0se whs vote nowadays
But 60 lay Python aside for more convent
oet seeaou, / desire 70 say word about the
"sDackr in The Northwest. TIE newspapers tel
Us thst monstyous rumpus is kicked an there
about somsthiug- that The intaTesiing popula
tion of that far oH country, have come to the
knowledge that ip the prosecution IF shis war
BTr Lincoln has infraeted tha Constitution aud
that while the soldiers Of that section were en-
listed FOR the restoration Of the Union, they have
been made 20 fight for ina ebaliiion of slavery
Msssfs. Allen heryiels, Yaliandighsm, Richsrd-
son and company, Gfe angry with 0id Abe, and
say sonae tcrrio bitter things Of bis govern
ment snaeaseFeG 10 pieE up sCre crumbs O
comfort from these chickering's but have
] fouud them very seaot I ssk myself what
there 81 in Lineoln,s proclamation to
/ shock Northwestern sentiment, and upon
nv word, n Editor, [ can find noihing-A5so-
I luielv nothing. We hays had the most vol
unlinous EXPRESSION from Ilueis, aud propose
70 allow II 70 be tho representative Ssste Of tbat
seeiion. Ilineis has in the army one hundred
and twelve thousand men fighting, for the most
part, ia the Mississippi valley against rs. They
have fsugbt in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee,
/ Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama, and wher-
ever sleT have been, have left mark by which
! is Is nos difficult 10 eharsetegizs them Whether
or not they were enlisted to fight against slavery,
4 they have feed the negro where they could. IF
property in slaves exists within their lines it is
] . a tenRla set stronger shan tha negro's will.
( Thas thisis true, any ons lgnzant Of the facts
I isil lastly and, bsiag tlae pay, can you see
anything in ibo pgoclsnstion - shock the public
Sc traent Of The Northwest 2 Is the pgolie
saa6menfaf Hlin7i5rePTesent by Allen, Blsr-
lrc'g and Rehards0n. who spoHt the most con
( sta .ioasl Caih3nnisHsa. o. by tie oaa hundred
ata tTalve tlsussnd men aghtiag against the
very principles Fbey spanciaso1 ConRen ssnse
rejects any bat the latteT co1ciasion. So far,
sben, from being checked hy lie proelamaiion,
/ thsss true and proper repr5s snia.ions OF public
ssssis'ent had so anfeipatea it, that when it was
6asiy falr5iHsts here was nothing left ios IS
[ to fcco ID nh Whe-e tbsy bad power, ths
iqisve Rad bser fgees- Bsyoad The Ines Of bis
army. Cd Abe uishE jRst e. Tgel. have daeFeed
+ suo.isr celar to the HOfientot The pEoclama-
1 tioa Is ia positive 2ec5zlanee With the public
sentiment Ct Iiincis, the cant Of her politicians