Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-06
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To TIA Edi.era Of lie Memphis Appeal:
gIas:
This Is tF1e Ebsrty. Ehen f-ea born n1an.
Having 20 advise ihs public, rry sneak frss;
Nh'ea be wh5 can and vii deserves high praise;
WIS neitheT ssH nor VII nay hold lis Pssee.'
I an one of Stat class, Constituting, az your
correspondent Flint L9ek" says, 'tbo lsrgss.
mass OF the people" Thai class is assailed in
your paper IN tcrus Of coarse abuse. We ETo
charged With depEecissing cur eursncy-gi.b
"gree5iness," sad ''Ins snnass,' aod 'e1sorticn :"
Il is irsiauztsd that We are J sbo1est. all this
you have rot only Published wiihsut dissoRt,
but you have yourselves, in terms somewhat less
insulting, indOTsed, il psri, il yeur paper Of tbs
23d Of ostober. We arc Errsignod bsfore your
readers We claim ne privilege of confronting
ouz accuseTs-of beng heard BY those who have
heard taom. Deny Us this privilege, and yen
viii stand convicted Of intentional iujustioei
and we shall then understand sic spirit which
Aciusies thess assaults upon tbs 'naas Of tie
people" shall sPsak plsislY. The subjset
demands it. The @Iuass Of the people" are TO
be defended sgsiust eRsTges dsrogstory to sheif
patriotism, their honor, their honesty. Thus far
we have borne in silsnee ths assaults Of or eH-
smiss. We despised them, not iess for tie iai-
potent @ziice which prompted hem, than fOr ths
zmazinE ignorance by which .hay are ehaTsc.er-
ised. We wanted no war upOa classes here in
The fles Of a conaaln enemy. We thoUgA. taat
The atrocities Of this a.rocious war were sufficient
to concentrate tie abiding and burning hatred
Of sH.true Confsdelzie hnsz,B upon cur iBsolsnt
foe. and leave 10 room f5r hszed Of their suiFsr-
ing Souslern brethren. Oar sleaes has had the
usual sfFscs Of foJbsArsncs CD al tyrAnBicsl and
vulgsr natures. L has cnly encouraged TIE
lspelticn ef these assaults, and intsusifsd their
lselig1isy. Even now, it is due, 10 less 70 the
common cause tb.a TO US as elsss, that lhssa
rspss.ed ssssul.s should be answered AID 70
bukad. Tnsy aIs calculated TO do nothing but
gaieehisf
'FeitI gui B0tBji TsTHB esgasscsrs Causes I
rrsy you priat the Latin correctly, 8 thing not
often done in newspapers Fer the bsnea OF
th1s0 who DO rot Understand Ls!in, and ss 5
hiat TO ear sccGssEs 1 translate ths language OF
Lhe sncieHt ssEe: "EoTtunsts Is he Whs hath
been able 10 iesTa the causes Of thiEgs." II
would Be fortunate indeed, for cur county, cur /
Selves Al II LLlll ulilF AAtlH ttt1
ceases Of the evils of which thsy eemplsiD
P1css are high. They know 10 cause fer it,
excert tsat ne, tire producers, are essersisHeTz
We sre teii By ous WlO sssUDsE, wifhcZt soy
jHat G.ls 81 il, the nsme Of "Conm5R Sense "
Ehs- 5aceuze tie heat and cold the wet sad Dig
seasons, cost Us no more than jhsy did bsfoFe he
war, shat wo ecn pIodBe5 and sell Rs Chssply
raF as then. Another Of your correspondents
"Elias L3ez," ssseris .As same thiEg; and ycg
tel rs that We ''pTcdues esaTyltiug thst su5
-aiIs .ia, End that As chespy ss we did b-.sTo
the w-r!" Ycu say thas Cur ''cutsy en- our
pFad1cEcn Is nothing bO! our labor, and that We
have n use for the money thus ex-Cftas, unless
77o desire 10 enfer into speeui sioni -
Hero is 8 ihe2vy Of pro5uc ion of which Assn
S-oi.h, Szy, or Rlesrd0, never dreamed They
though, 8 certain sn3pnt Of cspi.sl was as IL
5isuergsoIs - p-cdue1oa e labor. l=EGT nus.
hsve tsls, fo3d, clos iag, &c. AggicultUrl
production r5qnire5 land, labor, E1.k-zlimals
soo.s 70 Be 7Hs-au-ly repaired by blaeksmishs
and other mechsliCs; ieod sud c.o-ail g t5T mcG
ard EI-mzls, iron, nails, Basi osu@oDtgs- cotton
yarn eets0n cEy Is, cotton shir,lCg, shoes, Es-s,
wagons, carts, P!0ws, Eo5r, etc. Now let as Sc
H1s-har Tcsr tts1fy Of production, and rEat Q.
Y5rr csylss sDou5euts, viii ssaEi tls tC5s CT Al
axemnia. tsks lie cass Of isrmCc aEvBg 2
-sul.iv o. sixty white snd h'SGk g. iced ao6
e.o. he, ygita twenty-five EuskiSg hsG3z. eUca
nan r5a-giizs r. e-y.2ia smeuEt of sr.Icl=s ili-
5lsususabU o. --e sSgD5Et 0I his isWily ard SIS
s-cgserticn II bis business. Il IS vel known
h.. ro dsDsnd5d before the war upon jhf
\ s5 hFess lr E2uc6 OF our b=eoL-ihss tAs est
son States did rot raise supply for tbeiT 0Wr
1sempsioz. HeIcs its extreme scarcity and
hga pres relatively now. But suppose oul
p sltsr fus,uusts enough TO hsvo supply which
wili DO with rigid economy, he viii s0ll require
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