Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-23

The Oh Of May, with its religious anniveTsa.
res, IS close at hand. For the last fifteen OF
twenty years the clergy Of the different Protest
ant denominations throughout tia country
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and
BnitaTian--have been in the habit Of holding
their Gnnusl meetings in our city, and OF col
lacting upon each occasion for missionary and
other purposes from a million to & million and e
half Of dollars. The esrnestness displayed in
this work, and the readiness with which tho ap-
peals mada to the. sympathies Of the public on
behalf Of the hsathen are always responded to,
hsyo been held up as evidences Of tho progress
that religion has made among US How well
founded IS this assumption the events Of the last
thres years win show The outbreak Of one Of
hs most ssnguinaTy and unjnstifa0le Of civil
wars, among 8 psople who were happy and
prosperous beyond al previous examples IS in
Itself proof that the doctrines and pFecapss Of
Christ hsve been bUt inperfectly inculcated
among US. How. indeed, could il be otherwisel
The very men who by their teachings should
have dlayed the dissensions. smoothed away
the ieslousias and Gained the angry feelings
that had begun disturb our tranquility sud
contentnent as 8 people, were the main instru-
menis of our troubles. By thsir iniempsrate
haraneues from the pulpit and ths platform thoy
lashed the divisions excited by few Political
5epagogues into storm before which all the
restraints imposed By good sense and mcders-
fi0n were swept aWsy, ard excited q rebellion
which has es loosea oil the worst passions Of men
and drenchsd the country with ths blood Of its
best citizens.
What viii the reverend gentlemen, VINO come
10 hold forth as shining lights and as claimants
on our pockets st the approaching anniversaries
have 10 say to all thisl Can they, ia the pres
enoa Of the sanguinafy events and the horrors
Of which thskevol:ed States are the thestsr, lay
their hands on their hearts ard assert that they,
and the body to which they belong, have con
seisu6ously discharged the duties Of their sa-
cred functions While they have been expend-
ing their care upon the hegthen abroad, have
they bestowed a thought on the eealhan At
home7 Have they even tried to fulfill their mis-
sion as peacamaksrs Let the atrocities OF this
most unnatural Of wars; Jet the scliye partici-
patton of eAergymen IN the struggle yhother
as insfrstors or actual c0mbstants, for they are
both-snsusr these questions. The response
viii. we fear, be anything but favorable 20 iho
efforts Of those who come to levy their annual
tsx of million and halt upon Us at the next
Nay anniysrsaries.-N York Herald
~ Three. fifths of the adult white population
az Colioraia are men without wives. -Four out
Of every ave white men arc bachelors and from
necessity; for while there are one HUNDRED and
eiehsy-three thousand eight hundred aud fifty
SIX white nlen. in the State. there are only forty
eigh. thousand one hundled ond forty-nine white
women
a SAD SiGHT.-Ne noticed in shis city on
Monday last, a wounded soldier, formerly be-
longing to the New York 69th, and i was 8
sjgbt that we do not wish to behold again. His
yit-hf arm, ard leo were both off and bullet