Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-12
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snsng their best efforts. They held their sud-
snes enchained By their logic and oloquance.
Gen. Mazrudsr's speech was 4 NEST important
enc irrRs certain disclosures made by him IS 70
the discoveries made IN csnnection With the
recent arrest Of certain parties, and their trans
penatiea for Political offences.
The general said he had been much talked
about il the State, and he wished 10 assure the
srooss that every charge that impugned his in
tegrity was false. lie addressed them - the
representative Of the eitzea s0ldieIy Of the
State. Ne assured them that he was their fdend
ard he wanted thsir frindsbip. He expected
difieNlffes when be cane to the State, BAL he
had no idea that be should find al organised foe
within the State 70 contend with. He went on
IS follows: We hsve very nearly his exact
words, and the extracts being verbatim copies
Of tbOse from which re read.
al have taken the responsibility Of removing /
from the country several individuals who wore
suspected of treaseasbls designs against the
government, but net anti I had proof sufi-
eiest to convince me, SO commanding general,
that those guspicions were well founded. In
times like the present, I consider it NY duty to
act promptly and fearlessly, aud I have not hssi-
isted 10 assume the responsibility Of Riding the
State Of those VIII have been plotting against
our liberties snd waiting an opportunity to well
come cur enemies
an ordinary times l should have waited for
he civil authorities to have taken eognizsncs Of
the eHsnees Of which thess men have been gull
s5; but the times and circumstances surround
iBg Us are Of such q character as 10 admit Of ne
delay en- ny part. Under the plea Of military
necessity, wTsng may sometimes be perpeLratod
aPon ihs citizen; but it has been my ana to pro
ssct the citizens from danger and wrong, and il
tRs removal IF these bad men rom ysur midst
Hilbsut waiting the actien Of the civil suihsri
ties, I know l have been GctaAted by no other
metive than the welfare Of the citizens Of shs
State, ard the protection rem danger Of the
loyal mon and women of Texas.
It will not do to let tTaitors escape or dwell il
car midst, because they have been so cautious Is
to plot and piss, wish the ststRle law before
then, a. to what was absolutely necessary il
Bsizt Of evidence to convict them. Il is ne tine
for re 20 hesitate, when | know that g foe IS or
~ganiEiFg in eur midst, while you are called rom
home 70 meet the foreigR foe who hsvs-s npoH
tie borders ef your Stale In what l have done
/ have besn guided BY reason and reflection, and
| feel satisfied 1 shall DO sUstsiEed, net only by
the legal citizens in and out Of the army OF The
State Of Texas, but by my Government.
/ have made some extracts from the cores
poadence Of the traitors to whom / have alluded,
and though they constitute but 3 small portion
Of the evidences sgainst these mea, n6veIshe
less they will suffice 10 show up0a what / based
! ny action. Before the news Of the fall Of
Eieksburg was confirmed, enc Of the parties re-
moved uses this language in a letter: ooh how
zuch cur comfort depends upsR tho fall Of
Vicksburg. The mines Of California emPted
il our laPa would be nothing il comparison
to t."
After the news of the EsIl Of ViekskuIg hsd
been confirmed, the same party says. 81 d0a't
know how to be thankful enough fer the fall Of
YieksbUrg and Port Hudson"
When O m good citizen hsd said ho thought
be ssw light aAsad, one Of these traitors imas
iistely writes 10 his friendi Il certainly see
/ ght ahead, when eli such msn as G. viii have
20 stand before the judge, and pass the solemn
tsst-thst is, take The cath Of allegiance to tAs
Federal Government, Just TO save their worthless
seeks aad not a cent of shsU property"
The Federal prisoners have been visited by
these men or their friends, AID en- speaking Of
them use sHsh language AZ the following:
Two prisoners died, poor fellows, they caa be
killed il this way if net in fair fight. Banks
arrival OF Clear creek ,osld save the whole Of
theE. I wish he would come"
They talked in their correspondence Of the
fzto Of Charleston, sud one Of them predicts
that " The car of J~aggenaut Would seen roll
thrsugh the streets 81 the devoted city" and
sdded, eff 1 had the direction Of is, il shosla
nsve slow enough 10 give them all a chance for
iAmOlation."
When the gallant Morgan was tkea prison
er, ere Of these villsins says: 80 Morgan has
beon really caught. I sa glad it was no small
ar man, thsugh / wish it had been JEFF. DAVIS
himself
4 Memphis paper was received by enc Of
these men, giving an secount of the conveHtiaa
held ct that place by the Union men, where
UPsn he iHditss the following paragraph IN e
communication b another cOBspiratoT:
COB, when caa We haTss conversion in H1Bs-
ton-suCh q convention as was held in Memphis
and for the purposes therein described 2 1 feel
now hat Tennes5es is fairly reduced. and hope
the military goveraorship will continue till the
lass gquirm Of rebellion is crushed oUE G9v.
johnson ia doubtless she man"
They speak TO each other Of "ths rains being i
Providenisl iRterPositioH to allow the oRemy's
g~unhests to ssoend cur rivers, and talk conf
deBtly Of the way 10 Houston net being diff
cult" and propose, If a convention could be
bad, that the following resolution !BB0uld be
passed;
RssOlsed, We have played TIE game Of Sc
csssioB and resistance out, and have not won,
and thst we new propose 20 uniforR ourselves
in ssckeloth sHd ashes, and b be labelled EEK
ompts " from this time forward. To pray God
for His forgiveness, AID to petition old Abe for
al tho sercies he .caa v0uchsais US.
They spssk knowingly about what General
WHrtz5l says about lsndingOa Oer G9Ast, ridt
cUlo the heroic deeds OF eur army at Sabine
Pass, and those who have lately taken Up arms
at the call Of tke country. They write to each
other about sending off their -" dispatches, I" and
congratulate themselves upon having escaped 90
long. The following paragraph occurs in enc of
letters: "The probability Of mHrtial law
yen speak of viii make # necessary for us to
overhaul our correspondence. Ia the
hands of q provost marshal it might look terri
We have got through 50 far without &C
t1sl mebbing, and if we can steer clear the bsl-
Of The sheEt reign, is win be worth the
Recently, an inceRdiary document has been
distributed ever The Stale, Bu1psrtiHg to have
been written ia Dallas county, headed Common
Sense" ard sigRed "YicksbHrg.' That docu-
ment was written in Houston by one Of these
trsiiers and has Seen circulated by these who
desire he downfall Of oar country. In tho lst-
Of tbsse men, they discuss the probable ef-
OF the pubGcstio8 en- The public mind, and
later int fall particulars as to the best plan Of I
AaVinE them distributed over the land; and, in a
sitsr dated 18th September, one of these wsr-
.kes says; "Fhis war is increasing the widows g
md orphans among as, EHd getting rid Of oar {
worthless male populations" and in another let n
er, Whsrs it is asserted our men were eeminr !
aosle TSm the sTRY, the same party says: :
This is better than to have 70 kill them." q
The last eviesnce ] shall give Of the traitor il
Jus Intentions Of these men is contained in the a
paragraph sf a letter, dstsd Ssptem- :
ler %; SO you think Houston and Galveston e
re in The rear Of educated PRble opiaioR upon a
he slate Of feeliag in Texas as regards the pres 2
M war indications. Then let the Fedorals got :,
I'D hold the two cities tl they can see and ua- !,
lsrstABd hsW the matter stands" q
All these evidences might net be Sufficient to
,oHvict them in the civil courts, but they were
to convince ne Of the propristy Of .
them out of the State, where they should :
been long ago. g
Rroua Nerth OaroIian. p
the Riohmesd Whig.l a
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