Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-16
Letter to Hon. Ez-soaasor BIGGER, Of Ptnn-
s~yIVania.

TENNESSEE, December 6. 1852.
Ny DEAR SIR Tread last evening, with great pleas
ure, your very sxcsiient letter to S. u Anderson, Esq
of Philadelphia. / say very excellent FOR, indeed
il is so, when compared with those often published from
MOI thern men
Mr. Douglas never uttered a greater truth than when
he said, War is disunion." Our own Tennessee verified
this declaration by an uumistskable vote when She in
February, 1861, decided by a majority Of mere than
sixty thousand out Of a voting population Of one hun
dred and fifty thousand, that the +" Union should be pre-
served" Then, all was peace. War was commenced,
and what was the consequential In the month OF June
not enc hundred days after the February election, she
declared, by a larger majority, that she would remain IN
the Union no longer. The sblest men in Tennessee
varied President Lincoln and the Northern people OF
the effect which war would produce on the Unien men
Of the South The writer Of this letter, himself a Union
man, who fought disuHion and secession on every occa-
sion which presented itssf, both publicly and privately,
wrote many letters TO his acquiiHtances IN the North,
some of whom were in favor with the President, ia
which be positively declared that III Mr. Lincoln W0utd
keep the peace, the Union men Of the South would pre-
serve the Union"
Yes, sir-and they could and would have done it.
They were the majority-a large majority. They had
the money, the men, and the means to have done &c, AID
they would have done it and iverly believe that not
two popular elections would have colneOf before 5eces-
sion in the South would have been killed SO dead and
buried so deep that the hand Of the political resUFrec-
ZIONIST could never have reached it. But President Lin
coin andhisinsaE advisers foOishly ahd wicScdiy made
war upon The South. His army in Tennessee has robbed
rs Of our properly, desolated our fields, bIrued our
houses, driven of our stock, carried CT cur negroes
by hundreds ana thousands inhS-ted our women,
and now threaten US with starvation, which already
stsres many in the fscel AID still the cry is, that the
war must be prO-ecuteS farther yet in order TO Ie-
store the Uniont Gracious Heavenl Who believes
that the Union can evsr be restored by the svvOrdf No
body Nore cut a mailman, or -bypocrite viii say ne
believes it. You are right, sir. The sword will neeer
doit. The sword has already made thousands disunigr
lists, who were frien IS and stauneh supporters of the
Uoion. Three-foHrths Of the army in Tennessee were
Union men; good and true. Let Ar. Lincoln drive on
his unhoiy crusade against the South, and he viii make
disunioniets of everybody. Already has he driven the
sword to the very yitals Of the Union. 1t Is dead, dead,
dead There wi be no Union-theVec gan be uone-itis
impossible. The Union men of the South see this
they know this. The day is psst and gone. Mr. Lin
coins acts, crowned by his emancipation proclamation
to go into effect OF the LIST Of January, coupled with the
conduct Of his army in the South, have Convinced every
body, satisfied everybody, that he wages the war to rob
us Of our pToperty-burU our houses-destrOy orr fields
carry of our ne groes-and finally, if needs be, to sub
iugate us, or to exterminate usl All understand this
nOw-nn one disputes it.
1t made my heart glad to see that you were 10 favor Of
stopping the wsr. Would TO God it were stopped. 1
would have given all that 1 possessed TO have prevented
it. l would give ali that now possess to stop it.. The
Northern people can stop it. We cannot. In Gods
name, then, will you not do lit The blood Of thousands
and tens of thousands Of the noblest Sons of the SeUtE
has been already poured out ike water. and its voice
can be heard crying from the ground. How much more
must be shed7 How much viii il take 10 appease the
demon Of Northern fa~naticismI What is dons must be
done quickly. Stop the war, and then reason will es-
sumo her empire, and men will return to their senses
Trulv. vnUr friend TENNFGGRE