Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-26

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see Rssthar this number OF the Rsqisfsr eaDHo
ran the bioskads.-KHszBiiis Register
s.esssr frsus B5ahsp andrew, % lhs 1Essh-
ssIist episcopal Churoi.
Frsm lhs Rishaond Christian Adgsesls
sUsNERFIELD, Ala, October 1863.
DeAR BROTHER Through The Divine Mercy
We are thas far safe from isVasisn By cur sao
mics. But whs can teil what day may sring
forlR
Hundreds and ihoussrds ST refugees from
MssislpBi and TannsssaF have been passing
through ibis country. many Of then have
stopped IN this neighborho0d, WheHsvsr they
can &Hd houses, ba5 the greater part Of them
/ seem to be shining for Georgia. From them We
have accounts OF The conduct Of oar Federal
enemies which are not e all calculated 10 IN
crease cur love for them, or cur disposition 70 be
agaiB united with them. The stories Of desc
lated homes, 0sTGgsd women, and heaTtsrs con
duet generally IN the treatment of helpless
women aHd children, is painfully distressing /;
and whenever the events Of this cruel var shall
be faithfully chrouicIsd venture 70 say, it viii
constitute one Of the darkest chapters IN the
history OF savage warfare.
Perhaps nothing better eoald be expected Of
their common soldiers, many Of whom were
foEmsrly inmates Of foreign poor houses and
prisons, and the scum and 0ffscauriEgs OF i1r-
sigu lands generally, as well as the scum sf the
Northsrn States. picked up from their prisons
and the puriisus Of thsir towns; bat had 5aD-
posed that their commanding ofieeTs, Et least,
were many of them gentlemen, and would re-
press any such oBtrage8 Of their men; bat It
wsHld seem hat in the eoaTse Of events, ON
GERS have turned up very rarely, or If psTohancs
susb an one is found in charge Of any particu-
lar depa tment, be Is speedily renewed 70 make
way for q Batler, who viii be sure 70 allow tho
rebels 10 favsF, and are therefore men more af-
ter Mr.. LiEcsln's swn heart
Tbs prstensions Of Uuion and tse C0nstitu-
ton are pretty we'll played out, and they are
now beginning boldly to avow what has no
dsubt been their aim all aiong-ths destruction
Of lhe white population Of the SsHth, sad q
turn he blacks loose 10 live and slsrve aftsT the
whites arc murdered. The estates thgs taken
frsm the rightful owners are to be divided cut
smOng TIE soldiers ss q reward fer thsir, brutal
ity, or else they viii be e0nhseatsd and sold,
and the pree8sds 70 70 tho payment Of the heavy
iebt incurred in accomplishing car subIugatien.
This mas, ne doubt kean tHs a5m AL the while,
and Is probably one reasen Why they pluzged
their Government so hsBslsssly IN debt. They
intend err property shall pay the war expenses,
besides rawarding thsir soldiers with farms aRd
ether things to massh. But their treatment Of
the poor negroes Is, perhaps, oRo Of the mean
est Of their actions.
They have announced themselves IS the
friends Of the slave, coming 20 break his chains
aud make him 8 freeman, ana by fair promises
they have induced thousands ef slaves % lsave
esod homes where they were kindly treated,
and when the negro was unwilling 20 90 with
them they have bound him with chains or eords,
and have carried rim of By violence, and iTe-
uasntly hgvo torn tBs husband from the wife
and she mother from ths rhildreB. And what
has become Of Q negroes thus tern from thoir
homes aBd those that have been their best
friends They have forced thsn out into tho
army, arInsd them With Yankee weapons, and
forced them on IN the ir0nt ranks in the day Of
battle, where hundreds and thousands Of ihem
perish. when any negro, alter having tried bis
nav friends wishes 10 return to hig master, aud
makes tho tttemPt he is shot Down like dog.
under pTstext tEst military law requires is
But what bscsmes Of thase Whe are not st tor
The army, ibe women aad the chiidrsnaud shoss
who arc helpless from age or other cirenm-
sfsucesf They are thrust int camps or pens
where they sicken and die by thousands, With
out 8 being t8 care for or give them decent
burial
Now the real object Of the Yankees is not 10
benefit the slave, pa. 10 ruin his master. Such
indeed, was the distinct sv0wal Of enc Of their
commanders. on the march 20 TicksbuTF, when
lsdy, whose property be had taken away, Wss
expasiHlsting with him and said sOmsthing
about their lighting tor the negro: "MElam, y
said he, Eve are not doing this because We esEe
for the negro, but because it will injurs the
whites aud thereby weaken the e1zse OF the re.
| bslfen." Such is no deubt, the iHns motive Of
! their conduct They care nothing ier the ne
gro whether he lives or dies, goes 70 heaven or
I Re.i; iu fact 1 thiHk the New York E0saiug Post
| some time age inGicstsd ss the result Of these
81 = Al . r.
IN this country, and the entire occupancy sf the
/ land By tho whites, and 40 doubt this is the
/ c0nsummalion for which they pray. In addi-
ton to al this, it is currently, and tbink Telis-
/ bly reported that many Of the slaves stolen 81
oYoed from Southern masters, have been sent 20
the Islands Of Cuba and there sold ints slavery.
/ What view does this give Of ihe character OF
| these great "lTieuds OF the poor uegro.' And
| yet these are people who are landed and glori
/ hcd by tbe AbeLitionisss Of this eountTY and
/ Eagland.
Alas for tho fair fields of Mississippi an1
every portion of our ConioaeraCy which anal
/ fall under Ysaksa dominion. And set I see
that some people srl0ng Us, who are gres
I warriors al hsus, and have kept all the Whill
away non the smell Of guHpowdsT, have ali
/ surdlY talked Of reconstruction, or, at least
peace on any terms The men who aTs defend.
ing us, and who have sealed their professions o
patriohsm with their blsod in many hard
fought fields, are not the men who talk thHs
Bot, Mr.. Editor, eur proud foo hiss left Us no 81
Tentative except 20 fight Can VIC ever afhiliat
with men who have desolsied Our homes out
ragged sur wives and daughters, desocTatsd ca
ehurehes, imprisoned our preachers Can VI
trust the fairpTomisas OF such menf Bal il is no
their purpose 10 even promise to as anything
honorable. Thoy offer us but the alternative o
death or subiugat on. Can We hesitate, as hon