Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-25
Political BIaspaemy.

From the New Orleans Picayuns,l
The Wild excessss Of the American Jacobins
srs fast rivsliug those Of the French Jacobins
Of the last century. The sentiments they sou1s-
times give utteTance TO are ar~e1g the most
strocious, the most revolving, to which modern
civilization is forced TO listen. They seem tc BE-
lost to all sense Of shame. We hsVe endeavorei
to school ourselves 50 as to be surprised as moth
ing. We confess, however, that if the Jacobns
do not occasionally get the better Of our stocsss
they press It hard. It is difficult always 10 listen
to them unmoved, despite all Cur Efforts in this
direction Take an example which viii illus
trate what we mean. some time since Wendell
Phillips delivered an address as the Cooper insti-
tute, New York, winding up with the following
paragraph:
"a hundred years bencs some Tscitus viii
take PhOcion as the n0bless model Of the Greek,
and Brutus Of the R0man-put Hampden for
the glory of England and Lafayette for France
choose Washington as the bright eonsummate
flower Of the last geneIation, and John Brown
for this, and then, doping his pen 10 the sum
light, he viii write high in the clear blue above
them 81, the name Of tho patriot soidie'. states
man and n1artyr-I oussaint L'0uverfura
The bloody wretch who is thus spolhsosiz8d
whose name is plecsd high shove" chat Of
Washington, masacfsd with fendi.h crueltv
about three thousand Of the white race TIE
scenes Of horror which were witnessed in St.
Domingo under the leadership Of the gboul
TOussaiTt long since became by-Word5 for
everything that is cruel and infamous. No age
or sex was spared The helpless infant vas
murdered in cold blood before the face Of its
screaming mother, whose cries were drowned By
the yells Of the inluristsd demons IN the forra
Of human beings. The fec Of this T0u5ssint
OF Of his eOadiUt0rs a tskits BABY, stuck upon
the end Of 8 pole and borne aloft amid the
bloody orgies thsn and there perpetrstsd The
feet is distinctly and unequiYOcally stated by
Edward Evsrett, snd is sbundsntl7 su5staa-
tiatsd by competent testimony. Yet an indi7id-
ual, an American, supposed 70 be human, sup
posed 20 be sane, supposed 70 be morally
responsible for what he says, gets up before
public audience in an American city, and de-
clares that this dark monster is not only equal
to Washington, but altogether superior One
finds it difficult to restrain himself within the
limits Of propriety in view Of the uttaranca in a
Christian land and in the nineteenth century Of
q sentiment which would disgrace a ssp0y.
Hayti, at the time the insurfeeiion broke out.
yielded about one hundred and twenty-five
thousand Of our hogshsads Of sugar. As ifa
hot blast from perdition had been suddenly let
loose upon it. the island at once rsiapssd into
bsrbarism Nearly SIXTY years have since rolled
away, and now the degraded nasivss are con-
PEELED to import what little sugar they usa Cot
fee, which grows with scarcely any labor except
picking, has fallen Of in smouHl more th8n
6fty per cent, and what little there Is raised is
so badly prepared that the quality is altogether
inferior to what il was when the island belonged
TO civilization. Il Is naturally one Of the Host
fruitful in the world, and produces every species
Of tropical fruiis and edible vegetables ss wen
as cotton, iogWood, indigo, etc, etc.
The moral results of the revolving massacra5
of Teassaint and his infamous gang Of b..
wretches are in harmony with the natural In
science. vice, misrule and crime Of every das-
eripton make this once lovely island Ike the
original abode Of the negro. We 90 not
know that she natives eat each othef AZ.
this respect they msy be shade s. advance
Of Dshomey, bat in the general qualities oE
civilization they are altogether inferior to
the slaves Of the Southern States The
population Of Hsyti is about half q million
Jstffsrd is part white, and It is said that hs Is
70 induce the natives 70 work and %
quit their savaga habits ana beastiY instincts.
When he ovsrthrs~ tho ebony despotism which
preceded him, be found numerous victims
chained to rocks ia caves, and thus LEFT 70 dis
BIZ inches Wendell Phillips would doubtless
consider this the sure evidence Of splendid
civilization, to which this country should aspire