Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-15

ne Et5tDIV Ql sltH IS BY gftAtl Die
il contains, has been branded aB rebellion aut
is TO bs puzish az treason Leading journals ard
pFsminsBt men at she North ha7s exhausted
their imsginations Ia d9ineatiHg iadigRity, deg
Tsdsti n and torture, both moral snd physieal
70 be iRfctesi upon ID. Many, dlEa Ar D,ckiu-
aGn of New York, who 0nca favored the South
because her support was looked fox, now J1in
Ebe blood ho0ads thst seek 90 prey npon her
giiaAB, and Hiiiio thsir leeds are fsiiag their
fancy CLEANS every ieid saera ''naE ursaries''
/ sre b sa gathered or ''noVel punishnenis" are
to be discovered. Dungeons and halfsrs. "
cries Mr. Diskinsoni "Sarvile lab0ur, Hader our
own servants" answer TIE pack, who, having
tasted blood ara more eaEsr 10 ihs pursuit II
this attitude, we stand before ihe VorId Thsfe is
no hope sgs ia the justice Of cur cause a.ld IN
! thst "Hserev which eRduTst1 frever''-s~d
| lhers is no esespe but in tha temper Of our arms
ssd IN our willingness 20 use tham. '-H0nor," {"
| however, is never WithSut a remedy, snd II we
eaaHOt leave to cur children what Is their birth
right and their property, We can 81 least trans
nit 70 them another legsey-their fathers re-
| fuSsi 70 submit 70 tyranny 4hsa death was the
| alternative, and when called on 10 decide
/ they remembered Rstrics HsuTy and answered
! as he did Let rs iHd everything cheering in
/ such reflections; lot us cease to talk of
foreign iHtsTpositi0B, sr mediation, OF add let
! az regard reconstruction as an obsolete, If not
/ ever returning to those who have prostituted
every constitutional obligation, as an unnatuFal
| desire % embrace purified mass, in its naost
! disgusting form Ga the contrary, let Us turn
with c0nfionce 20 that holy resistance which,
under the providence Of God will carry as
through g ths wilderness" and prepare us TO de-
msnd stonemeat for the desOlztiOn Of our homes
agd for the murder Of cur children. When a
sewage enemy Tasks invention and pats science
I - a. IL
aguniss to &c infiGted-Whan he pTssumes to
talk Of " wicked rebsllion," and irapiously
claims to invoke the g vengeance Of Hegvou,"
let Us leave him 70 his fal5ehcOd and infamy and
console ourselves with the knowledge has bis
profanity does not change TIE ch rasrer Of the
Divine attribute, or his hYpocrEy tarn viz
tue into vies, or vice into virtue. Aad when 4
faithless agent, aad for bis day successful
Gsafper, hss acted bis part IS ether tyRsnss have
done before him, the wonder will be that such
barsfseed rebellion against the COnstiiuti0a of
the United States should SO long have been
tolerated, unmarked by the scorn and contempt
Of any portion Of the people over whom he
rulad, and aapuHished BY the legitimate c1nse-
gusness Of moral aHd political treason I fear.
my dear sir that l have not only exhaus ted
your patience, hut have forfeited your pardon
Msy not the ovarPewoTinZ nature of the subject
be nay apology Aad may not feelings which
would have absorbed me in my best day be
fsvorablT considered now ss the very end Of my
pilgrimage
AS your fello1-eitizen aud fellow-suffersT I
beg you to 60 on with the good work. Continue
to be heard, as with = trumPet-voice, on every
mountain, AID Ia every valley, and Let the noble
old Commonwealth take the front rank IN our
cause as Asr natural position, and LEI hsT send
ioTth the sentiments Of patriotism and of caur-
age. II tho language of devOtednsss gnd def |
anee. TIE Wcrld knows that Virgins IS the
same now that she 1eaS "whea the land nurtured
Washinstsa"-the same that Bhe 5as when
Henry spsze, aud oppression hung its head-ihe /
ssue as she l5as wben Marshall opened the hid /
den treasures of the lay, and the hiphass trbu- |
Dals On tfe globe quoted the authority Of an
American iggist.
Let the 5au.h continue to be the South, and |
Jet God declare the rosuls It may be her d-s-
tiny 90 glEsr, bat Il Is not Der policy 70 despair
Her trials viii De great. but her resources are /
boGndiess, the assassiu Is At her throat, bat her
soEs are faithful, and tasiT mother viii take no
step backwards. Can the snemy ehlaee- car {
climate. or no take away cur SOL Can !
envy, h6Eed and malice strike out the srojac- 4
bols Of the osFth, sr satisfy th1 wants Of the Tssl
OF msnklad Can they say 90 Cur low grounds /
give up Ynur fertility or Co the high places, be !
no uoTe tae abode Of health and strength Bus
Aassachusetts has 81 be sppeaHed. because /
South Carolina refused to entertain Blr Hear,
when ne came here, for purposes at vgrisncs /
with her laws because Of an ARRAY
betweeu Mr. Brooks and Mr.. Sumner and 4
Oh dsuzing sin. beca1so tho State rave birth /
70 Mr. Cal Gun, and because Mr. Calhoun gave
The laber OF bis lie 10 save the country from
wnst Che country is now enduring. Well, when
ths vjndictive sntiepat0ls Of Mr. Lincoln and I
his subjects are fulfilled have las rest Of t3e hu-
man family changed their chsrscbsr aud adop cd
bis Suppose ha buTus CharlsstlI-her sshsa
viii find an urn IN every Southern mans hart I
P0sterity viii sssUrsdly build another city and
they viii IS assuredly call that city Charles
ton ~ Suppose he 0verruns the country, has
he conquered the c0sniry7 Suppose he desc
lates The South, has he subdued he South SaD-
po1e he violates our chsrchas and deseeralas oar
grave yards, has be extinguishsd The spirit that
never dies But can Mr. Lincoln, with all his
'ercGity, do these things The answer
God has not developed, but we do
know that He alone, deals with the souls
1f men One word more, my dear sir:
When the setting sun spreads his broad wings
behind those Virginia hills, taking bis departure
.0r the night is there no morning to follow 2"
Does not shat same sun rise IN an Opposite d.
-ectioD, giving notice to the world shat darkness
S over, and daylight come again The same
With the South Let her sta d to her arms
Lot her say to despotism We arc enemies in
var IN peace We can never be friends And
the invader, cruel as be may be, does not. at
ast, cease to revel in the ruin which makes his
riunph, and the sorrow which he feeds on if
ie does not quail under tho burthen Of his own
IHorts to MAKE frssmgn slaves and if he does /
lot sink under the aend-like wish 70 deny them
he humanity extended 60 other slaves, he viii
It lesst Psuse and ponder over tbe small pro- |
,Tess he has made toward the contamination of
lis own plans
And when tyranny has missed its sim-aad {
yhen the sun iB seen rising Onca more in all the
majesty Of truth, shedding his rays over the
and drsnched with the blood Of heroic race,
Iut over people alss still brave and stin
Inited malignity may the better compare the
Times which have bssn committed with the :
which have been achieved
The North has Destroyed a great republie /! '
'hs historian will record tho fact, and Heaven '
lill RTaFd the sentence
I am, my dear sir,
With sincere respect and regard,
Your friend and fellsyV cit-yqr a
A.