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

count By more numbers, which side has the ma
l9Tiiy. At liEst vi3w, nothing seems more pain
han that he sufferers vastly Outnumbar the aI-
tortionsrs, b0arders, spectators, landlords etc
bat Whsn the relative influence Of the parties is
considsred, the subject assumes . very different
I aspect.
! However, IS in times past, we have proved
the iaUtlity Of municipal leg station 10 regulate
either the cost or the supply Of provisions in the
city markets, snd as it Is more than Question
abia whether S,sts legislation viii avail any
/ thing more, il follows that ether sgenciss must
I 3e brought iato play Next 10 law, if not be-
| iora H. public opinion is confessed Y the most
/ ao"erIul m Greeting, regulating and restrain
ing men Ihe press is bat the instrument OF
pu2se opinion Now ia regard 70 shs existing
I evils and present suffsFinRs Ol the community
public opinion is very unequiv0esI But its *
preston is limitei n malsdietions on the street
/ corners and % wondering approximations 0f the
/ tu'ure over the tsa-tshle5 There IS DO conceu-
.rsioa Of purpose aad no unity Of action, aud If
j there were, the probability is that it would ex-
I pend itself IN resolutions at public meetings,
which read very well in the daily prints, but i
We may judge By tho fruits Of the county
meetings, are barren Of results. 1. cannot
bs sad that the press has fsiIsi to do
its duty or what il conceived 10 be
It's dHtY in respect 70 this matter. Since the
efst sYmpt0m Of sxi0rtion, there has been q hHe
and cry in tls papers which might have
overturned throne. had il been directed against
10, and on this 8u6jscl alone have the papers all
over ths C0nfsdeTacY been HnsHimOus. There
has been bot one opinion, and yet the papers
fsve failed signally 10 accomplish anything
Why We can think Of but one reason and
ttatis 5ecsuss thsir editorials, their wit sarcasm
and eloqueues have been aimed 1T the abstract
tGluZ OF eZtCTtiOR instead Of the e1t0rtioners
themselves, Individually and By name. The
charges are n1t specific and personal, and hercs
sy 90 no good whatever. Ike al genera
accusssiouss they are applied By every one not
60 himself 5us 70 his neighbory
WY sh9ui1 thsrs not be BLACK Lists Of
oIf0~tio1srs hoarisrs. etc. as well as Of renegade
o1ufherner7 In the Yanlas service. TIE former
10 i1huitolv Fnors hsFm 10 tha cause than the
later. Why should they be exempt from dis
grace ard public se9rEf We do not advocate in I
i-serininate and vsfounded attacks mon per-
sonsi Tar from Is. Oar aim is simply 20 stats the
only way Ia which the press can be Of the least
ssrvie3 in alevisting present and prospective /
troubles Lst the fsets bs established, and tben
le, the Back List be published without rssnect
70 persons. At the same tiuas lss there be White
Lists OF the patriotic. the generous, the obsrits-
hio. morning paper publishO1 yesterday quite
q nam5er of names belonging 70 the White |
List. No Richmond name is there, nor have we /
ever S7on one on any White List II IS time ]
cur generous citizens should he known 70 the
whole Couie7eracY- Lat the B sek and White |
L sts be prepared at ones, OF else let the press
cease its utterly useless and tirasoms sing-sOug
about eItortiOHers in general