Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-26
FsrTsszs ana Properly EEoIdsrs.
90, ft,s.. .l1g-5-..-,- VII.

FarIaszs aBa Rropsrfy EsoIdors.
From be Riehmsnd wHgl
in its azze, lLia urRsi has hsd 7ss Ii.t's tossv
IT, irat eomPij2sns to shat large body Of "soiid''
M fsnarab.a eli ze1s who constitute ths tiue-s
ar ts soil. and E kss striTsu--Hos eiways iu
vsls-0 grsTd heir rish47 and a3Tsccc iejr
Interests. IL viii b ever icUR3 e with 2 sfa
si5Hfui iG51r5r in that service. it prCDCass ts
say g few words ROW, Hot Of praisa, bat ef Sd
rnouitioR aud censur5 rather and yet II the SANE
serT.cs. since frisadshp nay Be better sh3Fn
~ judicioEs sud frank Tebuke when occasion
calls FOR lEr thau by Huucrited e1Eln1eudatiCn.
In the beginning q Tho war, and foT many
months Of It's progress, the contact Of che fam
ers and pla1ters was ia everything admirable
. 'lheF were called on % make hssvisr sscIiGcss
-haa any 0i5sT Gloss Of citizens, and thsy rsad9
s6em promPt.Y, freely chosrfuly They we're
Re many instances grossly uslireatad and im-
posed on BY the efissrs of the Goysrumsns, and
hey submiEtsd patiently believing that tHs pHh- [
lie interest 5omsn3sd The iniicti0a f private
grievances sad hsrdships. They were the lass I
70 uLperisnce the beEths Of the advance il /
prices, resulting from the large Issues Of Gov {
erEzsut paper, bat they did not murEiur /
They resisted longer thsn suT others, TOO, tho 4
infection Of that disease referred 20 IA the Z
Fr5siseuts proclamation IS "estisg, Ike 4
g gangreHe, iHt9 TIE heart Of he people" 4
Z
be torgotteH. Bat, alaE that such tnisgs [
should now have to ba rendered euly, and caa-
u0s be witnessed. II is, indeed, astOnishiag 20 I
see how utterly selfish usn have becsms who, 4
before this wer, were esteemed liberal. high
minded sRd publie-spiritsd. Il seems TO be the /
desire Of every fsraer-tbs only large class that I
can seCUUalats a EHrplus--55 obtain tbs v9ry
highest pric5s fer every use= =sssry of lite whath-
sr rom his Heiehb0r, the asverUuent, or The I
zGldi-r va3 is fighting TO defend BIS most lsrri- .
BE vealib-the very basis Of 81 BIS profits.
The "Tices for the nseesHsrias Of life, ETd he HsY
sf labor Of any kind. % not move pan gagss and
fH his fzct. Wo have an element ef discent-ut I
'THich may yet eadaDger the isterssts rf be
southern CaafessTacy. Ths frst class Of our
population Who viii c5nssRt 70 yield In tbis con-
-Usr. and ids Glass in which the decentralization
of the ReOpls will first begin, IT, uubapBi'Y, is
should ever begin, viii be thst wfich finds is
Il p0st impossible 70 i've Hu8sr he present sys-
5eIa of prices How important is it, then, that
he isn8h9deTs and producers Of the c9artry,
i2r -Trass 5nsstaHtiai interest the war is Taeed.
sazud 11 hbsrsl aud wiso enough te keep dawn
-bis spirit IF diseoetsut
Il should ba remembered that prsfsSsional
men can make their way ia slz0st any flrm Of
society, because al foIms Of society, ~hlever
nay b. masters of he SOIL n-ed heir services.
Bus vixen you axe rem the landh3iisr his posi-
fessj3Bs, he is lett almost wreck UPON the sss
Of lie Ii is EttsTiy discours gug act t5say dis
EUsiing, 70 hear Of many OF or farmers rai5-
leg the Pries Of agricultural pCs3ucts, the abso-
lutte nscessafies of life 70 the g5id standard. [
Taey are 10 bs the great loseIs IN this
oc8tss. should Is prove unsuccessful They
sro 70 sou, perhaps a partition Of their lauds
G5 bouuhss to a disconnected Iabele s0l3leTyi
and Ia the zo5t faTsIsble view Of our failure Of
success, they are 70 bs lsft WithaRt labor upon
large iandes estates the larger portions Of which
win have 10 bs sold to Northern capitalists, 90
pay the enormous taxes under which the South
would be made to grOan. With them lie the
Freai material interests Of the county; ana
among them should be foand ths most liberal
and seitsaenHeiug spiTis--s present sacrifice
only 20 insure q fstars gaia. Ii shouid be the
desire Of no mau VIE eau support his family
wi h ever tolsrssie comfort, 20 esms aRt Of tbIs
sea'oss better a peeuaiaFily than he was Gs its
commencement Bat tha FTspeTty-hslders If
the c5VRtry, in whs.sTor 69nn this property nay
exist, 70 Be iucacus6ls losers ia this eoBtast
If unsuccessful; and i, instead 0f each udivia-
nal ac.ing g bTeGk down the Interests Ell sll. :
Gimselt inclusive, they sbsud es 0pGTsts fer. O. .
cs anon defense It would 5a more in accord
snes bo'k Wish patriotism snd Common ssose.
The psOpls g'narsliy Should BE- waked ~ 90 .
bs asuger ass a5surdity Of zetiag uBoa any
Sc isa UriHei le in tas pressat emergency.
President Davis is right wksp bs tspl5rss .he
zsiiaa. sceeUlating ma9ia ia The eouuTy,
Whsiher viewed as a m1zal euesiioa, teRdisg 70 :
provoke the EHuse3iais wrath ef heaven, sr as :
q qUes len involving the oTiiaaTy eperasiau of :
.le relations existing between cause aad egect
Az g grusFal rue every violation Of the llv-s i
Of duty OF morality, under he peculiar csnsti-
.usjan Of the naval government # the world. Z
sa5a 20 vszk Itself ous into its p-eslys paaish-
NEST in The present. By is7s which sBPssr to :
be simpiy The 0EtiDacy laws Of Nature. When Z !
people are engaged in 3 Rebie csase which shasld {
mi Sc their while sympathy, in behalf Of civil
1aisn, Of ChgistsRity aud irsedaa, and believe !
heEasslygs worthy % ressys aid from 3 HiEaer i
Power thsn the daEeliciion from duly O. the Il
nius sid hesrt Of whole nation bscCmss a ].
'Hreisels not 70 be viewed with Indifference.
Nor can people recr8ant 10 such cause,
sud tugniaQ its attention 70 s Eamoling spidt Of Il
.BeeRiation, ex1eat to resaiTe 8upsruumsu. all =
under circumstances which esnRst be locked
apes With0ut disgast, even 81 nsa thsBselves.
Bot enough OF this Tie people must be !
vaked up to sense of their present danger ,
rhero is but OBS way 10 accomplish this object
11s proclamation 81 the President viii DO suf- ,
iss Tss people REst be bToRghl 70 losk She 3
aattag in tbs face. They muss be eozFinced :
bat nothing is safe in the haR6s OF the enemy, =
lsilhsT homer, selEreEBset the family altar nor :
lEoperiy Of any kind This can be done oaly \
q one way. The speakers Of the c0uHtEy mast =
ld9fess them, and present to ibem 10 ibeir true !,
ioaIs the coliaee aacos OF 4Al-L1E lnto ne AAii-
II the snsmy. lOo many expget 10 escape the
lepre9stious OF the enemy, sRd very few, ia II
issd, ascribe e the spirit Of the Lines.n dy- -
tasty, or Of ths N5rtheFn people, ths intensity z
# msanaass and bypOsrisy By which they are 81
,custed. W
Lot Che public speakers Of the country, then, q
10 iheir dusY A. 0Hcs, aEs excite &C enthosiasm g
n C people that viii recruit ems Hfnss TO an e
xtrnt thas viii dive ths foo 6itsom6.ed irom :
bs soil OF Virginia III tbs enerfv can aver ! :,
lueesed sgainst as it viii be BY defsatirs the I,
ni ziiitsT ggsheagik Of tse S8uth ia seta1 )
81 very mach aouRf whether shs Southern. sl- 3
s-.ivo lofoe for defense has bean As raueb ex- h
asas.ed 5y conseHPtion ~ thai Ct The North fox a