Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-06

only get these things, would gladly unite with
tEe rest Cf orr Industrious population IN work
ipg out eur Independence An enoEgetie We
man, With nav pair Of cotton cards IN her
hss d, is scarcely a less encouraging spectacle
ihsn h1ld seldisr with a masEes on bis sbopi-
der. Many Of them are tho wiVess gif tsrs and
daughters Of the soldiers. T1us IN his biind
rage, he Eas asss'isi the so aiers' families t2r
whaaa he effects such psoG0and sympathy. Lei
him &c, up a petition 20 tie Government te
brig iu & steamer, loaded, not with muskss,
but gith a million pairs Of e9tton csrds 70 be
put into the bands Of every mother, wife, sister
OF dsUeh;er of 8 solder. This Til secure
clothing to tie soldier, moi fof season, bat peg
narentiy.
Does be know how many humble mothers and
sf sehoDa.s wives and sisters, and daughters OF
soldiers have been, and are now ioii;ng st tbs
HhssI and lcom for their absent segs, h1sbanda,
hZoihsrs and iaheTsl D5es be knew how II
warns soldiers heart 20 receive from The loved
ones at home 8 nsw garment, betokening 70 him
that there he is still remembered, cherished and
belOvsd7 Then bow dare any eTesrurs wearing
the form Of humanity asssil cur womsn even
hlindlyl Tbs army" we are tgid, "that sights
for, ard tie civil employees hist carry on t1e
government, are paid at the old rates. aut the
liberal, 5patriotic, honest farmer with bis barns
and store houses literally oFeTd0wiBg with ths
fruits which Gcd has graciously given him Ia
exchange for his light labor. exEOrts from his iol-
lew nan Ege sn5 teafold the Old prices" Ia
ths first place We have fed, and clothed, sTid shod
he army 10 the utmost Of our power from the
beginning Of the war. Their pay is something
over and above Tstscns snd clothing. One-tenth
of 81 we make is tsken for this purpose. We
yiva is freely. II the Government wants mors,
takes It. a. It's own prizes, and furnishes il to
is o1sIs AZ the cost to ITSELF and to the soldiers
ggilhsat chesZe. These Flint Locks ara net sst-
isfed with this. They are not satisfied with thu
fact, admitted By you, that " the farmers are
carrying this war en- their shoulders" They
would impase Upon Us the additional bUrthsn cf
fsdine and ci0thing 4 vast herd of noH-p prcdu-
csrs' a. Brjcrs which would rot pay q .iths ofthe
cass Of production. I wonder that this Flint
locks vision of barns and stoEs-hoEses eyer
flowing Hi,E fruits which God graciously gives
ia exchange for iighs labor" does nos hsiske
4 h;nsslf to light labor! II barns ard store
houses are so easily made 70 overflow, Why ali
th;s abuse Of the faImer5l High as the prices
sfs, any ons who has anything 20 sell or is viii
iirg 10 work can get along very well The re-
ply Of the negro Titus to the Yankee general
contains msTs practical sense than can be found
in q 6cssR sGeh Trades as youT Flint Locks.
The Yankee had told Tltzs thai cur money Is
Hsr hess" Dzs's 81 Jon know bsus it; de mo
-sy 3 ijst ss god 50 = 5ogI as lis in De Rorf,
ioI dar she-y Grg high and money plenty, hoEe
sSsYy ting Che@R z1I money scace. NIgger hsb
a doiisr n de S5uf where bUeEs don't hsb dime
IN ds Eagf"
Was he .ryiag to tell the truth when he
psnRe5 tais fsncii1i paragraph II he was, be
failed as usual II people Gus OF tie srElT, and
At leisure 70 seribbs for tBs newspapers, Do not
Ike 70 buy our articles at ihsir price n free
kftair
bread. Let ycuT Flint Locks aad Common
Ssnses 70 TO raising surp ies ssa selling then
as he old prices il they believe in the tratb Of
lie dogclrs they preach. They can sdd exam
pie 70 precept and set a glorious example
The example which I have given nos Only
proves that we cannot produce as eheaply SO
before tie war. as your correspondents assert,
snd, therefore, cannot sell at the Old prices with
5u: speedy ruin, botis proPos ihst cur products
save neg advanced in ratio equsi 10 that u o.
commodities gcusrsNy-Lhss oar pTO1ucis are
5lst3veiy she cheapest articles n The markets,
s7d. therefore, tbst the charges of gtssaiHlss,
rsaaErzs aad exterior, Rrs cslUu2io95 and
stzs a brshel of wheat used 70 buy two
5oshsls cf s8ll; nov it takes twelve bsShels OF
zLsst to bay one busbai Of salt, or twenty Eve
bushels Of wheat row get IS f1ucls SAT- IS ore
9gshsi did formerly. For q oushsl OF " aoss T-O
souid get before the var = pair Of oFogaEs now
g takss six bushels For s bushsl OF Wh=ss we
sot ten yards Of calico OF Osna5uTgs, tWeatT
5oun Is cf iran or nails, ten pounds ct sE-aF, or
seven efccffse. VIII ousael 60 half, ors-Ihird,
5r ore fourth ss far now Run this c0nps +
son through the whole catalogue OF c7mGou Ei5s,
aud learn he truth. ye Teyilsrs! Facts prove hat
vsur crurhlers, scnb5lers snd Legislators, WlO
hava yfunbled, gcibbled, snd lsgislatsd against
high Urlces, understand a. Little ct TIE character
gf cur agricultural population, as they % Of Inc
subjects about which they gTunble, zerlo5le aud
lpcislats. / have thus far addressed myself %
those philosophers Of the "Elint Lock" school,
1ho pretend 20 think those whom they snaay 81
"a "h3nest fsrmsrs'' can fsce the existing prices
for ell they have 70 bay, and the existing scala
Of taxes, aud yet take the old prices fcF all they
hsve o. sell I have done SO, nOs because Of any
ysyv high respect which l have for their opil-
ions, for they have not sddueed q respectable
argument but because, rom the UrgsBey cf
heir clzmors there IS SOM reason to spPrehesd
shat they may get up hus and cry against Us,
which may lead TO persecution and wrongs sill
greater than hose TO which we are already sub
isctsd. The Flint Lseks" have sl1eady got
Into our legislative bodies. Already Law.
bounded in ignorance and pernicious in It's eff
eeis, attempts to iimit the price Of our products
sler the inauguration of a series Of measures
which embarrss5 snd cripple the means and aug
ueNt tho eost o. production.
They have inflated the currency, and thas run
pp pricss; they have impressed our horses and
males, ard otherwise crippled oar means Of pro-
duelior, snd yet want what little we can make
uudes 81 ths Instructions and expsnsss thr0wz
IN Cur Say, at the same old prices! What g
fate awaits as if they succeed Our sons,
b-others aud kindred in he field fighting against
Yankee daspotism-cur blood poured OUT Ike
water upoa every 6eid rom the Potomac to the
Rio a.aude, more copioUs than that OF any
other class, Tor we, the mass Cf the people, are
NOT auslifsd for the niire 5uresu, ReT the L7gis-
sturo. ror Coarsess, for the surgeons, tse cOEl-
r,,irsarv's or the quaTtermasteT's departments.
We ere not Ct for captains, nor majors, por
eolqrpls. nor generals; we are ft only, being IS
this Flint Lock" says, the largest mass OF
the peoBle" 70 90 into the ranks with the
n.u kes on cur shoulders. Away with al your
pretended sympathy for the soldiers and the
soldiers fsuiEes. We have devoted sll our en-
eTziss TO issd and cothe them. We have planted
n thing but aYticies Of faoG--eorH, wheat, pots
toes, ele-tbat food may be as sbuOdant as pos-
sible aud as cheap rs shUndant supplies cDao
make theu. Lei al ID als follow cur exsmple
Let every bsad be at work, and every tOngEs
epeours ging, nos rovihGg hls brethren. Osi
fsy1iiiss are the sollisIs' families, and BY Gods
blsssiug we viii feed, and elOlhe, and cherish
and support them 70 ths end Of then sacred
struggle for liberty and Independence. Ls
e-hsTs. who love Liberty sad independence les:
,bsa we, or have less ashoTrsnce Of Yaakee
despclism, toll Us, "a you do, that we have I
sdssrer stake in tie is5ls Of the war" thar
tbey have. Fer oazsaves, we see not how oD'
free mans stake can be greater than anolseri
| in sueh a eouh ,cb-for liberty and independeDc'
zone, there is notAiRg left wOrth mo@enFi
/ consideration. ...
Rat are there any causes for tho prevailing
! high prices. other than those, so dishoaoIIng .
! us, which are alone assigssd BY yoa and yoq
| correspondent II there are, your 'kllnt LOCK-
Who yeuntingly promised 70 ten tho truth' we We
] bouDd 10 mention them If be knew thena- d
filsd 10 do it. Was this failure the result {
ignoranca, or Wss il an Intentional soppresaie
of the uush In order thst be mighs intensity n
cdiuBl which be laborod 50 z3sloasly 70 csi
upoa usl Lot Us see.
AZ ths beginning Of the war al comnodltie
were more abundant than they are now, scne
lhsrn vsssly 50. At the same time money wa
rot nesr as abunds1t then 50 now @se lel
tioa bzaweon money and commodities has Dec