Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-17
THE NORTH.

--an LAW IN THE NOE
80 norniuvs since the telegraph irt0laeu
=, -, collisions had taken place pc
u -, -. .ol5isrs and citizens in Southern In
- o.bsr localities, though no particulars
z-.rs given. Yesterday we were in'Ui-l1C ~
,h-o,sb the sane channel that the E"p''e VI
C.. -. homs organ of Mr.. VALLASDiGHAA III
D.,,.0, Ohio. had been mobbed BY tbs soialsiy
- 5..tyoved. During the ARRAY seVersl 'Ol-
sou - ci,i,sps are reported ts have been
killed. -. -.obb;ns AZ
F,;-. ara. no doubt, those who have gone nOHle
tom tbs amy on furlOugh, snd who eoulu nO'
80 ~ returning to their post Of duty 0ei0io
-, thai, friends st home practical 'Peel-
- Of tbe improved habits which three yeSis
- AZ robbery, sad of plunder, bad gwen
,bsn. Il, is probably well enough 10 le' 'ls
No-,bsrp people bsvs occasionally ioTes>sss u
,hs fsts thst swaiss them when these heiF
- Of LINCOLN are all released from the
err and return 70 ihe bosom Of Northern 81
oistv with all their bsd habits upon 1heu- 4ney
have been taught BY their GOvsrhmea' 'nA,
tbsrs is nothing wrong in rObbing' burning anu
,....I;Dz frau the rebels in the South, and these
-, np5ils viii Be quick TO conclude that II this
:. 20 here can be no crime in doing the same
:, eoppsrheads OF rebel symPsihise-s 10 'ne
North. -.
The elsss Of people which the North hss sent
down p2on Us with the openly svOWed purpose
Of rob5ing Is a. the sane time beth OF our no
.-ti., and our property, was bEd enough st tie
h..ir,i,g. and our Northern friends may RESI-
sszprs5 lhs, their principles and ideas Of mo-
rsisv have net been in the least improved IN she
,ebooliny through winch they have passed.
rPbs months Of Hsy snd jane viii witness sn
szo1us from Tie Yankee army OF lsrge nnm-
bsr ef soldiers who have serve1 out their term
OF enlistment, Gnd who viii return, ike the 10
custs Of Egypt, to plague those who sent them
% TIE war. Their abrasion with the people,
and especially with the COpPerhsads, viii beges
.psry PASSIONS, which viii At once give loose
rein to sll tbeir ,sd principles and immoral
ideas. They viii naturally conclude that, if it
Vas right to rob Rnd kill rebels, it is not wrong
70 rob snd kin their sympsthizers st home. The
dle and dissolute habils which they hsve &C
op;rsi in camp will cling to them, and disin-
elips thea to enter Egsin upen the regular ve-
cations of life. Most Of them sTe wharf rats,
pluz ugliss, city burglars or msTcenaEy foreign
srs. who really have no homs to return to, and
who are without he wholesome restraints Of
fhs family circle that will be thrown around the
Southern soldier Oh bis return home from the
WAY; and, hence, they will become mere vsgs-
bonds in the country, wandering from toER to
town, snd city to city, depending upon their
skill as thieves and burglars for support
Ia the absence IF speeulstion, however, ard
with the facts slrssdy before Us, it is easy 10
predict that the peace and good order Of North
srn society Is gone at least for many long yesrs
20 cone. Tbs spii; Of mobocrhcy Is already
abroad in the land and there is not enough Of
conservatism in the bosom Of that society TO
check it. ThA! spirit will moreover be strength
sned BY the excitement growing oUl Of The pres
identsl contest, The most angry and bitter
passions OF the people will be reused to their
highest pitch, and We shah not bo surprised to
sss the year close with the most terrible reign Of
Of anarchy throughout the NertheTn States.
Such would only be just rstribution sent
upOu them from Heaven for the cruel f..e in
tended tor Us by the wicked insiiga.oss Of the
war. We were tantslizsd as living upon
powder magazine, and il was not only hopsd
bat confidently believed BY them that on the
approach Of the Federal army into the South,
tha tlsve population WOald Tiss ez Esasss and
in5rus their hands il The blood Of she whites.
mur5sTiEg iDdiseriminstaly men, Wonen and
children. Bat the Yankees found he southern
nsgToes less bsrbsrous and mos civilized than
themseiTss, AID il is only occasionally that
they have ever bssn enabled to force the slaves
70 ossas Of crime. The sequel il likely to prove
that it i they, and not We who are living upon
powder magazine. Il viii indeed prove q
happy cifcuuslanes To- them If their uesgFel
fnd degraded white P7palstiou shall prove IS
elderly aud ss obeiisn. to duty Eud tee benests
Ct society as have ths negroes Of ths South.