Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-14
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From the Augusta Chronieie snd ssnAasIl
c. We were permitted. day or two sgo, 70 resd
private letter from Tennessee soldier nov 10
1 camp near Dalton, in which there WAS a ssB-
| tencs 20 this effect The Members Of ny rogi-
msnt have al Te-snlisied for tho war. Ths sans
is tTus Of nearly al he regiments here. / issi
proud Of my State -
There is something inspiring and s5seiing Ia
1 the example Of these troops from Tsunssass
Their STATE has beer hesvy sVfs'ef, Es ms7
| sag tbs heaviest sudsT, IN thls var Of unPaT-
slsled atrocities Il has been nsW two yeHIs
tiucs The enemy came down IN 0gsrWheim-
ing numbers Ep1n She brave gsTisons st Henry
and Doueison, ssd drove ihsm out or esp
tursd tGsm after . most gallant and bloody re-
sisssnes Thsn followed the occupation Of Nash
vile and Memphis, VIII al OF West tennessee.
Middle Tennessee nsIi became s-s scoHs ot
wal, ard fcr many months vas desoistsd ~
the presence Of large armies More recently
this entire section has fallen undsr the power Ct
he invader, sRd q fraZRs Of Etst Tennessee
is al that is commanded By that Gsvernmens
under which q msj 1Tiiy Of the people o. me
State have placed themselves. For two yeafE
pest the citizens Of this ncb ate hsvs aRf-
fered every species Of outage and distress irozs
the Isuerseiezs fos. Msn Of Wes+h-many Of
thars far sdSsBes iG liie-hsve been stripped Of
the accumulation OF life time aud thrown fox
/
eust0Hlsd % the eorsfsIts and luxariss If ana
enee, have been reduced 70 ihs nseessity Of re-
ssFtiBg y ths NEST menial sulpl1yz5sut 20 pro-
cure ths useessarifs Ct iiie Mlihefs have bssn
compelled % isaFe heir h0mes * mtdHsghs viii
their htlle children, g ssczps the yeugeaacs ok-
brutal ssldieTy Hbo came with auskas and
torch 20 burn ard SC kill No age Ne sex, no
condition has escaped Slus Of the moat euli-
neut ministers Of tie Gospel, Of almost every
Esasa kava haaF thrnrt fufm
loaihsone cells IN ths psnitsHtiary and kept foE
months IN the eon6nsTosnt ordinarily nsied cut
only % feons. Their sscrsd ealli8g has ahJId-
cd no protection sgEiasts despOhsm which ezns
to crush ont al who refused 20 bow 10 IL s1-
therifv WOmsp's eIies hEv8 Bcs ETailsd 10
save hsr children frsn ssing ejscted fTcm theR
homes, and herself fT0na TIE gT0ssest outrage.
Old age hze shared with he.pless infancy IN he
experience Of efueldes which cannot be Thought
Of without horroT
The present condition Of Tennessee is well
fitted to exhibit 20 TIE emmy he df6culty Of
tie work which he assumed il proposing %
suhiugaie the South Should Il be SAID tO-Csy
thsf Tennessee is subdled t6srs would Be ssT-
euty.hVs Thousand pro0fs Of the falsehood Of
TIE assertion IN the shape Of that Eum5e- Il bsr
sons who stand with sIns IA their hands h-mly
resolved neve- to lay lbem down until d-sth re-
aIss their hold, or until the f3ot OF the invader
feeta AucG tQAA Ah lAalEa AA4l +-AlAA4Aa "a
property have been dost.oy5d ihsi many PEG
pie have been expelled rom th5ir homes that
mach blood hRs been Bbsd, aHd thst ne sol Eas
10 g great extent bsen CysrrRns may be sdmTt-
TED, bui tbat ths S ale Is cOnqReIed Whsn nearly
one hundred Thousand Of tie flower Of her men
are IN srms contsnding for her liberty IS an a.
serfinn 10 be found Only On he bulie.ias Of her
snemiss.
When an ancient warrior walked ever 4 bat
tie field ard sAW that al The me1 who lad fall
en- bad persisted from wounds, received in the
fron. Of thsir persons, he exclaimed. with
such soldiers ] eouid oclGuzr tzs world" And
surely sucs allies, as irssa b-aF5 TsnDeEseeaEs
now sniisiing for The war have proved them
selves 50 be, Gesrgians ought rot 70 despair Of
The TspE5Hc Shall " be less brave in 6Fhiiag
for hoEues which are threatened wlth ruin and
devastation, than they are in sef king % recover
the puzsessiOus which have been t0st- As they
have suffered snd are row exposing their lives
in The protection Of cur interests, SHAH We re-
fuse 20 eo-opeTais with them Tor cur own de-
fsBss and for the Ts-possesEi0n Of what has
5ee1 rushlsssly wrestsd from them