Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-22

To tie Daily Prszs Of tbs Confederate States
TIC peiied for whieh tho 0fic8Is Of .hs Press
Association were elected has now drawn 90
clssa, and IS The constitution Of he body fails
10 pEGvida : day for the annual convention Of
.Re members, the duty OF calling yoa together
ia gene al convention dsvoives eH me.
The expiring year Of the Prass Association
Wss tAs iuitiEi yaar OF i55 eIiaiazes- The pre-
YiUus one hsd Witnessed ths suspsnsion ef naanv
Journals, andsr tho ssgofse iahusuoss whioh had
o0rae snd Gill bear unon Pahlshern. The pasE
presents Us With The gratifying tZct that since
the errauizat.on Of ne Ple-s Associations, Ha
daily jOurnai hss Suspended lis publication; ssT-
aral which hav5 heen forced, Ay tks opaTations
Of ths pahlic enemy, to leave the scenes Of ther
iRlnTs have been a5is 10 pursue IN other lOcalt
ties theiT esresT OF usefulness; ard a uumbsr Of
1sw aHss have come into existence. That these
resaitB have bse1 entirely owing to tie lab0Fs
Of tie Prss8 Association, I viii nos claim; sus
re may wal believe that Tiih0as the crganizzd
system ef general and equally distributed news
Reports. At : cost Tihia Iss reach Of evsry ere,
which tie Association has established, wa should
nOt have witnessed them II their entirely.
The labors thai hsVe ne=1 performed n your
bahsif have psrtskeh largely OF an expsTims snsal
character. They need revision, and ssms OF
them msy need yoUT szGc3on. Thoze which
sTsyos before VsTequire your CO Gnsel. Sgnissi0Ds
in ire pr0visien8 Of the csRstilEiioa, sneh as
thal which calls loFlh this address, should Be
suppiied The necessary election Of eff esrH
cslls fer your attention. An examination, and
possibly + reconsideration, CT shu manner Gf as
sessiug the barthens Of the service, may be
fouRd desirable. P.ao1iczs inj0rioas 10 year in
ssrssta demand Consideration. Tls pagers
which youc elected representative n2y Justly
claim in b8ilEif Of he common good viii acqaiTe
gFester force fiOm al expression of the general
viii ia regard 10 their exercise and limits; and
the principles upon which tae prass association
has been forUsd and administered vii acquire
greater stability fIom discussion aad iudioio US
zt5sniiOn
TIE general relations Of ths grass to other IN
forests Of widely extended II hueHcs IN th8 60
Ella! schome $50 require careful cOzside dernliou.
I need net recita them here, ont Al instsuca
Yil convey and oniorcs niy meaning The re-
ls.i0s5 of ih3 prsss 70 L1s telegraph ars Hide
fined and hzle understood. While this great IN
s!rument tor the rapid lran3raission OF intslE-
genee is an iHYslusbls saxihary to the press,
the 0paTstiuns OF tbs past year have demon
stTassd thgt &C en- sls0 become 4 rival which de-
Ess eampstliioD.
Thrugga Ire sy5tgm cf concentration Of news
for lha puTD0ss Jj puahestion which he Prass
Association hes ssiaaIsaed, with the assissaneo
Of IA tecgsapA a ienpi8tian has been bald ont
% those controlling tGa. instruments also 20 be-
come publishers. Ss1e OF tHess hava given
way 20 thB ssmp, asioa, sad hsva found the
means 20 ilG ease Ih5 pFCh,s Of thsiT iilas hy an
early Gis. TiEulian ci tLs leWs reports published
in The mGr ing ani eF7 ning sdgiouz OF sle daily
1uTna'-i shus l#rniug % ths injury OF iho prAss
,h9 Eidaly TasniEed STEM ci l=bor ard sx8erd
iturs Ta.eh ne &ssceisa1n Aas established fo7
i;a oEa bsaets ard tie public good
Tia earnest sad iaherions Efforts Of youy off,
c7rs to organize tHs association Oh a firm bass
5hoali be considered s1d supported by q ful
msstiDg Mueh Misunderstanding viii thereby
bs ? moved, zad many Suggestions made 10
re>der ths his.i lion 8. 2 most vzl1sbls in the
C0nisGalacy. The press and INC people are all
fafsreslad ia lis sUe-sFs.
The annual meeting If tla Piess association
vii 5e heid al angus 2, Georgia, ca Wed7ss-
day, the 6'a Of Apr. Bez., aad 1 respectfully
bu. earnestly urge = tul aJteadAaes OF the msm-
baIs.
VIII the daily press please eLtand this notice
Z " GIBBss, M D.
President Pr 50 Association.
Colunbis February II, 1864