Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-11
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In the earlier stages Of the wsr, it wss en-
nouncsd ny some one or more Of the hsnstcal
organs Of the Norih Fiat after slavery was dis
posed Of they would then turn their attention
te the Catholics and the extirpston Of PopsTy-
This purpose, We hxvo reason TO bsLeve' bss
been revived, if It has eysE slumbensd, By the
promalgLfion Of The Pops's letter to Pfesi1ent
DAVIS, =. W see it already snnounesd II Foh-
NEr's paper. the Washington chF0Hias' that ne
soysraFu Peuff shouldb be cautious how he gives
cause Of oasuss 70 the gespie Of tbs United
States. Tat be Ghouid inilrPose in tsvor OF
peace snd recognise ard address Mr.. DAVIS as
sfrustrous ard honorable President Of The Cen
federsts States Of Ausdca,' wall be suhcieut
cause Of oFsuss 80 The Paritsnieal Yankees,
more especially Il this interference shall have
the eject Of i~neIizing lhe Catholic population
Of the Norifr to = cessation Of hostiliies, which
It most certainly viii
FEus6cism must have something npon which
30 vent It's spleen and maleyolenee, and when it
shall bsvs grown weary Of is warfare against
slavery ard be " slave mongsrs," it viii fed
an object il its midst ia The persons Ct tbs
Catholics and sheiE churches. From tie burr
nz Of southern ioVns and dwellings, these
fsuahos viii End food fer their toTehss in the
converts. oathedrals and uonasteEiss in heir
ovn towns nnd cities, ard the poor. deIuded
Irish who have hockei seross ths Atlantic by
thonssods 20 war sgsipst tie South, WI end
ghomselTss The dupes and victims Of Yankee
hesohsg an6 ingrattude.
The CsiboEe journals Of tbe North have bsea
the fut to lead oH against the further pFOsseu-
sisn IF the war, and sD now he most bisses
and sui-spoken Il their deauneiatiOus Of Lis
cox and his policy. This VIII be remembered
and treasured up sgainst them, and is Gully Q
cumulative ofsuse 50 thai Of the Pope's letter.
Htbs Irish Catholics SHAH Ieflss to T~e-enlst OF
rslsso lonssrto DO LECeLE's Bloody work fol
him, tAeir religion ami their church viii be hsld
to account fer l. As long as thsy, in connection
with ihs nsg7sss, VIII consent to fght the
arebsl slave moagors, Ell viii be fair sailing.
In this Che Yankees feel ihsi they are bui
6ghtng one enemy against sn5ther, for tbey
have Just a. Eftle love for Catholics aud Ca
tholicisn as they hs7s f9g slavery snd slave
hollers. Bat wait until these Catholics shall
lay down their AIMS and refuse to do the
bidding Of their master ABRAHAM, and he
toas, temper, conduct and deposition Of
sbe purissnieal hypocrifes towards them win
undergo 3 thorough and sudden change.
There Kagwaothing lodges viii be re-eats6-
lisbed, boa Catholics and Foreigners vii be os-
tr.cissd and held inferior even to tie free ne
eTaes Of the North, Is they we're in Aasssehu-
ss.s previous to The WzT. The hard fghiag
shey may have done and the blood key mEy
hsvs spilt in this var, viii speedily &c forgot
ten, end thsy viii be known only as the IN
worthy children Of the hsrloi Of Bsbylon, and
dealt with accordingly. F~4psseism is Is re-
monssless as It IS blind, as unforgiviDg IS it is m
grsteful, and parilanicaI bigOtTy, whom it shall
have been foiIed IN ito insane and wicked cru
ssde upon lie South, viii unhssitaEngly tai
hack up0a its old enemy vish increased TirU-
lsuce and smbibeFed haze. Evea now the hyP-
oaiacal Purists are nursing heir wrath to keep
ilwErm, and only await the Subsistence Of the
rebellion in order 70 give a now direction TO theiI
henbom passions We envy not the Catholic.
il the position they occupy ia The bosom O
Northern society.
Since writing the foregoing, cur eye ha7 isller
upon the folIoSing ~psTsgraph in enc Of on
Richmond exchanges. L il is fully coaHrms
tory Of the views to which We have given eE
preston.
In a apoeeh recently addressed to a jury in thl
csuIi Of common pleas, in the city Of New York
Mr.. MeKeon, 8 celebrated lawyer Of hst city
used tho following language;
III Sumner, standing in the Senate Of tie
United States, made 3 speech in which he sad
sb1l the twin relies Of bsTbsusm were not sla.
vssy and ~polygEmys bU, C2th0hcity and sis,
Tery. Il Is pubiished in the C0HFTssStoEal
GlSJe, sEd reprinted N the Hsrald, Of this ely
Bern ard educated Cstholie, I confess poor
one. I see the coming storm and believe sin
ce3sly to-day fhst, when the knife 10 taken iIou
The throElE Of the Southern people, it wiz b
tGrBod to the throat Of every CstboEe N tn
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