Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-12

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respective States.
The Causes Of Che Var, Hsw COHduelsd, aad
Wb0 RsspOaSi5ie.
Cruel bloody, desolatlng war is still wsgsd against
us BY our relentless enemies, who disrsRsrdDg the
laws o. naiors and The russ Of civilized warfare when
ever either iutsrfsrss With their fanatiea objects
iher interest," have, n numer0us instances been guilty
Of worse than savage cruelty
Icy nave done all Ia their power 20 burn our ces
VIXEN unable BY their ski sad Vao- 70 OCCUPY them
sna 70 turn ibhocent women and children who nay
t.r--. - 80 ~ tAe uaeil5 tnroWn among them
homes. focd ant clothing
They have doy-stassa our country wherever heir
unaailofed ieei Rave trod our soil burning and de-
stroying factories. nis asrieuiiural implements And
other valuable properly.
They hsvs cruelty treated our sons while IL eaptv
tyS and IN violation OF cartel agreed upon have re-
fused 10 exchange them VITA for heir own soldsrs
uniess wouid consent sgsfzst the laws Of nations
70 exchange zsvos ~ gerents when lrducsd or
/ forced BY them to take up aEEus. "a
They have done al in her power 10 iseits Esvss
- insurrecton and murder ard when Cnsbs s=dEee
them from their loyalty have WaPa they occupied our
country, compelled them 70 engEE0 a. war against
They have robbed g OF or n-fat ZTousn and child
rem who were comfortable, eouts ii and hsppy with
their owners and under prstext Of sEraordnsy phil
suthr0py have, IN the OF Ebet ty, eongregEted
thousands Il them together ia places where sy eeuld
have neither The comforts nor the nscssszrss Il LIE
hunger,
In numerous nzazcss their brutal soldiers have vis-
lated he parsons Of chr innocent AID helpless women
and have dsseerated the graves cf our sncssos and
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I 70 tie vsagship Of the lsvisg God
In Eddsi.n these and other sao-ui.iss hundreds
Of Thousands Of vsluEbe lives both North sad sou
have been saerhced causing the shrik Of ths othsr
the wall Of the widow, and the cry OF the orphan,
ascend TO heaven, from almost every hesrthstone in al
/ The broad lsod once known as the Ualtsd States
Such l. but faint picture OF the dsVaststious
city, Enl bcodshed which have marked this strugTa
Wsr, In its most mitigaisd FORM when conducted &C
ccrdng 10 the rulss established By sniight-
ened and civilized nstlOns 2 terrible scourge and
cannot exist VsittOut The q guilt resting
brought upon the Innocent and helpless people who
are its unfortunate victims Guit nay rest in uns
qua degrees, Ia struggle ike ths upon both partief
OuE b0th cannot be innocent Mhsres then rests u
/ crushing load Of guilt
while trust shall be able to show that It rsus 1t
upon the people nor rulers OF the South do not
that rested at the commencement Of the gs upon
| ths whole people Of the North.
There large intslgent and patriotic portion Of
the people the Northern States led By such men as
Pierce, D0lgas Falandighau, Bright, VooFhiss PuFh,
Seymour, Wo0d, and many other h0nOred names, who
did ali II their power 70 rebuke and stay tbs wicked
reckless fsnatcsn which precipiiatsd the two
into this terrible conflict With such ss these in
powell we might have lived tog theg in the Uuion per
Inalduon to the sssngth Of the Democratic payty in
tie North there were Isrge number Of persons whose
education had brought them nto sympathy with the
cal ed Rsp1bcan, in other WoEds, the Old Federal
consolidation party, who would never have followed tie
wicked leaders OF thst party who used tie slavery quss
lion hobby upon which 10 ride into power, and
t5-dav stand before Heaven and earth guilty Of
shedding Tie blood OF hundreds OF Thousands and e
trOyiag the brightest hos Of Postsry had they known
the ecs Of heir leaders and rhs results which
must follow the triumph OF theh policy At the ballot
Ths moral guilt Of this war reted then in its ineip
ieney neither upon thu people Of the South nor upon
the Demee ae party OF he North or upoa that part
Of the Republican party who dsfudsi and
deceived But it rested upon the heads Of the
wicked leaders Of the Republican party who had rs
fused 10 be bouHd by the gompacts Of the Constitution
made BY common ancestry. These msn. when in
power IN the respective States the North arrHyed
themselves In open hostility sgninst Important pro
nFE IN u nr nIa ~
expressed snd urqusstoaAbls rights Of the psoPls q
the SOuthsrn SatsA
Constitution because q B Pre- eCtion OF the property
OF he slavshOldzT Covenant with desth and &
League wlie ii and refusing 70 os bound oy II qs
clsred that higher law was me rule Of HEX con
duct ans appealed to the Bible that "hghar Law
Bus when he precspts Of Sod IN favor Of slavery
found IN boh tue cid and new testament, they repu
dated the Bible snd its Divine Au hOr and de esrsd
for sn s1tislsvery Biols and snti-slayery God.
The Abolition parry having Wksu in power IN thelr
respective States, a. Daught that part o. the Con-
stuton which guarantees protection to the rights and
property Of the southern people and having By fraud
and misrepresentation obtained possession Of tbs Fed
raj GoyeTnmsnt the Southern people in ssf-defsnse
were compelled 70 leave the Union in which their rights
we're no longer respected. Having destroyed the
Union BY their wicked acts ana their bsd faith, these
lesdsrs, rallied majority Of the people Of the North
TO their slpPort with promtzsiO restore i agsn b.
force houstEons pErud1Xl tbat Union which was
formed upon compact between sovereign States being
suainsntly q ere Of consent is 70 be upheld By
force but monstruus Il is the springs ostsuz
bly, froui this sourcsthi is It's orgiBs its soul and its
fs so far shadow Of preteEt fer itss1 Be found
In their nzd effort restore BY fores Union which
lust venEeanca which awaited them for thsiT crnes
the Aboon ea1sFs IN power have LgEted up the con
finsnt with blaze Of A. which has destroyed hun
drsds O. millions Of dozrs worth Of property and huu
deds OF thousands Of valuable hveA and loaded poster
ity with de5i which n ST eauss Wretohednesa s7d
poverty for geEsratious 70 And ali for whstf
That fansilcism might triumph over constitutional h
cry achieved BY the great Of l775 snd that
bitous men misot have place ana Po. eF Ia aeif e.
forts 10 destroy liberties the people Of tie North II
sucesEsuL would Inevitably loss their own, by OvsF
turning zs they now attempting 70 DO the great
n1,isq ~ r.nuhIic,olsns uuon which rorss tuopal
liberty rests The G0vsrnmenfn in the hands Of the Ab
sliisa Administration is now dsspotism as absolute a.
TJpoaendnE citizens are seized il shoir beds at night
by armed oTcs ami dragged TO dungeons and inearcs
dared 20 speak for eOnsutiossl liberty Ead protest
against military dssp1tisu-
The hA6ess corpus, that great huiwark of liberty
without which no people bo in their lives,
psrsous property (Which cost the Engizh ssvoral
bloooy wars, and which was finally wrung from the
crown By the sturdy bArOns and people az The point Of
the bnyonet which has been the bosst Of every
American patriot, and which, pray God, may never.
under pretsIt Of mitsry Iscezsity, Be yiided 20
oroachmeuts by the people OF tbs South; has been
! tramped under foOt by the Government az Washing
ton which inprsons a It's pleasure Wh9msosvsr Il
freedom Of tbs baatbox bss also been DESTROYED
and the elections have been carried BY the OTerswEg
fnauence Of military force
TJnder prsssxt Of keeping men enough IN the field to
subdue the South President Lincoln takes keep
euosgh hold the North IN subsection asO-to inpri.
son or exile those who attempt sustain their
rights liberties and usags, and % drive from ha ballot
box those who not subseryient TO his viii or
enough Of them 20 enable his party 70 carry the cleo
tons Can an Intelligent Northern conservative nan
cen template this state OF things, without sxclalninF
birhsr are we driftings What viii We gain BY the sub
uzstiOn Of the South II In attempt do mus
oss our own iber and visit upon ourselves and our
Posterity the chains Of miitsry dsspotisml
How long people one free will submit 70 The dss-
potism OF such q Government the future must devsOp
Ose thing i esrzin while those who now rule remain
10 power in Washington the people Of the sovereign
Of America never adjust their differences,
but war boodshed devastation ana increased Indicted
ness must be the Inevitable result There must be a
change Of administration and mora moderate councils
prevail In tbs Northern States before have
pCace While subjugatiOn Eboliiion and eonfsestion
are he terms offered BY the Fsderai Government The
Southern people viii resist as long the patriotic voice
Of woman stimulate guerrilla band single
armed soldier to deeds Of daring In dsfensaOf liberty
and home.
have said the South Is not the guilty party in this
dreadful carnage, and tank t not inapBroprizte
that the shoud be often repeated the bar Of
intelligent public opinion thst our own opls and
the world should havs Sine upon line and -prsespt
upon precept" here Little and thsrs little 'iu
and cut Of season." as some nay suppose 20 show
the nstars OF this eontssths principles involved
ths objects Of the side, vel as thst Of
the enemy, that all right minded men everywhere may
see and und arstund that this Contests not of eur seek
ing and that have had wish desire 70 fniure
those whs war against exespt 70 far as has been
necessary FOR the protection and preservation Of our
selves Our sola Objsct from the beginning has been to
defend maintain aad preserve ancient usagss
tDnas nferfle1s achieved
/ lkhsd by ancestors In the revolution Of 17T6
That revolution undertaken ablis two great
rishts-State sovereignty and self govsrnment. Upon
these the declaration OF Independence prsdiezted
and they the stons upOa which the Const
tGon rested The denial Of these gres PTucple
cost Gre AZ Britain her American Colonies which had
50 long been her pIide And the denial Of them BY The
Government st washington persisted In must cost the
people OF tbs United ses The Liberties Of themselves
| aud heir posterity hese are the pillars upon Whel
the temple Of con ttuonai bbeTty stands and II The
N rteru lscns ia their fnEd gfOTtto destroy the soY
srs5gut Z ne southern Stsss ana take from peo
NE re zhts Of self gogsrnuent, should be able viii
ss streuTh Of an aicient Sampson 70 lay hold upsn
sbs iIafs and overurn the edtace they 1ecessa
ril be crushed beneath its Tans the destruction Of
fsse soversieny and the right Of self government in
tb Southern States by ths agency Of ths Federal Gov
srruent neesssariy involves the ike destruction in
ths Northern States people can maintain these
iahts for themselves who viii she'd the blood OF ths-