Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-14
MONDAY EvENKe. March "a, lS64'
cHaRLEsTON.

ssThe ousTny have ceased their aro on Charles
tom Such is the language OF the telsgrsPblc
dispatch conveying the news. Whether iDe
cessation is permanent or temporary we OF
,eourss cannot tell. Oar own impression is that
ri permanent, and thst smother shsll will never
Be thrOwe into ths city. Nothing bat wicked,
malicious and vindiciive spirit ever prompted
the firing upon the city. The enemy very vel
knew they eould neither capture nor force its
suusnder in this manner, buk it would afford
them : 6endish grahfeation to SEQ il laid in
ashes. Il wss, they said, The nest Of treason
and must be destroyed
Over two hundred days and nights Of con
tinuous firing has probably convinced them Of
the impessibility CT reducing the city IL this
manner, and they have come TO the wise eonclu-
siep % waste 90 mere powder and shell upon
hsr Be this as 1t may, the proud old city viii
forever stand = living monument Of beroism,
lrtilude and endurance and her gallant defend
srs as well a. her noble and self-sscrifcing Ct
i1sns are entitled to and will receive the Flsudiis
Of their eountrymen as wei as = proud snd en-
visble plscs in the Pagss Of future history
whatever nay be or may hsve been ths ehisf
cause or motive for this cessation Of pouring
Gresk fro on CharIesio1,' We are fully per
shaded that the enemy, 30 some extent, hiss
been moved thereto By considerations Of
moral character The barbsrcus manner in
which they bsTs conducted this wsr is now
epgseirg the earnest attention Of The civilized
and Christian world. For this they are now
the recipients ef the choices; epiihsts and Bit
tsrsEt auAibemas Of the Leading European press.
These they are beginning to feel aad are being
made 10 see the dsmnabie place they viii
ocrupy in The estimation Ct the world when the
history Of The war is Writseni and we cannot
suppose that evea Yankees are 50 destitute of
AL moral feeling IS to be insensibls or indifeT-
ent to the Wyrlds opinion.
Their record Of crime vas indeed full enough
10 damn them befoIe the accidental disclosure
Of the bellish plot OF DAHLGREN to sack and
bum Richmond and murder the President and
Cabinet officers. It probably needed this as q
climax, but their eup OF inismy Is now certainly
full to Feplstion. To suppose ths. even the
Yankees themselves cen stand Up against the
stTeEm Of obloquy that viii be poured on. sgairs:
them soT this dsmuing plot AMI the effort to pu,
it in executon, would be to suppose them dssti-
t8ts Of both heart, and soul snd sense. Ere this
doubtless they have felt the shock Of IFS s1posi-
ton, aud il nsy be that this has had much 10 do
in stopping the fire on Charleston. The con-
templated deed is SO rank with crime, 30 frsught
with the Vaccinations of the devil as to cause
the Yankee nation to cease for a while in doing
the DEVILS work.
The Northern people and the Northern press
will, no doubt, be swift to repudists any parti-
eipAtiOn in CT knowledge Of this hellish plot
They viii instantly ard sensibIy feel the inef-
fseesble blot Of infamy # viii FIX upon them IS
a nstion and people, and viii be anxious to
throw il of in advance Of the expression Of
public opinion from abroad individuals, act
ing for themselves, msy, to soms extent, be en-
s5led to do this, but The sfsia upon the LINCOLN
knsborilies is fixed and indelibIe. Thesevidenee
Of priyity between these authorities and the
PlOtters Is conclusive and irrefutsble, and the
"best Government the world ever Saw" viii be !
forced to shoulder the disgrace snd infsmy i'm
piled in this disbolicsl enterprise.
Bat our reference to this matter as one Of the |
probable causes Of stopping the FIRE on Charles
ton has produced s depression, and called our
attention from that city. Although not Ike
Carthage, wholly in ashes, she IS partially in
ruins, but al the proudsF for thoss ruins. Tru-
iy, she has undergone f,ry orieal aud her
people have plssed through great tribulAtion,
bEl their heroic city will ever Be 10 them 8
Preud boast She he's withsiood siege such Is
probably no other city ever did, and comes out
Of tie contest triuuPhs5s. She vii ever stand
a lasting thame for the histegizn's houers and /
Che poets praise.