Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-16


As Gsn. SsERMsS 3 zow making hsrcuiean
shorts t. sss possession Of Atlanta and ihe Stats
Of Gsorvis as wsll IS he entire South, his let
ssr, which we publish to-day, vii be read VIII
the c7sstsr interest He taxes q most radical
thourh ST the same time, a very calm view Of
the. ,Ssr. It's policy and its consequences. h'
regards ths war IS having grown Gu. CT nc
fase iisa. As he calls II, that any and every Peo'
d. Die have right 20 sslfEovsrnmsnt, doeiflse
when We have never heard disputed IN TINS
couz-y since the promulgsiion Of the oseiAfa-
tion Of independenes.
Iqporiu, this fundamental night, Gen. SEER
Man slides naturally and easily into the eonVic'
fou that the Southern people have No nights 81
sny kind, either Of life, liberty OF property and
argues that we may be rightfully dispossessed
Of al these, and our lands distributed to new
sad more loyal populsHoa! Hs has undoubi
edly been reading sfrssh ths history Of fhe
Norman conquest Of Eaglsnd or tks sArly
snActments OF tas pilgrim fathers fElminsted
against the TndiAzs, who resolved, 81 frat, thai
the earth is the Lor15 and the fitness thereof
second, that the Lord doss not want it for
himself, but intsnds3 ii for bis saints third,
that ne are the saints"
Thss als0 is new thought Of Gen. SHERMAN,
that's the people of The South did not Greats
fhe land, their only fille 20 is uBs and enjoy
nusnt Is the deed Of ths u li.e5 Siaies!" Whoever
heard Of such nonsense coming from grew
I'D nan, and especially one occupying the high
and prominsi position which Gen. SHERAiAS
does1 Bal, IS sbsgrd and ridiculous as TINS is
its BOT more 50 than mat other assertion, ths
the United States Is ihs uitimsts soversigE
o. the soil, and may .. pleasure aisposssss the
presens owners aud substitute oahes. By ttt
term " United S.stss,' We presume he meEnl
the GoysraGlsnt At Washington, which has a.
Es.ls porsr ever the soil owned BY the people
of ths d.ffasus States as has tho Queen O.
England.
From one passage IN Gen. SHERslAE's letter
one Eould hardly bsliaTe that ne had been bon
And raised IN 4 frse cou1tTy and uudsr rspubh
esa institutions. Slsa things as State rights
freedom Of conscience snd freedom Of the prssa
be csds cash and political nonseusel Truiy b
isafi Aad subss-visnt tool f5r his master LIS
COLS ia rivsting the ehains OF ;5ranny. Ifsuc
docpHs, coming from those high in eommaa'
IN the army Of ne United States, does not opel
the eyes Of the Northern people. they may :
well 81 oBee be SCI; down s. IS subjects fer eel
po6sn. AL power is claimed for the Govern
msai, as Gen. SHERMAN says that wa1 is SIM
ply g3Eer anressra,ne3 5y CoastsuEoR or cou
pas, AID similar mode Of reasoning viii eas
" ies3 70 the eOBclusion that the army is th
tG5vsrumslL Whsn tie barriers sud restrain,
.; ths Constitution and laws are oVsrlesped
might becomes the measure Of night, and theT
Is no Initso the sxesssss 20 which the conquer
ing Bewsr may not 60.
T0eTs are other points and passages il th'
lstssF ahieh viii attract the readers attention
aad Ee leave each one TO make bis own con
msnts, wRils We doubt act Gen. JoHEsros an
OK boys as the irout viii give Sen. SHERMA
sOme nes IDEAS on the subject Of Land titles an
kslligersns rights.