Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-13
nrrrER rnon AnKAxsas.

a tuousahu Hlen0s, whose hearts peat ia
unison with your own in the stirring
times of war and strife through which
your stesdfast journal 50 bravely and
nelly passed and who, having shared
with you the privations and trials Of q
long and fruitless struggle in the school
Of misfortune, can come out into the
light OF peace and salute you with the
above terse sentence Of Virgil-words
NTH which the reputed founder Of Car
tbage saluted Kneas, the Trojan hero.
We cannot resume u correspondence
with the APPEAL without feelings Of
mingled gratitude and sadness-grautude
10 the giver Of every good and perfect
gift that we have been spared through
the dangers Of flood and field to read,
after the X a a journal whose editors
stood by their country through evil and
through good report, ever manfully bat
Ting for what they deemed the right (;
and sadness that others whom we loved,
and who shared with US the pleasure Of
its columns when it was issued from
Grenada and Jackson, Miss, and At
lanta, Ca, are now filling some I'M
known. but honorable grave, in some Of
the many b~attlefelds Of the South /;
the brave, the noble, and the
early dead, the men who fell in
the front Of battle, whose requiem
was the rattle Of musketry and the roar
Of cannon. Their graves are consecrated
In the memory Of every true man and
woman, not only of the South, but Of
America. MAJ they sleep in blessings,
and may they have a tomb Of grateful
tears shed over them. Reqnesem 20
pace!
We are glad 10 notice the cheerful,
/ pleasant face Shich the APPEAL wears.
| There is q look of prosperity about i, and
| there is a trUthfulness, a vigoranda dash
I in it, editorial and news matter thatdoes
/ ones heart good. Hyou were to hear but
a tit1e of the compliments and encO-
miums paid and passed on your paper,
| you would snap your fingers at care and
1 bid dame Fortune good morrow l0uare
| dubbed "fhc paper Of the SOUTH 1.-THE
best pauer OF the day "the paper tOI
| the times" and one fervent friend an
noupces that he will read no Othel
paper - So " take the goods the god;
provide you &c.
Our Circuit Court is in session at tbs
Methodist Church, U Court Hous,
having gone the way Of many other
during the war. Judge J. NJ. Hank
presides.with dignity and urbanity. Gu
appearance docket is heavy, and there /
a fun attendance Of the Bar.
Helena is prospecting in a business pOIn
Of view, that Is, there is a fair bushes
being done in dry goods, groceries an,
E.otton. though the business houses are
in general. much inferior in size and ap
pearance, comparatively speaking, to tn
business done. One or two respectful
brick buildings are being constructed
and il is to be hoped that the long strin.
Of wooden shanUies which mainly com
pose the principal business street Of Hel
u ena. viii Don give place 10 more appro
pirate and suitable repositories Of r
and commerce. If Helena is true {
herself. if her citizens appreciate he
sDleudid adaptation 10 becoming not Onl.
a pIeasant home, but an important com
marcial emporium. il viii not be Ion
5 until she can Law no mean claim to urbai
3 hoDo-s and Tret n-f1n- Her success
in the hands of her own people, and vi
have too much respect for their GOO
! sense to doubt they VIII develop II
b. We are blessed in Helena win hG les
70 than three or f0ar regiments OF the corp
TAfriote. Squads Of these sable sons q
Mars, in a free and easy deyll-may-G2r
p stvle, often loudly cursing, and Away
: q EMgHTEHTfNK ann EWElAaAf= ~ NAE "a
: of pg9ceable and timid citizens, peTam
buiaue the streets, practically assertin
their claims not only % equality with tn
ufitc trash, but TO superiority thereto
q Ia HdrUer's Magazine, and Lests'S Il
Ftstrufed. We would respectfully asI
what these soldiers are here fOr3 tn
pe1Dle are peaceable l~aW-abidlng andde
Sire 70 be permitted TO attend To maxim.
a suDpart for their families, and TO build
inc up their shattered fortunes, with0u
the liability Of being eratuitqusly insuite,
OF. perhaDS, maltreated by a class whom
tbev are willing to treat with fsirnes
and impartlality. WswOuld, therefore. OF
neutrality-suspicious. f Helena, and indeei
Of Phillips county, respectfully state tina
the retention Of these troops at Helen.
is a source Of great aHnOyance and Op
preston 10 the people, and that lt wOulC
be much better for both races 20 have
I them removed. The citizens Of this city,
no matter vino states 10 the contrary are
lIaw-abiding. and will be found faithful in
their support Of the oath Of allegiance
and he uroclamations Of the President.
and il is oppressive, Unnecessarily oppres.
sive. 10 subject them TO military surVeL-
lance and espionage. In the rural dis
4 tricts, where there are no signs Of the
military, where there i no roll pf drums
no morning and evening gun sounding,
as unuleasantly 70 the ears of the citizens
a. the cUrJeW Of other days, no clauk OF
4 sahreS. and no insOlence of office,
where the people are comparatively In
the enjoyment OF their cOustitutioal right
"of being secure in their persons, houses,
papers and possessions, from uureason-
I able searches and seizures and OF
that other great constitutional right
which has its springs not only
in the American days OF lT5, but
Z w~hichreachts back TO the fountain Of Eng
lish liberty and common law, THAI 40
| freeman shall be taken or Imprisoned "
disscjzed Of his freehold, liberties or PriC-
ueges, or IN any manner destroyed or de-
/ yriued Of his life, liberty or property,
bat 5y the judgment Of his peers, or the
/ lar Of tie Iaud.n In the rural districts,
wesay, while these rights, because Of the
absence Of the military, are, cOWpGrd-
tireIg speaking, enjoyed by the citizens,
the relations existing between the freed
men of color and the citizens Is favorable
[ to the interests of both. The Southern
man. understanding the natuFe Of the
| African, can adequately meet his idiOsyn-
I cracies. and so guide them as TO make
/ them rebound u the advantage Of the
[ negro and of the community OF which
he forms a part. There is a
marked contrast, too, between the
country freedman, he who is
I aloof from the malign influences OF the
b sogers, % and the freedmen who daily
come in contact with the same. The
Z one Is orderly, polite and Industrious,
the other, is rOwdyish, rude and lazy
proneto loud and angry disputatiOn with
his fellows, viOlative Of his contracts, and
in every respect destructive Of his own
best interests, and the peace and har-
. mouy Of the town, or city where be re-
sides. Respectfully and earnestly do we
ask the removal of these trO0ps,s o. their
substitution BIZ others, Of The race and
I color Of the Southern people, men who
understand and appreciate the cOurtesies
and amenities OF society, and those gem
ial relations always subsisJiug between
American citizens, when in or out Of the
army.
The weather has been very gloomy,
but to day We have a clear sky and
bright sunshine.
Respectfully
CICILfAS.