Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-24


a correspondent sends us an Old pape
B containing the following extract from
one of Brownlow's letters to Pryne, writ
ten in 1860. After auuding to the proba.
1 bHty Of the Abolitionists dissolving The
I Union by their fanaticai proceedings, he
prophetically says
But, sir. the South can in two months
enter into an alliance with England Or
/ France, commercial and political, often
I sive and defensive, and in either ease It
/ viii be utter ruin TO the Northern states
/ of THIS Guniederacy. England ana
] France want our rice, tobacco and cot
/ ton, but they don't want the 7ia'Juc-
{ iHres Of New England. An alliance be-
] tween England and these southern
( states viii break down The existing lariH
( system, discriminating ia favor OF New
I England manufactures. as rope of sand,
and scatter all your hopes 10 the winds
and comingst once in collision with your
ancient competitor, and her low wages,
without that protection which has built
your cities aud towns you must be de-
str0ved. Whenever such an alliance
shall reformed, and our cotton and other
products landed az either Liverpool or
Havre. and purchased again al high
rates, New England viii see the hand
writing or lhewaH.
i. sir. would favor an alliance with
France as q means Of more eiiectuaily
pUui-hiug and starving out the Ab0ll-
IiOuists of the North. The lar seeing
monarch of the French would unite with
Us on our own terms, as it would al0rd
him an opportunity To crush the com-
merce and manufacturers Of Old Eng
land, and make her feel that she is de-
pendent upon her ancient enemy, as well
Is atone for villain0US treatment OF his
uncle, Napoleon Bonaparte Dissolve
this Union. you infamous villains, and
we shall make this proposition at once
tD Lsuis Napoleon most Sagaclou-
monarch, and he would quarter aJ New
Orleans .uU.n1n Frenchmau, ana at
Chesapeake ZOO. 900 more; We would then
command the Mississippi valley. whip
the Northwestern states into our Con-
ledersley. and we would then turn upon
the Ner- England States, and cause the [.
hurricane of civil war 10 rage and sweep F.
from Mason and DiXon's line 20 the cod
fisheries Of Maine, until we would eEtin-
guish the last Abolition lOOJhold or the .
continent of America, Face % face, f.
knife TO knife, steel 20 steel, and pike to /
pike. we would meet yIu. and As we .
would cause you 20 bleed at every pore,
we would make you regret in the bitter .
ag8uies Of death that YOU had ever felt I
any concern for the African racet
Sir, b the fanatical, wicked and infer
nal course pursued by you and your un-
associates, Is continued The .
result viii be as I have said, and you or
your children viii live 10 see 10. Pale
faced poverty and dismay are already
operatives in the face. We are sending
our orders 10 England and France Tor
Goods and driving your he!l-Geserving
Observation-Disclosures into the holding OF
Union meetings and making these
against their viii, curse all 8-iJat0Ts of
the slavery question, and resolve tina,
John Brown and his murderous assOci-
ltes got only Justice when hung at
-harleSUowu Garry ON your war if
You choose death rather Unan life, and
we will stain every swamp IN the South
with yours and our own blood, and with
the vengeance Of an IuturlaIel Toe, We viii
be upon you in the North, at the hour of
and as long rs a luciier match
.au he found. we viii burn up your sub
stance
Vow, Dir. Pryne, may [ ask you and
your lCW-laJOrers in the cause Of the
levi, to pause, and lift the veil Of the
u-ure, not 4 quarter OF century ahead
IF you, and USE your influence t0 stay
he -anatical hand raised to strike the
DOW Of ruin 20 your country. Gail !
-9uud YOU a council of your head men
.n3 warriors, senator seward, Joshua r
3. Gfiddings. Chase and Fred. Douglas.
ar whom you are doing journey work. i
md 20 % that victim in the luuaJic asy- !
rrr4n f.rsrfH srr.aH-a fool r.Hffr h4Frf.
.eeu for wears, and upon whose money
-0g have lived and fed your wife and 3
hiidreu-ask them all ii yau had not
.etter change your programme. If the
esp0u-e is not satisfactory, call "a prayer )
leetiuE and have Wendell Phillips =
}realert Cheever. and al the long facet
ypOgri.g- who insult God, and mock re- ,
giou. by calling upon him for mercy Fl
ray Old John Brown and his c0uieder- n
les Cut of hell, whore he wuoie batch
{ you are going with lightning speed
-s6 God 10 forgive Fuu Igr your wicked
morning, evening and n
gln, with your face toward H8rper's
'aIry. Ask him 10 wash your filthy
arment- from the stain of blood Of .
our Kansas and Virginia murders ~
nd imPortune him until y0u get r
Gus ausWur--'iga and sra no m9re-Sin q
% longer against conscience and your \
luu-ry's iaWsan Constitution. Don't /
ray for heaven, for no power gau qualify
ou o. walk the street 81 the New Jeru- d
liam Don't ask for mercy, flr the 7
hinged messenger can never light on f
lrh mean and detestable creatures.
Don't ask 10 be punished iD hell, for that m
.Duid be inadequate 20 vour crimes f.
-k TO be aauft'Gisi, or uanished TO The +,
r.a-f t-arua UF glrrnurrl ff.at ifFlaoripa- u y
on, where the ghost Of negro NAV
ever rise up TO remind you whence you II
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