Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-14

/, Ou AC~tSlH VII nave pefAceG IN ouf
t~elegraPhic dispatches of yesterday, the
following
"A N~ashingtou special says that Gen. Osbou1n
formerly OF the Fourth Illinois cavalry, nov,
located N Mississippi, cOntradicts the story OF
h1s being murdered By So~uthernors, and says
MISSISSIPPI Is safe To law, and order, ana
Union, the residents there are as loyal as any
community Of the same size in the south
We note this a. q striking example Of
the hardness with which truth overtakes
falsehood. Months ago this identical lie
Of Gen. OsBoURN, who is cultivating a
plantation below here, having been muir
dered bv Southern Confederates, IN re-
yenge for his participation in Sherman's
raid through Mississippi, was industri-
ouslv circulated in this community No
notice. we believe was taken Of it-at
anvr rate, notin the APPEAL-because the
rumor could be traced TO no reliable
source; and not long afterwards the
fact was verified satisfactorily TO
our minds that no such occurrence
had taken place. Had the story
been true, we should have regarded
it as a very great misfortune, and should
have denounced it as an infamous crime
Of lawless banditti, from the commission
Of which we should have vindicated the
good name Of southern soldiers. What
ever MAY be their political status, now
whether " rebels, - " traitors" or what
not-and however cumulative may be
the perjHries Of the creatures who are at
the beck and bidding of the MARATs,
DANToNs, and R-oBEsPEREs, who clamor
fora Military Commissions" with their
retinue OF detectives the Confederate
soldiers who bore the brunt Of this four
years war are not assasstps. We chal-
lenge and defy contradiction Of this by
authentic facts.
This He-this falsehood, ~premeditated
in the brain Of some cowardly jackal
who skulked in the rear Of the Union
army until the conflict was ended, and
then rushed out South to noseOut andap-
propriate plumber from an %overthrown
and helpless peOple-was spread through
the North, and eagerly trumpeted abroad
as but another evidence of the rebellious
Iawlessness Of the South. We presume,
from the frank and manly tenor Of the
dispatch, that it a from Gen. OsBoURN
himself OF some other true Federal sol
der who, in fighting them, learned to
know and appreciate the Southern peo-
pie, as they are.
Our friends at Washington, and espec-
tally the President should know, that
the South is overrun with set o fjackals,
in the interest OF the Radicals, who in
dustriously supply this kind Of nutriment
to feed the waning appetite Of Northern
fanaticism, Some Of these are of politicO-
military character, such as CARL SHURz,
who will sink TO the bottom whenever
the troubled waters are stilIed, and so
are interested in keeping up agitation.
Others are attaches, in some way or
other, Of the paraphernalia through
which the South is kept from resuming
her regular place in the Union, who find
their vocation more pleasant and profita-
bic than any to which they can return.
Others, still, are-.GOd save the mark
-pbR1ntbroDiSts, who, from pure love Of
the Ethiopian, are making, as teachers
and preachers, of the hard earnings Of
the poor freedman, more MONEY thar
they ever before made in their lives:
while still others-such as hireling cor
respondents Of the Radical press-are en-
gagged in the same work Of preventing O
restoration Of the onion, by inventiug
lies and romauces against the Southern
people, for thepure deviltry of the thing,
and to earn their Infamous bread.
Occasionally, as in the case Of Gen.
OsBOURS, a true soldier is made the sub
ject Of or is cognizant Of the facts in the
story, and 50 the truth comes to light.
But there are hundreds Ofothers which are
broadcast over the North, which
never meet any contradiction, and which
serve TO keep up irritation there-natu-
by their gross Injustice, causing
irritation jim the South. If the Rad al
press was only half honest, much of this
hindranre TO a cordial recons ,ruction Of
the UNION, and an entire reconciliation
Of the people Of the several sections,
be removed. But it is not. With
exceptions, these lies, once sown,
are left to sprout and terminate fresh an
imOsities, and instead Of contradictions
there is yer on hand a new batch Of TO-
mances Of the same sort. The people
will, by-and-by, find out the true char
acteT Of these disUurbers of the common
veal, and consign the faction to which
they pander to merited infamy.
We ask the special attention Of the
New York Tribune TO this lie about the
Of Gen. OsBoURN. Though
very cranky in someof his notions, We
have never wholly given up our faith in
Brother GREELEY's sincerity.