Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-27

We copy the following from the st
Louis RepuJjcaa, as further evidence
that "human nature is one thing, and
Scaliwag nature another"
THE NATURE Or THE BEAST.
We see that the San Francisco famine
relief association has sent thirty thousand
dollars in gold as q contribution to the
fund for the relief of our suffering and
starving fellOw-cOuntrymen at the south.
This is like whole-SOuIed California. The
motive TO this handsome act Of charity is
not to be found in any sympathy for re-
bellion or rebels. California pronounced
herself against both as strongly ss any
part Of the union, and backed her words
by acts. Nor is it to be found in any
sense Of selfish interest or grateful Tecol-
lection Of profits made out of CONNER
ciaI intercourse with the south; for, in
these regards, the connection between
the two is very slight. It's origin is in
that kindly human sympathy which
does not stop before it gives 10 ask
whether the object of it has been a friend
or foe; in that generosity and magma
uimitv which refuse TO tTample on a
fallen enemy; and in that patriotic
affection which feels for a fellOw-eoun-
tryman as for 3 brother.
How different the conduct Of Cincin-
nati and Chicago If either of those
cities has given a dollar for the relief Of
the afflicted men, women and children
Of the south, the fact is not vividiy i'm
pressed on our recollection. At any
rate, if either Of them has contributed
ANYTHING for such an object, the charity
has been stinted, slow aud drudg-
ing. Yet what northern city has
prUfited more by trade with the
south than Cincinnati, or what
northern state more than Illinois ,
Consider the number OF fortunes
made in Cincinnati out Of the profits Of
tins trade. The city may be said TO have
been in large part built up by It. For
her pork, bacon, lard and various manu-
features, she has been well paid by The
south, where she always found her best
market go long as the south were able TO
buy of her. 1t may be said Of Cincin-
na,i, tLet she has not repelled the cry
for succor ffO..- starving brethren in a
manner so shockiaS cBd brutal as We
have witnessed in Chicago. That in
fanny does not rest on Cincinnati. Al is
not this last named city, but it is Chi
cago. which harbOrs the wretch who,
when asked to give at least crust Of
hIeSd Co help keep life in these perish
ing mu!tit.des, answered the appeal in
a spirit which EoDi3 hsTe done honor to
the devil, with, "tnStsaG Of bread l
would send them arsenic, il ! thought
we could cram IL down their throats. %
IL is not Cincinnati, buJ IL is Springfield,
Illinois, which is disgraced by another
wretch who is said to have resisted a
similar appeal by avOwiug himself To be
one of those who, instead of sending to
tus s3utheru people food to keep them
alive, wOEis prefer TO send them powder
and balls tc Kill theH4 ostE. And 1t IS said
too, Of this man. that he wss engaged IN
those cotton speculations at the south,
many Of which are not to be distin-
z-lehed from highway robbery. If this
h 60. 90 .-ay not be considered remarka-
BILE that the l14c who has robbed his
neighbor would not s0,Eple 70 slay his
victim.
We do not undertake to assign reasons
for the difference between the Pacific
eilly and the cities nearer our own dOsr.
Whether the refusal or reluctance to
give which has marked the conduct Of
these latter proceeds FROM a niggsrd ma
ture, cold heart, or that vindicttve and
cSwardly spirit which, with savage bar
bafity, tOFtlFes captives and dances on
the eorpses Of PROSTATE foes, we cannot
say. On either or any supposition, the
contrast we have called attention 10 Is
not creditable to either of those cities.