Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-07


! M Dear Sir: am IN receipt of yours OF the
] 27th instant, and thank you for your friendly
Z allusiOn TO myself in connection with the fear
/ ul agitation that now threatens the dismem-
] berment OF our Government 1 think the
/ Presidents message will meet your approba-
ton, but have little hope that tt will accom-
plish anything in moderating the madness
that rules the hour. The indications are that
the movement has passed beyond the reach OF
human control God alone can disarm the
cloud OF It's llghLn1ngs. South Carolina viii De
out Of the Union in the armed assertion OF q
distinct nationality probably before Christ
mas. This is certain: unless the course of
events is arrested by nome prompt and decided
action ON the part Of the people and LegIsa-
lures OF the Northern states, the other slave
states viii follow south Carolina IN few
weeks or months.
The Border States. foag so detoted 10 lte Union
t01H hn0er a tuie tUtte, but they tUiH soon unite
Ldetr fortunes lch th7Se Of the Southern States
Conservative men hdus ROlg ground 10 stand
ttpOTi-ilo lOedp0n 70 battle Nth Al has been
s0ept from them bg the guilty dgttdtsOnS and ma
iUlh any confidence, thai ths North tUiH acf 5f1 70
tte solemn responsibilities Of the on retraong
those fatal steps Vlich hare conducted us % ne
r7B BRINK of per1ition, politically, morally aud
financially.
There Is a feeling growing in the free states
which says, " Lei he south 90! and this feel
ing threatens rapidly to increase. 1t is, in part
the fruit Of mplete estrangsInen1 and in mari
weariness Of this perpetual conflict between
North and south, which has now lasted, with
increasing bitterness, fer the last thirty wears
The country wants repOse. and is willing 10
{. a
sion OF the belief thas repOss viii follow the
overthrow Of the Government!
doubt not, from the temper OF the public
mind, that the southern states tofH be alLOlped 20
tClthdTol0 peacefully but when the work OF dis
metn nberment begins, we shall break up the
fragments from mouth to mouth. with the
nonchaiance with which we break the TREAD
upon our breakfaSt-table.
II all the grave and vital questions which
will at once arrive among these fragments OF
the ruptured republic can be adjusted witbout
resort 10 arms, then we have raads vast pro-
gre-s sin e the history of our race was written
But tue tragic events OF Jhe hour will show
that we have made no progress at all. JGe shall
gTOfp arp Of chieftdifls s0bo aDiY 7-ifqf
the political 6dlcits Of Sosifh 4;ne7lca md Nerse5
and toH OUT 10 miserable heritage 1rf
Their bloody itpOrCis The masses OF the people
dream not OF these hings.
They suppose the Republic can be DESTROYED
to-day, aud peace VI = smile over its ruins To-
morrow They know aOtbing of civil war. This
march in the desert OF the pilgrimage OF ma
tons has happily been for them scared ioun-
tain. They know not as Others do OF its biEter-
ness, aud that civil war is a scourgs that
darllens every fireside and wiings everv heart
with anguish. They are 10 be com 70 iserated
for they know not what to do. Whence is all
tbiss II has come because The pulpit aud the gTess
North, haze taught The people usol they resp0H-
si5ie fT the domestic iaStitatiOHs 0f the South and
they can DC faithful 10 God only by being ttJt6afh0fI
70 tl,e compact tChich they hare made lrith their
Jeii0lU-IHeil.
Hence those liberty 6iIls iUl,ich degrade he stat
as-books Of aolne ten of he free States, and con-
JeSSediV Stqnieess UiOldtioa Of the Federal Con
stitltioH in drEsoi'u Uital to her honor. We have
here presentE% 4 ON year 20 year, the humilia-
ting spectacie OF Zee and sovereign states, by a
olemn act Of legislation, iegaliziHg the LteT o.
their lei0itbOT property. gay ttlslt since il is
not less because the SUBJECT OF the desp5caJle I
or bale of goods
From the same teaching has come the per-
p tual agitation OF the question, which mas 4
reached lhe minds OF the slave population OF /
the South, and has rendered every home in 4
that distracted land insecure. This is the fes- 1
ture OF the rrepressible conflict with which he
Northern people are not familiar. IN almost 4
eueTV part 81 the South lliscredHt fanatics haze been
found, and potsontllgs and coIlFGgrGtions hare (
nlffrbed their footsteps. Mothers there dV {0ra al
night trembling beside their children and iiUes cn0
to ther husbands as they iedre their homes me
morning.
have brother residing in Mississippi. rbo
is a lawyer by profession, and a cotton planter
but has never mad any connection with poii.
tlc9' hnoWlnB the cain and conservative tone /
Of mis- character, wrote him few weeks since
and implored him 70 exert his Influence in
allayiuR the frenzy OF the popular mind /
around him. He has replied to me at much
length, and after depicting the Vaccinations ri
he iUretches 10 toiloAa I hare alluded and fhe
conformation lehtch rei0nS IN The homes Of ne
South, he says tt is the unalterable deter
ulnst or OF the Southern people 10 over
throw the Government, IS the only refuge
portable wrongs, and he adds: On the .
success Of this movement depends my everv
earthly interest-the safety Of my roof from
from the poIson and the dagger,
give you this language because 10 truthful Y
eNp esses the 6oattke7 ifHd rkioh ai Ibis moment
gotgs as furnace Ia is kafrsd 70 fhe North be
Iitse Of those tFterli0t 10tdOHs Think U0sf tltat
qpH people can endure tlts condition Of fhinOs
When the oTther5l preacher tifses into his audi.
sace he.Spy1t Of 1ssGsSS and illcendfarieg ~ his
rrtLsdde against slavery, does he hak "a he lies
f0UTt qtetIy at night, Of I've SoBikeF1l A0nsss h.
has ,. 6oed Of sieep, and ne helIess isualea az;
children DC has exposed 20 al the aGaeless l-o,,
" sfrtgle iaSuITecti0G
| am stlll for the Union, because have yet a
lelnt hesitatins hope that the North Will de
Justice 70 the south, and save the Republic be-
iOre tLe wreck IS complete. But action to be
aNaiiap.e, must be prompt. II the nee states
VIII sweep the liberty hills from their codes,
propose convention of the States and offer
guarantees which will afford the same IepOse
and safely To southern homes and property
enjoyed hy those af the North. the impending
tragedy may be ayerted, but not otherwise /
eel positive personal humiliet as a mem
Der OF the human family in the events now
preparing.
zine Republic is 10 be offered as a sac,f6ee
tp0R The altar " African SerVitie then the ones
lUp Of mans capacity for self-gOvernment is
oreveF settled. The deTision Of the lCOrfd will |
lencefolth justly treat the pretension as a
arce, and the blessed hope which, for i've
years, our race, and storms and bat
les, has been hugging TO its bosom, will be de
to be a phantom and a dream.
Pardon these hurried ana diStointed words I
They have been pressed out Of my heart by TIE
'orr0ws that are weighing upon II.
Sincerely, your friend, J. HOLT