Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-25
AaE1IoAa EaRaaoR's BODY Lying

- state IN winch an Emper0r's mortal
remains repose, In our neighboring Mex
lean Anarchy. The illustration thus af-
forded- of the tarbarismr Of q Mongrei So
called Republic, Is q Of the most dis
gushing sketches Of the Genes that are
witnessed in that outcast nation, and
among that abandoned people. In the
last days OF the Roman Empire, under
the dominion Of q NERO or q CALIGULA,
the decencies and humsnities Of life were
often outraged BY such exhibitions Of
cruelty and calIousHess as the Mexieans
are now daily Haunting in the face of
High Heaven, in defiance of the boosted
civilization OF the world. The closing
days OF the eighteenth century also wit
messed some of the brutal and bloody
instincts Of human nature, when the
g~uillotine was kept constantly clicking
with its hellish work. But it is
worthy Of remark that the same era wit
messed the sublime devotion of a Coz
DAY, expiating on the se2ffold her de-
t~estation Of the tyFsRts and arousing the
slumbering nations TO the deep damna-
ton of their deeds Do we live in 8 more
calIous and cold-hesrted age than that
which looked, with fearful but appalled,
eyes, upon the spectacular horrors of
Paris under the Directory of ROBE
SPHERE, DANTON and MARAT? The
scenes Of Queretsro and the city Of Mex
leo, doomed under its luminous and
smiling SKY to be witness OF more IN
natural atrocities, from CoKTEz TO
JUAREz, than any Of our modern climes,
cannot afford to accord precedence il
barbarity and deliberate and wholesale
assassination to those which eclipsed
alike the glory aud gsyety Of the French
capital in the last century. We are the
mournful witnesses Of these latest and
most revolving horrors-these more than
French "miseries " and yet the civil
lied nations are vOiceless and mute in
their appalling presence. No united
and indignant protest-no consolidated
and commanding caveat, scarcely an
individual or isolEted warning is heard,
to awe the high criminals and vindicate
the humanity, II bot the Christianity, OF
the age. Have msRkind turned TO I" bru-
fish beasts and their hearts become
marble, that this thing should be? Is
there no pen, touched with the Gre OF
hot and indignanti1spiratiOn to scar the
souls Of the bloody murderers, and to
make some light stonement for the in
efscabls blot they have cast upon the
era IN which We liys2 Is there no Ma
CAULAY, no BURKE, no DEMOsTHENEs,
in the whole circle Of the worlds civili-
cation, to trace upon the tablets of the
age a record that shall burn and blister
the memories Of the ssssssins, to the lsst
syllable Of time,-that shall hold them
up to ex~ecrstlon while living, and 10 fes-
tering iniamy when "dOubly-dyiug, +"
they shall return to q the vile aust from
which they sprung" Their crimes are
certainly q most inviting theme to the
virtuous writer, whether historian,
poet or essayist, who would employ
his genius or his eloquencei in v~indicating
the humsn race and the age in which we
I've from the aspersion Of cold-blooded
cruelty, tiger-,ike blood-thirstlness and
q depravity which exhibits an indecent
defiance of the Christian code and the
opinions Of the civilized world. The
very least punishment which can over
take sueh monsters ls the fierce and en-
phatic rebuke Of all Christian people and
Of sl civilized nations. ContempOra-
neous opinion and the condemnatory
judgment of the witnesses Of these
should eonsign to living iniamy.
their authors and abettors. The scor--
pion-Whip Of universal seorn should per-
petually torture them in the presence Of
the generation they have insulted BY
their diabolical deeds. The highest ge-
MUS aud most burning ~eloqueuce among
men should find it a congenial and happy
task to prosecute them before the august
tribunal OF the worlds Inquest; while
every sage, every patriot sud. every phi
l~anthropist, whose thoughts or acts have
Illuminated the historic page and whose
record, already msde up, has tinged with
the halo Of honor and humanity the
chequeTed annals Of our race, should
be invoked to pour upon the recreRnt
wretches who have bssely betrayed,
not only their country, but their kind,
the concentrated verdict OF that ven
which makes even the tyrsnt
tremble and excludes him forever from
the pale Of human sympathy and associ-
with the bright and good names OF
earth. Such a punishment should be
out to these Mexican political
bsnditti, as q vindication Of the virtue OF
our age. Without it posterity may
Justly hold the other nations OF the earth
Ddrticeps crimiIis in the revolving state
murders Of the Mexican Liberals. The
following picture is q which would cast
a shadow over the national character OF
any people. But associated, as tits, with
numerous acts Of a similar or more re-
nature, it has only added another
10 the putrid odors that faint every gale
from the Mexican coast. In GoD's
let US resent with u judgments
and u speech, such iuhumsn and UNI
christian barbarism if We cannot pur-
sue the offenders 10 a merited penalty,
BETTING their foul crimes;
QUERETARo, August p, Is57.-Before
my departure from the capital I
heard that the body Of the late emperor
had left this place and was we'll on its
way 10 the coast. Imagine my surprise
when 1 was asked this morning If /
would like 10 visit the corpse: and, if it
Is a possibility, my horror and disgust,
when 4 saw and heard what I note be-
/ cannot express my adherence
Of what / have to-day Witnessed ia this
city, now so widely celebrated as the
place OF the assassination Of Macmillan
and his generals. Nor eau l form any
structure Of language which will ade-
qUately impress the reader with 3 faith
'ui representation OF al l would ike TO
TO the world.
I found the coffin containing the re.
in q room IN the second story Of
.he house occupied by ST. Don MuuOs 4
Ledo. A soldier stood guard at the I
ioGr, ready 10 give sdmittsBes 20 all who
desire 70 look 81 the body, which
willingness was, ia cur case, somewhat
accelerated by the influence OF q few
-eals. The apartment bore the appear
OF having once been used for a
ltOre-rOOm, and was both very dark and
extremely filthy. The coffin stood in
he center OF the room, resting upon a
Of rude wood benches. 1t is COW
red with black cloth, adorned with a
heap quality Of gold lace, the top Of
which has q false cover or lid, opening
which case revealed three glasses,
through which the silent form OF the ill.,
ated Austrian was shown by the aid OIL
penny tallow candle kept by the
for visitors use The emperor
vas dressed in q suit composed Of a blue
Oat, with a row Of brass buttons in
ront, dark blue pants and heavy cavslry
His hands were covered with 8
air Of white gloves, very much sOiied. I
lis mouth and eyes were partially 1
pen plainly showing his teeth
nd the color Of Ills ewes. His
card Is quite gone, ~ well as the
part OF his hair, which, l am ia
ormed, has been cut of by Or. Lisso,
rho had charge OF the embalmment, and
old, he receiving as high az ave ounces,
for small locks Of the same. The
Of the emperor remained at Lisso's