Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-15
POOR.

Not long since, Southern ladies, solic-
fting charity for the destitute and starv-
ing. were insalted by q snob in Chicago,
who with unmanly taunts sent them 8
sum Of worthless Confederate paper, ~Hd
aenIitled himself to the applause ana
admiration Of the people Of his State.
Recently, we see, the people Of theeity
New York have been asked IN the
same behalf, for charity. HORACE
GREELEY seconded the appeal, in an ad-
dress that proved him to have the heart
OF a man in his bosom, and the soul Of g
Christian and a gentleman. The Rev
ersad HENRY WARD BEECHER, who
serves God by preaching politics, and
prostitutes his undoubted genius TO the
most detestable and unchristian uses,
inside a eosrse, partizan harangue. OF
course, If We ask charity, we must expect
from some mel insults.
The New York Wor2d Of the 9Th inst.
stated that so far only $4,000 had been
northumberland less than was contrib
uted in a single day for the relief of the
sufferers by the Portland fire and less
than had beer within a few days given
TO assist the people of the Island Of Crete.
We note also, in this connection, that
a year ago or more, agents were sent
from the State Of South Carolina to New
York, to beg the Masons Of that city to
contribute moneys to re-furnish the
Lodges Of Columbia and perhaps other
places in the State.
If we could but "see oursels as
ithers see us" in this matter, we should
hardly find much in it Of which to be
proud. It is no wonder that the people
of New York are not disposed to con-
tribute to feed our starving women
and children, when they know what
immense quantities of worthless fnery
and articles of luxury are sent from That
city into all the South for sale: when
they see accounts Of tournaments st
which diamond ringsare givenas prizes to
gentlemen who, Enthusiastically apparelled,
and mistaken for a circus troupe, parade
the streets and then tilt calamity at
rings; when they know that while the
wailing cries Of the poor unfOrtunates
by whose hreless heaTths gaunt hunger
sits, are borne over Memphis on the
wings Of every wind, the roulades
and brsvuras Of opera-singers mock
their shrill cries Of agony, rope
dancers and Jugglers aud aerObats
and circus-riders and clowns PLY
vocation and stroll further
with plethoric pockets an
italian adventures, the magnificent
plays the parts Of men to gaping and en-
raptured audiences and RIsTORI, sing
ing in q foreign language to those inno-
Of all knowledge Of it, departs with
her thousandsof dollars to the huge profit
also OF vagabond negro sckmendemsnd
for q ride OF half a mile what would !
purchase q days provisions for the star
wing family OF some dead hero, whose /
perhaps lie bleaching unburied on :
some field Of glory or disaster Then 9
here are hops at the Worsham House, 6
md hops Al the GayOsO, and hops in {
loEor Of a Confederate General at the !
Dvert0n, and dinner given 10 travelling e
congressman not entitled to be honored {
either by their social standing or their i,
Intellect and whose estimate Of South =
character is at least not heightened 0
~ the ~pretentious hospitality Of which g
hey were the thankless recipients. !
Are not the signs Of the times ominous :
.nOugh 10 sadden US all? Are we acting 4
ipon the maxim, Eat drink and be p
merry for tonight ye die!"? Can we :
lot hear the hoarse mutterings of the 1
impending storm, and see Rfar of the C
.ery menaces Of the lightnings that are a
0on 10 blaze around US? Do not those :
Who dance know that they are hopping ii
Il what is but a thin crust between them Z
nd the he'll Of military despotism and g
.egrO domination Are we not the =
hralls and serfs Of IN oligarehy that si
.ates u as the base always hate those b
yhom they %injure? .
Would it not have been more beeom- =
lg, Il instead Of letting the South play cl
be mendicant, for her women to be in q
Ilted by a hound in Chicago, and herself Q,
, be rallied at by a scurrilous divine in n
York, while she picks up the del Il
RS contemptuously iurg to her as men y
ing bones to dogs,-wOuld it not have -
cen better 10 pour into Gods ~exchequer 4
+ charity the moneys carried away by in
actresses, or unwisely expended
! unreasonable gsyeties? Above all, u
pes not . decent self-respeet require US 81
/, beg no more for charity from those Sc
no are welcome to hate, but ought not pr
be afforded just reason and occasion to a.
US? Ia