Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-29
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Arkansas cORREsPONDENeE.
SUMTER HOUSE,, HoT SPRINGS, Ark, I
March Is, 1867. !
Dear GeneraIr H
Having noticed that you were exceed
| inglv busy about the time / left Mem
t,his I forbore to visit you as often as my
/ heart prompted, for il needed not more
/ than few days acquaintance and sew
! eral casual meetings to convince me
/ that YOU were H a good man although
Won were a rebel, - and evidently suffered
much from " heaviness Of spirit like
the rest Of the Febelsn - under Gods
Christening hand and abhorred the
81 Hcovetousness, - ETC., of the times. The
/ few copies Of the APPEAL that l have
had the good fortune to see since you
aoceded to the tripod, indicate quite di-
rectly, that you are old fogy" enough
10 believe in the " God Of Israel - and go
somewhat reluctantly TO bow TO the
a grsenback I" calf, or any other yankee
abolition god, in the union.
Yes, my dear sir, I quickly saw this
much and more, and not willing to con
sumo your time, did not call 70 ask
your permission to write occasionally
letter to our" paper, and give you and
your readers little items of interest from
this leondeZjaA locality. Then, pardon
me for sending you this impromptu 1aa-
.SifDln er-iikc effnsion. The want fpolish
in nv stvle and smoOthness in my rhet-
oric please excuse, for ] wasn't educated
at Harvard or Yale; or in other words,
didn't drink deep st the classic fountains
where Wilson and Sumner, Burlingame,
Elliott, Wendell Phillips, Emerson,
Stanton, Seward, ThRd. Stevens, II.
Greeley, Ward Beecher, Brownlow,
Sheridan, Sherman, Biilroy, Mcneil,
Butler and other " ferse nature Of this
highly civilized stage and +" progressive"
" euterpFis;ng," christian nation" got
their classic dietion and purity Of style,
and l NAV add morals and religion, too.
Please excuse my crudides apd put me
down a. q natural native Of the frontier,
who has not progressed with the +" pro I
gressive spirit OF the age" and don't
know any better. And SO hope If I've
imbibed any poison frCm my associa- 4
tioDs here and elsewhere. and II sticks Z
ont y of this rude garb at the elboEs," 4
that our most kind, good, true snd |
q aniablen masters at Wellington City 1
vii net take offense, but consider my |
poverty, the squalid wretchedness which /
he sin has SF0gght upon me, and " deal
gently with the eTTfnE." with the nope |
that as grow older 4 VIII become less
ignorant and 'loyal" 70 the eonsttu,
ton and the union. ETC., etc, etc, ana /
eventually conform ts the principles and 4
wishes and little vagaries OF the ma 4
tiop'sv "I.ares and Renates ;" and when 4
7 receive aEsolution for this unpardona- /
ble sin-abominatiOn-G -GtrOcity of asking |
10 be excused from joining the Martyr I
Gen. John Brown, and the men OF un- |
bIemished virtue and an iGttC manners y |
who bore hands aud hearts, aud hand I
cuffs and arms in their agreeable most I
gallant and eminently successful march 4
from Charlestown 20 ApponRttoX Court I
house. and meekiy preferTea " follow I
the adverse fortunes Of the bsTOOf Buena ,
Vista and his "whelps from Mongom- I
ery to Fortess Monroe, that ! shall be
allowed to 90 and sin no more" l
If you can pardon the drearlness OF
these platitudes, please do me the honor /
to iasert this under a s2- or some such /
short intTodqction, and then LET 1t hoat I
To every havea or the broad ocean OF
vour nr6sperftv. where 'ol.Tii God-loving |
APPEAL. aud its noble editor are, M I
sure. OF the most welcome Of all visitors. /
Let il 20 TO true hearts and 6rdUe hearts
as il comes from my heart, who will feel
thai in .-.--...
Ncr szgbt set down in malice"
AS / said before, this is a very troHder-
fta place. You may see here the broad,
beautiful, kind impress Of che AlIGigEity's
hand in crystal characters that will not
fade, but bear on TO a dimly remote pos
teT;iy .o--.--.-.,.....,..,-.
as pro0c. - Holy Writ
the excellence, faGuificence, and be-
niticence Of our good L0T,, end Father.
I Here is romantic scenery amons E3oun-
taius and Fsles far more fascinating 70
my inexperienced eye and sense ia Us
unique simplicity an unpretendlng
sts{e. than all the travel-wOFG Meecas
of the bz0rl5s travellers ever would *
Ers,,1 fbe III. I Bah temple, IN Brook (
i,n IN the hDiy sepgiOhrG. In fact, the
sbsepca of that respect" Whteh man
navs so devoGtly and constantly y eY--
ervtbing under the sun, from goto anu
preeiaus stones, vine and wOmeu-
mvrrh and frankfnaense,' down 70
greenbacls, and United States pOhusI
and denies, or begrudgingly ekes
now aud then TO q merclfuL, kind an
loving God, is 8 high recommendation
Of the place TO me in my 'simpisnessi
and the plentiful lack Of gOod taske tnat
distinguishes me among my OBSCURE
followers, as regards religion, politics, APP
parel. food, etc, etc. and wandering
over these pine clad mountains, lingering
along the clear, pretty murmuring
brooks, listen with ecstatic emotion TO
the heaven-bOrn melody OF the waters
and trees, and thank God IN spirit ana
In truth, F" that it has pleased Him 70
| bring His servant to 80 delightful place,
/ far removed from "vanity and lies,
where he can find rest after this long ana
/ tedious and aftiictiRg Jrar Nth the Pfiatts-
tinesi sud is not insulted by q daily
morning issue of fresh unadultersted lies
| from Washington City from one end oJ
| TIE dUeHge 70 the otber.n
No railroad is here; that huge, easy
road that leads from temple to temple OF
| the " wOrshippers Of MahmOn and
! hence we enjoy refreshing exemption
/ from the hurry and furry and scrsm-
ding, the hoarse despairing mutterings,
1 and the "hue and cry Of the vast null
| titude who would 60 on by the light
ming express train - to bask in the pew
/ ter-shine of their greenback god.
Here, also, is hot water, and cold
water, in streams, adOwE the mountain
/ side, not q yard apart In many places
no, not an inch, but mingling here and
| there and everywhere. Strangely Won
| derful enough to draw admiration, If not
/ asre, from one Of those trdUeled abolition
/ yankees, who has never been able to ind
I anything particularly fine or good or
1 CONNIE q fasit outside Of his New Eng
land sheep pasture" and turnlp
| patch, and yet while he admires anu
| wonders, guesses be could " I'M
/ proveD Gods handiwOrk by introduc-
/ ing some "Dorthern capital and enter
prise,p and some patent" calculated
/ to make the water better aud quicker OF
cure, and set up here, as at hum as
| thick As free schoolhouses In Massachu-
sets, a "smaTt chance" of loyal
" temples OF worship" dedicated 70
! the " greenback abominatiOn. The
| ignorant, unenterpriSiDg followers OF
| Moses mo doubt enshrouded even
vet in the "black pail OF
| slavery had only a golden calf IN
! their poverty OF invention, and in the
absence OF yankee notions and fruitfut
| genius, which may have cost perhaps
/ the labor Of say thirty or forty days !
but it is the peculiar glory and honor OF
this age and nation that we have
" cheaper calf" and one that can be
made and dedicated as soon as gilt
book enterprise" car be started in the
| rear part Vi a uiISe-D y-ASu ioot HoNS-
rooA, or as soon a. a piOus ABOLITION
eOlpOrteur can open his "pstent car
pet-bag and expose the treasures, which
be will sell "cheap Cor cash. In the nR-
tionls scrip, land Id ,s0ine cases where
there is a prospect b the bread re-
turning very soon, present, free gratis
for nothing, from anti-slaveryn god,
and 9 anti slavery bibles, Uncle Tom ;
I Csbiu. and Helpers book down to the
9rlb,ltae and Chronicle and Evening &Gr,
also the s. Nations Almanac which