Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-06

correspondence with Gen. Rsse-.
Grams.
The Great Want of the south is
Peace.
Give US our Birfh-RIgft---seiE-
Government.
[RY TELEGRAPH.1

tuTe oI our country, L come with my
/ heart In my hand to learn the condition,
vishes and Intentions Of the people OF
/ the Southern States, and especially 70 as
certain the sentiments Of those brave,
energetic and self-saeEffeiag men who.
sfGer sustaining the Confsderaey for four
| years laid down their arms and swore
allegiance to the United States, whose
/ truest and most beloved leader you have
been. see that Interpreting States'
! Rights 70 conflict with National unity,
/ has produced violent reaction against
4 them, which is drifting Us towards con-
solidation. so great a country as ours
even is now, and certsinlyi is to be, must
I have State governments to attend to 10.
cal details, or go farther and fare worse.
1 II ts plain to US at the West and North,
| that the continuance Of senf-anarchy,
such as has existed for the last three
4 years in ten States of our Union, largely
increases the danger OF eeutraIization,
I sWells our National expenditures, dimin-
/ ishes our productions and our revenue,
/ inspires doubts of cur political and finan-
I cial stability, depreciates the value Of our
National bonds and currency, and places
the credit Of the richest below that of
/ the poorest nation in Christendom. We
4 know that our currency must be depre-
Z
par, and that therefore the vast business
I and commerce of our country must suf-
/ fer the terrible evil of fiuetuating stsnd-
ard OF value until we can remedy the
evil condition of things st the South.
I We also see other mischief which may
I arise such as from q failure of crope, a
local insurrection, and many other un-
I foreseen contingencies, which may still
! more depreciate our credit and currency,
| provoke discomfort and disorder among
/ our people, and bring demigogical agits-
: ton, revolution, repudiAtiOn, and a
( thousand unnamed evils and vilIianies
on US.
We know that the interests of the peo-
/ pie Of the South are for law and order,
! ahd they must share our fate Of good
and evil. / believe every one L know,
4 who r. fleets, believes that il the people
Of the Southern States could be ct peace,
! and their energy and good will heartily
Z applied to repair the wastes Of war, re-
! organize their business, get the freedmen
peRceebly, prOspsrOusly and contentedly
70 work, invite capital, enterprise aud
labor from elsewhere to come among
them, they would soon rebuild their
ruined fortunes, multiply manifold the
value OF their lands, establish public con-
fidence in our stability, bring our Gov
eminent bonds to q premium, cur cur
reDey to q gold standard, and assure for
/ themselves and the whole nation q most
happy and prosperous future.
To q chivalrous and magnanimous de.
votion to restoring peace and happiness
to cur common country, want to carry
that pledge high above the level of party
politics, to the late officers and soldiers
of the Z Mon army in the North and the
West, and to ask them to consider it, and
to take the necessary action, confident
that it will meet with response 80 warm,
so generous and coufidin 2, that we shall
see in its sunshine the rainb1w OF peace
in our political sky, new black with
clouds and impending storm. l know
you are representative man, and have
reverence for the Constitution and the
Union, and the welfare Of the country,
snd what you would say would be in
dOrsed by nine 'tenths of the whole peo-
pie Of the South but ] should like to
have the signatures Of all the represen-
tstive Southern men who concur in your
views, and in the expressions of their
concurrence from the principal officers
and representative men throughout the
South, when they can be procured. The
concurrence OF opinions, all tending
to peace, order and stability, will
insure the Union soldiers and business
men, who want substantial and solid
peace, and cause them to rise above the
level of party politics, and 10 take such
steps to meet yours IS will insure last
ing peace, with all its countless bless
ipgs- Very truly, your friend,
[signed.l W. 5. RoSECRANS.
WsTE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA, Aug. 26.
W. 5. Rosecrsns
General: have had the honor to re-
eeivs you1 letter Of this date, and in
accordance with your suggestion have
conferred with a number Of gentlemen
from the South, in whose Judgment 1
have confided, and whoSare acquainted
with the public sentiment of their re-
spective States. They have kindly con-
sented to unite with me in replying to
your communication, and their names
will be found, with my own, appended
to this answer, with the explanation We
propose to give you as to what we believe
the Southern people, to whom you refer,
regard as the correct doctrine as to Afri-
can slavery and as to the right Of States
to secede from the Union. We express
the almost unanimous opinion Of the
people when we declare that we are Con-
servatives, and that the question was de-
cided by the war, and that it Is their
intention, in good faith, to abide by that
decision. At the close OF the war the
Southern people laid down their arms
and sought to resume their former re-
Iations with the United States Govern
msnt. Through their State Conventions
they abolished slavery and snnulled their
ordinance of secession, and they returned
to their peaceful pursuits vita sincere
purpose to fulfill all their duties under
the Constitution of the United States,
which they had sworn to support
IF this setion in Southern Rgri-
culture fails, they will be destitute of
means of subsistence, and become pau
pers, dependent on public bounty. Self
interest, even if there were no higher
motives, would therefore prompt the
whites of the South 60 extend tOthe ne
0roes care and protection. The impor-
tsnt fact that the two races, under exist
ing circumstances, are necessary to each
ether is gradually becoming apparent to
both; and we believe that only for the
fact that iD1u snces are exerted to stir up
the passions OF negroes, the relationship
Of the two races would SOON adjust them
selves on basis of mutual kindness and
advantage. 1t Is time that the people OF
the South, together with the people OF
the North are, for obvious reasons, op-
nosed to any systems apd laws which
Would place the political power Of the
country In the hands Of the negro race.
But this opposition springs from q teel-
inc of enmfty and deep seated preju-
diee: that at present the negroes have
neither the intelligence or other qusli-
fieations necessary to make them safe
dspositcries OF political power. They
wonld inevitably become the victims OF
damsgogues, who, for selfish purposes,
would nislead them to the serious injury
az the public. The great a0dnt Of the ]
,oeo41le Of the South Is peace. The peo-
BE earnestly desire the tranquility and
ne restoration Of the Union. They dep
reeate disorder and excitement as the
most serious obstacle to their prosperity.
Then ask O. restoration Of their rights
under the Constitution. They desire re-
ref from oppressive nsisT1tts Above all,
thsy woatd appeal TO their coorltTynlers
for the re-estG62 2ish1sent IN the Southern |
States Of that which has justly been re- |
oarded as The 6irthright OF eveTy Anserj- [
ca,s-tjae right Of seJ governn5ent. Es-
CsbIisfl thsm on fiFm basis and we can
safely promise, on behalf of the Southern
people, that they win faithfully obey the
Constitution and laws Of the United
States, and treat the negroes with kind
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