Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11
Letter from Mr.. Spurge0n.

In the Rev. G. II. Surgeons mag
azine-the StCOrd and IrOWeL-for Au-
gust, we find the following racy letter
from the reverend gentleman to Louis
Napoleon and the King of Prussia, in
relation to the present war. Mr..
SpurgeOn writes under the S06riquet
of "JOhn Plougbman," that being the
name he adopted in a small volume
which he published two years ago. 1T
is right to remark that Mr.. SpurgeOn
is not here writing in his capacity as
a minister of the Gospel, but in the
character, assumed for the occasion,
Of a plain ploughman:
To Napoleon, Emperor of the French,
and William, King of Prussia:
This comes hoping that you are get
ting better, at least better tempered
with one another, though l am much
afraid, as the saying is, that you will
be worse before you will be better. l
beg to send my most disrespectful
compliments. Scripture says: "Hon-
or to whom honor is due ~ but kings
who go to war about nothing at all
have no honor due them. So / don't
send you so much as would Law ON
your thumb nails. Perhaps you are,
4 AOI OObA aAAACg dh0 OA1H O1e
of you is to blame for be-
/ do not know your secret tricks, for
kings are as deep as foxes, and it is
8; dest to lay it on you both, for then
tn, g right n will be sure to get it. /
she uIi like to give you both a month
at O ur WOrkhOuse, and a taste of the
r K, TO bring your proud spirits
down a bit, for l expect it is your
high IiviHg that has made you so hot
blOoded.
VIVA tever do you see in fighting
that you should be so fierce for it?
One would think you were a couple
of game cocks, and did not know any
better. When two dogs fight one of
them is pretty sure to come home |
lame, and neither of them will look
the better for it. One or other of YOU
will get a thrashing; I only wish il
would come on your bare backs, and
not on your poor soldiers. What are
you at? Have you got SO much
money that you want to blow it awav
in powder? If so, come and let off,
some fireworks down by Dorkino.
and please u boys. Or have vol
too many people, and want to clear
them off by cutting their throatsQ
Why don't you do this In q auiet
way, and not make them murdererS !
rs well as murderedR / don't think .
you know yourselves what il is o~=ti
WantI but, like boys WifH- a.fl
you must be new knives,
~ ~~Vting something. One d,
you has the govt, and that does NOT !
sugar the temper much, and the other J
Is proud about having beaten his !
neighbOr; so you must needs LET off
your steam by begipping a murder !
BUS war. You are as daft as Won are !
lays old if you think any gOOd can |
come of it. If you think Won will Oet '
,lbands and flags by fighting, O had
letter buy them at first hand of the
irapers; they will come a seal
'heaper, and there will be no uoIv
hood stains on them. II you are
ueh great babies you should come to f
tair, and buy yourselves lots of C
tarS and carriers, and blue ribands u
nd the ~staIkeepers would be glad to Il
erve you. n
you must have a fight. whvdon,t a
'ou strip and 90 at 1t Yourselves. az
ar Tom ROdy and BIG Ben did on q.
ne greens It's eOWardiy of Won 10 q
end a lot of other fellows to he shot
n your account. / don't like foht- d
1g at all, it's too Iow-lived for me-. 81
9t realty 1t would save the lives b
mnnons, would not mind taking u
AIe OF your jackets while you had a IL
stto win nstlcatis, and ! would en-
Ourage you both to hit his hardest at y
gentleman opposite. / dare say I'll
you came oyer to Surrey the police hi
'ould manage to deep out of your re
Iay, and let You have a fair chance Of W
ay1ng it out; they have done so for 81
ther gentlemen, and I feel sure they Il
'ould do 1t to oblige you. 1t might 70
poll your best shirts to have your
oses bled, and 1 dare say you would
OF like to strip at it, but there are 81
lenty Of ploughmen who would lend u