Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-07
WAR is the devotion of the many,

WAR is the devotion of the many,
by the few, to misery snd death. 1t
is the development of the ambition
of kings at the cost of the poor, and
helpless and unfortunate. 1t is the
conversion of Gods creatures into
murderous machines. 1t is the poison
Gus breath Of ungodly ambition that
blights and blasts every flower that
blooms in bowers of bliss. If not
this, it is only more terrible and hor-
rlble as a CHASTITY necessity imposed
by selfish ambition upon q people,
who, to escape despotism, resort to
the murder of myrisds of our race.
The pretexts for the pendinng war do
not, with the unprejudiced, excite or
justify sympathy either with the
crowned or the uncrowned potentate.
They two, and their ministers, and the
ministering spirit of hell-born ambi-
tion, wrapped Western Europe in
flames, and is digging graves for half a
million men. The tairest districts Of
France are desOlate, and the sum of
human anguish begOtten is beyond
the possibility of computation. There
fore, the APPEAL has been affected,
neither by French nor German enthu-
siasm. Radical newspapers have diff
fered from the APPEAL. There is a
large German voting population in the
United States, and even while we write
the telegraph may be reciting the result
of elections that occurred a few hours
ago in California and Vermont, deter
mined by German voters. 1t was a
shrewd dodge Of Radical politicians.
Only yesterday, all over this broad
land, every Radical leader and every
Puritanical pulpit pounding apostle
of Radicalism, with the Radical press,
was inveighing with unmixed bitter
ness against German habits, modes of
amusement and German morals. The
Catholic Germans of the United
States have been especially cursed
and reviled by these sanetimOnious
high priests of Radicalism. In every
Radical city of the North, Radical
Boards of Aldermen have leveled
prohibitory laws and maledictions at
the habits and amusements of our
German fellow-citizens. Very sud
denly these revilers of German phil
Osophy, habits, tastes and morals, in
view Of coming political contests
very suddenly these Radical party
managers become thoroughly imbued
with intense admiration of the leu
tonic race, and at this very hour the
hypOcritical conductors of Radical or
gans here and elsewhere in the United !
States are more Teutonic than the Teu- |
tons themselves. We despise this |
foul dishonesty, this palpable fraud,
this adhesion to Germany, simply be-
cause, in approaching elections, there |
will be five German to each French |
vote polled in America, and we de-
spise the sublime stupidity Of that |
German 30 stolid that ne is entrapped
by the palpable dishonesty Of these
organs and orators of Radicalism.
France has been beaten, thoroughly
beaten, and Germany, by sheer
force Of that moral power and pres
tige gained by the Prussian
becomes a consolidated
empire. Germany and France can
not be consolidated or made homo
geneOus. The war should end. We
would not have France, another Ire
land, body Of dead sand, swinging
to Germany like Africa to
Europe and Asia. The German en-
pire has won prestige and power
enough and no true republican
or democrat can desire the ex-
of French liberty or ma
tionality, and for this the war
should not hereafter be wsged.