Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-29
HORACE GREELEY.

Editors Appeol-Tn al your efforts to
progress and further modernizsd affairs
Of the present day do you eyer for mo-
ment turn from your desk 10 pay atten-
tion 70 the mysterious workings o. some Of
We glorious and chivalric, patient and for
giving Southern people, and try 70 inter
pref their meaning, We have refezenoe,
like correspondents Oh" and LII" TO
the invitations being extended TO the
Radical chief and destroyer OF Southern
peace and prosperity. The Fair directors,
perhaps the city officials, and the news
paner fraternity, and, lastly, the Con
federate Relief and Historical AEsOcis-
/ ton. ere making preparations TO welcome
him as the man of the day, or IN other
words 10 hear "What he knoWs about
fsrmjpg.0 We, and IN common with
thousands Of Others, deny the Southern
PEOPLE have a right to recognize him In
any capacity he may choose to follow
and, if be persist in going over our own
bright sunnv land to see what destTuc-
ton ne has wrought by his damned die
tstion, let him go alone, and solitary
at that. We surely cannot as soldiers a
as true SoutherneTs-true to b instincts
of our ancsstOrs-hsve forgotten the inJu-
rles we are now made to suffer. We have
not forgotten that when we went to meet
his armies on fair open fields, that
there were others Of his stay-at-hOme
and cowsrdly stripe, who patted the backs
ofmen, who had q little more courage, TO
20 and burn our homes, aasassinate our
aged fathers and young brothers, ravish
our mothers, sisters aud daughters, steal
all they could lay hands IN and lay waste
The beloved spots Of our own dear South.
We surely cannot have forgotten the
d~eath-wOrds of our own brothers, sons and
comrades, who cried aloud, and by the
appearance Of their graves to-day remind
US, that we must not forget their deeds nor
fail to reverence their just, but "lOst
cause" Rave we forgotten how soon
after the war the slaves were made u
euuals2 and how to-day Horace
Greeley's stripe Try to throw them into
our society, politically and socially?
In fact have we become so degraded that
we must, when Our enemy appears, and
for policy sake, as many proclaim, which
would be nothing more than rank by
pOcrisy to say and do what our hearts o
not dictate to US, faWn and smile and fete
tbem2 No, neYerl If u Confederate
soldiers desire 10 add TO the prestige of
their picnic, let them choose and invite
Hon. jefferson Davis, or some Of oar Otgn
Southern birth. II they wish assistance
for the destitute and afflicted, let them
call upon our ODR land. If they choose
to be honured and revered as Southern
soldiers worthy Of theirnGme, let them act
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all public hirslings or money mongrels.
1t is said respect should be shown HOT-
ace, because Of his Willingness TO bond
Hon. Jefferson Davis, or because Of his
a~fter-the-war professions for the South.
Yes. respect should be shown him
were it not that the dlthy LUcTe and
the name Of haUtHg done these things
prompted him TO do what he did.
His heart did not do it, nor will il
ever do the like, for if it differed the Rad
icsl party would not to day be following
him. Money is his cry, and deep damns-
ton TO him should be ours. Is it ressOna-
Die. Messrs. Editors2 Suppose Mr.. Da-
Wis, Governor Harris, General Pillow, or
Forrest, or any other launch Con
fsderste, we're to 60 North and lee
ture, or pretend to dictate as Mr..
Greeley does, how long would they
remain ia any n placer or what
kind. if any reception would they receive
from the G. 4. R a body organized, IS
thew saw, for their own social good and
welfare, but really for our destruction and
for the purpose of electing one-hOrse
Presidents and smiling upon such hypo-
critical acts as possess Horace Greeley.
If we receive Horace, let Us also send for
Ben, for Of the two, the latter is the most
acceptable, inssmuch IS he has ever pro-
claimed his hatred tor b South, and
that it shall forever exist. Horace has
never yet expressed a good sentiment
for US, only as far as his peCuniary
interests were concerned and there
fore should not be welcomed. We
trust the C~Onfsderates viii reconsider
their action, and if they persist, while we
hope them success in their benevolent
purposes, we hope every true and noble
Southern soldier viii Desr in mind the
day, and keep slOOf from all such enter
tsinmsnts, for it will be sninsult to those
who braved their sl to have him present.
We again say If you wasn't prestige and
.pecuniary aid call upon your own South
eru land. Let these Northern men and
Northern soldiers who secretely hate and
damn US move among their own sphere.
Exc.