Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-19


said:
ST fear our people do not yet real
ize the magnitude OF the struggle they
have entered upon, nor its probable
duration and the sacrifices 1t will inn
|. pose upon them. The United States
government" he said, "is one Of the
most powerful upon earth. l know
the people and the government we
have to contend with. In a little
while they will be eve more united
than wei Their resources are almost
without limit. They have a thor
oughly organized government, COM
manding the respect and, to some ex-
tent, the fears of the world. Their
, army is complete In all its details and
appointments, and it will be COM
manded by the foremost soldier Of the
country, General Scott, whose evO-
ton to the Union cause is attested. by
his drawing his sword against his ma
tive State. They have also a navy
that in a little while will blockade our
ports and cut US of from the world.
They have nearlyAll the workshops
and skilled artisans of the country,
and will draw upon the resources OF
other nations to supply any deficiency
they may feel. And above all, we
shall have to fight the p~rejudices Of the
/ world, because OF the existence Of
: slavery in our country. Our enemies
will have the ear Of other powers,
while we cannot be heard, and they
will be shreWd enough to make the
, war appear to be merely q struggle on
our part for the maintenance of sla-
very: and we shall thus be without
sympathy, and most certainly with
out material aid from other powers.
To meet all this we have a govern
ment to form, an army to raise, or
ganiZe and equip, as best we may.
We are without q treasury, and with
cut credit. We have no ships, few
arms, and few manufactures. Our
people are brave and enthusiastic, and
will be united in defense Of a Just
cause. l believe we a. succeed in
establishing u independence, If the
people can be made to comprehend at
the outset that to do so they must en-
dUre a longer war and far greater pri-
vatiOns than our fathers did in the
revolution Of 1776. We will not sue
coed until the financial power of the
North is completely broken, and this
can occur only at the end of a long and
bloody war. Many Of our people
thinkit will soon be over, that per-
haps a single campaign, and N great
battle will end it. This is q fatal er-
ror, and must be corrected, or we are
doomed. Above all, Virginians must
prepare for the worst. Our country is
CT wide extent and great natural re-
sources, but the conflict will be main
ly in Virginia. She will become the
Flanders Of America before the war is
over, and her people must be prepared
for this. If they resolve at once to
dedicate their lives and all they Dos
sess to the cause of constitutional gov
eminent and Southern independence,
and to suffer without yielding as no
other people have been called upon to
suffer in modern times, we shall, with
the blessing Of God, succeed in the
end; but when it will all end no man
can fOretell. I wish / could talk to
every man, woman and child in the
State now, and impress them with
these views"
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT at New Or
leans, with an account Of the origin
and command Of the first three naval
expeditions Of the war, is a first paper
from the pen of Gideon Wells, late
secretary of the navy. It "goes for"
Beast Butler, and insures him his
place as a braggart and coward,
THE GALAXY for November ought
to be read. Joe Locke, 235t Main
street, has 1t for sale.
THE FIELD AND FACTORY for
October is, in point of mechanical
execution and contents, an improve
ment upon previous numbers. The
first article headed "Small Planta-
tioRs'' is SO full Of practical sense, that
we cannot refrain from INDUCING in
an extract, which we think will i'm
press all readers Of the APPEAL with
the value Of one Of the best OF
the Southern agricultural publiea-
tons. Here 1t is:
I'VE do not propose to philosophise
as to the cause of the great revolu-
ton, nor to accuse, Our Maker of DUN
ishing Us TOO severely, but accepting
the situation, to deal with facts as they
present themselves. One OF these
facts is fully demonstrated by the con-
slant failure Of those attempting TO
| plant on a large scale, without re-
liable labor, or the capacity to control
the labor thep have. We know of some
large planters who are successful
compared with the majority, but they
are very few. We find as aresult Of
these failures a growing disposition
on the part of our people to diversity |
their erOps-plant less cotton, more |
grain, clover, grasses and fruit. We
see Ia this tendency one OF the most
efficient means Of restoring our cOun-
try TO Its wonted prosperity and in
huence. We do not advise any one
to abandon the cultivation of the
staples, but rather TO improve their
method Of cultivation, producing
more to the acre, and a better quality,
but let them be the surplus CROPS.
Raise everything else at home, and
then the cotton and sugar will bring
IN clear money. We have advised
our large landholders to divide their
lands, and encourage industrious i'm
migrants to come and settle upon
them, or else devote large fields to
small grain, and grow more stock,
Because a farmer has two or three
hundred acres under fence, he Is not
necessitated to grow 8 large crOp OF
cotton or sugar at losing prices, Wei
venture to assert, those farmers who
r making the largest profits
throughout the South TODAY. are
those who are cultivating only what
they can cultivate thoroughly, and
not running their farms on borrowed
eapital-hypothecating future crops,
Tor present means, at destructive per-
centage."
The Field and Factory company of
Jackson, Mississippi, are the pub
fishers of this ably edited periodical.
Address them for terms, etc.
The ECLECTIC FOR OcroBER.-
Mansford has the Eclectic for October,
containing an admirable discussion of
Darwin's Descent Of Man, and articles
entitled, Sir Walter Scott; The
Herschels and the Star Depths; A Fes.
"a In Venice; State Papers Of Frances;
Pike County Ballads; Deep Sea Sound.
Ings; Sir John Hersehel; The Litera-
~ Life. The Eclectic is more sought
after than any literary monthly, and
he fact is illustrative Of local popular
rood taste. Locke is also supplied by
he publishers with this admirable
publication. Il
ARKANsAs.-Messfs. Clark, Wolcott
! %, bankers, and dealers in South.