Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-08

"Cause" IL is true held some cotton and to-
baccO, bus the enemy took all that was not
burned, and came out OF the struggle with
out dollar, except two hundred and forty
four dollars in coin, borrowed money.
1t Is q curious fact, too. that / borrowed
two hundred pounds sterling exchange and
loaned tt to the government to aid IL in fit-
| ting out the Jacob Thompson mission, albeit
profoundly ignorant of it's specific object. OF
course, have had 70 repay That money. Yet
the editor OF the APPEAL recklessly says that
] was mot in the civil or military service of
the Confederate States" I win not be 50 un-
charitable as to suppose Mr.. Davis prompted
that statement, for that gentleman has good
memory, and would not utter a falsehOOd even
10 crafty his preiudices.
I presume the editor Of the APPEAI. has as
certained, by this time, that the pickett
Archives" are not forgeries, and repeat that
there is nothing in them for the southern
people to be ashamed Of, except the Jacob
sake, Il were forgery. Ny action, as an at
Uorney IN the matter, / shall adhere to. gem
orally know what l am about, and an well
fortified 10 my course; and viii here add,
although Il is not my intention to claim any
credit for IL, that prevented the delivery of
the Pickett Archives" as long as Mr.. Davis
was in prison, for, such was the evaporation
Of the Northern mind at that time, feared,
though ignorant of the Thompson report
there might have been something found
among the papers which would have hanged
Mr.. Davis. It was not until after he was re-
leased on bail that consented even
TO begin to negotiate. At this late
in the 'sPfckett Archives as there is in the
history of the Wars OF the Roses, and l am
heartily sorry for those patriotic but very
provincial gentlemen who cannot see ii in
that light. But do not despair Of them, they
viii come TO II in good time. Judging from
the letters which has been addressed TO me
with a view 70 pecuniary accommodation, IL
Is 10 be inferret that many OF my old friends
think that got the entire seVenty-hve thou
sand dollars or seven hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars for that matter. During the late
siege Of Paris brace Of fsReds' went TO Roths-
child % make practical assertion of the Com
muniStic doctrine of "coIlectivity.'' "Citi-
zen, said they, ''the money which YOU have
in your vaults is not yours, it belongs to the
people of France" "In that case. retorted
the clever Hebrew, there is the proportion
that falls 20 you, and he dismissed them with
a couple of francs. f-s--e as9..l a-
Now, YOU are aware, my dear William. that
am not the sort Of q man who writes his own
biography. / have never claimed any credit
for my services to the Confederacy, as it was
only the performance Of the duty of honor
and patriotism. But If all, or any eonsfdera-
bic portion OF the elderly persons had done as
much as did, the "LOst Cause" had not been
LOST
If by these hasty lines / shall persuade the
editor OF the APPEAL that he has done me in
justice as to my civil and military services to
the Confederacy, 1 shall be satisfied. / do not
apprehend that his iuconsiderate article has
damaged me In the estimation of friends or
men Of sense. Always your friend and cousin,
To william S. Pickett, Esd., Memphis, = Ten