Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29


ANDREW JOHNSON IMPRIsON
PREACHERs-sAYS THE CONFEO-
ERATE SOLDIERS FILL IGNOHIN-
IOUs GRAVES.
We have been furnished with the fol-
lowing facts, which we trust u readers
viii ponder to-day at home while con-
templating the absence Of those noble
men who are represented as filing "IG-
KoMNIoUs GRAVES On June %, 1852,
| Andrew johnson, who cares for neither
God nor man, protected by armies in
mont, imprisoned Rev. B. Z. c. How
ell, DR.. SehOn, DR.. Ford, DR.. Saw
RE, DR.. Baldwin, Rev. w. H. Wharton,
ministers Of peace, pursuing their holy
calling, far from the armed hosts Of the
South, enduring with their iocks IN
daunted the horrors of a captured city.
Neither holy calling nor sacred Master
secured immunity from him. Read the
following brutal order about the impris-
oned ministers:
Ihave TO request that you viii issue
stringent orders prohibiting all visitors
TO the clergy this day sent to n penn
Tertiary, except such as have special
permission (andI would add that this
should be granted only on good and
sufficient reasOn). would suggest that
no announcement be given 70 that spH-
il which is manifested in the numerous
offerings Of delicacies by sympathlzlng |
rebel friends. They are there as enc
mics OF the government, and should re-
ceiveOnly such consideration as attaches
to 3 person guilty ofan infamous crime.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
Military Governor.
'This in q public orderl What did he
do in private when women came suppl
ant before him, or old men came trem-
bling, asking to return to their honest?
One lady, a respectable married lady Of
Nashville, went, accompanied by an
other lady, to ask that one Of the i'm
prisoned ministers be released long
enough to perform the burial service at
the funeral Of a child. He drove her
from him with clenched fists, denounc-
ing her as a rebel who ought to be i'm
prisoned too. Out of Difference to her
sex her name is not given, but it can be
established if disputed. He said in q
speech:
4" punish Parsons Elliott, SehOn,
Baldwin and Others because they are
traitors, and enemies Of society, law and
order. They have poisoned and corrupt
ed boys and silly women, and ineul-
Gated rebellion
''Where was the military necessity
hat compelled the arrest and imprison-
of these men Of God? He insulted
women in his speech. He said: ,
" The conduct of rebel women Is as 4,
Jonishing. How dare you breathe treason
md insult the flag Of your country2 =
Hold up YOUR hands in the light Of heav- {
n: see il they are not red With blood, {
he blood of your own brothers, hus- I
lands, and sons, sent by your perniciOus ,
influence to an untimely and ignOmin- /
Gus grave |
d" He said in Nashville: I
{" For those women who unsex them c
by a display Of treason 1 have no q
t
ale asks for amnesty. Does he repent c
{ this2 Can he apologize or atone for a
p Are u sleeping heroes resting in
ynominious graves? Are those who
IL following thepeerless Lee, the noble A
ohnston, or the indomitable Jackson .
in ignominiOus graves2 Can :
e thus soon forget our dead braves and y
their memory by the elevation 81
Z him who uttered such a sentiment to n
le mothers and wives Of our fallen -
eroes? Perish the past, forgotten be its =
sart-burnings and struggles, its manly -
ows, given and received in front; but Z
ever perish the memory Of the brave a,
Id true who fell in defense Of =
cir homes and firesides IN 4,
memory shall be razed from :
e brain and all hearts in Tennessee be -
asted away. We do not ask Of the -
sderal soldier, an oblivion that shall :.
AXE him forget his battles and march -
nor his dead comrades, sacred tOhim
ours to us; nor IA we nor would he
K it, forget ours; nor him who thus
their memory, called their rest y
: places fg~nominious graves'-never.n
thers and mothers, do your gallant =,
rs who fell in the Confederate cause
"ignominious graves?" Wives, are -
ur husbands who perished in
9 late war traitors? and are your ~
Ildren to be told that their IA
srs fill "ignominious graves?" Sisters! =;
Il you encourage by your smiles the -
nderer Of your dead brothers, who,
i are told, repose in an "igno- -
nious grave?n Shall this ealumny an
on the Confederate soldier, uttered by =,
-ulgar and insolent demsgogue, the
Chef of whose shoes he is unworthy to
sen, be Endorsed by the people of !
nnessee? Palsied be the tongue that .
ers a word against or casts -,
slur upon the soldier who on
ght for the honor and independ- NJ
e Of the Soulful Cursed be the man In
would pluck n laurel from the ;ul
W Of him who suffered, and bled, and We,
q for the SOUTH "Ignominious 10:
YES - said Andrew Johnson, and at IN
election in November thousands of ~
in thunder tones will cry out: bel
him be "anathema maranathan mo
o would dare tell the world that pih'
Confederate soldier who gave his life bio
What he believed just cause, fills an upi
vrayp in