The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-12-12
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From the Memphis "1raiaache"1
Governor Pettus was recently re-
elected and inauguratcd Governor
Of Mississippi, and in speech on
that occasion he said:
When defeat brings death to the
best and bravest of our land, and
worse than death to those who
merely survive, reckless must be
the man who assumes to play any
prominent part in this desperate
game without moro than ordinary
solicitude; that solicitude is deep
ened by the reflection that our enc
mics entered upon this war Of inva-
sion favored by many advantages
having much the largest share of
the arms and munitions of war,
which were the common property
Of all the States, and almost the
entire navy of the old confederacy,
with their ports open to the COM
merce of the world, enabling them
to supply any deficiencies in arms
or ammunitions; and with superior
numbers ofmen capable of bearing
arms.
These advantages, if wisely used,
will make this war bloody and pro-
tractcd, and enable them to intict
much suffering on the Confederate
States.
AS yet, they seem only to have
inflated the pride, which is said to
90 before destruction, and excited
the naughty spirit which precedes
q fall.
If our enemies shall be taught
wisdom by the defeats they have
suffered, and learn to bring wisely
to bear the advantages they possess,
while they may protract the strug-
gle and inflict much injury, the
ultimate conquest Of the Confedcr.
ate States must still be beyond
their power.
Their superiority ofarms is over
reached by our superiority in skill
in the use of them their superior
ity in numbers is more than equalcd
by the higher courage of our
troops, their desire for conquest
must give way before the stern re-
solve of patriots to defend their
homes, and, above all, that senti-
ment of "victory or DEATH which
burns in the hearts and blazes in
the eyes of Southern troops, which
has, and will continue to overcome
greater odds than can be brought
against us in the conflict, cannot be
inspired in the hearts of the selfish
and sordid race with which we
now contend. 1t was of this that
Napoleon spoke when he said, "the
moral Of the army is three-fourths
of the war, the material the other
fourth" This is the principle in
human action which has made
earth's mostmemorable battlefield,
and against it superior numbers as
vain now as when TEemistocles
struck for the liberties of Greece,
as vain as Manassas and Leesburg,
as at Platea and Marathon, and
upon this l have relied, and will
rely with unshaken confidence, for
the triumph and freedom Of our
country.
The low, sordid selfshness which
induced them to disregard their
obligations under the old Confede-
racy, and impelled them recently
to flock to the standard under
which they were promised easy
victory and rich booty, will not
permit them to patiently bear the
bootless hardships of a barren cam
paign, or give their lives to make
that banner victorious, under which
they mustered for plunder.
Weighing fairly the motives
which actuate men, it is not unrea-
sonable to expect that, instead of
easy triumph and rich spoils, they
meet with stern resistance, they
will continue in the future as they
have in the past battles to illustrate
by their actions the words of one
of the Statesmen which their race
has produced :-"This is not the
entertainment to which we were
invited"