Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-04

Here is a fighting population OF two miii'ons
oF people between The ages Of htteen ana HllIi
and Il is idle and absurd TO talk or 20 think
1bout eopouering them. They are not shop
F..,.rs- fsilors. factory men, baton makers
80 bnt they are an used 10 handling The rihe
and shot gun from the age Of tsn. When sucn
men are conquered. they viii be IKE layior az
Repps Vista They viii never know lt and
must be conquered sgsin.
Thus much for our cause, our deteFnlnatlen
and our strength. Our enemies may Weu De-
ifsve that time viii nst weaken them Neces-
ritv is often a rude. but sometimes KIND
master: and this difi ,ulty with the Norm will
fs7rh the south 70 rely upon her own resources.
m to $40. Tennessee and Kentucky ranked
frst and second as the grain and meat states
of the Union: and they are not now Tar behind
auv. TbeV stin rank above all others ~ mules
and horses. The South can raise ten bushels
of grsin where she needs one; and henceforih
shs .DiI do it. IN feeding Der people, she ia
eousl 70 snv and every emergency; and the
great North west, which has aiWaFs found Der
he best customer, need DO longer count upon
her a. a huver When six or seven Millions
Of psonle withdraw their trade from the states
OF the Ohio valley and rely upon themselves
that valley must soon feel the damaging enecLs
of such movement; for they have bot little
~ sell hut the PRODUCTS of agriculture. Not
40 with the South: she not only bscomfs thus
fndeDsndsrt Of her enemy, but she still retains
The command or the commerce N the world
in raising The great articles Of our export
wesith-cotton, tobacco, sugar and rice 10
brief, while the South is supporting herssiL a.
boms, she knows that EVrope mast hare Der
great staples % export; while the North, IN
losing Der best customers is conscious mat
she cannot supply heir place
As al this NAV be said OF the agricultural
resources Of The two sections, i may be also
said OF their mineral and mechanical resources
The best coal, lead, and iron mines, are J,
Virginia. Tennessee, Kentucky, missourl eho
Arkansas: and il would be idle to suPposs
that. in an issue Ike this, cur people VIII nor
rsIl ont ali their inventive talent and ingenuity
and turn them to the most valuable account.
The evidence OF this determination e seen y
the fact. thst a. various points In the ooh0n
men are now industriously engaged IN cas- lna
guns o. al sizes, and preparing an to- lnaPie-
fnents OF modern warfare. 10 one year rom
this date, Col.s' revolver and Minnls s1o ~
sharp's rifles will Be In the hands OF nan ue
military forces n our Southern land.
So viii It be with furniture, clo'hing' house
hold goods and utensils which the south nov
obtains from Der northern enemies ans 'u'
North. when too lac, will awaken 10 the iact
that in trying 10 subjugate us she has aFouss
that spirit among ms which VIII make us fe1'.l
and truly independent, while that ineePendsne
vViIl cost her vastly more than she ever bar
gained FOR or drssmed Of.
The North thinks shs has caught as withoa
arms, ard pisces an embargo on their impof
tation. She will, perhaps, learn IN due ume
that il our own arsenais can not supply us !
tine, England can. Cotton commands GOLD
Il viii command anything else Europe has Z
sell. England cannot sfIori to let four million
~ cation spinuers and weavers starve for n
v-sut Of cotton, merely to crafty Lincoln !
his war upon the South; and The South ma
rest assured that II she viii demand arms N
stead Of gold for portion Of her Gotten, n
arms will come.
Thus, in any and every aspect OF the CUES
ton. ths South, 10 this unnatural contest, hs
the vantage ground and the North VIII 500
feel Nnd seknoWleege it.
SOUTHRON.