Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-17

Better lie Gre apSa ths roll.
Better the shot. she blad- the bow.
Than crue dxion Of the sOuL 'r,-

+ fsom ihs MassissPPian
Better lie Gre ap0a tbs roll
Better the shot. she blat-, the bow
Than erpe dxioh Of the SOU ~
Ga, citizen Of free republic on. inhsrit0l
/ Of constitutional rights oh, guardian Vt the
/ honor Of your wives and daughters, aud etIsto
/ dian Of the birtaright and patrilnOuy of yogI
Children better, far better, thRs you iaeur death
/ every way that you give house and goods =
! tie flames that you proc.sim aud carrS is!O
pTactice, dsoni in any and every shsps to the IL
vader y no corzes 10 rob you aud yours OF al
hs. makes life yslusble than to surrender to the
inVets-ate foe ana mud too late, that ia dOiig 50,
you have giyep the brigand power over th-
loyei ones eHirastsd 70 yJE that he will exerci-i-
to item tdstisg ;ag4asy aud to ghe csuei6Kian o.
YOU soul Sand iolth father brother has-
band son look the future of subjnzation
rquarfly in tie fecg shrn il not pot i nor
aide; but, face to f. Ca, met II as man tegs q
his dTfst foe, ms MORTAL ENRMY.
Invasion of one people by another, to satju-
gate them, means to subdue them utterly TO
make them entirely subservient; 10 ensiaTe, a.
grade and demorsl them TO take from them
all lights of manhood TO dispossess them Of al
property to rende: The life OF the family Iide-
on !, And al the sacred ties Of relationship hOs
I'D dream. The invader, successful is fyEant
without mercy a despOt ruling with the sOTd
~ shea he'd; 8 gTssping miser an sxsc,iug
mts'er; deiamer ard dehiPr Of the women b.
hA'6s aud fears tie men who have submitted %
him and win destroy II hs cauBot crash II, "a.
Sui ugasioa is 10 tear TIE ltte tfos4- az tss
heart Of ne 10 msks them despiczb.e in lh-
eyes Q. their Wemsn will make tEeir children
curse them, aud The whole world point the fin
ger cf unmlEga.ed scOrn az then. SahjEgaton
entsils slavery, misery, degradation ana hopeless
ds@sas rgf,oa 10 yOlf Y0ssTiy, ill., in the hope OF
years, Ike the wTithing WCTIa, sons spirits u Al
bs reused by the cYeTcTushing weight, 20 turr
upcn sad sting the oPpressors then, in another
share. will SPPsar The cKrScd iHheritGEcs that
suhjugsed people leave TO their descendants
h"lpess, hopeless evil war, murders, as,sss;ua
ti0us, ETson sni all the countless evils that al
tend the struggling ,f0rts Of a people bound IL
chains at ths feet Of power, when Al times
spark 0l the inspiration OF freedom touches some
anIOI them who have some Of the old leayen ol
lTesmen within them.
Invasion, such as the North noY makes upon
,his p-opi-, Il successiu iul is more than death 20
as--it stiires a. making ours = lripg d-0ik:
II violates every principle Of right; IL is that
kind the TObber mskes when Lie invades yOU
house to despoiI you and to murder you ii ycu
resist. II Nv wru'd you meet such An Inysiei
of your private rights lou would resist hiu
10 tEs death you would show IIin 10 gaaHsf
till hs drsiSted. Can you, ought you to do
iesS 6hen greater interests are at stake No
no! nc De a. ard ONLY DEATH, To THE
INVADER, should ever be Ollr Wsr-e-y III tl:-
the foe leaves our land.
IA every house, AMI rock, Aud g5s,
Aud hill your forts; mud fire, sad lJ.d
Yield not Our soil shall rather be
OIe waste Of ham-, sea of blood
We have lately met sad revsrsss. Stall re
therefore despair Rather let them nerve Us to
bJ,dsr deeds. to tiercer warfare, 10 degdisr haze.
LO& at Spain ia 1905, and see b0H d few
wears later she threw the inyaleT lnom her coll
Nspi says:
In l3Gs, the strength aal spilit Of Spain
was broken, the enthusiasm vas null ,TreBt -
a fSlo piac 81 Napoleon was perfectly adSt.T ef
Og,ratiOas he tras =, the center or fts c0aatrg
,. held the cagtaI his fortunes, tts co17ataEd Of
tie greet lines nf communication and on the
wide military hOlfzon no cloud intercepted his
view save ths heroic city Of ZArajoss On the On+
side and a JesJ'e amy ON the other
In. sui jlgaiinn of Spain seemed inevitable,
when the genius and vigor of Sir John Moore
frustrated NapoleOn's plans st the very moment
OF execution"
Men of the South, the invasion OF your eoun
try by bigot tOe. for the unhOly purpose of 81
forcing on yOu sUbjugation to their avsriee, and
hate End lust, has resulted in the bloody death
Of many Of your herJic defenders that blood
still and ever calls ou you to drive from tie sol
that 9raat Il the vandals who shea it, 'ha soil
is sacred as the altar On which their blood has
been offered as sscrsmsnt to the independence
Of tie S5u;h. We know, we feel,
" That blaod shall err aload aid IA
With m everlasting tbrest =