Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-07

From the Charleston Mercury
The presses of tho United States viii rely
upon the superior physical power Of the North
70 subjugats the Southern States. Ia Their view,
our c0nques is d simple stair Of arithmetic.
As eighteen is greater than eight, therefore
eighteen millions Of people must subdue eight
They ignore all moral Influences. They ignore
God. Material, sensual and brutal, they regard
a struggle for liberty and independence as an
affair of mechanics, III which a longer lever or a
stronger pulley will lift the load. So corrupted
are they by the prosperity which they wIung
from the South, that they seem to have forgotten
histoTy-!heir own history, and the history Of
the people they are striving to subdue. Freder-
lex the Great, with but five millions Of inhabi-
tants in Prussia, in a seven years war, van
pushed Austria, Russia aid France combined
each Of them being fTe times as great nUmeri-
caliy as Prussia. In the revolution Of IT76 we
were but vs. millions and a half Of people,
against the most powerful nation, by land and
sea, at that time IN Europe. since this war be-
gan we have ~vaneUished the Northern armies in
every pitched battle, although they have had
their own time for their preparations. Yet they
still aIgue that, because they sEe numerically
greater than we are, they must subdue Us.
Banaperte very truly observed that the morale
of an army is thTee-fJurih5 of its strength. Au
army is not the mere bones, flesh aud blood
which cOmp0s it. It consists OF msH-WIsh all
the passions, feelings and motives which actuate
men. Men may enter an army simply to obtain
bread, winch is the case with one half OF the
present army Of the United States and when
brought into battle they viii fight, perhaps,
under circumstances, very bTavely. Men may
enter an army on q speculation Of robbery.
They want the country sEey invade either IS a
source Of future gain, or of present occupancy.
A large portion Of the United Safes army really
believed, when they invaded tbs SOUTH, that
they we've emily going down 70 select Iat farms
another portion came TO c0erce Us as their future
tributaries. But there is one thing all robbers
prefer TO rObbery-and that IS life, In the game
OF robbery there is a reasonable Imis to al
adventures. But what are these motives for
.cOnqaering US, compared with those which must
actuate the people Of tie Confederate States in
defending themselves The land invaded is
their land. The properly to be appropriated IS
their property. The homes to be desecrated, or
given TO the hames, ere their homes The
butcheIy and murder to be perpetrat-d IS Of
them and their children. Country, property, I
home, ali we love OF live for, Is pat up at sveTy
battle as the pEIcs Of victory. Is l. a. Al sur
plsing that, IN sUcL a contest, the southern
people should b. invircibls Why should any
man in the South survive ore day The su5juga-
ton of the South to Yankee domination Dah
Is thousand times preferable TO tie doom which
awaits him and bis. Our ruthless and biuCdy
foes have left Us in 10 doubt as to their designs.
They have written them upon their Statute
books they have proclaimed them to the world.
The deeds If Butler and MiJchsl are cut faint,
gimmering shadows OF tho horrible aud IN
speskable atrocities they mediate for our torture
and humiliation, Should they succeed in sutju-
gazing Us. How can the motives Of the Toboer
or mercenary arm bin with the same in-repiiily
and desperation IN battle, which, under such
circumstances, must nerve the aImof the South
ern mani
Bat whilst ignoring all moral Influences, our
savage fees ignore God. Il i5 true, that We
sometimes SEQ p--oelamations from their auth0ri-
ties, setting apart certain days for thanksgiving
and praise TO God, for some successful murder
Of our people. There can be no more striking
reputation Of the Deity than a denial of His
attributes. How eau a God Of justice and hOli-
ness accept the thanksgiving and praise for the
success OF the robbers and muEderers Of an
Unohendiug, innocent pe0plef Bat in their
presses they make no reference to God whatever
il their meCitated slaughter of Us. Victory is
a simple Ettair-Of 60 many more men against
50 many Jelcer men. God, with them, does net
reign but MaunCu and HolOch. Material,
be2stly, inhdel AID bl0ody as they aro-we viii
sc0urge them from our land, and make them tie
Kissing scorn and de,estlton Of the world.