Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-18

The receRt disasters 20 our arms, and more
particularly the fall Of Fort Donelson and the
surrender Of Nashville, must iRauguTats a new
mode Of warfare On She part of the government
snd the people Of the Confederate States. AS
the New Orleans Delta forcibly says, the de-
plorable haction and loss of vigor which have
f. characterized the operation Of our armies for
several months past must give way for more
energetic aggression and f~-roeious hostlities.
The marvellous credulity Of our high officials as
to the brief duration Of the waT-the declining
resources and earnestBess Of the enemy, and that
disastrous iDfatUation Of foreign Intervention,
have inflicted upon our cause severe disasters.
They may prove blessings, if they produce their
proper effects, Of arousing our people to the
true revolutionary fervor and energy.
In this We may learn, even from the enemy,
who, il q cause Of unprovokes agrees on and
invasion, has not been discouraged by still more
serious disasters and rebufs.
Our people have not yet regarded with suh-
Gent seriousness the cause for which they are
fighting. No people were ever engaged in a
more serious struggle. I'll emphadcally a COM
bat for life or death. It differs from most Of the
modern revolutionary struggles where mere polit-
icsl rights and changes Of government were in
volvsd. or this character was the revolution of
I776. That was a struggle for the exclusive
right Of governing ourselves, against a mild,
wise, and, in tie main, well intontioned mother
country. So Of the other revolutions Of modern
times, the failure Of which, how disastrous So
ever IN Z political sense, would have lett even
the s~ubjugsted in the possession Of their rights Of
person and Of property. But the war We are
now waging Is ore in which, If we fail, we lose
not only our political freedom and rights, but
our property, om honor, and our whole social
organization.
The humiliation Of cur armies, The devasts-
ton Of the country, she ~conhsgrslon of our
cities, the q s.itution Of every description Of
national interest viii be small injuries compared
with that which the final victory of the Van
KEGS must iuiict ou tie South. Let all doubt IS
TO tAer purpose 10 infict this incalculable in
jUTy be discarded from every southern mind
Tee beneficial Institution upon which the South
has 6ael hult up and through which it has con
tr5uied 30 greatly TO the wealth Of the world,
can Hcvsr survive tie conquest Of these States
by tbs northern vaadals How divided soever
they may have been on tins question before the
war AKA in rs frss stages, they are united now
The President aid "a their chiefs proclaim the
forfeiture Of all the property Of Ito rebels, and
IN these Ssstes there srs none BAT rebels. Tie
chiefs Of their irysding armies have these 10
s,TUcsiols TO carry out this policy. They have
thus far done 50. Their success, whether
achieved BY armies OF by our ~su9jugation, will
leave our beautiful south q hunting wilderness.
We must, therefore, fight or perish-fght to
tie last man and the last gun. Let Us study and
TIE devotica and selfsaoriGce Of the only
people Of modern mes VINO have been involved
in q revolutionary struggle similar to our own
refer 10 that Of tas Greeks ia 1920. Those
people fought for their religion. their
lives, and those Of heir families. The brutal
Turk left them no alternative but victory or
No prisoners we're taken. No captured
sites were left standing. The lovely isles Of f,
Greece were swept with fire and sword, aud