Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-09
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EVENING EDITION.
JACKSON. MISS.
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We are erat6ed 10 witness the alscrity with
which the Shareholders Of the country are send
ing in fheif able bodied men to work upon the
fsrf6oaions srouRd this plaza. It evincss 3 laud-
able dissemination on their part to aid in holding
II against the assaults Of The enemy, as well as q
proper appreciation of the Importance Of pre-
venting is occupation BY him. jackson is in
fact, to Mississippi what Paris is to France
"a IS the SAFE. Oacs in the possession Of the
foe. tho whole State would be suhiugated.
vieksbug would fall as naturally sa ripe
pear from its stem. On tho other hand, let Us
hold Jackson, and both Yicksburg and the State
are safe.
From the best information we can gather, it
is the purpose Of Gen. GRANT to advance in
this direction from Port Gibson, certifying his
Inns al intervals as be progresses, SO as to enable
him with a small force to keep up his eommu-
nseston with tho river, and while be makes e
demonstrates against yicks5urg to eDgage the
at~enfoa Of cur IaTess n 81 hurl the main body
ofhis army sgairst Jackson With thl force he is
represented to have at his command, and il the
absence Ct suitable ds'enses and a competent
body Of troops Al this pace, his purposes nigh
rssdIy be accomplished. Bat with proper vigi-
lance end prompt scdon on the part Of our an
tboTiiies ard the people, GRANT viii most as
suredly be foilsd in his designs. In advancing
upon this place he must necessarily greatly eI
pose his rear, and if he can be prevented from
sfsciing a Judgment here. snd his srmy KEPT
out Of the city, his discontinue and defeat are
Inevitable, and the State is saved from subjuga-
ton and the people from ruin. Then let cur ex
ertions for successful defense be ~Tsdoubled.
Troops-are coming to our sid from other fields,
and It bebooves our own citizens to come fer
ward in their owB defense. In defending Jack
son they defend their OWE homes and hearth
Stones, their families from insult and themselves
from robbery and poverty. They should take q
lesson from down trodden Nashville and Md
de Tennessee. There no mercy has been shown
By the inhuman m~srsuders, and their fate j,
our fate if we taTTy or flser in the discharge Of
our duty.
The enemy have a wonderful capacity for
holding on to important points when once II
their possession, and should Vieksburg snd
jackson be SO unfcrtunsts IS to fall into then
hsnds. they win nuver be wrested from then
except by treaty stipulation. It is really almost
appalling to reject upon the lorg night o
gloom that EAST hang over our people upon the
happening Of such 81 event. As yet the ciii-
zens Of central and sau,b Mississippi have ex-
parieneed but leR Of the horrors of wa.
They have noa, Ike the people Of Mis-
sOur aud other States, been forced to pass
under The yoke, nor to feel the grinding power
Of the eoaquerors heel 4 sad and sorrowlul
fate d theirs, Il, in q moment Of lethargy, they
psrnii their proud State 10 pass under the rue
Of the military mob which LINCOLN has sent
cut for their ~subjugatiou. The enemy is now
laundering at your very doors, within thirty
miles Of your capital You have had timey
waning. To resist him successfully, you have
Only to rspsir hither promptly and man the
f-e1eFrSSd frt6cstions. The Governor viii
arm al those who cannot srm themselves
Then come forward without delay, and vindi-
cafe yoursslve7 as f~eeu1en. or be forever slaves.