Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-25
I.L0 he uRe5sls'' are CIasssd a Fgrt DaLal1ars
guBiugaiIon m IIapossibIliiy.

From the Augusta Sentinel
Ten lh0usan tiRss since this war commenced
have we heard or read the exclamation, I've
cannot be spbjugstsd Z" Many on whose lips
thsse words ara foand are doing comparatively
nothing to avert so terrible q catastrophe, and
yet they persuade themselves that in no event
can it occur This slass--snd it is by ne means
incossiderable--sdopt tie phrase to which the
sneEgslie pstriOt gives Uttersnce, and tske com
fort amid present discouTsgemsBis from the esT-
tainty of our ultimate triRmph. Wheneyer ft is
affirmed that the chRquest Of ths Confederate
States is not possible, the ststeRsRt demands
some justification. There i5 nothing physically
impossible in such q result People hsVs bssn
conquered and 8verTun and 80 may We be- If
we suppose that 6rn faith in our own invinci-
bility is sufficient 70 achieve what We desire,
and If We imagine that eur confidence can be a
substitute for vigilance and setion, the suemy
will have fastened his yoke uPen our neeks. be-
fore We are awsTs Of his presence.
Oar subjugai9n, il must be borne in raiad Is
sn imBos6ibility only on one cOndition-and
thst is cur resolution that it shall not BE- "Es
united people" said Patrick Henry, 'who re-
solve 10 be free, ean be conquered" The AmeT-
ean revoIu uiion noby vindieated the truth Of Ehis
declaration. We are now = united peebls--fsr
more uHted, we believe, thsa were the iahabi-
lauts OF the colonies There were divisions
am0ng as in the beginning Of the war, or rather
before the Federal Gsvsrnmast begaB the war
Bus the essnsgs Of hundred selds has Joined
ua together in an indssnHehbls e=meat And if
we arc not a anti ts-dsy, We aPBroximase it as
nearly as we ever ind SIX millions Of people ap-
BroIimsting uusniIaity.
But have We also resolved to be fTes on
paper We have. In cur conventions and pub
lie councils we have. Ia eur verbal pledges to
esch Othsr We have. Bat no people really makes
this resolution unless it be doae in the spirit Of
the patriots Of 70 In their sense, TO resolve 70
be tree Wss 20 determine to sacrifice whatever
Of property they possessed, ,toths very last dsllar
70 accept poverty, pTivstions and hardships
and 10 erudes not the sscTi6cs of himself if need
bs, at the ahriRe Of freedom. There have been
msny such patriots in these times. Whsn Gen.
Msxcy Gregg fell IaOFtslly wounded As FredeT
icksburg, be said, "reh Governor Piekens /
yisid nay life chesrfully for the liberty Of gouth
Oarolius" When the noble BsIisdAle fell on
ilis bloody feld Of Gettysburg, be exclaimed in
the pTessnes Of the enemy, WHO had possession
Of his body, that he accepted death most wll-
ingiy 10 such q cause. These nen had re-
solved 20 be tree. 1t their spirit snimstoS the
bOsouas Of their country men, they meet tie
conditions of the immortal Henry's proposition,
aud subiugstiOn is 40 impcssibility
All lhzs we need, under Providence, to bring
Us successfully through this struggle, is the de-
-uf lnfnatiOn OF IfeenlsA VINO ku0W AuoA 4lkhs91
and whs, knowing, care maintain them. II
or rEsslntion is Anevsr to submit OK yield, ne
are.lsog 10 be conquered BY any force which the
eneEay csa bring into the field against Is. Bat
in such a ease We must Be acEYe. One grand
idea 50 far ss ibis wOzId is concerned, musg per
wade every heart--indeP Pendence OF Yankee d m
Iua.on. Read the earliest appeals when cur
President and General Lse have addressed 70
ths countgyi aud ist every Ous ask, q Is there