The tri-weekly citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-24

men upo1 suljefis ~ sihlssl Hsiafs.
The fsslous paflissa 10 poorly qasllbsi
70 note The sublime ifaiha ~ m0rnl phl.
losophy, ahd people absorbed IN lbs
aiismpi ~ cot ilfbsgh NE issalss n
pglilisal qHssiion ~ she Aissssdfiah
process, maT ~ presumed, faf ts ilms
being, lmpshslfabls ~ olbsf afeamsnls
iban lhose n bfais force ~ stpssi
~ aFms removes The eDnisslMafs ffoai ths
jaflsdlsilon ~ fsason. II u thsuf1fs
thst saFs - ssld0n accomplish fhs paf.
posed end The aiishsion n lts masses
u Engaged IN The contemplation ~ con.
tending hosts. and They neglect Ire pfivi.
lsgs u holding their rulers 10 aseousl ~
maladminlslfall0n Those rulers ihsms
selves become ,lhs slaves N passions en.
gendsfed by ihe atmosphere of contention.
snd give way 70 impulse where they
u oud be guided by malafe dshbsalion
and calm Judgment The ssgschy ~
The s'alssmsn i loal In The rapid current
of military events, and The safety N the
Stale depends not upon The wisdom NJ iia
legitimate guardians. bat upon lhe skill
and pofWess ~ The soldier
The trial by arms may decide which
Of The dispulanis are the stronger, but
not which is 10 the right II IL true that
the consciousness Of Just cause will in.
fame the martial spirit and pfolong en-.
dursncc, and thus. indirectly. II may be
said that the elements Of success are
With the righteous. But then the tfi.
umph will not have been achieved by
the force Of arms. bat by the action Of a
moral power. which would have lad an
equal influence upon the result Of nego.
Lialion.
II we admit that there is inspiration in
just cause, how can we account, ex.
cept TO our prejudice, for The un1aggiug
zeal. the steadfast purpose, tire valor. for
titude and endurance of The South,
against all the mighty pbysical odds in
favor Of the North None will'deny tie
vast preponderance Of northern numbers.
wealth and war material. In point of
courage and moral attributes, there is
no perceptble disparity. There must be,
then, sOme Influence that strengthens
the South OF. weakens the North, TO
explain the fact that after nearly three
years of active warfare, prosecuted by
the Administration with the intensity Of
fanaticism, our great armies have been
bafiled, our fleets rcpused, and the enc.
my confirmed and stren2 2thened in the
spirit of resistance to degree that rem
ders their annihilation the evident con-
diion oftheir subjugation.
1t cannot be said that the Govern
ment has made no thorough application
of the resources Of the country, for war
fare furnishes no parallel to the complete
ness and extent Of the armies, navies and
general machinery of war that have been
used in this undetermined struggle
That influence which has made null all
our past efforts, is one which intensiies
as the strife proceeds. and will always be
found equal TO any physical force that
We can bring into he field It is the
soul of enlightened manhood, which, al
hough it may be cowed in individuals,
IAN never be conquered in people. 1t
nay fail in aggressive, but never in delen-
i've warfare. Where the issue is some
question that effects only the dignity or
interest OF naticn, it may yield its point
o physical superiority but when it is
reused to the yindication of the principle
{ political existence it is indomitabld
70 enlightened people, educated to Free
lom, have ever been essentially subdued.
'her territory may have been overrun.
heir armies destroyed and their capitals
coupled by invaders. but they have al
rays preserved the spirit of nationa in~
ependence which, however shackled,
waits the hour Of its redemption.
If our statesmen would but give their
ltellects some respite from preoccupa-
on upon the military situation, they
light appreciate how futile must be the
tempt to subjugate the win of such
eople. What signifies the conquest of
leir territory if the spirit of repugnance
political companionship with the North
/ unrestrained We have to conquer
hysical resistance, which has thus far
sfad nuri utmost afforts. and Sybicb