Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-18

Southern ports and tbs ~alroneholds At P,rt
Hudson aud FicgsbHrg, have been Of immense
aud inealeulabe benefit TO us; our fr.ifeaiions
have bsen strengthened our army everywhere
has been recognized aud increased our sol
diers are better armed, and we are better pre-
pared to-day to meet them than We have aver
been before Mighty. hosts are marshale5
against ogp another iG Tennessee, Virginia. inc
Cafoinas Saysnaah and She Mississippi Val
ley, and ss soon IS ths wsashof aud roads will
allow there wiz be another great clash Of arms
enemy lighting with desperation, ia the
hope that the conflict wiz end the rebellion
snd cur army with Ge discrimination to esfab-
Ssh faaily, the independence of their country.
/ BY a series Of successful battles aud though
they 5utnumber us Wekn0W thatthe battle isnot
always to the strong, 70 shown from Msrsthon 10
Shiob, Sb2Tpsburg and AuEfreesbor01 In the
waveTiug and uueertsin condition Of affairs
North, everything depends upon oar success
I and though have shown that Iitla hone can
be entertained from the di5eori and contention
there, sth CREST reversas might create q revolu-
ton, ard we might find our salvation in the car
niyal Of blood which viii characterize ib When
once I'll tho angry passions viii have baen arous
cd. Let US not, therefore, relax our energy, but.
prepare Tor the onslaught. Oar gallant army Is
our only reliance it must DO preserved and fur
nished With wholesome food aud comfortable
clothing, aud it is 10 this subject that I have
specially to call your attention indeed, It'll my
mann motive Tor addressing you. You are aware
shat 1t requires much more food for an army in
TIE heid than lor the same number Of men at
home; there is much waste. great loss in march
ing, and our eelsrals are often compelled to get
Advantages OF position, 20 abandon AND destroy
large stores. In many portions of the Confed-
eraeyy where slaves are not so numerous as with
ne, where the lands are not not so fertile rs
ygars, and wh5rs tho labO1ng men, wh9 cult
vale ths fields, sT8 now engared ia the service
Of the country (agd owing too to the unpreco
dentef drought OF last year, there r. q scarcity
OF p DIVISIONS; those whom tue soldier has lef
behind, unprOVided for. must be fed aud main
iainedi and, as no man can f~oretsll the end of
this stsaggle, IS he bouHdsn duty Of all those
who are az Hoae % give theic undivided attsn-
ton TO, and employ eli their labor ia The raising
of corn, nay, cattle. hogs ana vegetables 70
support the army and families Of those Eho are
dependent upon their s5sent protectors. And
do not forget that tha2rmy stP5rt Hudson must
be Ted BY Western Louisiana. whilst Vicksbug
must look tothe Red RIVER vsHey-tha eouatry
10 the rear OF the former cannot subsist &c, and
the lands Immediately on the Misss-
sppi above are in such an Insecure
condition, that they eaano be cultivated
with any c~ertsi1ty of g crop. go long as
the Enemy is present With his iron cla5s aud
ganboats; aud below the fort they have entire
possession OF the Hhole country. As long as
.as present army IS in tho 6ell We need not
Rv5 any apprehension as to tbs result of the
Contest When 50 much depends upon il, can
y0u hesitate % 20 t1e course you are 20 purseu ?
Thiak not of euliTsting cottoa your sheds
are now Sized with cotton bales, and that which
You have on hand VA bs As valusbls to you st
the end OF the var, IS twice or three times the
same quantity, by reason IF the greater pnces
that win ba psia for it. Your individual se-
eurty end the tenure BY which you hold your
properly, IS IN the indep7ndenes Of your e0uu-
Try if we fail, neither vour wealth or your So
eial position win avai you. Your property
viii BE- paTeelied out 10 a mercsnaTy and san
culinary foe, who VIII rule yo1 with srod Of
iron, as Of cd the conquered provinces Of
Rome We're. You viii BE- the servants
Of servants, and. like the Isresites in
Egvpb your lives will be made bitter with
bard bondage" Fhis IS no exaggerated pie
tufei our enemies haye loudly avowed their pUs-
pose, and their conduct towards our citizens
wherever they have obtained sway, has verified
their expressed determination, for hey hsve re-
spected nothing Look az your beautiful city,
once The priaao Of your Stale and of the South,
how her neck has been bowed down by the gall
ing yoke of BUaerE oppression how great her
wrongs, how deem her humiliation See the
ruin ald waste snd desolaiion around the lordly
estates en- the banks Of the Mississippi Your
capitol hss been destroyed, your State library
p'an5ere1. and eventh staspe which your pa
tiOtism had erected 10 tbe Father of bis COun-
ty, he's been desscrated by the rude haad Of
the Abolition S7oi'sr Of the North, and carried
70 2doTn soEe hau IN the land Of free love, in
fidelity, Aboitauism, Ggrarisuism and every
other ism and sboninaton
ThstT0 nations cannot live 10 haYmony on
he same soil; if we are conquered, We are
doomed Remember WIet your army has sui
fefai; k5w it has toilad and fought, aud en-
dured untold ha-jships and privs.ions without
Q murinar, whilst It has excited the admiration
Of the world, and eEtorted even that Of cur enc
niles, By deeds Of unparalleled courage, valor
s0d daring Il member how, after The r~syerseg
of Forts HsGry ard Donslson and Roanoke,
There was gloom over halaad. How Congress
then passed The conseriDtou bin, retaining Ia
the service Of the C1nfsdsrats States al who
had enlisted in for twelve months, and who
we're looking wi5a anxious eyes to their homes
and tie dear ones there, they expected soon to
see; how, 70 The astapj5hmeBt of many who
predicted sn cubbresk and q mutiay 10 cur
camps these brsVe mep, in tbe presence Of such
2 Disappointment, stood still in the ranks, and
with stout hesrts and resdy hands, presented Co
the world 2 spectacle Of devotion to fheiT eoun-
Try, WHOSE morsi spbimity is ~uGequaled in an
cient or modern timssi Do n0s let tbat army
9epel4 upon t2e government alone 1Or support
determine at 81 hazards and at all cost to pre-
serve It, and whsn your rights aud your ibsr-
ties ere secured By The establshmsn3of your
independence, You viii contemplate with pride,
the future prosperity Of our Confedersey, and
her high position snorg th9 nations Of the
earth, 20 which You viii have contributed by
your unseif a your Untriag and your patriotic
labofs- If / have succeeded in imposing you
with the biga and solemn trust thus confded to
naaa - 1La.1r .hnHH hama 80 aAI u
shalirs st contest, with the CONSTITUENCIES shat
have discharged my duty to you by giving you
timely notice and a3monitian.
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