Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-15

on upon cur side, to meet him.
The death Of Gen. Polk is said to have cast
a deep gloon ever the army, and thousands Of
rows Of vengeance have bsen registered.
THE aUPKHIoagrY OF MORAL
COURAGE
The manifesto adopted by the Confederate
Congress on Friday night last, declaring that
nothing vas more HrdeRily desired by the people
Of he South than psaca, and thss ve have con
ducted the war strictly on The defensive, fully
sustains our srtieIe Of last wesk IN the same
subject. The Congress declared in their mani
festo that The series Of successes with which it
hss pleased 0mnipotsnes 70 bless our arms since
She opening Of the present campaign, enables
them 70 profess q desire for peace in behalf Of
the inierssts Of civilization and humanity, with
out subjscting their Eotivss 70 misinterpreta-
lion. Acting strictly on the defensive, sl we
ask Is The undistz1bed enj1ymsni Of those rights
bsqusafhed Us By 5 common ancestry and guar
sAtsed 70 Us by TIE old Federal compact It Is
not cur desire to interfere with the peses and
prosperity Of any Of tho States arrsyed against
Us. The responsibility Of prolonging the var
rests upon our edFersariss. While we ardeHsly
dssirs psses, We oanno purchase it st the cost
Of our honor or IbeTtY.
Paper campaigns are better laid gaAn carried
out. Il sounds finely to talk Of cu- victorious
armies marching through the onemys territory
and infietlng upon them the horrors Of wsr-of
our banners Aesti1g il triumph ever their prin-
oiPsl cities, snd the banks Of the Ohio and Hud-
son resonant with the tramp Of cur armed le-
gionE But We never proposed an aggressive
WAr. The war was waged upon Us and we had
70 meet the stacks Of our fee. It appears al
mosi ridiculous fer an invaded country-bloek-
AIDED on every sids-sustaining The brunt Of the
contest aloDe-to talk Of carrying the var into
Africa" Do We not remember that when the
contest was forced upon uE, We we're without An
amy or navy, deficient in al The material Of
war, and without money OF stsDding among the
nations Of the earth Our enemy, superior in
numbers, with = strong army, s large and formi-
dsbls navy, an abundant supply Of ammunition
and Arms, with numerous workshops and facto-
mes filed with artisans, unobssructed sRd free
intsrcourse-with foreign powers, who were en-
listed in theiT favor By their abolition principles,
8 fall treasury, and = high status among the
most powerful nations Of the world, possessed
advantages ever Is which Hers favorable TO
their complete success.
For ever three years, we have met their 70
peAsed attacks, sometimes sustaining a defeat
when OverpOWsTed By Numbers, bat always sue
cessful on a fair and open field. There has been
no time during the war, bat what the enemy
could have crushsd Us by bis superior numbers,
If numbers could nave effected il
A celebrated writer states as an axiom that
"the moral forces of an army are superior to
the physical, IN the ratio Of ten TO one. -
1ERXEs, with his millions, although marching
with all the CANDY P~srsphernaEa of war, with
gold-ipped pixies and costly eqaip.gs. was de-
festsd BY the hardy sons Of the cline be WAS
invading. Sikea banners dancing in cav DALI
anee with the breeze, and "sl the pomp and
cIeunstsnce Of War," magnificent sppoint-
mems and huge array, do not constitute sue
GEES. A people euured to hsrdships, living upon
seanty supplies, sleeping upon mother earth.
retreahng before large numbers, and giving bat.
lie when occasion warrants, are invineible.
The moral forces Of such q people viii 1ever
yield to the physical powers Of q foe. Ls. =
coward be armed to The teeth and hs will Be a
coward still. Give him every weapon, and
yet bis soul win quake with fear At the sight Of
= man, though only armed with a stick. Il is
the Win, The Dissemination, The Moral Courage.
that makes the Hsro. Virtue cannot dwell with
slaves, nor reign over those who cover to take
a iyraafs yoke. To the aid Of moral courage
comes a sound philosophy that eschsws all ex-
ultant feelings and vain gloy in success, and
all dependency and gloom in defeat. Vicso.
ries fail to elate, OF disaster &c apual. Ae-
ceptiug the situatioR in its true Character. the
moral hero mse.5 it fully and fairly. Il is the
man who, in the ful-tide Of prosperity, indul
ges in sTsry excess dictated By passion or ca
price, that in She dark hours Of adversely gives
way 10 despair, and destroys himself Il is the
coward "whoss vslOr plucks dead lions By the
beard, that thunders With Bis tongas what with
his wespon be dare not perform.
To such = class who grow delirious with ioy
ct success, or Wild with dismsy in defeat, it is
always necessary to kseP up their fainting
spirits by deceptive and asttsriug sceounts
We sec this course pursued daily By our fos.
But, sooner or later, the rebound must come
he crash must ensas.
The army Of Gen. J~OHEsroE, ia all their
receEE movements, have displayed every sls-
msnt of true heroism. Their moral courage
has sustained them, and viii enable them to
defeat their opponents, though largely their
Superior in numbers and appointment.