Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-13
DISQUALIFICATION.

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t. hss lost the sense Of political OF military IN
tsErity or E3sIisy-has lost or Is In The way Of
losing, that which mzkss him 3 tue patriot or a
eood soldier. An army i said 70 be ssnsEsl-
issd when it fails TO 5o~the general duty as
sunsd, or The special daty ~sEiOiEsd, duties Ina
plsd in lis ergsHizadon, or dsyolvsa By tbs
sxigsnciss eff position while = eouzTy is
said to be densraHzsd which hiss SO far lost
sight Of, or yislSsd the vital or distinctive Pelid-
cal issues Of her exisasnos, Is to be willing to
surrender 70 the enemy, sT unwilling 70 give 8
fall, hearty, urrsserTsd submission b TIE de-
naads q the oAaae, evil CT social, military or
psItiesL
Erom ihis illustrative dsHnIdaa 1t is apparent
thar shs sourcs o. decentralization Is personal dis
lsyslsy, or disloyslEy to ens's I'D, proved By The
absence Of a sense Of personal integrity, OF per-
soRal honor, Of indifferent application 70 ell sit
UssioRs alike, wheshsT they be military or pahd-
cal The Soldisr CT eEseE who refuses 70 Dc
every duty involved in his position, whatever ef
suzsrinE, exposure. hardship or dsEgor il may
imply, or who bssEsys that duty frsD nsEIeca,
bTouzht aboGs b regSrd for his own sense Of
personal esss OF comfort, or ham hisnsss or dis
sipAsion in camp, or AVA hem the Army or
from dsssrsion, or absszes without isavs, or fEr-
lssEhs obtained hom false sr insufficient req
sons, o. fToz the desire 10 elads 8 soldiers duty
Is danger, hardship and exposure u tks field By
B~urroving in soft and easy holes-sEoh a. those
furnished By post ard stat, End detail positions
such a. coHrt msrtAls AID provost mErshsls'
bsrths, easy eusrtermasssEB, eomnissaTy and
msdiea1dtusaoEs-and al Of these suPsrnamsrary
places about The hsAlq1ErssTs Of generals, PIE.
vineisl pests, railroads, eie, dils6 By ssaut
healthy locking maa-is = dsmorslzsd msn IN q
military seess The last described net less shaa
the frst, however much hs may labsr TO Disguise
The fact CT attempt to conceal IS By load PEsfa-
stems Of ~PstrisEc devotion, or basting airs Of
business or military -sslEinPortaEce.
There s7s CHEERS Of every grade in eur ser
vie WAC have never yet fought wifi taeT con-
ulsnss, though there have been battles innu-
Eer1bIs since they Teesivsd iheir commissions
and tie names Of the number Of superuu-
noTaEy -ofReers-nsds s-uPsrnausraTy By the
Consolidation Of esmmsads-dOdgiRg about the
esxBEy under the singular mental delEsisH Of
fhs sarly groom in Plekwiek, that they Sre
doing semeshiDg, "a evasion Of their reduction
TO The ranks By conseripion, Is lsgi9n- To
fksss instances Of decentralization may be sd6ee,
al those o6esTs IN tho army, whose leading
HotEe is ambition OF vanity, illustrated in per
pssual piniBgs and restless hEuksrings and in
sEieass for promotion as all Of those civil oE-
csEs who are in ths sss.s and ConfederHts ser
vice, from similar motives, or who are thsEs
from no special sense CT Superior Qualifications,
o., from a dssi5s to avoid the dangers and hard
ships Of war.
Political decentralization, while it msy be aP-
piled primarily to those Who. in forgstzInass Of
sslETespset, yisld thsiT sense Of peItiOsl inseg-
My, Ecm one false CT improper motive or 81
other, may not Be Enissd to them but may
equally sPply to al those whe have impaired the
Integrity, value, and strength Ct the cause, BY
lAbsTing 70 disparage, CT destroy the political
issBs Of var, By the sxbibitiea OF a msrs lust Of
power o. by the substitution Of othsT political
ideas aa5 forms for the CHERISHED ard long &C.
kn0slsdgo5 ones Of car past history, or By the
Modification Of those iisss By sddiHg 4aAE6cs-
lions = them foreign to GheR tras character or
By svsiling themselves Of the prstsxts OF evils
Of the VA to create psTiy organization, OF Sc
care personal promotion 80 high places BY dis
eredidng The men CT principles which invoked
the revelation; CT b. erssting an expedition
merely personal, or hetcus, to those who have
the contEol Of the G5vsTnnent.
Every nan in eishsr Of these cssegories, We
cara rot whRs his position, hswsver high OF low,
thoughis be the humblsss OF most exalted, is an
instance Of political dsmora6zasioz, and an ia
stanco As gross Too IS any thas nay be named
in he ranks Of the army, OF Ia the country, whs
have vseilsted from falling hearts, sr from fear,
msral, intellectual or physical
We bzvo certain great Logical Political Land
marks; certain great distinctive and deaIitiye
Issues in this war, which Il szbHaeted, leave us
EsshRg 10 Sight fer, nothing to hsps for, ard
nothing indeed, politically, civiny OF socially to
desire and that man WIS desires CT laboH st S
time Ebsu the hsETs and mlRd CT the country
are preoecupisd BY the hely duties and sympa-
ihiss Of patriotism, to build vp a power merely
aenonsl or adverse &c these great fundamental
ptneiplss, CT who avails himself Of the grants
OF delegations Of power intsSded cniy to
strengthen his hands in the great c0ntess with
the adversary, 20 esniralizs . peReE In bis own
hands, personal q political. is the most denorsl
issd man Of the class, Is mos. Tscreant te tie
inspirations Of principle, Of patriotism, Of gsnu-
ice honor and selfrespeet.
We are lot Sighting the Yankees because We
can Eghs them. OF fsm q mere grusge, personal
or sectional We are not standing by " spec
sst0rs OF bctle-holdeTs Of q personal match be-
tween Ny. ABRAHAM LIEC0LE and Mr.. JEF-
PERSON DAVIS for the bit Of empire. The
lives Of orr sons, nd srsthers, aRd Husbands
are nos the gage Of 8 battle which Is to decide
whether ons arbitrary peweE or another shall
Be established No. The issues Of this war are
ths rights Of the States and The Liberties Of the
people, against = central power aBd its prerega-
fives; and these who are fer ss@iaeiHg these
dghts and Liberties on the altar Of 9 central
power Of Cur OWE creation, in lieu Of the enc a
Washington, are a. mach TIE enemies Of the
cause as If they were in the rsnkB Of the enemy
The difference between thsn IS accidental sa3
not loEieAl-the cpsn enemy, if anything, the
less dangerous Of the Two.
We i1Ust Congress viii take fully ito own
sense Of moral responsibility And political self
respect into sccount and not dsmorslixs Itself
d al coming time by hearkening to political
r4soosiasDs as impious as those submitted BY
ahs II ssissippi ssnstor, under such speeious
o. shallow casgisfry as the pisa Of military
Dssessisy. And We trust that sll--ths Esecu-
live. he o6ce7, Soldier, ~siiiEsn, ssHstor, Repre-
ssasaHys. and evan e3taE-nay TsmsmbeF hat
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