Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-07
mELTrARE AVN GIVE ORGANISM.

MKLTrARE AND civic ORGANISM.
It was toe remark Of Jssies CAMPBELL, late
q the Supreme United States court, IN " ad-
dress, delivered some years since, before she 50
cietics Of the URIveEsity Of Georgia, that The
organic difference bstseen Roman snd Amsri
can civilization, in their aspects Of Law and
liberty, consisted in ihs frst being the suggss-
sion Of he camp, and The last she suggestion OF
ho:ae that the mission q ihe fTst being con
qasst. emp rs-IbsEy ed Law we're but he
~medzEsas5us Of military rule, toe radistions
aud relsxaHons Of 8 polity, frem is very CD
isoss, necessarily .~seu'ral, sFbiEsry, a1tocrahe,
ccaveztonsli wAals 1g==tisH, voluntary AID
zuforced calonizs6on, being the law Of ciEl
ard soeizi expansion to Au.sTiea, government
was the suggestion Of individual liberty ard
consisted only Ct the sslEimpossa restraints
necessary % requisite ide freedom, AID provide
fer the harmony Of socisl lie shas socs.y was
TIE oE5eri1z q government. 70 the frz-, while
gov1rnmozt vas ths ofsaHag Of society, 70 tie
las and has a tae5s ogEa-se differences eon-
sisted he Logical differences between RoElan
and American gs5sEnnsat, RsnaneEd Amor
ear Ebsry.
NJ doubt much e. The EbaEty, personal and
sleisl. which has given character to govern
msni IN America, Is to be attributed to the law
Of race, Is vel as % the accident Of condition,
having origin il Tie fEss TeusoEie EligEssans
aud eoloaizzdous il England, and sscrodly cher
ished amid ST tie vicissiz5es Of heir history,
net more against lie fe1d=i iavss,0ns O. Nor
nan military rue, a7d is dsvelep%Ets e
political sxzeson, than against The eueroaeh-
nsnts Of Rensn law ecclesiastical and
civil, upon those ancient tF=ditiosul rights Of
the perssu CT in5ivi5nsi, knsvR IS lie osr1noa
law WhstevsE The origin 81 he priaep pie, tie
aHttbstie fact exists and whatever farvid de-
; Chalmers Ray announce in the way Of aRsiegy
between Roman and American liberty, # is but
the suggestion Of illogical rhetoric fhsre being
just tire philosophical difference between them,
thar there is between absolute power and free
dom. between the lsaTs De eaeEsf ard The haBsss
eOrgus.
2Iis to this normal characteristics Of Amsri-
car hbsrty, that IS to be traced the rsstlessnsss
Of car people nader military rsstraiHts, their
s~vetsions to military Law and military diseiE-
Inc, thar frsguent eEposiGon to The u-sx-
plk;Dsd bshesss Of military authority szd nay
md tho explanation of suggestive illustration,
II the fact that Is is also q characteristic eff the
English people, to which tie Government pays
The d~efarsncs Of tie most sacred regard, By re-
sorting as seldom IS possible, and never If If
can be avoided, to the uEs 81 the pure military
sTm for the suppression Of threatszing popular
discard OF domestic disssn8i3B. Who does nc.
remember Wbsa in I545 there was such 8 uni
versa uprising IN EarOBs, sad ssnguiGs pro-
PAgsndiss anticipated the millennium Of an e.
trsly new sPeial and political regime, extending
70 political Reorganization even IN England, a.
the result Of the crest cbsftist meeting in Ken
singtoa eommsn, said to comprehend millions
Of dissEectsd, hew England with that wise
common sense, which is her great political fsa-
tuTe, avoided al display purely military, sud 70
lied upon q fores slmo5t entirely c~onsabulsry
for is suppression, in tie contingency Of an
outbreak.
A want Of wise philosophical regard to this
normal attribute Of American civil and social
Life has been, IN seine wise, the azlt and fail
IRE Of cur revolution. We have forgottsn the
esTiinal tscs that cur people are not soldiers.
bat e%isizsnsi aad in this f5rgetfulness, exhibited
n vain attempts to make them soldiers. By u5or-
di1alBg then to al the laws, rules, ds.siis Of
the discipline ef Tegalsr military 5ryIuizadeBs
Is 70 be found he ineEc.sncy Of our army, ard
IL q large degree its demoraEzsti5p. In a
great struggle FOR national rights, it is the heart
OF the people, and 40. Enil tary Law, which il TO
Be- relied upon foE is suecessi and O wise ruler
Or eommsndsr viii labor to mould il in 20 tie
saboTdiussion Of 3 bOmogensoUs'y ionnidab e
sspris De es7YE, jointly military and p~s1ioic
rather 5han 30 re3ues it by the po.er e vii
and taiiion merely military, to TIE lascbali.al
csndton Of merely tactical organization and
e~anbtnaiioa
Ii osr people woald make good settlers, they
should bs addressed thEoaga The hesrt more
than the intetec:-,hrouga lh9n hopes more
ihsn tArouga their fesTs-sLToagh lie pride o
patriotism, aud honor Of manhood rather .hsr
thrsuga military orders and hss1q1auer er
aetzents Urdsr this joint inspiration Of love
Of eouRtry, and Iowa and admiration for = con
msnaer Wh5m they love. aad who, t5ey believe,
Loves them and esTes for thea, men Ike oars
Hould Egh.uDto death while skz.kng, dsssrs
ton, eye s~ervisen wiz b the irails Of 8 Ysia,
unphilosophicAl mArtiaetisn. Saich attempt, iu
difference e. military ~5sadyism, to subsTdiRate
fL- 11r-l. @-E- a. 90 .a-~E- - .A-a-g o. q
mere soldier. Elan IN tToops Is spiritual, o.
jointly noTll ard intellectual, lbe 5ait Of en-
lieht1nsd love Of country, and neral s~sprseia-
Sea Of the cause, and is never physical, the
Eut cf ~untinking lear ard bli5d seTviity
fas SANE also, may be said Of that allstzry
asaor which binds az army together IN lhe
bends Ct mviacibls organization frazer than
2 hooks Of stel" Al army OF pa1io.s can
asEer be s2b3Bsd Mechanical power Is
sismaieg, to Be TIE inferior Of moral, /
9r the reason hat the last Is a type Of God,
md tie first q symbol CT VoseE merely hnman.
While therefore We neglect M Necessary rules
u military organization, 81 doEpiso 20 nsess-
.Ey rules Of military law OF discipline, lss Us
e taught BY the philosophical social and po-
i6cal ss0th Enno1 csd, the nsture Of the com
AID mission Of or armies aud re-
1snosr that they are the traits, and net lbs
anisgoHisns Of eur social aud political coadl
i0n, nothing alien AM ne.hing andlbsac; ard
ikst the country is the army IN tine Of ysr.
nd the army the country in tine Of peace.
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