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

From tbs Charleston Courier
tins tiaaes impefaiyeiy demand ths sxeTciBe
Of this grand virtue. Tae cloud thst rested on
the closing days or the past year Is still thick
and black. We have not been favored with an
opportunity Of retrieving the loss incurred by
the result of the lsstkatile, and it is likely 0ur
troops IN the colder regions viii remain IN omar
tsFs ill tho winter is ever and tbs rivers are
dried By the high winds Of March. The enemy
may carry On operations along oar southern Sea-
coast, but doubtless several weeks viii slepse
before he viii DO prepared to execute tie plans
he has formed against Charleston, Wilmington
or Savannah During that interval we shall
have 70 await the development eff his sehemas,
| and whil5 we trust that they who haze lhe ever
sight Of military matters viii exercise the need
full vigilance, foresight and energy, lhe people
should possess their souis In patience, and ia
every way lend their aid to our military leaders.
Il is by 10 means easy to refrsiR from giving
expression TO the Feelings Of Impotence, miB-
trust and anxiety which sesE iusthed By bian-
doris and Encouragement. And yet We srs
aware that wisdom and patriotism counsel that
we content ourselves with e~0ndemning and de-
~ReuReing only what IS naniisstly wrong. Il Is
better 10 submit ia silence to an event which
might have been prevented, than By a free ut
tsraace Of cur sentiments, weaken the hands Of
these VITO, though they have sTrad, with eur
hearty and persistent cooperation Hnder nc
blessing Of EeaVeH, will conduct rs with honor
through the dangers that encompass our CARGO.
When we Assail thsms ne give Joy to the heart
Of the fee, embOlaen him in the prosecution of
hs bloody and iniquitoHs work, and strike at
the root OF the Csuse fer which We have impsr-
He'd ell that makes life desirable.
When we consider the efforts the enemy is
~saakiRg-the zeal and perseverance, aud skill he
is ezhibiting in the development of his resources.
and the increasing confidence With which lac
proseeUtss his wicked schemes, and when we
recall the reversss our arms hays sussaiusd-
the territory We have lost, and consider the de-
Plersbis condition Of cur currency, and the
mnltifoTm and gTevious ills We are suffering
uader, we are conscious that at no time since
this struggle began has thsTs been greater need
for that hfmness OF spirit which cannot be
bowed, for thai higA courage which locks dan
ger ia ths face without the quiYer Of 8 nerve.
for that grand resolution which determines 90
submit 10 any woe, fer that greatness Of soul
which overlo0ks faults and shortcomings, strong
in she hope that the recomBsnse Of tho reward
viii surely come.
We have bsen called ie suHor overwhelming
eGiamities often before. When New Orleans
fell eur Remies were loud with 10y when Gen.
Psnberson permitted Grant to eslebrEsa the
FeuTth of July at YickshuTg, the Yankees in
their exultEtien predicted The speedy overthrow
OF the rebellion. And yet. Ia spite Of th0ae
blows OF adverse fortune, cur cause continued
70 prosper, Let us exereise ths ssms aGifit with
which we bore those disasters, and the lis un-
der which NC arc new g~reRning viii be dlmin-
ished Of half their power. Il is true the enemy
arc putting fsTth tremendous ehsrts in order 70
accomplish his unrighLeeHs aHgs, but those g-
gsntie schemes are yet only on paper, and ia
the sttempt to execute shem be may utterly fail.
He mcss certainly will fail. and that disastr64aIv
if we are al true 70 cur principles AID to tie
obIigslioEs we have assumed.
Bat We have not suffered az cur fathers did
when they commended for the game rights for
which We are Battling and for deliyerance from
evils not comparable TO tho wees the enemy
threatens to outponr UPON az. They were WOrsl.
cd seriously. City after city ollinto the bands
of tho invaders, and Whole States we're oyenu1
by his villaiReas redcoats and Eessian hire.
liDgs, the men forced to take refuge il sTsmng
and mountain Businesses, while their currency
was not worth the psper it was printed upon.
But did they think Of yielding : Ne Their
fortitBde and Yaler were proof against al snfo.
yard Influences, and equal to the demands Of
the eauhs- And they conquered eventually
Let rs exhibit the same heroic spirit, Fight with
the sans grand courage snd we, too, shall resp
the reward in complies triumph.
We cannot feel the influence Of d~efeais. ner
can Ne be i1seusisie to the evils We are ardu-
ring. But let rs not yield for mensnt TO des-
poRdeEey, or permit doubts Of enal iriumpb 10
disturb our minds. We mRst conquer ia tie
end. Such q people possessing such a country
IS God has given as gssnet ae sehia2ated, no
Gaslsr bow great the skill, Ysier snd parse,
veTcncs Of the enemy. We have bnt 10 besr hi
= manner becoming the Valor with which ze
8ght, and sHecsss IS sure.