Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-17

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EDITORs APPEAL: This Is an age Of pro-
g7ess and Improvement. Truth Is snthroning
itself usOn The rsigns Of error intellect Is en-
It's march Of conquest. and science is driving its
researches into regions ef ifquiry and fields IF
discovery hitherto unknown and Ensxplored.
The boldess sweep Of the imagination Is insd-
equEss to forecast the limits which tbs explor-
ing progressive genius Of the ago is not dss-
Gned 80 overleap. The complicated elements
and svideness of human progress eVerywhers
sppear among the enlightened sEes, proclaim
ing the speedy domination Of the inlDsterisl
ever the material--of mind over mstser--cf
hell-boEn hnssicism for civil and religious lib
erty, Heavens greatest boon to msa.
How sublimsly applicable are these thoughts
70 the great Confeaerste slave States OF America!
Prior 70 the beginning CT ihe present great and
| inhumsn war, ne had been producers Of hat
staple alike slmost Indispensable to every ma
ton. This we exchanged with foreign Basiors,
and NEST especially with the Northern States,
for almost every article we used or consumed,
| frem the most ponderous ard complicated ms
ehinery to The simplest I" Yankee notion Wo
were not ihs manufacturers of scarcely any
thing. Suddenly We beeams an isolated peo-
pie, eus CT from every outside resource; our
N0r,hern brethren, imbusd With helPs most vim
djc;ivs hate, assailiBg us slong our entire north
err boundsryi our great Atlsntic sesbosrd
blockadsd BY the saue people and in the same
! spirit; thus, isolsied and alone, without re-
BouIcss beyond wbat our o IN iaventiys genius
and skill sRd untiriog energies could develop
Eiihia ourselves wO lave produced every sort
Of munition OF uari and as an evidence Of cur
greatness as 4 people, w0llaVe for three long
years successfully resisted tke mghtisst host,
IRE best eqeiPpsd armies ths Bosld hes ever
known; and in spirit unknown to civi.iEa-
tion.
Our fsihs-s fought and blsd and purchased
with their blood, 5 priceless. glOrious Inherit
Sncs foE Us. Ths same fauAtieism that scourged
thsm iIom their homes, thsir kindred, the land
Of their nativity, because they would not be
sisy5s, now seeks to mako Us more than
slaves. Who eau think of South CsroiiGa's
beautiful homes being sold ont al 81 % per
see to Liaeoin'A loyal thieves, AID the s6mi.
ssuee Of negroes into toe eOHHseis Of delibeiS-
fivo bodies At Ess Orleans, iuvolving the des
hnias of the Jsphstie race, witho t shudder,
without elssrly loreseeiHg cur own awful des
tiny, in the sveniof yielding 70 the tyrant or
being gubjugsied by bis biTelingsl
"Wll Is destiny" 4 we ,eH oar freedom Il
shall be 50, Tie combined hosts Ct thO North
with al their malignant dsvillIy. rsPiue murder,
torch AID sword, cannot 5ubdus us. ''Ths bat
tie is not always TO tEestroug, nor tie Taes 70
thOswifs"
Ia shs end they will be compelled to give way
to Ice irdomitabls, dissemination ei people to
be free. Sappose, as She sditcr of the London
Stazda5a vsry truth.n!ly ssysi 'Tf every army in
tie South were Dispersed; II the North were to
gain = hundred batt.esi if every city ia the
South were gaUisoued BY Northern troopsi every
river swept by Northern armament, 1t would bal
delay for time tie accomplishment OF the end
which is about ss certain as that the sun vii
rise and set. In tie war of Independence Inc
English drove The Americans before thsm ike
sheep and occupied every ssrsaegssie point in
tie States foT months together. They were il
tbs end obliged to give way to the viii Of ns
ton dsisr,aiasd to be fee" The same wsi:cl
further Tem.1is: You cannot hcIi down by
Euy known force tan millions Of people whC
have sworn to achieve theif iHdspendenee1
The aEnaies Of Lee and Johnston might b
disbsndsd tomorrow, they might go like Israel
'every man to his ten" and all the military
operations Of tie CouiedeIass Government b,
suspended the Federals would be as far Is eyel
lrom the subjugsiiOn Of the South, there woult
still be an enemy in the field, rebel IN even
cottage
The conquest of the Souibetn Confederation
would Be task beyond the mightisss nations c
the esFih. L is not in the power Of the Eoril
TO make the South the PoIand Of AmerieI
When We shall have been driven to despair q
were the Csythsgenisn. people when the Romsr
Senate deeIeed their determination, let US sacFi
fee everything on the sltsrs Of county, Isthe
than be slaves.
When every city has been sacked, svery vi
age given to Ihs flames, every farm laid waste
whom every Southern msn has been slsin j
battle, every woman ofored herself upon Il
sltsrs of her couutry, when every State soul
Of the Potomac Is q desert waste of ashes an
eOTfsss; then snd not till thsn may the Mort
take possession.
Tbeggh tha clouds Of the hour hover ever 4
dsIk snd dismal, though the s;Osm is thicksnin
I and in thunder tones nay burst upon US again
: yet We have an sliding faith in The prowess-
10 the inviDet6ility Of our arms.
Couatrymen, take coursgei every NAN to b
post sway with dependency skulkers to II
. front 20 fgtt she battles Of the eampeign {
1864 viii place the name Of The soldier ia hie
( and proud plses on the Psge of coming histar
Of cur country.
) II every msu does his duty IS bee met
patriots in trying hour in good esuse, ID
!. bee1naiEg OF the end viii toou draw nigh, az
j with it . glorious inleTitarce
, Centuries after cur beloved country ha
emerged from its baptism CT IRE and taken il
! proud place smong the nations Of The earti
2 The Southern father ard mether viii nsFFsse I
.heir children ty the 6re-5ide. ia burning World
1 toe s.oIy Of their sacastors, ProEsss, aud bit
!, thsm emulate ths deeds Of their Fathers j
. ollen times. They viii tell their sons OF ibos
, corqusrlug veterans 6f Yi1ginia, thess dsun
les5 defenderu Of The blood-sisined bsstions {
J he Mississippi They VII tel ,hsir danghier
: how the women of Charleston toTe cff thsi
: jewelry for the wars how tbs women Of sNe'
7 Orleans hurled defiance at tie Northern tJrsl
4 in The midst Of his troops.
I Ny oouutrymep, wha. glorious inheritanc
: ours viii bei ho4 well wcgth ths sacrifices y
] arc called on to make.
, Soldiers, 70 the frohtj farmers 70 the piow
!. : ministers, to their closets let every one
thsir respective sphere do their whole duty. an