Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-06

/ euiiafiY appropriate, and 1aFo hFaheASd ~
bozoms Of al those who witnessed it renewed
emofgus Of patriotic sr5or thai VIII not slnn-
Der mill eur Independence is achieved. .
srku.sas-Truo seeing Of Her People.
Col Hawthorne, who Is just from the Trans
Mississippi department, gives to the Mobile
Trhuns Information as 20 tue political feeling
in Arkansas en- rely different from that herAlded
By the Northern press. He lst On the I5th ult-
It is generally supposed among cur people that
Arkansas Is nearly oveErun and occupied By
the Yankee forces, ard shat the people Of that
State are almost crushed into Submission to the
monsters who issue their DEGREES from Wash
ingtou. This is moro especially supposed from
tee unusual exRltaten with which tHe proceed
ines Of a submission meeting recently held at
Lis,le Rock are spread By tie Yankee papers
before their readers. That meeting was uE-
qusstionsbly held, bat it was Of iimiled mum
bsrs-snd nos Composed Of Arksusians, bat Of
Yankee followers on the heels Of The arny, end
Of other nen who have no interest in the STATE
ss5 can By no possibility be considered Is rep
rsEeniing its Hishss CT eharsetsT.
Iasisad f he State being subduod, il Is even
more Opposed to an s6 atioa with the enemy
-hsa It Va. ct the beginning. Of lac war This
is universal Of It's southern section, where to
day every ntu fom sixteen 70 s~eFeniy-fge
years Of eye is enrolled for service either al
hone CT general defense. Every man who eau
bear 5 U is ready to uss il for shs cEuse. A
considerable part of the State is in possession
Of the enemy, and hat part Of course is uos IN
sTns against BIN b. this By 10 means iE-
pies scgUiescsnce With or a deposition to sub
nit TO The invader. Tie mstsriais Of OpPosi-
ton sgs ouly helpless, not sub5uod.
To Arkansas, Is in sIl the border slave States,
The symsathie5 Of the people 'are undoubtedly
with tbs South. But in pressnce Of the enemy
held BY laws in subjugs;iaH-how are these
sympathieH to be expressed They must cue
eumb for The tims-ean fad 10 benefit to the
sauss OF to the people BY indiserest ~uttsranees-
They can do nothing bat endure The sTils which
surround them This, however, is not submis-
si1n. Force does not change a msn's opinions.
4 may make him tolerate what be has nc means
Of preventing or destroying. Loyalty cannot
be won BY force, and no oath administered IN
der duress can Be binding sii her in law or gospel.
COaserfpttos Of Free Negrses-ImPsrtans
BiiIs
Second IN importance, says the Richmond
WAig 70 no other of The present session, is the
OH passed By ths House of Representatives, to
eonseHbe free negroes snf impress slaves for
various Us s in he army. Itrseeived, after be.
ing amended sad perfected, an almost unaui
nous approval, snd viii doubtless receive The
SPprObshOn Of tse Senate, to which body it has
bsen sent Tor early seioa.
There is 40 doubt that ne bill viii sd large
y - the ehcisDcy Of the army, it having been
estimated that it win increase its fgbt
ing Strength to the extent Of not less than forty
abe bodied men. THIS is eertsinIy 8
important step in the right direction, snd
every pstrote spirit must eonesde that it .
bsth wise and opPortane. Let Congress, WHO
manifested = determination 80 employ their
time with Pro6s to the country, apply The sea pei
and institute reform in ether departments Of he
service, particularly in the uHeqaal and u Just
system Of dstsils-a1d no ground VII remain
The fears Of those who imagine that " ere
10 be overwhelmed by the mere force Of mum
At the opening Of the sprirg.
Free negroes and slaves sFe better adapted to
he mental bat necessary duties of tsamstsrs,
etc. and the latter have bscomed Injured
0 he hsTdships Of the service. and are in spleE-
I'D trim 70 al up the desimiied ranks Of our
soldiers who have fallen BY disease or il
If The Senate pass the bin, We nay expect a
eusral closing eff free regro restaurants and
srber shops, snd an attempted exodus to the
'aukeeH, who viii not assign them to such du- !
as We propose, but put them in sbo very q
ont Of battle.
MOVEMENTS OF TUE ENEMY The Dalton
Confederate Of yesterday states thaE omcial in
Of The crossing of the Tennessee at
landing, b. the Fs5erals, hss been re
sived The captain Of q scouting party, who
-ings The confirmation, estimates their number 9
to s Ooo Tbs Sand mountain approaches :
.e river closely a. the landing, having seyerr Q