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

Inc developments Of every succeeding dry tend
unmissakably to establish the fact that ths South
Is more potent for continued resistanes than Is
the North for prolonged aggression. The foo5
question is csasing 20 be one of alarm he
spirit sad eathusis5n Of both srmy and people
srs thoroughly revived. reminding "a Of tie
carrier days Of the VAT, Whsu there wss g sinul
tARsous rush to arms our ranks sEs being rap
sdy Sled up, and we shall be able to present IS
Bed and formidable a front to or invading foe
sha spring e he hss ever jet encountered
Macb q he acquisition Of territory viii be
wTests5 iTam his grasp, as Wess Tennessee has
sFeady besa, sad our ranks be thus swollen By
recruits from beyond his present army lines.
Already they are rushing By hundreds to the
standard Of FoRREsT from Southwestern Ken
tneky, and there are thousands IN that gallant
State who only swat the advent Of MORGAN 70
rally around tie Gag Of the brave and he rec.
From al secounts, IN fact, Il may be said thss
As whole Populses Of Kentucky il Bigs To- re-
velt and revciuti0n agsinstSeLIECOL dsspO-
esa Isns-ezT 0T sxpssier &C, and the re
fegsnts trauspiring IN tie Yankee Congress
have served % sbew The dslu5ed people of that
Commonwealth precisely how and where Ties
stand, and 5ll cur Information goes to show that
BOT L single mEn nov in The services VII re enlisg
70 DO the duty and dissoiesl woEk Ct LECoLs
snd his minions.
The spirit, moreover, that psrvldss Kentucky
vii Be felt to greater or less extent through
oat the Northwest, Is well as the North, and
LEsco:N vii f It impossible % Ell the de-
plsssd ranks Of bis army by voluntary enlist
usnts, while any attempt to enforce the com
pulsoV principle Of recruitment viii prove IN
populAg and dangerous. An effort at this dos
70 ronscTibe men and force them into an end
less var agsinss their neighbors AID former
Eisnds-s var which they feel and know is
likely to result IN he loss Of their own liberties
3 the necessary result Of cur s~ubjuga.ion-
Wll lead to assistance and bloodshed, and, per
consequence, to rebellion AID civil war in the
Moth
Oar foe is in fact, Just At this time, in the DO
sidOn Of the boy who hsd The wolf BY the ears
wns psTilous to let go, sad impossible that
be shoUld continue to bold en-. The North hss
got sis war On her hands, and Hbsl her to stop
o. 90 On with Il Is equally disas troas. Hsw to
ese.Pe from his critical dilemma is now the all
sbsorbing question with cur brethren over the
border, sDd to relieve himself Of bis p~srplexi-
Hss, LscoEE is merely "pegging swsy."
sesniag disposed to ls. consequences take e.re
q smBelves. What with these var roubIes
snd tie additional embarEssmsnls likely to Be
thrown in his wsP b. the coming contest for
She ? -~sidepey, We tbink it ii mere than likely
be vii very sOon " peg Out,' to the great
relief Of the ce0aty and advantage If
msnERa in general We are credibiy
informed that be has become quite dsspondent
o. lsie, sad Is not sure that he viii ever be sble
70 hnish uP bis "big job" which be Originally
PROPOSED % put through in The shori space Of
Ruoty dsys, Saeh indications are highly en-
eouzsgirg and should nerve our people, a. thsy
W.T. % msrs determined resistance, more en-
eFgehc efJn, and inspire rs with renewed zeal
n tbs holy esuse Of liberty and independence
Ihe Power CT the North for continued and sue.
e-ssfal aggression Is passing, if It has not
passed, away. Ths day and The III
unPh is ours if we bus make S wise and pa.ri-
ole uss Of our reIOu7ess, sna show ourselves
Forhy Of The liberty isE which We axe srus
cling.