Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-09

FrsI1 the Richmond Dlssaieh.!
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Wave tseanad a btoosisr han eha-r tbis

"ThsuEh fsr and aesr the bullets hiss
We've 'seapsd booster hour than thisn
The year I779, being that year which inme-
dislely followed the eolHumms zion Of the French
alliance, wEs, by the testimony Of al Eist0risns
the pgeeiEe period as which the atfsirs Of the
Amszican colonies weYe nearest tuin. The us O.
PIC, who bad been enthusiastic N support Of
the war, had very generally ecolsd down They
had become sick with hops deferred, and iirBd
ot Q contest which bad, sppsTealy, no end.
Their currency WIS IN & shocking condition, the
continental PAPER being no better than Mr Mem
miBgaTs sssignzts. They had built great ex-
pectations upon the French alliance, and had
consequently relaxed theiT own exeTtie2s. They
had been greatly disappointed, having Witnessed
The failure Bf Tie only tive Joint operations
wkich we're uL6eTta kUn--that, namsly, szsinsG
Rodo Island, and tbas AZ sinss SavsnR2h-boih
Of which nscaFried through ths bull-headsc
siusidity of ths French Admiral d'E5tsing, and
lron no fault Of any AMsrIeau ca ser From
the pinnacle OF hope they we're precipiISted into
ths abyss Of despair, and began 10 andeusts
ihe value Of the French alllAaes as mich 80
they had Cver estimated il before. they turned
out to meet tbs foe with reluctance, and they
gave Of thoiT meaus as gradgiagly rev As they
lad do1e literally At tbs commencement Of tins
war. Yet, after ali, they roHsed themselves to
the task before item, aud proved thss lheiT de-
spendenoy Was but the laBguoI consequent
upsa over exeitemsnt, not the apathy which
20 bsfers dossh.
The public mind Of Gsufedcr.sy is Just
al tbis moment in he condition similar 10 ,nst
Of the colonies Ia 1879 Like thcm, rs have
been epeagod in war ior thrsS yssFs. LkOthsm,
ws have had our ss-ts. Of vioisut excitement,
followed BY g eallspse IN propOrtioc Like then,
we have irus;ed TOO nGeh &c feIeign cid, a3d
ave aow ebswing the esd Of Disappointment
THsy got g.; hu, al first, they found il very ht.,s
vsu5 We hsvc fsiied 70 gstjt; AID tLg5 far,
at isast, we arc ne weEss cf than ths7 8OTe,
They rcused themselves frcEn theif noT1sniary
arashy We esn apd must DO .hs ssme. Has
sny nan eyer considered What must be iha COZ
sequence Ii ne do nogi Mf. Wigisli told US ne
cteer day Naturalization RseADs, and we osqht
TO havs known il before. L means that ths
Yankees are 20 take every hing IN The world 10
nave We are nos to have h0Bss TO shsl;er
Us, ore bed 70 lie on, OF a b.suket % cover Us,
Or q p'eee OF bread 70 eat. OF anything & Ell
And subjaRstioR mesbs siill more Il means
Cur negroes msstefs ever us, provost unzlghaTs
Office a. every cToas-Tosd, and 30 heodcm foT =
white msn to wax couple Of halidred yards
without a passport, to be examined by = negro
seminal.
That Is wh2. sabjugzfioa 1ssns-lbst Is
vhzi sHbnissiea meaRs--we csnnos syoi4 il
save BY rcsistsucs. There p 70 altnrnai,ye
The enemy geek our BsteT des.ruetion, ard We
can Only avoid il by resistance to the death
Ths currency 10 tbe main cause Of despondsuce
But Whsi is Tho currency il we are snbiugated :
What is money if We lose Our liberty What
is properly, If all we have is to be osEhsesssdf 7
What is it TO man provided be gam the whole
world, if ho loses his own soRl What is il 10
q man Il be gain millions, provided be has q
master who esn take il away from him when
ever he plesscs to do so The currency is but
a secondary consideration. The Congress Of
tho old Ecvoiu len got rid Of the e0adneniAl cur.
1ency without the iaintesi approach 70 8 eonvul-
sion, slthough il was done n the midst of the
war The French Council OF Five hundred
repudiated debt Of ten Thousand millions Of
dollars in tho midst OF = war Only little less
gigantic than lhis. We arc Rot driven to re-
pudisis, bnt oHly to postpone, although. should
Tepudiation even take piaee, the war would 20
On IS briskly as ever. The fact is, we cannot
stop Il We woGld-GWe csnnet turn back II wo
desire It, Like Macbeth, We have Waded 50 far
in blood that It Weuld be IS tedious 70 retern as
to keep On.
Many people e1e discouraged By the large
proportion sf Confederate teTritcry which has
fallen into possession of the enemy. Lat such
persons Reflect that occupation does rot by
any mesns imply conquest, as al history tes-
ii6es. Read the campaigns Of Hannibal with
tbs nap Of Europe before you. eyes. You viii
iud that general, after having OvsTfhroHn The
alGeB Of Rome in Spain, marching through The
Seugh Of France upon Itbly. He crosses The
| Alps in TIE faes Of difficulties almost supsEhu-
man and by q mere eavalry battle becomes mas
/ tsr al Pisdmont sad Lon hardy, with all ils war
! like inhabitants, burning with haired 70 Rome,
/ snd eager to icin him il oyeEihrOWing her power
/ A bioedy battle on Ens TTebla gives him posses
sion OF ell Tuscany. Another, near PeTugia,
pvts The whole eIssas Of the church, with tbs
exception Of o small spsco Immediately around
| Rosoe. inte his hsads. PNtly by force, partly
by bribery, be raAlSes hinsslf Rasier Of nearly