Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-20
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lar mind into a wild snd reckless fHror that VIII
sustain the wsr at every hazard, occasional
gIinpses Of v~orsimiituds viii show themselves
Oft aud anon in the lasty ut.eraucas of COM
p-zining journals. The Chicago Tr5ase, it APP
psars. isr among this class, and having for
time ima1emori8l been cou~istalt supporter of
the Black Republican party, IN iul fellowship
with the abolition radicals Of the GARRISON AID
GREELEY school, speaks in such tones As TO eI-
cluie itself from that portion of the Northern
press described by the London Times cores
pendent as having the puissant finger Of milf
tary power" upon their throats. a late article
In this journal, entitled " The Lesson Taught at
Belmont omments in tho following candid
style.
The disastrous termination Of the Cairo eEpe-
ditilu 20 Columbus Is another severe lesson on
the management of this contest with the rebels.
Our troops hsve suffered a bad defeat. Hun
dreds Of men have been killed and wounded, and
other hundreds taken prisoners. Tie loss Of
the enemy is far lighter than ours. The object
OF the expedition was not attained. The rebels
have been elated and embOldened, while our
troops have been depressed, if not discouraged
The Tribune then proceeds to urge upon the
Lincoln government the absolute necessity Of
pursuing everywhere the policy and instructions
OF the War Department as given to Gen. SHER-
MAN in the prosecution of his marauding f0ray
along the Atlantic coast That functiouary, twill
be remembered, was authorized to steal negroes
and use them in any manner that he deemed
proper against their masters, and even 20 the
organization and arming of them in the regular
military service. The abolition paper before us
reprobates the disincluat0n of the Lincoln gov
eminent 10 generalize the principle and apply
1t with equal force TO Kentucky, Missouri. Mary
land, ami such other border States as may be
penetrated by the Federal forces. It asks how
long viii the government " play into the hands
Of the rebels by allowing them to make au1lia-
res Of the col0red class and responds with
the following very significant answer For
JUS lat long lrH The ro5as Be aJie to hold our
armies atJay, and to izfict decat after defeat upon
as"
This is simply tantamount to the plain ac-
acknowledgement that the North is unable to
subdue the South, unless she can secure the ac-
tive cooperation Of the four millions Of slaves
that are within Der territorial limits and iurisdic-
ton. This portion of our population, in the
commencement Of this war, were regarded by
the Abolition journals as a great element Of.
weakness to Us in carrying on the contest, and
it was asserted, with the full conviction Of it,
truth, that al least one half Of our army would
be forced to stay at home in order to suppress
seryiie characterization and iusuTeciOn. We
cannot forbear to give the reasoning of the Tn
JuHs man, explanatory of the great alyautage (
the rebels " have derived from the employment
OF negroes. He says;
From April last until now they have been
working Tor the rebels, raising crops and doing
drUdkeTy for their troops. Our officers have
stea1.y refused 20 avail themselves of the help
of th-s- loyal people. They made their own
men dig bitches. wheel dirt up entertainments,
hew down forests and perform a vast amount Of
Other severe labor, in al unhealthy climate and
under d blazing sun. They have filed their
hospitals with sick and dying soldiers. The die
ras-s and deaths were mainly caused by
hardship and exposure. which the employment
or " #'eaauds would have avoided Had
the policy and Instructions of the Wa Depart
m-u. teen. sI llau been adopted, and had
cur officers awaited rh-us--y,s rt the services
uf Jl-u-Hul OF cDutraBaul' VINO would
have offered, affairs would weara diteT eut face az
Cairo, Columbus aud Memphis. The whole slave
Population Of that section of country, would b.
ia b state OF msuburdIuation against the Secs
FiUui-ts. Half Of those from that region. now In !
TIE rebel army would have been obliged 10 re-
MAJ huuls Iu KEEP their slaves qUlgl. or 10
work their plantations themselves, Hlru the
slzv-= had escaped. The adult contrabands
would have Iuu of by scores and hundreds every
night, and never stopped until safely within our
lines. They wOuld convey minute Informal
tiOu concerning the force and position of the
rebel troops, and NEST of them would have
brought along q horse OF a mUlo. These fugi-
tives would have cheertully aud gladly done
whatever work they were Eet at, whether Il was
building Notifications, chopping trees, preparing
food, washing clothes. taking care Of horses md
mules, waiting on our soldiers, o. drilling under
white officers, who might have been promoted
from the ranks to such command. BY this time
Gems. Grant and McClaruaul could have had
10000 " coutrabands" IN their SERVED as labor
era and fighters, who would hsadla a spade OF
stop a bullet as well as q white man.
This is as much as We can expect TO extot
from the enemy, by way Of confession, vet
awhile. A few more defeats, ike that at Belmont
or Boil Run, viii goad the northern people into
such a state of desperation that the assertion Of
the Chicago TrJaae-that the South is invincible
50 long as her slaves are allowed to remain loyal
will become the prevailing sentiment of the
masses in the North. The result win be that the
insurrectionary principle adopted in C~ANERoN's
letter OF Instructions 10 SHERMAN viii be ex-
tended in its appicat ton to the border States, and
the second Federal campaign viii be vigorously
opened next spring, with the fresh hope inspired
by this new ezpedient.
But this vile and barbarous device viii fail
fail fatty and ANONYMOUSLY. The southern army
will never allow the invaders TO pass our lines
npon the border, OF to advance outside Of cannon
range from their fleet upon the coast. A few
t5ousand slaves may be stolen, and impressed
iato severe labor upon the Federal Notifications,
in obIivious memory Of Chicago platforms and the
negro philanthropy Of other days. But the 10y
sltv of the southern slaves win not be eudau-
cred. and the failure Of the effort to do so will
+acoil with iuefable disgrace upon the heads Of
the defeated enemy.
The consciousness Of this fact which may not
he learned snd fully appreciated until the termi-
nation Of a second years campaign, must pro-
4, - a reaction throughout the realms Of King
ABRAHAM that will make his throne tremble, if
not TO Ter and fall under the influence Of the con
vulsioH. The truth has flashed upon the northern
mind that. as the war is now conducted, the
50 rebellion % cannot be crushed. One year
more will show the tutility Of all attempts to
carry out their new scheme, and then we may
look for a speedy growth Of the peace party that
will carry the Presi lential election in 1864 and
naugurate an and-war Manifestation. Until
TN let MS only rely upon our own uuaided eff
70 to drive the enemy back from our borders,
and add deeper disgrace TO his pirate fag-al
eady
Black with dsaguor and foul with retreat i