Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-20
Duly Appeal,
THE LONDON pImES ON THE
AMERICAN WAR

London Times on American affairs, taken fTOi
the latest issue Of that paper received frO'
Europe;
IMPossIBILITT or RESTORING THU UNION.
Were England at this moment to annouBc
10 the world its intention 20 make the gpeedies
possible conquest Of France, or were Franc
to make the same declaration ss to England
the world Wcuid laugh at the egregious foll'
that had inspired the design and prompted To-
boast The world would grant that, suDpos
Tag either people to be infatuated enough, an,
obstinate enough, il could infict enormous snt
iueParabls ibjgries on the other, but only a
the cost af equal Injuries 20 itself. The bal
one stared, fortune might befrieDd this sid
OF that; 1T might give TO either great victories
or periods OF advantages: itmight even plac
one eventually over the head Of TIE other, bu
still only at cost utterly cut Of proportion t,
The value Of the miseFsb bic result. New, TIA
is TIE case OF the two Confederacies acros
The Atlantic, where the surviving half Of al
gtfete Federal UaiOH has undertaken to re
duce Tue other bali to its Federal duties
We say that this is the CAGE, but before ",
proceed step further, it is necessary to Oh
serve that The ease Of the Iorthern American,
is in ssme important respects mole difficult
than ours would be. They are not 80 united ai
we bsVe always fluud ourselves in war. Theil
BliLEE 0lnl ltE LECl d alfl4c4 hAtcEl1DLEs Lueh
have 10 protect more than thousand miles OF
i-Bd frontier, includ ng one closely beleaguerec
position surrounded by foes OF NJ aiee ed ad.
berents. Speaking tue same language as theh
foe, they have no means OF excluding spiss
from their llues, or even tTaiters from their
ranks. They have TO make a standing army
and feet. They have TO learn the fret eie.
ments OF Tactics, and even military discipline
EGsy are w bout soldiers, or officers 20 com
maud aud 70 train them. Their revenue, at iis
best, before the war, was only Just sufficient te
meet tbs interest Of Ghe debt Nicely t. ba IN,
caTred by two years Of the war on its present
sc Re. Tbat revenue, however is, to begin
With, maiRsd by the loss Of the seceteFs and
By the st0ppsEe CT traffic, so that it is aues-
tionabie whether it will be possible to do more
than repair that loss By the new taxes bog
imposed.
Amsfican credit is not 50 good as British,
nor is tae credit OF a Federal Union in process
Of dissolution likely to be equal to that Of q
united people. Lastly, war, which changes its
character according to ctrCumsta nces, estab-
lishes special rules Of probability for different
locaiiues The one rule es sabiished bv all
AmeIiean warfare is that the adVsni age is on
tie side Of defense. Our offensive operations
always failed against fortified positions /;
sgaiass brszst-1Forks thrown Ep in a night /;
against forests full Of invisible foe; against
heat, hunger and thirst sgainst the ever i'm
minent gank attack against the certainty that
every Gep diminished 5hs number, the strength
and the munitions Of our men, and increased
hose Of the enemy. The present war might,
for its incidents, be a chapter Ia our own dis
ss'rcus wars on that sod The DoTtheTners
have advanced upSa fOCtihed position, but
days march from Washington. They have
arrived az tue point with a force nearly melt
ing sway, FAR shcrt Of the list on paper, beaten
vi beat, hunger, thirst, and long march,
sBd surprised Cd both tanks By the sudden
SatP0uriRSs of railways. While this has oc-
CURED in Virginia, almost within sight Of
Washington, 8 column OF S 0 FedeFalists,
advancing against foe thrice their number,
has met with tue same fate, no dosbt for much
the sane reasons, at Springfield, four or FIVE
hundred miles to t e west-as il in order to
warn the Northern States that what has hap
pened is 80 accident, no result Of peculi II cir
eumstanc or personal failure, bu. BY ineyits-
Die rule.
There is but one enterprise which can be
compares to bis, and that is tue First Napo
ieon's gigantic, but infatuated, attempt upon
Russia. Thar Wss a case OF a great political
alliance, ss grand as a Federal Union, com
PEisiHg the best, the wealthiest, and The NEST
pOpulons part, sLd the bes, soldiers on the
Continent Of Europe, advancing into 8 ter
ritory, the sparse and poor population Of
Ehicn scarcely surpassed hat Of the invading
host. Winter might Be the imiHe5iate cause,
but {. vas siso DE spoiogy Of the tEensndous
rout that enEuFd. IL aBy one viii attempt 70
compare The means Of the Federalists with
.hese OF Napoleon. be will find then far infe-
-ior in every respect; while there is 10 doubt
hat he Southern States are far more able to
Z fend every point, every pOsi'ion, every line
\ tasiT territOry, tbsn the Russians were in
b rs. They have mountainous ranges instead !
of s-ePpss; they have a population accustomed I
10 carry arms, ard only TOO glad 10 use them;
they have railways, and abundance Of food I
and Other accessories Of war. They are evi. I
dsaf y superior an generaiship, and Ia the so 4
cisl ofsa Rizati6R best adapted for war.
The result is that thas far they have shown 4
.hsy can dispute every inch, and keep the in /
"a Ter always under toe apprehension Of being 4
sitter outhduked or driven back upon bis own
ca pitsi. Against al this it can only be said 4
ibstthe Northern States have the preponde 4
rance N white men. 10 money and in credit. 4
These, ind Cd, would be important c0nsidera-
.ioas il the Souihsrh States were invading the 4
Northern, aud seriously preparing to drive sV- !
cry armed noTthefneT into the ST. Lawrence. ;
They would be important if this were tie or
diary ease Of two CONFINES at war with ORe 4
sIotheT. But il is not. The northsTHers are 4
engaged 10 the reduction Of the soutberners. /
Ebieb. on its own land, is content to act On the Z
defensive, excepting only that should tho Op- 4
portuniiy occur, Il would sdvance it's line CT (
tefeUse to include the capital Experience I
shows toat under ordinary circumstances a +
:onp8Tatirt small population, with little money .
and means Of war, is sufficient for very good I
iefsEse.
We are in a condition to cffer advice. We .
,su advise the Northern States Of America, as I
fass So ia. r--aa uHsaf
lespotic courts OF Europe. Let the statesmen 4
lt Washington sniy do what England nss done /
,efJre haudrsd tiDes, and what all Europe 1
iss done, is dsing, and will sill DO. I. is not I
sod WoTld1 advice. Il is not Of the leaFen /
ht Washington and Ffaak.iR felt it their mis-
ion to eXtirpate. Il is the very latest aCd /
leWest lesson Of human sffiirs much newer
hau steam, The electric telegraph or riAed can
ion. Do he Northern States really belong TO /
be New World or are they only bit Of the
Jld World, with all its pride, its bgOtry, and
Is tyranny, stranded on the western shore OF
be Atlantic? Tie advice we give them is
VIA they have taught us before, and we only
aV 70 them, as many son may say 70 bic
stber. practice what you teach" Let the
,orthern States 'sccspt the situation" as We
id eighty years ago upon their own SOFT;
s Austria did two years ago at Vilisfranca
I'd Zlrich. Let them count tDe cost before
a
thousand miles across their own country into
be Cuff Of Mexico. LIT them consider
-hsfh tasy caa do what Napoleon could not
10 in the pienituis of bis power, with many
lines their EunbsT, their stores, their credit,
Hd, a1ove al, their military skill and expert
nee, his school of generals, and his supply OF
etersns. Waat they purpose to DO and be Is
ot only to be az coed as thes soutbeFneF, or
tie the better, but overwhelmingly superior.
Ire theY2 l. not this an overwhelming Opin-
or OF themselves? Can they drive the south
n,srs like fock oe sheep, smeke them cut OF
heir q nests like wasps ferret item like
abbas, an beg them like game ?
lie them inst look forward little, and con-
ider the pFobsble stste Of things next year,
I'D the year sf-sr, and twenty years hence.
Even we who sang such songs Of triumph IN
Sl4 and 1873, felt that we and all Europe
would have done mach better to think what we
we're about in i93. IL a clear foresight shows,
nd must Ebow, that there mast be Two fedora
ions. aud tbat on no other footing will pesce
YER BE- made, # will be much batter that it
bould cone % pass after one years war than
sf or twenty. T. is not as il the Union or two
Tntoas were the only alternative. As the war
rOceeds. 10 mar can tell what new powers
ed combinations may arise, and particularly
ow far The Western States will endure the
axes aHd financial obligations necessary for
be war. TIE advice we offer il only what the
.mericsns have given to all the world. ltis
shk Of tbei1 own e0ttOn-a pipe Of their own
,haceo. Let them consider what they can do,
nd vShat neither they nor ali tue world can do.
Il nresent they are only giving triumph to
,srv foe F8r there Is not circle of old ab-
slujist sts-esmen and diplomats who do not
cad the story Of their difficulties and reVerses