Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-05
WHAT GEORGE WIRES SAYS.
The az en' coadiuoa--whu,i. TO Come

Correspondence at tHp Sow York TnUuurI
WA5nnGroN. November a, I-GI.-Ibough
nobody pretruds 10 know McClrllln's plans, The
impIrgsiou is very general that he intends 10
drive forward at Manassas, and having thrown
out powerful corps darmec on either flank, TO
move upon the center, or very apex Of the fr0wn-
ing triangle, with compact mobile columns.
lheae are TO succeed one another with rapidity
aud freshness, each In turn falling on and civ
ing place To- It's successor as soon az the TEMPEST
OF Us energies begin 30 flag Blow after blow Of
TINS character, each shifting with the quick hard
ness Of refined steel, and all delivered. and IN
cessHutly kept up upon the same shudderiug
point must necessarily penetrate its object. and
Tue triangle once entered by our hayouets. the
fracture Will be sure 20 extend 20 the base of its
position. This accomplished, the remainder Of
the picture can be seen. The short and bitter
phrase Of the master of the situation will be
verified aud the rebellion, perhaps, be virtually
over before the next year is six weeks old. It's
always the policy OF "a general, who has superior
t0rces, 10 find his enemy where he is in greatest
number, 50 that his blow may Dc wholesale and
utterly destructive; and Mcclellan il statesman
enough TO know the importance to a nations
PTae ana prestige, OF wlpiug out the r]ecOllec-
Hoh OF "a loss on the very spot where 10 was en-
uuTed. Moral effects are as valuable 10 a people
a. physical successes, and the boastfuI rebels.
who are to depend again upon the favorable DO
siuons OF the 18th and Dist Of July, must be
made to hate the very sound of Bull Run and
Manassas.
There arc many timid patriots, however, who
look with doubt and uncertainty in that direction
ana who, mindful of the vast resources Of tLa.
terrible triangle, fear that we cannot force H. .u'
that all the power which we can deliver there will
come back broken and shattered Ike the first
But they do not sufficiently deliberate the con.
trast Ihe army OF Mcdowell, though composed
OF gallant men, was in reality but little bette
than a military mob. They were not skilfuIy
marshaled to the fight. and, through lack Of con
cert, had to depend upon mere d~esultory vaIor
On the other hGud, the columns OF Mcclellan ar,
not only skilled in discipline eud thoroughly in
ured, but they are reliant on their chief. and ther
know, too, when they strike Manassas, exact-
the nature Of the Job. If their commander. fol
lowing the tactics of Nelson and Napoleon, 81
reefs them to pierce the center, the attacking col
umn win not be kept for hours tuggiug, exhaust
ed, at a single point, but, having discharged it
rage and energy, it will pass aside, and be hu
mgTed with repose ere it be employed again.
There is no description of resistance, mcreria
or physical, that Cannot be overcome by MAJ
and numbers. The main question to be con
sidered is the willingness for sacrifice: and
the cause which INSPIRED the French and BIRTHS.
in the Crinea to find a Judgment on the para
pet of the Redan, or 20 make q lane Of bOdie
through the " heli-ire " Of the MalakoH. wa
good enough for such subimely heroic efforts
ours should be strong enough 20 carry u
through the rebel Businesses thar bar us from tn
road to Richmond. ANY place can be take
with plenty of men and cannon, was the IA
vOrite saying of a celebrated European general
and l am reminded BY the maxim, that there ]
a predatory ant in Africa, which az times, turn
out so poteutly, that its billions overflow who'll
belts OF country, in a straight march, for mile
and miles, envelOping and devouring every
thing, whether it be man or beast, within il
track. Even the bOhemOth. the elephant. an.
the otherwise uncOnquerable lion, take 10 tn
water, to avoid the sitting and impalpable al
tacks Of the resistless, creeping swarm. lie
there be nc fear, therefore, that Manassas is i'm
pregnable TO our arms. Nothing is invulnerabl
to due application Of strength and courage
We saw that the other day az Port ROYAL, an,
if Manassas be the object Of our Young chief
tain's eye, it viii be carried, and presented 4
the country, perhaps, as a Christmas present b,
his devoted troops.
As to the time lrRen, it is almost as hard 10 fl,
the date of movement As it was a month ago
There certainly is much that is vet to be dom
before Mcclellan viii be satisfied % move. Tn.
review which took place on Wednesday last
/ though it numbered seventy thousand men. ex
ercissd but a third Of our entire force In tina
necessary style of massive evolution and /
would seem by the patient manner in which the
General has conducted these field examinations
even from the day he began the organization o
Grgadfs, that he intends TO be thorough with
them all. That, in short, he designs, mos.
likely, to give every corps ddTHlee us lesson, ans
the practice of his eye, before making the tina.
step Of the general task.
In evidence Of dis, ne find review Of all the
regiments at Washington ordered for Tuesday
next, upon the spacious grounds tlat lie east
ward OF the Capitol and it is but reasonable
to suppose, that We shall hear OF another mon
ster field display on the western bank Of the
Potomac during the following week. Upon the
heels Of one Of these grand demonstrations, or
perhaps nom out Of it, the legiong may keep up
their swing, and march straight on but / am
Hot impressed with the belief that a move. lust
now, is imminent. 1t has been q tavorite idea
that the army here would be held in check until
the blows upon the southern coast should Ie-
moraiize and decrease the rebel saouyth on the
Potomac. The first -luse, however, has served
but TO r.Eke the rebel army more compact. but
Ne are now about administering the second The
argument, therefore, that was good three months
ago ought to be worth something uoY, aud we
should hardly czFee! 90 SEQ Con. Mcclellan
march U4i4 tle sentence OF death" which has
perA passed upon Charleston, Savannah and
other rebel seaports shall have been executed bv
the stone fleet; and until Butler aud burnside
shall have thrust their swgVls into some new
vulnerable part Of tl.e l1nHdgrase side.