Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-22

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ELEH 1T Is within my own personal
,Ao"leoge that serious personal disikes exist
between the members of the Cabinet Inc
president, in the main, c~Ultyates the intimacy
and perhaps approves the councils OF MI sew
ard, but he is exhibiting a rude vlgor OF ms
own-rude because it is displayed openly
which proves that he can reduce ms caDlhet 10
what ii really Is according to the American the
Ory-a mere board Of heads OF departments VINO
NAV he asked their opinions of any matter as
amici cg7iae by the President, or who may be
nut on one side if he pleases- Mr. Seward,
wise in his generation, confines his attention to
the onerOus business of his own department
n-c others of his colleagues distinguished them
selves by an unlucky assiduity in tormenting
themselves with the affairs Of departments which
do not belong to them, and =" everything by turns
and nothing long are the toredos of every
plank in the ship Of State.
Mr.. Lincoln, who has a right to 90 every
where, (and do everything he likes apparently
cyinces a solicitude natural enough in all that is
going on in the army, the navy, and the other
branches Of the public services and has lately
TUNED his attention to the subject Of big guns
and ordnance. Il would surprise an English
man, whose notions of the functions Of a Presi-
dent, founded on the popular idea that they were
those Of a mIder sort of chief magistTacy than
that which we have the happiness to possess,
probably restricted his powers TO that Of veto or
approval, by signature, Of acts of Parliament
and the sending Of messages, TO be told that Nj.
Lincoln is not only the head Of the army and
navy, but that, in such questions as the prOpri-
ely Of relieving Fort Sumter by a military and
naval expedition, the Illinois lawyer studied
books, heard arguments on both sides, and
finally determined on the course to be pursued.
Pray observe with what subtlety the southerneTs
have acted, in the language they have used in
familiar correspondence and in the press, when
speaking of the United States. They never men
ton the name Of the ex-great republic. The
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cenaries; y the United States navy is "LincOln's
war ships, and so on through all the varieties
of LincOln'S "hOrdes,i =" barbarians,n "Yan-
KEGS" savages, etc. They endeavor to fix on
the President the direct personal responsibility
Of tho whole conflict, and to restrict the agents
he uses in waging it 70 the Yankees Of the New
England States.
The mass Of the South are fighting for a
Union Of their own, to which they have insen-
sIhly transferred their loyalty and their national
ieelng, which unquestionably is great, in the
Old flag, and believe they are fighting against
an alien enemy-one Abraham Lincoln-who is
aided ana abetted by the powers of darkness
and their Yankee cOeficients. And vet have
reason TO believe Dir. Lincoln Is one Of the most
moderate men in the section Of his own Cabi-
net which looks to internal politics, and that. in
the present distracting discussions. he generally
inclines to the view that the North is not
making a war against slavery, and that the re-
SUNS hl H4 SUCCESS nee0 not he the liberation
OF the negro. Mr.. Blair, who is downright
c0venanter Of the American sort, and with
whom the southern shareholders are sons OF
Behal-"a sword Of the Lord and Gideon"
man, who could smite Philistines hip and thigh
from 'be rising to the going down Of the sun
and several hours after-with a grim s~atisfac-
ton in being a chosen nstTument1 speak, OF
course, metaphorically. and not physically
has a great influence, derived from the clear
ness Of his head, his peTsistrncy, and the rigid
~ of his principles among his party; but his
doctrines would most likely end in contining
tae United States to the original New England
settlements, or in establishing a Dictatorship
sstIn@ on bayonets. What prelacy, popery,
a1I monarchy were 10 the men of the first Gov
cnant, southern rights, slayeholding included,
ire 10 Mr. Blair. Nor are they less SO to Dir
Chase, who possesses, after all, the largest and
most solid brain in the Cabinet, but who had
no injection al one time to Jet the South go Il
It liked, believing that the system on which i
WAS founded must be in the end, and that not
distantlv, the means Of inhicting a punishment
and vengeance on the seeding States far more
terrible than any, either the army or navy OF
the North could execute.
REGULATIONS on T"r policy OF TIE CON
TESTAETs-
All that can be seen OF heard leads TO the be-
lief that the Confedenate5 are preparing for some
great effort. and tlat they have retired portions
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a device to blind their antagonist while making
Il, or 70 co operate with the rest Of the army by
q serious demonstration above and below the
city. IF the Confederates have moved they
mean to do some mischief. They can scarcely
-etire and hope 10 make a better leap by doing
so. Inactivity on both sides, coupled with pro
digious expenditure, are the best if not the only
chance Of compromise and peace. Success on
either side TevIves the hopes of complete ulti-
mate triumph Of the one, and stimulates animos-
ity and the display Of the resources Of the other
There is one thing 10 be taken into consideration
IS an element Of peace. During the winter th,
armies must 60 into quarters. Even so far south
as Virginia the weather IS frequently very severe
SLOW lies many feet deepen the ground for weeks
ST a time. The Potomac is occasionally fTozru
over completely. The roads always indifferent
become rivers Of mud and slush, through which
is would he nearly impossible to move men, and
guns, and baggage
When the armies are in winter quarters, viii
the politicians work for peace OF FOR war? On
viii the leaders Of divisions be permitted to car
~ on operations in the ice and snow, remem-
bering the great success OF Washington after the
trsject, which Is so often represented in bad en-
cravings all over North America? Il is Obvi
ously the interest Of Beauregard to strike a
great blow before winter sets in, and Thus
strengthen the base for negotiations; but Gen
Mcclellan, / am satisfied, will not move a man
if he can help it until the very end Of this month
OF thebeCinnng OF October. About that time
there will be kind inquiries about the second
fly millions Of the loan. and no doubt increased
vigor on the part of those who are opposed 70 the
war. But # Gen. Mcclellan obtains any very
considerable victory, and is able at the first
stroke to break through the shell with which the
ContedeTaies have covered their soft parts IN
the interior Of the States, some measure short Of
secession and independence may satisfy them
and when they are menaced with destruction
they NAV put up with an offer 70 live on fair
terms with their conquerors. 1t is to be seen
whether the latter viii then offer them what they
ave easily obtained at an earlier stage OF
hostility.
THE NORTHERN ARMY,
S~loyenness Of drcs and gal, when of dufy,
long locks, unbuttoned coats, unpublished boots
and equipments. mark many Of the men, and
the practice Of saluting officers. even Of high
rank, israther exceptional. But things arc vast
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