Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-31

MAKING HISTORY,
Tho washington agentof the associated press.
=, his report Of the 9oth, after detailing with as
n-,cb minuteness as the restraints Of military
c.,so7ship allowed, the immense preparations
Itch McClellan's grand army had completed
far It's second advance upon she rebel capital
c,Yeludes his dispatches with The swelling an
,o,ncemeut. " This assk ue shall make history
l,fs an unfortunate circumstance for our enc
mics of the North, al the same time that it IS
,...t fortunate for the cause Of free government
s,I constitutional liberty upon the American
continent, that the subjugation Of the south
cannot be effected by high-sOunding~ manHestoes'
,,rer hjockafes, and splendid campaigns fought
in utorial ga1rst,: else beaten upon every field,
s,l eving before LlSCaLNs victorious legions
orr Gallant army would long ago have been
sc.f.erea to the winds, and the ragged remnant
of southern chiyaly forced TO bend the suPplant
knee to ask the favor and forgiveness OF the
c,nouero-s. Such, the boastful and vain-glo-
r;ous Ysng-kees pictured to themselves, wss TO
r., the speedy result OF this audacious rebellion.
pat alas for the value OF human calculations!
III knottv problem Of the southern asurreetion,
4. to-day. as far from solution as it was on the
i9rh aav of las, April, when the lowering Of
tbo Yankee flag announced the fall Of Sumter
The after history Of the war, which was form
ally insucurated on that memorable day, has
hoo, one Of almoFt uninterrupted reyerscs on
n. mar Of the North, and The most signal and
h-iIianf successes Of tho South. Dethrl, Bull
Dga. Manassas Plains, OAK HIl, Lexington,
Csrnifsx Ferry and Greenbrer River, have be-
come historic names, associated with victories
achieved. under disadgGntsgeous circumstance,
by southern valor over superior numbers Of the
enemy. To this imposing pyramid, has recently
ben sdded the splendid triumph. which crowned
n. Confederate arms with still resher laureis,
a, L.esbure on the 2lst In this glorious
achievement, four regiments OF volunteer in
f.ntrv. drove a Yankee force Of four times their
nui1ber of picked troops, before them, at the
pin. Of the bayonet, into the Potomac, killing
tb--r lesdsr and taking nearly thousand PTis-
,slsrs. Thus, within the brief period OF one
6av. after the announcement, issued under
,Hieial sanction, was heralded through ihe
North. and while the ignorant MASSES were
dwelling with hopeful pleasure upon the words
OF the kigh-soundiag manifesto, This week We
shall make history another, and most sigual,
r.buke was administered TO tho boastlul spirit Of
The Yankee invaders. Verify, they hare made
history-addel another chapter to the long vol
ume, which records the failure Of their efforts to
subjugafs "a free people, united in feeling, deter
miilel 70 assert their rights or perish in the at
temp. They have added q chapter, tie perusal
of whose dark pages. we sre told, has east 3
feeling Of gloom ard Dependency ovoE their en-
tire community.
The result Of this latest effort of tie Yankees
70 make his;ev, should teach them to turn their
attention TO some other pursuit They are evil
IDENTITY not Of the stuff Of which warriors are
made. War is not their game. They have
boasted Of their prowess in arms, and referred b.
the glorious deeds oftheir ancestors in the Reveiu-
ton. to prove their claim 70 iavincib.ity, until
they have persuaded themselves into the belief
that they can conquer the world IN arms. But
while We win most cheerfully eoneede the emil
nent bravery and invaluable services Of the
heroes of Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hin,
Monmouth. Trenton, Germantown, and Saratoga,
We are not prepared to admit the claim Of the
present generation Of Yankees that they have
h=nted tbe virtues of their ancestors. The
men OF the revolution were hardy Adventures,
trained 10 the sse of arms, amid scenes of con-
stant toll and danger, tillers of the soil, mer-
chants ana sailors. Under the beneicient indu-
ence of slavery, proper social barriers were
maintained, and the term gentleman, long since
obsolete among the Yankees, had It's appropriate
significance in the national vocabulary.
How unlike the Yankees OF the present day
Instead Of the stardy men Of the Revolution, we
now behold SCI Of dwelling shopkeepers, en-
crossed with tie manufacture and sale Of wood
en- clocks, lucifes matches. button moRlds, baby
Jumpers and shoe pegs. Under the influence OF
puntanicaI cant the manly instincts Of nature
bave been suppressed, and their youth trained
Up with views and opinions warped by a FALSE
sentimentslity. Free labor, free love and FREE
soil have spresdthe baneo Of agrarianism through
the body polite, and northern society is but a
lepreus mass Of vice, hypocrisy, i~TTeligion and
atheism. While it is neither polite, nor in good
tasse, to underrste the courage Of orr enemies,
it Is not to be supposed inst men, educated IN
der such a system, can successfully contend
with an army Ike that we have in the field, IN
which, in addition to the cpri, du eoFys which
stimulates regiments and brgades and divisions
to deeds Of daring, there Is a feeling OF indiyidu-
atty and personal pride which makes every man
asoldeT, and every soldier a hero.
WeDeed not take into tbeaeeornt the fact that
the Yankees know they are engaged in O bad
cause, and the effect Of this knowledge upon the
conduct Of even he bravest men, TO torn an IN
teligent conclusion as to what will be the. inev-
table result Of TN present war. The issue Is
not a matter Of doubt. Justice and right viii
triumph in the end. The only question is, how
many more defeats viii It require to satisfy our
enemies that the South cannot be conquered
bow many more lives are to be sacrificed, aud
Low many moe millions Of treasure are to be
squsndered before reason resumes Der throne.
aud the attempt TO ~subiugate the South is aban-
doDeli How many more chapters, Ike that
which records their achievements at Leesburg,
are 10 be added to the history they are making
before weary Of the iaboE, and Disguised saL a
task which, Ike thlt Of SisYrHus, has no end,
they shall abauJou tie wu.k. tine aloue can
dasrnius. 10 Tie meantime, We can calmly
await the result, couhieut that lie future vil
yet add darker pages totle Had Of Woes which
shall transmit 70 future geueations, tie deeds
achieved by Yankee prowess, IN tlis unAoly
var.
DISAPPOINTED AGAIN.
The notorious BRGWSL0W, who has been a
standing candidate for mariyrdom ever since