Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-31
ExPREssIoN OF THE NORTHERN
CHESS

PRESS.
From The Albany tSew York; Press.l
that noble army of TIE North, prepared
xith so much cost, msrshaled at Washington
under the eve Of the President and Of the
! Lieutenant General, uron whom the country
I has lavished its care, for whose support and
| preservation congress has poured-f6Fth its
/ treasures in hundreds Of mildoas, and on
whom the hopes Of the people 9ere coDcentra-
! ted, has been driven back, broken, bleeding
1 and panic-stricken, TO Washington! Railying
/ there in entertainments, il is announced thattiJ
! is strong enough to defend the Capital, aBd s
the telegram is under the supervision Of the
1 COVE ument, this may be supposed to be the
| conviction Of persons high IN Office. II, how
ever, Gov I.etcher has called out levy-eB-
! masse Of Virginia, and disaieeled Mlryland
! rises in the rear, tha capital and congress and
| tbe cabinet may Be for while isolated, and n
/ position OF personal peril. To defend the
/ capital however, the signal has but TO be
/ heard 70 can out, no. the soldiers merely, but
/ The peopIe Of tie lOval States.
| Our brave troops marched on, from battery
I 60 battery. driving the enemy back, but at
/ fearful loss Of lie, till meeting a enemy ap-
parently uadiminished in nuh5ers, and a series
I Of masked fortiiica ion disclosing themselves
/ On al sides, the accumulation OF horrors and
/ of suffering proved too much for them and they
Welded to a disoTleT'y panic The enemy Tal-
/ lfe1. recruited if is said by Johnston's com
( mand, which bad joined them and pushed for
/ ward, when the retreat Of ouT lT'ops became a
4 t".al rout.
/ We had h0pe5, ,REd we so expressed ourselves
Yesterday t3st our troops would withdraw
aR4 wait for the reinforcement Of McCieiiag's
aad Pstterson's commands before psIShing on.
/ There is Doequ lity batwsen al Invading aTmF
i OF 10000 and "a army of like number en-
! hal hrh ind ha =
| great 20 throw fresh sTooPs, ike ours, upon an
unkn own path, amid ambuscadss and surprises
on all sides, 30 storm entertainments armed
| with The terrible eBgnery with wh ch science
/ b endowed moders warfare.
Whose is the fault? Why is it that this
] Anaconda that was TO crush The enemy in its
folds. has been compelled TO drag its wouHdSd
I length back to Washington, staining its track
| with blood, ana palpitating IN ag0ny2 L IS
! sa d thai Scott was overruied by the president,
/ himself Whether this is true, or whether the
1 old general yielded to the clsmor OF an enraged
and insensa' e press, whose mon0naDia has
! been, from the beginning, to beiials the dam
gers Of the couRry and underestimate tue
enemy. Wherever the guilt is, fearful will be
/ the rsspouribility!
But we 90 not intend 10 waste words in re-
| grets OF accusations. What has been done, OF
! let undone, cannot be recalled. When twO
sections oe a country ha each other With such
! intensity that the psssi0a bidZes into WaT,
/ thaV must necessarily despise and depreciate
each other, and they are only 20 be recalled
( from this deusion By the rude shock OF de
/ feat.
The people have offered to the administra
! ton the unstinted treasures Of their blood and
| their means. This calamity will not close
/ their hgarts but viii open hem SIN wider.
/ The government should have drawn more
4 largely from the resources offered to il. Let it
] not spare them now. II g. . hour Of natlo1sI
calamity all men should be patriots. This
war resting where it now is, would not only
I BE- the assertion Of The independence Of tie
4 Confedsracv, with the Potomac for its boua-
/ dsry, but the northern republic would com
/ mence an existence dishonored by the stsi Of
Warlike incomnstency from its very birth. Let
Us avert this double calamity.
The administration which has refused to
consider The subjsct of peace must show Itself
competent Fer war. it must rise to the mag
nilude OF the crisis. Il must discard party.
/ # must reclaim public confidence BY an exhi-
bition Of purity Of purpose and honesty Cf
| action. L must give guarantees Of fidelity 10
the constitution. Let congress, which has
v0led unlimited means into the hands of ou-
rulers, and which has provided for he future
as best it knaw how, now adjourn. Why pro-
long a session which IL devoted 20 par isan
Z
and to unworthy threats against the enemy?
Let &c g3i Let the csbinst be reconstructed
upon principles more ID harmony with The new
duties Of the government, and bstter calculated
to inspire confidence IN the people l. is Of
littl importance, in times of pIeRtsous peace,
whether hoTdes Of contractors act 10 collision
With corrupt secretaries to rob the treasury
But when TIE victim Of fraud is the soliier,
and bis food and arm and ammunition, are
the subjects Of cheating, the fraud rises to the
dignity Of treason. Let no men suspected Of
it longer infect the councils Of the govern
ment.
II The government and the people are reused
by this calamity DO sense Of tue duties of
patriotism, then will adVersity prove itself pos
sessed Of "sweet usast'' TIE people are true,
devoted, self-sacriGcing They are undauuted,
and give them but CO fiencs in their rulers,
are indomitabie. Thus far, ihe administration
I has proved Itself unworthy OF a generous peo-
4 pie. The Chicago platform, the intriguers who
shared its chsBces, the spoIls attendant on its
success, have absorbed its thoughts and i's
sympa,hies. This viii no longer DO. 1t must
| discard party and ally self to the popular
heart, BY the exhibition Of gene ositv aaI self
| sacrifice. Let it take heart. Twenty millions
| Of ps0pie staB5 readyto second it. Letit turn
: toward them bTSad and generous confidence,
and the response it viii receive will be It's
! strength and our salvation.