Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-09

1GLHNA AHA NAL
not, BY provoking a bloody battle, At eHce
close the door to all possibility Of a eompro-
misc. Ia its Fridays issue it talks as follows
shout the
REAL ISSUE.
aDo YOU pretend to know mere about mill
tsry matters than Gen. Scott ?" ask 8 Few
knaves, whom a great many simPletons know
no better than TO echo. !.
No. Sirst we know very little OF the art or
var. and Gen. Scott knows a great deal.
There is no question on this point, and never
has been.
The real question which the above is asked
only to shuttle ont OF Sights this Does
Gen. Scott Cor whoever it may BED contemplate
the same ends, and is he animated by IKE IN.
pulses and purposes with the great ooay OF
the loyal, Hberty-i5ving people OF this country
Does he sfand M square on the line OF o. deg.
40 min, nr il be squirting toward 30 deg. 80
min? Does be want the rebels routed, OF
would be prefer to bave them conciliatedY
When you answer these CUES ions, you touch
the marrow OF the problem, which all the gas
about Gen. Seott's military knowledge and our
want Of Il is intended to dodge.
Our columns will prove how long we waited
and trusted, aud exhorted others TO trust, that
al! was going right. We now hope, and urge
others to hone, thatall soon piH be going righe.
But il July shall be spent as June has been We
shali have to confess sadly that those hopes
were not well grounded.
Let no one attempt to feed himself with thls
bubbleg Of military knowledge being IN the
pecuiisr possession Of a caste. There 4
knowledge that belongs especially to men
trained to the profession Of arms, but that IS
not in question.
It needs no familiarity with Vauban, Tar
renne, OF Jomiii. to enable one to determine
that a huge mass Of infantry, without cavalry
or fsld artillery, though 1t may be well ealcn-
lated for holding the line Of the Potomac and
shielding Washington city from capture by as
sauit, IS nor such an aTthy an is required for a
vigorous offensive in a hostile region swarm
ing with the enemy's light horse, and full Of
masked batteries, smbnscades, and strong po-
sitions entrsncbed and defended BY heavy guns
II position /; common sense and a very sup r
fetal acquaintance with military history ara
sufficient.
Whether A cadet fresh from West Point
would know at glance that a competent gene
raj, who bushes himself with strengthening bis
position, Telling great trees ser0ss The roads
Ia his front, and oostructing item in every
possible way. Is in no condition to advance or
assault, and il doubtful Of his ability even to
hold bis ground If a~sssiled, We know not.
though we think he would. Mere ignorant
civilians would have no doubt on this subject.
There is no mystery At all IS 10 the rebels'
plan Of the campaign. They mean te avoid
any decisive battle, any general concentration
Of forces, but to keep Up the spirits Of their
duPss By skirmishes and dashes, to prcftto the
utmost By their superiority in local knowledge
aud in cavalry, TO set traps and aeadfalls for
our green bIiea6iers and colonels, and to keep
up a skuikilg, cowsrdly warfare on our pick
els and seHtinels. IF they can thus with infe-
rior numbers occupy and waste the main body
Of The patriot forces, whils they send strong
attachments to subdue and extiTPate the pa
triots OF East Tennessee and Western Vr-
GINA. they will be abba TO close the campaign
with the prestige and the substantial fruits Of
a triumph. And 4 csmnsign so closed will en-
able them ia dictate terms Of compromise, and
come back into the Union more iasolentssnd
domineeTing than ever.
Gentlemen who hsld the peoples proxies for
the direction Of this business, this is last the
one result that your masters and hackers win
not abide. II the national forces shall be
beaten back ia fair, s~tand-up fght-Whieh We
do net believe pcssible-tbe patriot millions
viii acknowledge the com and The independ-
eace Of secession. IL our side beats, the rebel
ieaBers must abscoad, and the country be tran
quilted on the good old basis Of the supremacy
Of The constitution and laws. Bat 20 have
JEFF. DAYS. and Toombs, Cobb, Floyd and Wig
fall return to Washington as corquerors by
diplomacy, and crack their slave whips over
the heads Of loyal, frsedom-loviRg statesmen,
is rot to be tolerated nor thousht Of. And We
may Just az well determine who is who In three
months as In thirty.