Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-11
PREPARE FOR A PRoTRACTRD
WAR.

The Probable duration ot the present war J., ?
source Of much speculation on both .tes Of ;h-
Atlantic, and particularly 3, an absorbing inter
~ manifested an the subject 10y 3e people o.
lhe Soath. A is hardships and priyations b.
gin TO prs, oucrously EpoE MS, il Is quite nalu-
Ia. tina, So, ssoUll watch with some slight So
Ecirude 10 See If any sign can beobscucd in the
political zodiac al III ominous ofpeace. Accord
inely We belr many ~sauguns aSsurlnces thai
before the blooming OF the next May flowers, The
enemy viii be driven bsyond The limits Of every
slave State, and be forced by the argument Of
arms TO extend rs q national recognition.
We do no, desire 10 discourage the brave pa
tiots who have, with seltsacrifciag devotion,
offered their blood and money for ihe prosecution
OF this war IN behalf Of mans right 10 s~,lfgev-
Inent but It VIII be- wei for them not TO make
their preparations with the hope Of conqueriug a
speedy peace. Everything goes to show, indeed,
that We are 20 have a protracred wa, and we had
as well sternly face the fart now so as not to be
made the victims Of disastrou, disappointment in
the future.
Two powerful nations. proud OF their boosted
strength, and having an Implicit reliance upn
their own iuyinciblily, have been brouchr into
the arena Of bloody conflict 10 test their Tclas,e
superiority in the accomplished arr OF arms. Thc
one PROCESSES 10 regard tha other rs 4 discomfort d
C pmhinafon Of refractory rebels, eonspinng Is an
out cause against the best gagemmant on tr.
face or the carlh-ti,ideI in their counscls-
without resources or mpnry sHd barely -ubstt-
ing On a meagcr supply ot sait and potatoes
The eiber justly regards the enemy is . m-
ceusry horde Of hirclings. VINO ar. fighting for
the pcrpeuuation Of tyranny and the establish
ment Of q despotism more odioUs Than any hat
has vet d~isgraccj the history Of Austria or IIaly
who have irmpled thc Constitution in the
dust with audarious disregard OF lis guaranGs-
Of justice, and who. in fine, are iendizhly benz
On making hem yassal- aHd HelotS 10 miaii.
10 ihe sordid and grasping rals Of sell. Thsea
Two pcoples-the North and the South-are in
spired with s mutual luminosity and want OF ~
pcct Tor each other. who's bitterness adds fuel 80
the consuming famcs 81 strife. The North avosys
her determination % ca1y tha war on mil tie
inse-Iin OF ds old exploded American Union 5
fully restored, aud the supr macy Of Yan1e
domination-political and commercial-is
tlblished throughout The slave States.
The South, on the other hand, broyed by tle
ardent imTulses OF patriotism. and minated hy
au instructive love Of republican liberty, MS
fully resolved never 10 Day douu her arms IN the
conteS: mill The last invader is driven from beri
soil. and tde recognition Of her right to be fee
"a -rv4~e4.I .--F
~insolent and relentless adversary. SAGA ! IA
simple statement Of ihr Issue that has bssn (
Joined, involving mutual demands and cence--
sions that sre directly a~utaconisiic, aud wiihal
utterly irreconrilsbie. Complication, 100, of "a
subordinate character enter inro the co0-.tera, ION
Of the issue that assist materially in rendering
F. solution more difficult. Chief among thsec
Is the icuo.sncr OF tbe northern people in
T gard 10 the condition Of affairs IN the South.
Gagged and venal presses iniimidatcd by d.
threats Of mobs and tie tyrannicai censorship OF
Provost NarshalS-hav, become ,yudious alshi-
ers Of known facts, and mcndacious impoztOy,
upon popular c%redulitv. Il has been reserved fr
northern newspapers 10 reduce lying 10 .uch
system as to make Il an effective engine o. war.
To ench an extent have they carried il, thar The
great mass Of the northern people are Today
completely shroaded in ignorance as 70 the rell-
tive advantage thus far obtained BY tbe pariies
10 be conflict. They are led 70 believe that TIE
rebels are pat 10 fight" completely rouird
OF "cJt 10 piecrs in.Nrrv >kiTmi~h or batHe
that takes place, and where bold fslsehoods viii
not satisfactorily establish the defeat Of the Con
fcleTats troops, thc acknowledgment that The
contest was a drawn " our =, sometime cA-
torted with painful relue1anec.
This persistent habit OF atrocious falsehool
VII 60 nor. than anything else ON earth to pre-
rqet the wsr. Il makes piiiahle dupes OF those
10 are already miserable victims 10 taxation
and tyranny, and holds oui 20 them the d~.lusive
phantom Of fnal suecrze. Could The resources
Of the North possibly tolerate Il, ibis rascally de-
cepton would fasten upon as q thirty years
war. equally rs disastrous a. that which devasted
Germany in the seventeenth century. Even as
It is, we need not expect peace until the energies
Of the nothern people are exhausted, and the
sunlight Of truth Is made 10 pierce the dark
cloud Of error thar wells their obsIuctod visions
and dispels the gathered mist Of falsehood.
Bot should everything else be accommodated,
should The inability Of he North 70 subjugat
us be conceded, and our independence even
acknowledged, a question VII arisr, in the divis
ION Of the territory belonging "a the old United
involving the amount to which The South 4
i entitled, which VIII greatly impede The pro :