Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-05

Of the Doth, may, undoubtedly, be considers
a fair sample of the criticism upon Presiden
DAVIS message, INDUCED in by the press of til,
North:
THE IMPORT OF JEFF. DAVIS MESSAGE.
The recent message Of JEFF. Davis proves &
have been, strictly, AN extra, % elected by ex
t"raoIdinary vet very natural circumstances. /
is a document put forth TO meet the loud com
plants with which Secessia is filed, against tn,
military policy Of Davis and its adverse results
The body 10 which the explanatory plea is ad
dressed. has been in session, with intervals o.
adjournment, since last spring, and had simply
re-assembled after a few weeks of vacation. Tht
evidences of general dissatisfaction ia the South
have been 50 numerous and unequivocal as ..
have convinced tie most inCredulous of Iuteli
gent men everywhere that the rebellion IS al,
ready "a house divided against itself" There
are ''the Davis party and "the Besuregard
party" the former for q Fabian and defensive
conduct Of the war, and the latter for invading
PENNSYLVANIA, New York and Massachusetts, a,
the best mode Of defending the Southern brders
aud coast lines, and Of compelling the recogni-
ton Of the Contederacy rs a nation, From
Richmond, Charleston and New Orleans, the
~utterances of the opposition, through the press
and by correspondence, as well as with refugees
from Dixie, have reached the world.
When these outward symptoms appear,
despite the necessities of a revolutionary regime,
the internal discomfort they indicate must be
serious indeed. When the ablest of the rebel
journals are at once d~enOuncing the military
course pursued, advising their readers to " make
up their minds for a long war and limiting at
the exueiieucy Of tamiliariziug the people with
the idea of submission, " what must lie tho style
of criticism and dependency in the private
circles of the rebelsi On good authority, It is
believed that to such a point had Beauregard's
disgust with Dayis's policy arisen, that he was
upon the eve Of ~resiguing, when the President
Welded so far as materially to modify his pro-
gramme. Dayis's suppression OF BeauTegard's
report Of the battle Of Manassas is, with good
reason, presumed 10 have been occasioned by
the Implied censure5 of the report, on the undem-
ongiratiye course Of the insuTgent chief Beau
regards published letter, Wherein he compares
himself to the maligned Alcibiades, who had to
resort 70 stratagom to elude his detrGctors, is
significant Of the state Of feeling between the
coptoHdiue iapt9ns.
The message, OF course, Ignores the distracting
disputes, but undertakes TO allay them by spc-
ciously~ eulogizing the Confederate enterprise in
an its parts aud achievements. Against the
grand fact, staring The southern Gpoply IA the
lace, that lLe seven months mastering of their
armies Tor the expulsion Of the Federal power
from Virginia is an immense failure, the rebel
President arrays q selection and combination Of
relieving incidents, which he distoTts and cTalts
lutp the appearances Of & successful prosecution
Of tLe wal. The Confederstes themselves chose
Eastern Virginia as the principal thcateT of the
contest. 10 seize Washington a. a part of the
domain Of Virginia was a]yowedly their main OH
;e.t. and nearly ali tEeir Ialn.afy Resources and
strategy were lavished 10 this end. Even the
fight al Manassas, their principal boast, resulted
I'M hopelessly defeating their purpose, by making
n NECESSARY for Johnstou's army to retire from
Winchester, aud rendering it impossible TO cross
the upper Potomac.
While the grand campaign Of the insurgents
has been thus fuitless in Eastern y irginia, they
have been driven from the western portion Of
that Stale, have been Tepudiatel ly Maryland
and Kentucky, have become but u horde Of
roaming f|ugitiyes in Missouri, and are success
fully invaded IN South Casuiua aud on tho Cult
coast. Despite all Of which, DAVIS AYERS that
" new States and Territories have been added TO
U. Copledrmcy.r Ono Of these States Is keu-
lucky, whose Legislature aud people have over
Nbeimiuply r|cpudiatcd the ucasOu. Another is
NTssolr whose inhabitants, at the polls aud in
convention. have dcpoBed the ~TacgcEnt Governor
and Legislature, that have since, while teoing
and sllIIkfpg from the Fodaiai armies, assumed
q, t-rapsfer her 10 the jurisdiction OF Jctt Davis
& 20. As TO the rebel victories 1t Springfield
and Lexington, and the alleged ono at belmont
vbat have they Gddcd 10 the power OF hopes OF
the Confoderacy
The messngo congratulate iha people on tho
sL,,plauco OF their har,cau- whom these have,
nrnripnly. only a morchautablo value and can
n,, h. taken to markatl But this fact rs met by
,n,tber conuatulAtiou iu thu assurance that The
LIarlade Is the best thing chat could have hap
,.,eJ since it must result iu uIaying England
IA France ngaiust tho Fedrnl power This,
t,o ip tle tecih OF tle defined courar of each OF
,bo.r nations. tho lospoudeucy OF luncoy .
abroad. aud lho Development "l EUROPEAN
pdspsudsucc of American cotton Another Hq
v,nttgc euIDgiznd aa resulting hom the blockade
Il, m, forced growth Of s]ouuheln manufacture.
thc uBploaaaut fact being omitted lhHt iu' Fo'u.
dina mndo cont three on toui tunes 49, mu'' as IL
imported.
tybsp the war oudu. whHf viii become Of these
,,npuinciorlrsf Whatever iH result they
49, XII ,Jtbef hrtufe the influx OF cheap iorcign
~ .,,tbe,p goola. Hut llr Glldrl apd Mason
-. ,t5DoutI snrm. at least ~ diusiphiu all
Ileia.ttI.. and ensure the Couiedctacy'a success
I'M he Treatment Of this slgir ihe message "
n.,s weIl known plineipHs Of inirinAtlonHl
and lmta euuHrtH tho writer OF Nllluily
.rrtipe 10 drrriyo ntill iVtthrf tho piHerHby
I,inlsd people whose disappointment aud tagp,
.,t, 4, ,nnis at last. hp 1imH 10 avert lhla
,uoiapy iuf The failing i%ufttnes Ji treason % hold
,ad id.anioUa. yrt I'd tobiullrl WIN iatla goo
Iuurr,us. ahhfp aud atuhbnrn iu rcrhlt lH
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