Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-13
TIE OF 4 VIGOROUS
uRUFEE.

The surest and only certain method OF put
ting as peedy termination to the present war, IS
found in the adoption Of a vigorous and for
,5ara policy. While We have the PTOfoundest
confidence in the sagscity and experience Of
the military leaders who are conducting US
through its harrassing difficulties, We cannet
refrain from expressing the opinion tsat they
sppesr TO have fashioned their tactics too
mneb after the policy Of FABIUs, too little az
Ter that Of NAPOLEON. We have so far mar
shaIsd armies, erected batteries, and built for
tifcstions, Only to await the assault Of the
invaders upcn our own soil. The enemy have
sent among Us q hiTeling soldjery, to outrage
the rights OF our loyal people and eat out the
substance Of or land. and in this manner have
relieved themselves of a dangerously combusti-
bic element that might at any time have blown
into a vast ~conasgration the smothered fires OF
ssditioH and agrarianism.
Anxious TO preserve the lives Of our brave
and self-sacrihcfng soldiers, our military com
msnaers have been cautious and prudent in
their movements, always keeping strictly on
the defensive. This may have done well so
far. but late events, it is to be hoped, will give
Us some slight change in the programme. All
prospect Of a peace being conquered BY " mas
terlv inactivity . nav as well be dismissed as
chimerfeal and visionary. The extraordinary
and extrsvagant message OF LINCOLN, with
the response made to It BY the rumP congress,
20 TO show that the venom Of Blsck-Bspubli-
can malignity has in - wise been diminished
BY The Acknowledged bankruptcy Of the gov
eminent, nor even the growing opposition
among TIE masses to The war policy which II
has inaugurated. The prevailing sentiment
among the people seems to be that men and
money shall be forthcoming il they are only
furnished with positive assurance that The
81 Union . can BE restored to IFS integTity-not
otherwise. LIScoLw and has advisers
on the ether hand manifested a deter
miDation to keen up the conflict
even should bic government, already founded
upon i" tyranny and taxes" b come involved
ia a worse than Mexican anarchy. Under
such circumstances it is evi lently the policy
OF the Confederate States to act promptly and
vigorously, giving the enemy fight upon every
occasion where victory is probable. Military
eoqustcy and strategy Should yield, as We be-
lieve they soon win, to something more de-
cislve Of the issue OF trial. Forward move
ments should be kept up along the line Of the
Potomac, and the invaders be forced to fight
from necessity IN every case where they may
decline through cowardice. In this way he
mortality from the bayonet in he field would
be Far less than from tie ravages Of disease
in the camp during a Protraetod campaign.
Let the Yankees only understand more fully the
lesson taught at the battle Of Bsthei-let them
appreciate the indomitable and iEviBcible
spirit OF cur people-let them know that this
is to be rathsra war Of determination than one
Of subugation-snd the cali Of LINCOLN for
his 100000 men win fall stlI-5orn upon the
ears Of sbolitiondom.
The most efsctusl manner Of demonstrating
these facts, and Of thus successfully ter
minaiing the war, IS history viii show, is in
aggressive movements. While tie enemy are
occupied in preciPitatihg tier legions upon
Virginia and giving, US battle there, why may
We not make a counter dsmoastra-
ton upon the Northwest? The late Mis-
souri, movement has Withdrawn he larger
portion Of the northern troops from Cairo and
other adjacent headquarters, thus leaving the
country comparatively unprotected. The army
Of Tennessee, recently handed over to the
control Of The confederate authorities, can not
Be better occupied than making a demonstrs-
ton against that section. Tie plans Of ScoTT
viii thus be materially intsFfsred with, and
the whole Northwest be thrown into conster-
nation and dismay at tie unexpected dangers
&c be incurred in putting down tie "rebellisn.7
Tine, &c nothing else, viii Prove that a peace
can best be conquered BY carrying the war
into Africa.