Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-24
CAVALRY HORSES,

From the time OF job, who is The reputeC
author OF the most graphic and magnificent
description Of he waT-hoTse that has ever beer
| written, down TO the present struggle for EN-
piTa on tAs continent between thirty millions
| Of people, the horse has played a distinguished
part in deciding the fate Of battles. 1t was the
| cavalry Of William the Congueror that gave
Tim be victory al the battle Of Hastings, and
with it the British crown, and all its glory, and
! the prospective advantages to his numerous
| followers. The descendants Of bis generals,
! the present aristoeracy OF England, have paid
so much attention 0 the Improvement Of horses
! that The superiority Of British cavalry to that
/ Of the French in the great battle of Waterloo
was OF itself sufficient to turn the balance that
weighed Napoleon in one scale and Wellington
| in the o her in favor OF the tier So conscious
| were the French of the great damage they bad
sustained from this advantage on the part OF
! the English, that government establishments
/ have now been maintained over thirty years,
containing the best stock horses in the world
for the Improvement Of this noble animal, in
different parts Of France.
The sun was more than n hour highwhen the
northern army, exhausted ~ the severe labors
OF the day, broke and run for their lives at
! Manassas; and il President Davis had been
able to charge and pursue the fugitives with a
few regiments Of fresh cavalry, held IN re-
seiFeg Tue hHOie IoECB OF tue enemy would
have been annibilzted before the long bridge
over the Potomac, twenty miles distant, was
reached. Our cavalry that chased the van
dais from the field were too fatigued, and small
| in numbers, for the speedy execution of the
great work before them. Any number Of men
routed and running, may be slaughtered, or ia
ken prisoners, by q comparatively few we'll
armed and drilisd horsemen; and often when
the chances OF battle favor a charge of cav
airy, II is able to decide the day by precpi-
tate onslaught upon the weak point il the cue
my's line.
In view Of our national Independence Of the
ambition Of our northern neigh5ors, and o.
our extended land frontier to be defended from
invasion hereafter, all must see the necessity
Of possessing at all time a god supply of
horses adapted to cavalry and artillery pur-
poses. Nor will it 60 to depend on the United
States to breed and rear horses for our armies;
we must perform this service on southern soil,
and every State in the new Confederacy should
take the matter In hand at once. It is the
reputed weakness Of the South that has most
ly encouraged the mjsinfo-med and nisgu ded
noTtbRrners 20 embark in a crusade against
the planting States, They have been taught
for thirty years to regard US as feeble, ener-
vaied, degenerate branch OF the Caucasian
race, whose suhiugation would be mere pas
time for the harly sons of the North.
Wnlle We unGeceiVe them in this respect,
let us be careful not 20 injure ourselves by un-
der-sstimatiRg either their numbers, resources,
love OF conquest, or courage. Greece, Rome,
Spain, Gaui and Britain have all be n overrun
and sUbiued by successive armies born nd
trained in the great northern hive. 1t is hard.
ly more natural for birds to migrate South to
es ape the rigors Of northern latitudes in
winter, than for the gsERs homo 10 covet the
wealth and estates developed in a more sunny
cline than its own. The history Of the white
race is full of instruction and warning for our
especial consideration at this time. Hard
work, not defamation, ora ory, not fine writ
ing, must now defend our soil from the tread OF
hostile armies. Honest industry BY the mus
Gle and the brain OF the white men should be
universally practiced as well as praised, in the
Confederate States.
Our horses must not be the spindle-legged
racers Of declining turf, nor dull, plow ard
wagon beasts, equ lly vsluelass for the defense
Of the country. The breeding and training Of
superior cavalry and artillery horses is a pub
lie duty which calls for immediate execution.
Il IS OF course work Of time. but IL we never
begin it we may suffer what the English suf
feTed when invaded by the Normans.
Nationality, with its manifold ADVANTAGES.
is rot to be maintained in opposition 70 twenty
millions Of hostile neighbors without an effort
worthy Of so great a soon. We must be arm
ed and ready for ar in order TO command tb.
blessings Of peace.-Southern Field and Fire
side.