Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-02
TmE GREAr AEnADA

- Tar every attempt o, ULE enemies 10 euslay,
she South has miscsrried. st every step the in
vaders hsve been met and repulsed. All thei
grand schemes OF conquest have failed. Al
their plans Of sa5iugation have come to nought
The South is neither starved by the blockade
noI whipped by the grand army, into submis.
sion. Upon every field where the odds have
been less than ten 10 one, the Yankees have suf
ier-d delraL They have nowhere, except il
Western Virginia, been able to pass the border,
OF the Confederacy. Even that they now sen
ously contemplate abandoning, If they have moi
already withdrawn their forces. The season fol
active campaigning has passed, and the grand
army has utterly failed 10 fulfill the mission FOL
which it was designed. While the moral effect
Of the war thus far has been TO divide public
sentiment in the North and weaken popular
confdence in the ultimate triumph Of its arms
in he South public feeling is united in favor
OF resistance to the leah. Doubt and d~isuuSt,
if they ever existed, have given way TO conf
dence, and no fears are entertained for the re-
suit The critical period for the South-the
first year Of isolation-has passed, and we have,
within our own limits. every element necessary
to sustain a 6erce and long protracted war.
The Northern people are beginning to see and
appreciate this. They already perceive that
unless something is done, and that quickly, II
will be impossible to resisfthe growing unpopu-
lsrity Of a fuitless struggle. Accordingly they
have fitted our the naval armament which re-
Gently sailed from Hampton Roads, destined for
some point On the southern coast This expedi-
ton has been gotten up a immense cost, and
supplied with every appliance likely to add to
It's chances of success. To this armada they are
now looking with auxious hearts. IF the great
naval expedition miscaries, their cause is a hope
less one, and the Yankees had as well give up
the unequal contest. VIII it be successful, or
viii il, Ike al their other schemes, eventual in
failurel A few days viii determine.
The want of naval force on the part ofthe Con
fede.ates, coupled with the defenseless condition
Of the southern coast, invites agg. ession from
that quarter. We have a long extent Of seaboaTd
exposed. It IS possible, and in many places
scarcely difficult, for the enemy TO effect a land
inc. In accordance with their programme Of
warfare, they may pilsge and burn, and lay
waste the country, and carry Of The slaves for
some distance ron the coast Thcy may thus
succeed in doing q considerable amount OF in
Jury TO individuals within reach Of their depre-
dstions. But they VIII no where be able to pen
citrate the country. The people win rise sn1aasse
TO drive OF the marauders. The country viii
bristle with bayonets. Every thicket, every mo
rass. every tree VIII furnish a hiding place from
which 70 harrass and destroy them, if they dare
ESSAY TO penetrate the interior, until they are
driven into the sea. Like their other schemes,
tins viii fail too, and they ought 70 know it, Ii,
with fifty thousand men, including several regi-
ments Of regulars, well armed snd drilled, and
thoroughly equipped with al the best appoint
ments Of modern warfare, they could not whip
seventeen thousand in a fair fight, in the open
field. upon ground Of their own selection, how
ran thew expect 10 do more with smaller force.
under Ieas advantageous Circumstances The
idea is ureposterous. The grand armada, ike
the Grand army, will make brilliant progress til
If meets with resistance. Then, discounted it
will return to organize, aud ftout anew. If, how
ever, Ike tie Hattcras affair. IL shall afford ma
terisl for a little glorihcafion, Is d relief to the
gloom which succeeded tbe news OF tue battle
Of Leesburg, it viii not hav- been undertaken
in vain. The northern mind is in that state OF
depression, in which the smallest crumb OF COM
fort viii be gratefully received.