Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-06
ON oF OUR
MORE CONCENTRATION
EnRERR

From the Norfolk (Ys) Day-Book.l
Napoleon had lust quoted the insHrecdonary
movement and restored peace to Paris. The
army OF Italy, to the command OF which he had
baen appointed. wanted everything but arms
It was composed of about $4,000 men deficient
in cavalry, in military stores OF every kind
without shoes, badly provided with the means
of subsistence, and having to contend with a
force greatly superior in numbers
Thus circumaanced' bonsPalte came 10 tn5
conclusion thay he must either introduce into
the science Of war tactics new and hitherto un-
pYacticed, or, By adheriug 20 those ln the books
submit TO a defeat Before him was an army
highly disciplined occupying strongly lorthed
positions. and vaslv better appointed than his
own He determined to demonstrate accord
ing to our authority, that il was stl possible to
interweave something new with ordlnafy ma
neuvariug. He was convinced that 30 be gov
erued by the hitherto rules, shut out the posi-
bility of success. He determined thai the whole
energy of his smaller force should be ecuceuIa-
ted so as to bear upon some one given Poml Of
that of the larger, by which he was oppfed.
This required Tapid mOvements-absndonineh
of the luXuries of tents and baggage anu OF the
usual Gordon of reserves and depots Of stores
The system upon which he thus commenced
and conducted the war resulted in the accom-
ul1SFfnenL OF MS tlltl lbN-lAAA -Ntfl'eA~N--
field. the battle of Monte Note, was gained
from which, he afterwards told the Emperor OF
Austria, his patent of nobility dates.
Although this system OF concentration IS more
available by an aggressive tJrce-DecauSe the
point TO be carried is within ITS own cholce-ye e'
it may be adopted and practiced also by the at
tackled. Our force has been- perhaps, TOO much
disspated by the hitherto abOrtiye system TO de-
fend and hold positions susceptible OF attack by
the cooperative ann of the navy OF or enemy
In this mode Of warfare against us-this comDl-
nation of land and sea toTces-he has hitherto
been successful,
His numbers, combined with his guuboGts,
have carried Roanoke and Donelson-the formar
however, through negligence to properly man
and fOrtify that observation-disclosures It had
been even rlenaced during a sufficient iaPSe o.
time as the public here are of opinion, to have
placed it ia a comparatively secure state of de-
tense. If we do not concentrate more than We
hitherto have the same result may be looked for
hereafter.
It may be that effective concentration, at eI-
posed and vulnerable points upon our extended
coast and numerous rivers, Is Incompatible with
our means TO cope with those which cur enemy
possesses in his cooperative naval arm. II such
be the solution Of the enemy success-wCu!d II
not be wise, after properly obstruc-ing our
rivers and harbOrs, TO allow our foe TO land com
paratively unmolested-aud then, avaiiing our
selves of the system Of Napoleon, attack him on
land with all the energy and determination
which his savage invasion OF our soil and our
homes inspires Under such circumstances we
would greatly reduce the pTeponderating in
equality Of force by which we are attacked and
by concentrating inland, that reduction OF his
would be In effect added TO our own force. His
naval o-r, yr,rr- "a fbau ha rptt fine pngVpT
now wields-or would only be available as
transports to receive his beaten and retreariug
bands But, after all-what progress-what
advancement-has been made toward sUbuga-
ton or reunion
Has single step towards either the one or
the other been taken Not the first step. And,
after the expenditure of the millions of money,
and the enormity Of debt incurred by the savage
and insane government at Washington, the
South stands this day more Disseminated from
northern shackles than when she uuwithngly
ratified the compact Of the Constitution, and en-
tered into that unholy alliance, yclept the United
States of America union of form, instead Of
one Of essence-aHd which, in the Virginia con
venti0n, Grayson truly characterized as the stone
given US by the Federal convention, instead OF
the bread for which we had asked. We repeat it
that notwithstanding the gigantic efforts IA
men and treasure raised and expended in this
damnable work of subiugatiOu and s0-called re-
union, the South stands forth this day before the
people, as an armed man Of vowed
resistance, occupying the moral attitude of tAe
defensive, unshackIed and unfettered by a dis
membered, a degraded, and an accursed union
of which and about whicd-to adopt and per
petuste the words OF the expiring hero Of Roam
Oke-we all may eEciaim- Never. Never
Never