Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-08
FEDERAL PLANS AND sPECUBA'
TRDEs.
IL. x.nyor,ans FrozrGn'a,s DiraIges.

Special to the Chicago Times
WAsIHxGToN, September 29.-I talsgrapbeC
vor1 last night that important movements Wou.C
be likely TO take placs the present week, Prov
ding cur forces avaied themselves q ali the
opportunities now offered them. BY the insane
attempt o. the rebels % invade the free ats5'
they have placed themselves in position which
to say the least, is exceedingly prscarious.
D,ivsu from Maryland both by the moral sense
of the people Of that State aud the Staggering
blows given them by McClellan's gallant army,
they now find themselves across the Potomac,
too much weakened 30 resume the offensive. and
too much demOraliZ d to retreat. They would
doubtless glgdly avail themselves Of the last
mode Of escaping from they present difficulties,
were It not that the effect Of a retreat Up0n an
army and z people who g fortnight ago calcula
tel cOLfleu1y upon successfully marctiEg
through the Tree States 90 ths lakes, would be
too disastrous to be contemplated. Accordingly
there is but one thing left them, aud that is 70
t0r-ify Winchester, mass all their available
forces at that point, put on a bold front, and if
attacked make she most esBerate fght possible,
with the hope that with the choic5 Of position
and heavy tJrtiica-ioUs they may be able 80
beat back Mcclellan.
In the meantime cur armies are not IDLE. EOu-
toOn bridges have been Constructed aer0ss the
Potomac, and already the forces Of Mcclellan
are crossing, and ere tb3 week has passed viii
be precipitated against the rebel forces and f0r-
feztions a. Winchester. At the same tins the
corps Of Sigel and intzelman, heavily rtin-
forced, will move from the vicinity Of Washing
ton, and cutting the rebel Communication with
Richmond, ead falling upon the rear of Lees
army, will aid. McCle Ian IN giving the rebel
army what it has for more than a year badly
needed here in he East-a tremendous thrash
ing.
Nor viii this be likely TO be zIl Of the scheme
now projected By th5 Federal government 4
force Of soma Sky thousand men has been mass
ed a. Fortress Monroe, which, assisted by cur
iron clad navy, viii, at the same tine that he
Cleilsn and Sigel' fall upon th9 rebzl front and
rear at Winchester, proceed Up James river,
wipe out Fort Darling on th5ir route, and brig
up only when they nave possession Of the rebel
capital.
Such, I believe, to be lhe programme Ct this
or The coming week AID, gigantic Is It seems.
It Is not b6y0 Tie reach Of our resources.
The war has become nov terribly ia earnest.
and It viii be pushed with all ths yiEor and de-
termination within our power. There is to be
TO more dallyiug, 10 more hesitation in aiding
Mcclellan, no more iempo-iziug, or Egu7iug for
the next President until rhs enemy has been
dealt a blow that will convince both them
and the world that we arc able to mike our boast
goOd-that we 'rU put down this NEST euoT-
nous and iuiIuItous rebellion. The inuinerce
OF fOraIgn Interference has convinced the rad-
Gals, who are scheming to depose this or elevate
that man, that the time It has become necessary
TO lay aside their machiuatiOns, at least for the
present, has arrived, and that now or never We
shall deal ths death blow to the rebellion.
1 claim no spirit Of prophecy or intimacy with
the plans or secrets Ct the government, but yet
believe that the most eventful period Of the wGr
Is close upon us, and that ere another month has
rolled away the continent viii tremble with a
convulsion more fearful, bloody and decisive
than any which has Iackst the Union since the
earthquake Of ar spread outward from Fort
Sumter.
The result of this impending conflict canno.
be doubted. If GCd lives, if national unity BE-
anything, if treason be wrong, if there be aught
sacred in q Gauss that has been a thousand times
baptized in the blood of our loyal ms, and that
has been made holy by the couseerating tears OF
beleavej households without nUnb5r, we MUST
succeed.
But we cannot succeed without a sacrifice,
from whose contemplation the soul shTinks with
trembling dread The rebels are desperate-ahe
masses Of them believe their cause to be Just,
aud they viii fight as viii men who believe iu
the sscrednsss OF their mission. Men who for
months have fought and Travelled bsreio1tsd and
p
the soil Of Virginia, viii aOt, now they are a5
bav, fight with less than inhIite desperation.
Il may be unwise to anticipate, but after these
three movements have been cOnsummated, we
may be induced 10 listen 70 those terms cl peace
which F00te tbs rebel legislator, proposed so
kindly to Offer Us. Wi.b the rebel army scat
tered and Richmond in cur possession, We could
at least afford TO be as msgnsnlm5Us as were
the rebels after their t-lhiug success az Ban
/ Run as the mo-5 powerful people and the VIC
! tors We can better Than they condesce1d %
| propose terms Of peace. Wlin our armes 10
| possession OF Virginia We Will be in a position
TO receive the submission of those who, with the
fall Of their capital, must know that their cause
| is hopeless aud that nothing remains 10 tAan
but to return to the Union, and thus save th=u
| entire country from being overfun sn1 devas-
tatsd BY our victorious troops, and save, also
their " cbattels," which, by the proclamation Of
! the President, viii soon become nee.
/ But-peIhaps it viii be as well not to coun'
our chickens before they are hatched
Yet such roseate results do not seem chlmer
ical or improbable. The fighting spirit oi oul
troops was never better than it is today. IEi
battle of Antistsm was a fair test Of the hghtlng
qualities and generalshio of the two bsligerents
The respective forces were about equal IN mum
Der, and if the rebels had the benefit Of position
we had the moral Advantage OF being the attack
ing party. L was IS near Gn even match % q
size aud weight as could we'll have been ar
ragged, and the result demonstrated eOnciasivel
that the fighting superiority was e1 our slde
Hence when talk Of the fall of Richmond an
the speedy submission Of the rebeliOus South
it is not the uttersnce of Illogical conclusions
but fair and probable deductions from clearly es
tablished data. GALWAY.
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