Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-10
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From tie New York Herald September
The very Interesting details which we pub
lish this morning Of the stirring military eyent'
in Virginia last week, eliminating in the terrific
battles of Friday aud Saturday en- the memora
bic deld of Bull Run, will satisfy the intelligent
reader that rs the smoks clears away the results
appear better and better, and The prospect be-
comes brighter for the Union cause.
With their desperate efjrts of Saturday to
crush the army Of General POPE before his ap-
proaching reinforcements could reach him, the
| enemy appear to have fallen back on the deien-
siYe, General Pope ia full view of the nights
OF Centeryile, heavily reinforced snd in a strong
and commanding position invites attack.
/ Inc rebels undoubtedly knew that the adYan
tages of a single days delay in following up
thair partial success OF Saturday, would be ali
on one side, and that two days Of ieactioI
would probably be fatal TO their enterprise and
/ yet they have allowed Sunday and Monday to
/ pass without an effort 10 dislodge or disturb our
army They h2ve probably discovered that
any such efi5r, would be madness without large
Yeintorcements, aud these must be brought uD
/ tfOm Richmond, one hundred miles away, over
broken railroads, and over streams, the bridges
of which have been destroyed.
What, then, viii most probably be the next
{
| this question depends very much on the impor-
| tsnt Item of subsistence. l. the results Of these
late battles have added any consderabls amount
OF bread, beef and pork, to the rebels from our
railroad and wagon trains, jackson may be pre-
pared for 2 desperate dash with heavy column
into Maryland, by way of some ford on the PO-
tomac, near Leesburg, or down the Shenandoah
valley. while the main body of the rebei forces
is retained at n 4na5sas TO hold General Pope in
hat ragf~ hl4,r9 .fH Nlrrt n-A -
have rather diminished than added to the scauty
provisions OF the rebels, they must igh1 Pope
again without loss Of time or tal back toward
Richmond. Th3 entire section Of country be-
tween the Potomac and Richmond is literally
exhausted lis inhabitants are threatened with
starvation A rebel srpy Of one hundred and
fly thousand men, hglt starved though it may
De, consumes and wastes as much food a5 would
su0sjss comfortably q community Cl half a mil
lion Of people in q state Of peace. Subsistence,
therefore, is she al important question.
Believing that this rebel army in front Of Gen
elal Pope Is not provided with provisions sufi
Client for more th&n q few dsys, Ne may expect
tAatit win very soon attempt again to flank him
or tall back. We believe, too that General Pope
is now strong enough 10 act upon either alteruz-
live-to Tepel an attack or TO follow up the enc
my should they attempt to steal away. But in
The extremity Of their desperation we know not
what desperate expedieH.s they may adopt. We
should be prepared for them, and against any
possible surprise, at every point essential to the
protection OF Washington aud the peace of Ma /
lyland- Within the last two days General Pope
has been reinforced TO tbs extent of sixty th0us-
and men, nearly all veteran troops and our new
volunteers axe pouring every day into Washing
ton by thousands Bot still, the faster We send
them forward the better will be our prosp pect Of |
cutting off this rebel afmy from Richmond.
while it Is IN the most convenient position foT
our purposes.
Ailo late disasters a1d reYersss, from Rich
mond TO Bull Run, are simply chsrgeabe TO a
deficiency in the numbers of our troops as com
pared with those of the rebels engaged. Our
men are as brave as theirs, and more enduring.
Iney are better armsd equipped, fed. clothed and
doctoIed, and better prepared for the tatigues of
an active or iHsctive campaign iu every way.
Our officers, in skill and resources, are fully
equal to those Of the rebels. But while we have
the population equal 20 i've times that Of the re-
bellious States from which to draw our soldiers,
they have in every important battle since Cor
inth outnum5ered Us. The responsibility is with
the government, and our reverses began with the
suspension Of eniistmsnts under the dictation of
the abolition fsction of Congress, at the very
tims when reiDiOrcemenls were most needed to
ill up tie wasted ranks Of our army, east AMI
wes..
Itrequired the seven days bloody battles in
front OF Richmond to correct this disastrous mis-
take. The subsequent activity Of the govern
ment and our loyal States has barely enabled us
to hold oUr capital against the results OF the
sweeping eonscripti0n Of jeff Davis Now we
have the men, the means, and the issue clearly
within our reach, and we hope that our Federal
and State authorities will push forward with in
creased energy our rei1torcsmeuts to Washing
ton, il order to crush this rebellion on the very
field where it first assumed formidable shape
and before England aud France can make up
case for Intervention.