Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-12
The RaIIie and Ihe Future.

| From the Richmond Enquirer
The gaSconade Of the North has at last been
UtV~oE --h4sr~neHs of the sword.
Since Thursday evening last, a series of con-
hicts has occurred along the lines before Rich
mond, from al of which We may draw a hope
full augury Of the future. The almost funeral
pail, which has hung upon our country since
the fall of DOnelson, seems at last TO be passing
away. From out the gloon and disaster OF the
past, the martial spirit Of the South has emerged
and never scared with 80 proud an ascendant as
at this very hour. From the best information
yet received, the movements OF our army before
Richmond manifest the presence OF a great, gov
erning, combining aud controlling intellect, and,
be the results fortunate or disastrous, will stand
the test Of the ssveTest rules of military cTiti-
cism. Amidst the undeserved obOloqUy Of pass
ing, and sometimes, alas, of factiOus discomfort,
it must be sweet and cOnsolng to the great
hearts and intelleets, who have ceaselessly Ia
bored for the benefit Of their kind, to feel that
the day is at hand, when their great services,
will be appreciated, and their sIngleness
of purpose, their devotion to country and
forgetfulness of self, viii be impeTish-
ably recorded upon the living and breath
ing hearts Of grateful people, who have been
delivered by their skill and valor from worse
than Egyptian bondage. We believe and hum-
bly, hope that the day is at hand, when men
whom we have long worn in our "hesTt Of
hearts, will receive their due NEED Of praise,
and when glory without end shall scatter the
clouds away that for a brief period have OBJ
scured the splendor Of their iutellects, or cloud
ed the brightness Of their patriotism. II is ia
no unkind spirit to any that we indulge ia these
reflections. They are simply the spontaneous
outpouTings of q heart, grateful to God, and"
deeply and solemnly impressed with the firm be-
lief, that in the order Of His providence, "the
race is not always 10 the swift nor the battle 10
the strong"-for be viii raise up friends for a
Just Gauge, and will et last crown with success
the right use OF the right means.
Up to the present time we are without such
detailed information from the lines as viii set
isfy ths natural desire Of the pablo Tor informa-
ton ii r5zsgd 10 matters Of such deep and sb-
soTbing interest to al whose hearts are not
p~ulseless or dead, to all that concerns the con-
mon good Of the human race ~ ths american
continent. Hut we have information which we
deem hi9hly reliable, that leads US to believe
that McClellsn's army is so utterly demoralizsd
and gone to pieces, that men viii econ wonder
bow have the mighty fallen" This is our
hope, and at present our belief, but we are not
unmiudful of the necessary caution with which
We should speak in regard to the mighty I4Ove-
ments a6w ia progress around us. For, in re-
gard to the final issues of great battles, when
hundreds of thousands of men are aTrayed
against esch other within probable reach Of re-
infoToemepts, TaOFe or less remote, from the
scene OF action, no one can tell what a day may
bring forth.
The genius of Napoleon himself, which seems
at times almost to hsve gifted hiE with tao
power of fQTeteling the future was sometimes at
fault here. But yet it is permitted US TO indulge
a rational hope in regard to matters which, from
their very nature, cannot be brought within tie
limits Of absolute knowledge. And this k1ne
ua DO anfartofr ord Efl ~ aE.pIcS YuoE1 Tho
curtain falls upon the fifth act, or rather closes
that part of the terrible drama, which is now
being enacted, around our city, and whose dis
gushing scenes, from the bsgipnin-, lave been
filed with tho bloody eeoeiGes oI men. whose
Hendish passions cannot be Appeased until the
men Of the South are hunted like beasts of prey,
aud the women, With distraction in theis eyes,
aud famine written upon their once beautiful
Fac5s, snail beg bitter bread for their orphaned
children. We have a right to be hopeful in
regard to the Struggle around Richmond which
has been SO auspiciously begun.
Qur generals bay9 Shown themselves to be
brage ana skiilful-and our soldiers, who can
speak their praise! In the achievements we
have seen splendid exempliicatiOns of the ar
dent and impetu0us enthusiasm of the Fraroh.
combined With Tie stubborn and unylelding for.
Iitude of the English. The superior skill and
vslor of cur men over our brutal fees is incon-
testebly established. Many a uameless hero has
fallen and smiled il tAe sgonies Of death. Every
State in the ConfsderacY has poured out holy
Of blood ia the cause of liberty. The
of al those who have fallen may not em=
blaz9n the page of history, but & nations ever
gratitude will make pilgrim spots Of their
graves. Surely we have the best reasons to
hope success in the prOtraeted struggle before
Richmond, when we know that cur cause is up
held by an army Of heroes, as noble and as
brave as ever stepped upon a battle Geld or shed
imperishable luster upon the agms Q! e nation. t