Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-13

The events thai have transpifed in tha last
SIX weeks have severely disaep tinted the san
gUlue and Sreduious Filled wita delight hv
( ne spieiaid achievements Of our armies IN Viz
glaie and Ia West, they have nNked CUT a
psth OF gi'ry i0r uuT generals, which at evsrv
sup grew mOre vile and more bright. 7 lev
0elieved thrt Cincinnati was alread in our
liaads, that L 'asvllfe weuld soon be ours. and
tnst Y sHsfai Lee was Jeff to 6acide whether he
goutd take Washington or Baltimore, OF Phi;a-
dsipaIs. ihey r ,ic vi h unspeakable iov IN.
th7 assurance thsI Bde had been out generated
hy B'agg' and considering McClslan's army
deine a,iz -d We eakeued aud disnsartaned they
ouid see 40 diti.uliy Of formidable proportions
fislug Between fhsIr desires and expectations
Tee days have SHOWN shat some Of these beau
t'f.ii ars1 inspiring hopes were dslusions and i.
IS by no mans ceTsn th It those sfiil cherished
VIII D RAJ There are grounds for The fear
tnat buell. has out marched Bragg, and with his
veteran corps, staadS prepared to defend L mis-
vle. And il is known that the army under Cen
sral Lee Is on the south side eff the Potomac
We reek0nsd without our host when We rsck-
ensd the grsud army would be abls to make bus
ebie Teststsucs to the onward march of our
troops, whose brOws were adorned with the
wreath of viesorg-whose faces still shown with
the light OF battle. Ia our calculations snd ex
peetailons, we gTievousiy UnierTated the power
and enterprise of cur lively enemy Whlls we
were dTesniBg those pleasant dreams he was
working ndustTiOusly, day aud ujghs, repairing.
the vide breaches made in his ranks az Boil Rue
and Manassas, adding largely 70 the number yTe
put to flight on those bloody fields aud in place
ot heaulg thr ju0iant tidlugs that either Of the
Giles oa which our eyes were fxed was Ia our
possession, we ara informed that the ercest Il ght
Of all has -aken place, aud are esll5d upon to be
graceful we were able % hold cur own against
The iuriou5 ousets OF the largest aud bssI aD
pointed army our troops have yet met on the re3
field OF war,
Aud iodsed the result OF that ierri1e caniie.
Is matter tOr devont and hearty thanksgiving,
and ihe generals, ofic-rs aud men who tgok p4rt
IN thal mighty struggle deserve our warinest
praise aud liYely thanks Seventy thousand
men. Wesry and Wesk with lsbofing marches
and fasting, tor Fl teen hours, struggled with Two
hundred th0usand, and Tepul lug the heavy col
umus hurled upon them, remained masters Bf
tae battle ground. Was not s .utheTn 1rowess
as splendidy iilusirsted At Snarpsburg as it was
0-tere Richmond or on tue plains OF Manassas
Dd not our noble soldiers display as much gal
lantry aud resolution On that deld of blood as
they ever displayed ia auy previous battle ?
Aye, did men ever fight VITA more spirit aud
oostinaey than they did WhO covered that fs I'D
wish thousands OF slain and wounded
And yet lOrs0et1, because the seventy thou
sand did not r0nt aud scatter the fwo hnndred
thousand, there are not afsW ShO are cast down. /
snd who, IN lheir foolish dependency, give ear
AID tongue to nufmUrs aud gloomy iOreb idings
We should, 1T every opportunity, repress and |
Teoake those unmanly and ungenerOus feelings
WHAT more could cur srmy do than il has d5nel !
Aud shall we, because our exHayagsnt expecta-
upns have been disappointed, yield 60 doubt /
aud tesr-be sad when we sh0Gld be hsppY-be |
de-p0ndeRt wi hen we should appiaud--rumbIs /
when our hearts should Be filed to oFelfowing I
'Vlsb grstitud Though the first the boastflil /
foe, as Is his mt, claimed that the battle Of !
oharpsbuTg resulted in decisive vicsory 10 the !
tedsral army, aud the whole North raug with
shouts at the great success, the Iurnalsls OF I
have since eorreered tia m n pleas
OK error, aud the most unpiucipied OF toem
admit that that corfiict gives cause for boast-
ng Kecsiving the report concerning The battles
hat emanated from official sources IS true |
believing that their side hsd won q biiiisn!
'ietoTys they naturally expected to hsar still
more yuas tidiugs Bat when obliged to |
'eieve that our army hsd returned t1 Virginia.
nd thaif hearts were mAds 70 blesd Uvsr tue
ong list OF the dead and dying aud wounded.
nsy acknowledge, with deep morti6 sation aud
orrew, that that battle was ss indscisiVe as it
vas bloody
What reason have we to feart There Is no
laud on our hopes. All signs ars encouraging
81 shsRen the rod OF terTar be RETAINED from ,
aisiog tid ths cause hs is engaged ia should
e eompasssd aboct VITA such perils that &c bs I
sWe desperate The Sluth laughs at the brafua, !
aaasH The Sluth ri lces in the publication | /
nIs eman ipstien proclamation. Il cannot ]
. rs any harm; 1t viii do Us great good L I
reeds divisions in his own borders il win /
oDpose differences aud produce a greater 5
asaimity lhrOughaut these Confederate Ststes =
Oar army has been largely reinforced, aud to- 7
ay Is stronger IN numbers, with courage as 4
N aud splsifs AS higl as when it drove the /
eieagusfng host from the Chickah6miny and {
ut TO d ht bis legions on the fsid Of Manassas {
ne Cal wil shortiy be made Tor sn additional
IVY, thst viii give us "a army litle interior in
0iBt # uumbeIs to that Of she foe. The most
Important Victories that have siguallzed our
1ursgs have been won Ia the face Of large odds
Yith such generals, and sEch soldiers aud such
cause, we have nothiHg to fesr--Ckariest0a
'ourisr.