Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-27
The situation.

OUR armies must not only be increased vast
ly but increased Immediately. Delay brings
everything to fearful hazard Delay,
if continued, is necessarily fatal. The rebels
are at work as perhaps no people were ever at
work before. They ara, az we ell know
gathering, BIZ the most desperate means, their
whole strength to strike speedy, terrible, and
decisive blow, for, amid their failing and al
most exhausted resources, they are aware that
this is their only hope. The largest army that
ever stood upon this continent is now at Rich
mond or stretched out bet Reen Richmond and
GordonsVille, and, day after day, that vast
army Is rendered still more vast by the pour
ing in Of thousands and tens of thousands of
conscripts from all the Southern States AL
the departments Of the rebel service are active
and energetic every day, and equally active
and energetic every night. The rebel author
titles and the rebel citizens fully appreciate the
tremendous magnitude of the crisis. In like
manner our own government appreciates it
and sends forth 3 loud call through the nation
for mighty hosts to rush to the salvation of
the republic. That stirring call must be ans
wered not by sounding promises, not BY en-
thuslsstic words, but BY the speediest possible
appearance of hundreds of thousands Of armed
men upon the theater of anticipated action.
We cannot be too quick; there is sad danger
that we cannot be quick enough. The great
| fear il that the rebels far in advance of Us in
their preparations, viii make their terrific on :
set before we are fully ready to meet IL There
| is certainty that they will do this unless we
succeed in hurrying forward reinforcements as
they were never yet hurried forward by any
nation of modern times. Even in that event,
we trust that our magnificent and glorious
armies will be victorious, but, in matters of
| such high and awful moment, nothing should
be left uncertain that can By any possibility
| be made secure.
Deeply aroused as our country is supposed
| to be, and is, We doubt whether the mass OF
.he people, or any very considerable portion
| of them, comprehend to the full extent the
magnitude of the present occasion. They
| scarcely seem to US to realize that within the
next few months, or perhaps the next few
weeks, or even the next few days, issues viii
/ be decided vitality affecting not only themselves
and their posteritv, but sill mankind in all
time. 1t is of infinitely greater Importance
that We save the republic now than it was
! thai our fathers should win national freedom
10 the old revolutionary struggle. If those
cid heroes had failed, their failure would have
been indeed deplorable thing, yet still the
calamity would have been endured but for q
time; the separation of America from Great
Britain was written in the book of destiny
and, if it had lot been accomplished at one
period, It would inevitably have been accom-
plished at another and not far distant period
but if We, the descendants Of the gres. archi.
tects Of American freedom, fail now to pre-.
serve what they created, if from any cause
whatever We fail to save our republic from
being rent in twain, the dreadful consequences
Of our failure can never, never be repaired
either by ourselves or by those who shall come
after US. No nationality rent apart by wal
was ever reunited unlss by the power of &
| despot starting up from sea of blood, and
| none ever can be.