Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-09
The Fall OF Rev Orleans as Viewed IN
EEarnranmar

The Fail OF Rev Orleans as Viewed IN
Richmond,
The Richmond Enquirer government CgEal)s
in commenting upon this event. says
We need not say that this is aa ale1p=. tai
ard heavy blow The ConsadsTa.r had HaeI
piled with empbstic and continued assurances
from New Orleans, that the defsns-s co.. .Ias ,r7
were complete aud impregaa5l=- They had had
2 long time for preparation, aui were g,sur.i
that the time was diligently improved Forts
| and shore batteries, we wyre told, lined tse river
bank, rendering it impossible Tor the enemy Co
ascend Aud 81 these were not sufficient. IRON
clad steamers OF giant proportions and iIge1a-
trable maIi, uJat,d In the chlHal, leSay .u
demoisb every opponent q large ava well
appointed army was tnese 90 resist d. lauta.ilak
Ia short, those who had mos, 81 stalk lId viu
| should have been hardest 20 p.-aas-Es mzaH
the citizens Of New Orleans AMI tho aiGs-s
entrusted with It's deteuse-uu0tad i. confidence
and daily assurance fast Ne. Orleans waa
I perfectly secure and yet &e" Orleans las
fallen!
It remains TO Je told why j. uss thst al ibgss
preparations and Gssurauce= plyFei 5@ilEc.1u-.
L remains for the governments to hold sierra ia
quest INTO ali the circumstance Cf thu. depiclt-
bic calamity. The occasion deB,sudst , and de-
mauds that negligence ard IucsPacisy5 wherever
they may attach, shall b7 summary punished
or prescribed. They have brought upon Us q
heavy misfortune. and s.srE.y must ,ley -n.
swer It.
This disaster must not di=aearteu us, a-am1s5
not enfeebie our efforts. On the contrary, ve
must redOUb.e our eAeEtiGE5 and we must redeem
the fortunes Of the war What we have lost az
New Orleans. must be- IcgaIued elsewhere. We
must strike with renewed zeal, TO. we have in
creased necessity We must and viii viz the
fight. There is no alternative bat utter KUN and
e.ernal iRtsmy
Deliberately and Under solemn conviction sa
say It, iBr better would It be i0r every man, W.
man and child, that stands ola southern soil 30
60 beneath the sod, than under The yoke OF the
Tayacioa5 ana brutal North W mUc- carry On
this war, therefore, Il with diminished adyanlB-
ges, ct least with renewed euclgVl The 5iEsls
siDDi and is banks msy temporarily pass cut oil
oar control Our States, Ess5 aud West, may
thereby have 70 wage separate fight but vet It
will be the sane fight. & blow struck in Mis-
souri, viii he isit in Virginia A blow II Caro-
lima or Virginia, or Ke1tucay, will be felt IN
Missouri Then let every brave man, whether
East or West nerve his arm for new eLeItions
and may the soul Of every citizen thrill with tho
courage which makes the nero ana prepares Ior
glorious deeds
We have but small room to profit, so far Es
naval operations are concerned, by the disaster
at New Orleans; for we have but little water
left us in possession. the ports Of a few cities,
On the Atlantic coast, arc all that we now have
to defend. But surely we shall hereafter be bet
ter able to Judge Of the strength OF our d~etens8s,
end of what is required, than We have just
proven ourselves. Men who have been c0GsId-
cred as combining eminent professional! skIu
with great practical sense have deceived them
selves and the C UuIy =, New Caaaus- No such
cOnfdeEcs can be felt again, as TO other points
And it is well.-fOr tine distrust viii cause q
careful examination Of our remaining water 10
lenses. Norfolk VIII, doubtless. be ths next sIm
of tie enemy naval operations. II that be lost
we shall have 10 close our Navy Department,
until, on land. VIC sa2ij have won back our
wateTs
One effect OF the isi Of New Orleans will c5
20 Hberata. for EOre active operations, the large
army which has been stationed there for its de
Tense. Thirty Thousand men have been com
PEELED to stand b. and see @ greet city taken by
comparative hundreds, because they could NOS
reach them. But if joined % BaGUreglrd they
shall enable MIN to ove5yo~aE Buell. aui redeem
Tennessee and Kentucky, whO shah sag tGG-
We have not EaineG more than we nave lost}
The East shows that however uupJopli0us
fortune has proved TO us On water, we can tn
umpk ca land Ter us increase our eZarJons
there. Is. GuE generals end government realize
as they must aud s.l.I, -Ee necessity sh.t Is
upcu Us for o Ia,iur, brilliant ..eT -s5c, sLl:-
full campaign that snail clas1 ms 70 laJgat oar
past mistortuuas iG our future |lalslu-E
Let us have Diligence among Gar 0H-cT5- ~
the place 10 foolish h-0csJaes and "a ."G.lLy
distrust OF the C0up.G.auasa u Oar Licenses
winch shall inspire constant ViEilTncc, in t7e
place Of thc. Insane s,.-CalEdaHcs ia itself dis
graceful, aad which has been che 7oI5cs Cf aJ
many humilatious. Aud nc m-l mus. stand