Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-04
A SUGGESTION To 1IEssTssIPPEANs.

JACFs0S, Mss. February e lebs.
EDIToE5 APPEAL; Many people seem to be alarued
the recent successes Of te FedersI troops and tie
Immense forces now brought against They seem 10
expect TO win tie prize OF independence almost without
struggle. ia fact this has been tbe great faux Of our
people We have d. pended too mach the oowa-dias
Of our enemies and on foreign aid when shou have
depended on our own strength aud that aid from TIE
great Ruler Of che universe that il always gvsa 90
just cause.
THIS no time f1r dssponding It time for united.
perssvsring energetic work. We commenced this war
for our own good and to yield becsuse Of few
verses without making really earnest struggle would
b, the very hight OF folly. The North bas spI,rsdt Ten
times much the south aud has uerved i;ssf 10
one desperate effort II she fats now hope viii be lost,
and the struggle mus. end The next sixty or ninety
days will terminate The efforts Of the North If we do
duty Fy that time discase will commence its
havoc AND will dissh- tber best armies and debt Of
ore than one Thousand To llOus Of dollars viii weigh
them down with It's al pressure. No nation long
continue that over millions psr day with
a debt Of a thousand millions already sccumulAted
They are nsttiug for unisr; are fighting for our
most sacred rights and ia the time 60 them
Nothing but perseverance, and energy needed, and
then career Of un5ounded prosperity opens before Us
In every battle that we have fought We have done won
derS il we have not gained victory
Look at Somerset and DOnelsou. See the terrible
havoc made among the enemy. while our little bands
were fighting against four times their number. If we
had had ten thousand troops az Do1es0u. two
Thousand more at Somerset victory would have been
oIrs We can manage swo TO all the time-and
without difficulty always keep that proper
sion ready for the fight
Our greatest difficulty lies In tho ac; o. arms and am
munltOn- Our serumen ought TO have m.de arrange
meuts 70 manufacture these large scHs right the
start A million Of dollars loaned manufacture in
New Orleans Holly Springs, Memphis, Jackson Nash
Vile Atlanta Richmond, and other points year ago
would have enabled them loo manufacturing all
the arms we need II is tTue thai aid has been
furnished by government within he last six months
a7d we are now beginning 70 manufacture rapid IT d
trent points Bat the poi ; OF government in this
respect, has been penny wise and sound foolish and
we row reEpiug the fruits cf such folly.
GuubOats, too, ought to have been buit on all our
large rivers, and would be worth ten times
their cost.
HithOut and guuboats sre not 10 COED condi.
tou 70 hght the best armed troops IN the arld-but
true valCr can overcome every difficulty. Cur true
course is TO % close quarters every engagement
quick possible. Our have cOu- age enough 70
the bayouet and easily drive dou5 their mum
Der Upon this plan Of dglting easily have
arms enough The POlaud-rs armed with scyihss astrn
Ell on long poles made terTib havoc aUaaEE Rus
aaus-nG the old Irish pike made with such improve
ments 81 We give Is most formidable weapon At
close quarters either of these weapons s better than
he bayone, becs larger sharper-sud they could
sOou be manufactured in abundance.
Thirty Thousand men, armed with muskets aud rifles
supported by cavalry, artillery and equal number
Of men armed above would enable Gen Johnston %
dive back Buell. with all his force. Let every msn,
then, rise and arm himself And few months viii drive
tho enemy back IN shame aud disgrace.
Yours etc, J. J.