Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-27
sovicw or soO,I's letter.

J and sent to him through the Secretary Of STATE
| and which is n07y for tie first time made public
has created the most profound impression kere
/ No ono can be found to doubt the patriotism Of
/ Winfield Scott; no one can be found TO doubt
his wisdom the fruit Of the experience of q long
! life spent in the public service. There Is proba-
/ bly, no mau living who has more highly cult
( waited mind than Winfield Scott, or is better able
I to judge upon all questions affecting the welfare
/ of nations and particularly Of iais nation. Ine
views Of such man, therefore, upon ths national
crisis, are being pOndeTad upon, by public men
/ here. with an egr lestuess That may result in
good Prince John Van Buren is certainly en-
ttlsd to tho national thanks for making the
document public.
l. is startling to see how actually the old
! hero's predictions have been fu filed, Instead
ct requiring as General Scott supposed, $4,000
troops and no t7Tti6cstisns to defend Washing
ton, it is now Tlud necessary TO keep 100000
troops here, aud, sven with tast immense force,
and the tbriy-lw1 stT5Eg forts around he city,
Washington is not regarded as sale yet Aud,
in the mi6s. of all this tremendous military ar
ray, tho fiends CT the President ara clamoring
for a strong bo0y guard to attend him, because,
as they ailege, he IS in danger Of assassination.
The PIesiGe-t hemsclf very sensbiy Gespises
these grcundloss fears Bat to quiet the appTe-
tensions Of these o6icious friends, he came
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soldier bundled .t1 the carriage with him, and
another oue mounted on the box with the driver,
both armed with their loaded b!Guderbusses
Such are his ideas Of the state in which sn
American President ought 10 ride. But 70 re-
turn TO General Se0t's letter:
L will be 90 arveJ thss he says the South may
be c3rque-ed ia three years By en- ARMY Of thEee
hundred taou~anI disciplined troops, led b.
young and able general, such one SO he said,
seven months si.e-WaTd, Mcclellan had proved
himself 70 be Under the moss favorable cir
cumstsrces, is cannot be expected that the work
can he accomplished in less time than he has
specified. Halt the time has now elapsed. But,
so fer lrcm being half through with the task, ii
has Just commence, q, or Ts.ler, u g are worse cH
now, SO fer IS auy prospect ct successful
termination Of the war is concerned, thsa We
were at the beginning. I86toad Of Ije6moId
being attacked, IL IS Washington that is be-
leacuyed. Ilstead Of Invading the South, We
are virtually standing ON She defensive, and the
Northem States are being invaded and lie
Northern towns captured. Although We have
three times three hundred thou and troops in the
4 :ld, We have not GOT three hundred thousaEd
disciplined troops, nor more than one-thnd that
many.
Tie South has now 100000 disciplined tTocps;
and it is very evident, from Tire experience OF
the past sixteen months, that sn equal number
Of or troops cannot conquer an equal number
of Southern troops. II IS not the fault Of the
men; they q sht well enough. II is not alto
gether tue fault Of the cficers; many Of them
a brave, skillful and yrGdent enough. sl-hough
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