Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-16
BY M'CLANAHAN & DILL.

sources and the limits, too, Of foreign forbeaT-
anee, give Us but months. 1t is SutheEhealiy
and morally certain that unless we bring this
rebellion to the dust sooH, We shall be disabled
from doing Il At all. Our conduct has, IN truth,
been much Ike that Of beleAguering army,
which should centent itself with operating att
leisure upon the outposts, leaving the MAN eitA-
del unhsrrned, when is was known that the gar
risOn had rot long to hold out to be efsetuslIy
relieved. These outer successes. when have
pleased rs SO much, ought really to count for
little or nothing inssmuch as such rate OF
progress for another eighteen months must inev-
itsbly ruin as.
The idea. then, Of new expedition OF any
sort or character, ought not for a moment 70 be
entertained until Richmond is beset vita ar
mics of a nsgnitude that should make its quick
surrepder s1rs. Cshcsntr1tion upsn Rich
nord sbould be oar order Of the day. The
rebels hsve already made 1t theirs. They full
well understand its Tsmendous inport&nee
10 themselves Their armies, with all the
rapidity possible ere gathering for the protec-
ton of thsir capital. A hundred aad hfiy
thousand of the best bSyenetS of the Con
federacv will be bristling in that defense
before December opens. Who knows If Burn
side has an equal force Even If he has,
can our government intend to set hin against
the enemy On equal terms Is our immense su-
psriOrity in military numbers to be henesforth
proe tless as il has bssR heretofore Must we,
The invaders, still meet the enemy in their ehofen
positions with only half eur proper strength
We say, concentrate. Reinforce. Be not con-
tent with simply putting an upper against s
neither milestone. The rebellion cannot be SO
crushed. Il is the prepondeEance Of the ava
lanche We look for. It is that alone which can
make the short work the emergency demands
u. - H. u ,-F vmaka fha
most Of il
The officially lies in effectively handling such
an immense single bsdy. We care not-eoHeeH-
trstjou is still tbe word. Bnas F1est forces to
bear upop Richmond on the soHth. Masses in
rzSpy Sirsctions. if nssd be. This matters CEN
psrutvslV little. If t - Be that ths rsbsl capital
a still the eepisr tssard which every AevsRSHt
ceuvsrsss. If It ea6 in ths literal iEvestRent
Of Rieknord, 50 MueA the better. The siege,
with aH sur prodibioUs SuPefisrity in heavy
guns, oeGid not be lsHg, Ct longest and the re-
salt would De G surrender We ahsuld snsfsOy
Bag an srny-sn AshieFoReRt sfteR attempted
in this war, bat seldom realised. Probably the
entire defending fsrse would pass Into our
hands. ard the ksst portisR Of ell TIE CoBtsdsT-
ate forces be thss FEt, on TIE instant, kOTs dc
cOmBst The capture Of Richmond at all Enst
be fatal te the rebellisa but the fate would be
more imnediate, if with it We can destroy the
army that defends it.
Let us then strike With our utmost ftreS upon
the rebel capital, ss NsBolsOu did sPon Moscow
and the allies upon Paris. Not soldier should
be moved in q diGSrsat direction, until tsS AGz-
bsrs here are mighty eHouEh 20 pat tkis m
prerae. this vital success beyeRd ell eeAtin-
eeacy. The third attempt viii, il ell human
probshilitr be the last enc. At lesst the foreign
powers viii consider 1t she FsvS6eiS1 test Wee
to the republic if Is kilI, and triple woe 70 the
administration thrOHEh Whose short-coming such
failEre can Eloxe Gems, if il come at all