Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-15
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enemy, Congress Is beginning fe Manifesto Spn-
it, of determination and zeal commensurate with
the exigencias Of the times, and the feelings and
desires of the people and sOIdiery Of the
country.
Aresolntion fsvoring the invasion Of the enc
my's country, has passed the lower House by a
very decided majority, and it is to be hoped, as
there can be little doubt of the fact, that it viii
slso pass the Senate. This is as it shoald be.
The determinsleaof both England and France
to continue to observe a strict neutrality in this
war, forces upon us the necessity of conquer
ing a peace opk&lves. Can this be done by
keeping cur armies at home, repulsing the enc
my here and here wherever they may think
proper to make Predatory raids into cur coun-
try We think not. To conquer a peace the
character Of the var must be changed, offensive
operations must be instituted and vigorously
carried on until the enemy are made sOrely to
feel end experience the hsTdships and ruinOus
devsstaions Of Wer.
On this question OF invasion and the effect it
would produce upon the North, the Richmond
Examiner, Of the Sth instant, so well expresses
our views, that we are free to adopt its article,
sensible that we ourselves could not more forci-
by elueidats our ideas and convictions of
the Yankee character snd temper than as here
depicted. The Examiner says " We have en-
~coursgenent 70 put forth all our energies to
bring the people of the North to their senses,
when such symptoms of returning sanity are
already exhibited. The people of the South ex-
pect the war to be prosecuted on our side with
new animation in the present ana enlarged pre-
p~srstions for the future. The door has been
thrown wide open to The invasion Of the North
g new career has been initiated by our armies;
our victories are 20 longer to be taken as coca
sions Of ease aud sell conceit, but to be used as
opportunities for redoubled e%xertions and in
creased successes IN new paths Of adventure.
TIE invasion of the territory Of the North, If not
already an accomplished fact, may be considered
as g determined policy when the facts are, that it is
lea TO or choice by .ho enemy, that it is invited
by his alarm, and that tits peremptorily demanded
b. the temper Of our troops. The temper of
or army IN this matter is no longer to be tTi6ed
with. Without any formal change OF military
policy on tLe part Of the government, bat rather
BY the valor of cur troops and the force of for
circumstances, a point has been reached
in the aggressive campaign at which our soldiers
are in sight Of the enemy's territory. We be-
Ieve that it would utterly demoralize cur army
10 hold /. at this point, which, it has reached by
such tolls aud sacrifices, to debar it from the soil
Of the enemy, and to attempt to repeat to it
again upon the plains Of Manassas the cheat of
IN idle victory. The voice of no one man is {
potential, in this matter to cheat our army
Of the debt of revenge and the prizes Of t
INVASION. would be 10 disband it to give an al f
most vital disappointment to the country, and
o barter for nothing the aehievem ents of fifteen /
months. /
We believe that we shall soon have an oppor- b
Of determining the temper in which the 4
yorth viii meet an invasion Of her soil. A Yul- &
opinion has been much in the mouths Of the
dvocates Of the back track, that invasion would c
he North and give her new ardor in the
Tosscuti0n Of the war. The North can make /
10 additions to exerions which are already il
for carrying on the war she is already n
.oing her utmost, ard IT would make but little
Inference to Us to what extent her rage was en- G
anced by the intrusion Of Confederate troops tt
lto her territory.
But we have reason to be Convinced that the
in which the North would NEST invasion 1
-ouid not be the patriotic rsge, which has been
lgsuionsly pictured to the South. The threat O.
invasion has invariably produced in the North g
cry contrary demonstrations alarm, childish al
,~waIdics, selfshues5, pauics, flight of the popu- 90
lion of whole cities have been the exhibitions 7.
the North. when our armies have made even Ii
distant approach to The boundaries of her ter
tory. When MORGAN advanced, some weeks !
g, with q few thousand men toward the Ohio, ..
le Cincinnati papers say that the entire popu- u'
ton Of That city was thrown into condition
en- frenzy. snd was prepared, home
yards, minute men and al, TO 6y wildly into ~
.e country. Ike fugit7es from q pestleuee. In ID
7ashingt5n we have had repeated exhibitions Oh
Of alarm and cowardice whenever our o.
mics have approached even distant points Of
le Potomac; and on the NEST trivial occasion
G have been informed Of panics in the Federal di
,piial Izr greater than that which disturbed the Y
Of Richmond when the sound OF the enc tn
Us guns vas actually in their ears. b
Because invasion has heightened the spirit of 40
le South, It does not follow that It will effect -
le same results for the North. We ought to y
now cur enemy bsttsr by this time. The =
9th Is incapable Of sublime sacrifices its
is iguoble its objects in this war are diff
rent from ours; It has none Of that moral en- !.
iugiasm which animales the people Of the I
ia a contest for liberty, and has ahne sus-
them under the d~istresses Of a war in
aiding their territory, plunderiug their goods, =
"a burning thsif homes over their heads. :
7ithout such supports the North is but ill-pro- -
ded to sustain the horrors Of invasion. No
-eater alarms can be given a people than those :
a war Of Invasion nothing shakes national
more nothing appeals to selfshness :.
ore. The Northern people have those quail u
es upon which invasion tells with fearful effect.
rom the ignoble exhibitions which have been
ready given by the North even at the distant j.,
reat Of invasion, we may justly anticipate the
smay that will seize her armies, and the agony :,
at viii wiring the hearts Of her selfish people
hen our troops have once obtained a footing d
nth Of the Potomac. of
an
CROSSING THE POTOMAC.
The Lynchburg Republican, of the 9.h, gives
d particulars Of the crossing Of the Potomac,
rived from an officer who left LeesbHrg on The F.
p inst. The movement was made on the La
thursday following the late battles L0NG
rREET's division led the advance, followed by
ACKsoN's and A. P. HIL's divisions. The Dy
e was effected without opposition, not a q
vidstte even being in sight As the men d
.ached he MARYLAND side Of he river they were "