Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-21
The Esc.ull er oar s,,msgle.


! Hosever varying may be the fortunes Of u ar
the struggle must end in tue complete inde pend.
/ ence OF the Conf derste States. The ony pos
/ sible opPoT;uuiy there ever was for tur 81 blu
/ CATION, was ltfOrd' by the paraly S. OF ihe
administration Tor the fast year OF tie war, Re.
sul.ing in the sup,Iii:ial adyan.ak es gained by
the enemy this spriIg. II is a great mistake 10
SupPCSe tH4t Wo TeIe not well Prepare To
Cnt-r The heli with the nth Is ge would have
been by delay. The truth is, no people were
ever well supplied wiki men and arulS for be-
ginning a revolution G'n. Floyd hal turned
over - the South nearly al. tn arms of the cd
government. aud the capture Of the forts and
arsenals wi hin our limits, gave Us all tho mpi
III nts f AFaT necessary for ttet stage OF the
test. Oar army was & eaiy superior III skill and
spirit, L not in numDsrs, was shown in all
the FIST b-tteS fought. All that wes needed
was the determination of the comInsnder-in-
chief to turn OnT impetuous volunteers loose
upon the toe wherever rs could be found. Tie
n nth won d thus have been occupied by our
troops before they could have organiZ an d. my
ana cur people would have been saved tie hu-
N liAtion and SCH ring OF prUtaeted contest
~ lheir own dOOIs
Gu rIles xpccting peace and foreign inter
veLt on, lost the golden oppo tltIty The eIe-
emy did 10: fail 20 profit by il. The cOnse-
quence Is they are III possession Of many Of our
SriLc pal iyeTs, inle,s aud cities Still this
does not affect lhe strength Of our position Ia
Rcc mpiishing these meager results he has given
rs tia, time so important 10 us 10 reinforce our
army. The only fer was that he might, il our
urprepared si&ts, pusi on his s5riug operations
so Ial iy as 10 entle y overiun US, and disbaud
our large force before wf could recover from the
tstsl iaertiA in which the administration had
paced US Eyea il contemplating that dire dis
asst T, we E'le no. dlshearteLej, Tor We felt con-
tdeut thEt guerrilla pzities secure IN Tie muur-
tain ia tEesses snd swsmps, and backed
every where by sympath ziug aud loyal pee
pie, would y tied our lost tpr!u Is and give
uo a thorough victory IN the end. But thanks
to su Ovtrruiiug Providence We have not ben
-daced t. this last extremity. The enemy has
not been able 10 pehsirste the heart OF the coau-
try in sHg:s Instance Wherever he has ven
tuTed away from the rivers aud sea coast On any
thing like EQUAL tc.ms, be has b, zen scuudly
thrsshed Ine cities Ui the South are d 10 hing
10 the couQIy.
If We were a mauuf ctpring aad commercial
people ike the North, it would be ifsrent In
a time of war with al our ports biockaded, it Is
70 be dOub ed ether the Giles are a greater
advantage than disadvantage 20 us The thou
andS whJ inhabit them have t. live, 10 be clothed
aud fed and il doing draw SO much sub
stance from the cOuutry without making any
adequate return. GA The other hand there is
scuc ly any # the prime neceSsaries Of state
of wal that cannot Dc supplied tr,m the country.
Not 50 at tie N5r,h Tue,r cities are Tia hsa
OF the country The Yankees are "a mechanical
aud trading people, aud the cJuntry is merely
Subordinate 10 them. Bat Notwithstanding this
favorable contrast between our position and
theirs, in the Old revolution all tbs northern
cities OF importancs and she avenues 10 them
were captured and ID by the Ditish. and
Washington tiumphed at last in the interior OF
the country.
How incompArably better in every respoe: is
our position t0-day than was that of oul auces-
tors We have an army which cannot be
whipped. We have ARMS, munitions, and re
sources stiff lent if We never import another
article from abrOai, to mautain u half million Of
men ia the field We have III abundance of
provisions, with the growing crop, to feed our
aruy and people pleniilully. Aud above all,
we have united and determined people who
can never be conquered Tho result is only
mater of time. The temporary occupation Of
Our cities and forts may prolong the struggle
it cannUt change ths result IL is impossible 70
sublue such an army aud such pe1ple Oar
independence is as certain as the le-appearAnce
Of III. sIn after Il thund r storm, and when it
does come, we will only be the better prepared
fer it.