Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-26

From the Richmond Examiner
The enemy baviug At last pushed his line,
within our territory. and embraced large districts
OF county loyal 10 the South, the duty OF opera
ting within his lines, now d~svalyeS upon our peo
pie. Il is not iu human nature 10 permit an ia
vader % occupy this country in q~ujrtaud securi-
tv: and we must resort to the measures of the
Spaniards, and Of all patriotic people, in making
his occupation as hazardous and uncomfortable
as possible. To this end our enterprisIng and
daring spirits must make use of their valuable
skill in the saddls and with the gun, and their
intimate knowledge of the by-wayS, toTds and
passes, to waylay the enemy and InhiCt al the
injury upon him that brave and adventurous
p-artizsns have, IN all ages and alcouHuies, been
SO effective in dealing. Marion, Sumter aud
Hampton; MCCUl,Och, Hays aud Chevadie are
the types We would fam hope to see initiated by
hundreds of NTgiuians IN the counties now
about TO be oyeTrun by the enemy.
The mythical black horse and masked bat
teries that have figured SO largely in the enc
my's Imagination ought to become realities and
the recent astonishing teats of Jack Morgan in
Kentucky and Tennessee afford examples ct
what enterprise may do in emergencies such as
that in which 50 large a portion of Piedmont
Virginia, and the lower valley now finds 10 elf
OF course mo- operations OF this sort can be pros-
ecuted except within the lines OF the enemy ::
and as West Point abhors the names equally
with the tactics of Sumter, Marion, and Me
Culloch, il Will be vain TO expect cOuuieuauce
from the regular army. The only course open
TO pursue is for these euterprising partisan war
ricrs TO obtain commissions from the authorities,
and TO enter with this warrant upon their work.
They can in no way interfere with the business
Of the army and il is quite likely that a few
hundred active men in detached squads can H-
hict more loss upon the invader than twice as
many thousand Of our regular troops.
1t rs well Tor these partisan warriors to ~eeoi-
lect, IN ali lleT operations one important fact
The enemy has now taken 20 land. and depends
for success upon his transportation. To kill or
take awsy from him one horse or mule, therefore,
is equivalent TO starving ten men; and to blow
up or burn two wagons is 10 disable q whole
company. Our black hOrsemen, therefore,
ought % make the capture Of drait animals and
the destruction Of transportation their leading
object, and everything else secondary to tbgt
m8in purpose. To shoot down an officer or sol
der is no great achievement, inasmUch as his
place can be supplied al iatHifuui by the popu-
lous North but 20 shoot a pair or two OF horses
or mules is 20 disable q cannon, or 20 starye a
hundred men.
In al ambushes that may be prepared, strict
instructions should be given TO let the pers0HHe.
OF the enemy pass By uumolested. aud TO reserve
tia dash and the fire for the animals aud trans
p~0rtatiou. BY the energetic prosecution Of this
plan OF operations against the enemy within
their lines. q few hundred daring hOrsemeu and
mBrIsmen can soon disable and reduce % a mo-
t]i5uless hUik q whole array OF invaders. BY
this system of warfare every people in earnest
for their freedom have succeeded in it. To it
the Swiss owe their Independence the Span
isrds, their rescue from the iron grasp OF Ma
poie0n; Spanish America, her releasH rom the
dominion Of old Spain; the southern colonies,
their triumph over CORVALLIS and Texas, her
daliyerauce nom Mexican misuie. We trust
that many brave spirits within the lines Of the
enemy viii take the public defense into their
own hands, and hsm-striug the enemy in his
rear while our brave armies are fighting him in
front