Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-16
TsTNFENTS.

TFsTMENTs.
m bssane -intimated bns more battle
NAV nosslblv he fought on our northern frontier,
wbsn he contending forces VIII be compelled
witbip cannon sound Of each other to retire un-
iii Spring to winter quarters Ia the mean time,
preparations win be in progress for the organiza-
ton Of our national army, preliminary to enter
ing upon the Spring and summer campaign. II
were foolhardy and unwise 10 conceal the faet
that the ~profoundest statesmen in the Confeder-
aey entertain grave apprehensions on the sub
iect Of re-enistments. involving results, as we
believe, pregnant with veal or woe to the Repuo-
lie. We would be recreant 10 our duty as a can
did and ~outspoken journal, were we to fail to
expose the peril Of the future connected with
this matter, which must be avoided by the com
bined wisdom of public legislation and he
patriotism of the people
Our ship Of siste has SO fT escaped the Tin
gers of the rude storm whose hurricane blssts
have raged 50 f~uriously for the last nine months
and has safely entered a calm aud quiet sea be-
meath a sky that Is almost cloudless. But reefs
and breakers are yet ahesd, and wo be to The
pilots in charge Of the helm should they fail to
see. or seeing not regard them When these
perils are passed, as we believe they will be, and
without which foreign recognisions and broken
blockades are mere nihiity, our independence
already achieved can be maintained against az
invading army Of more than a million Of men.
But we must have a large and effective army
for the attainment of tbs end, which can never
be organized in proper time unless nine-tenths Of
the volunteers now in service viii r~e-enlist
When the necessities Of the government become
known. and the fact is understood that then
country now appeals to them for their services,
as sole conservators Of the national ark thst has
been rescued from the pollnting hands Of a vandal
enemy, viii our volunteer soldiery fail to re-
spond9 Twere a base calumny upon their pa
niodsm, If it Is not high t@resson, to harbor the
suspicion that theg would not. It's not ia cOnso-
nance with The spirit OF a brave people ike our
own, to dishonorably caPitulale in q struggle
which has been crowned with victory upon vic
tory, at s period when the morning Of their f-
ture gives tokens Of breaking 50 brightly. We
have toiled and Iabo1sd in all the agonies Of ma
houal parturiG0n Tor the last year We have
sacrificed valuable Eyes, by the sword aud by
disease. rent ia twain a monstrous usurpaton,
aud established upoD ibs broken debris the new
experiment Of e republican government. All
Europs as is Acknowledged by the organ Of the
Bddih party in power-ihe London Post
looks upon our subjugadon a. tried and
PROVED impossibihy" The foreign eomphes-
lions and troubles Of Che enemy are thickening,
and We ars daily looking fer the intelligence OF
or National p~4eognition BY foreign powers.
But TIE enemy sees and appreciates the diff
Guilty which We must confront. aud ms Fabian
genersls have besu content 70 wait quietly be
hind tleir Qualifications and intreHebnents, Civ
ing battle only when forced by popular clamor,
and INDUCING the dvlusiee hope that the south
I'm army viii gra4aaly waste away by a kind
Of atrophy. brought Ou-by a decline OF the mih-
tary spirit and a reduced number Of euhstments.
LovEJOY only spoke the truth when, during q
recent debate in the Federal Congress, he impa-
tiently exclaimed, +" We are waiting in the fruit
less hope that the rebellion viii put itself down.
The idea is, if we don't hurt anybody the rebels
viii return to then allegiance To disabuse the
mind Of tue enemy Of this gross and mischievous
delusion Taust be the natural result Of a determi-
nation on The part Of our volunteers to re-enlist
for the war. We look with u~ndisguisea solici-
tude to the result, tearing Chat au over sanguine
press may fail 70 sound the alarm Of danger in
due season.
We can see nothing apart from appeals to pa
triotsm, aud the necessity Of the case, that VIII
so stimulate these army enlistments the coming
summer as a change ia the war policy Of the
government, from a dgeHsirs to an aggressive
one. The passage Of e Law by Congress estab-
fishing camps Of instruction, and requiring tie
whole population Of the Coniederaey. subject to
military duty, to dnil during winter at reg
ular periods, should 30 the FIRST move in this
direction. The military spirit Of the people
being thus developed and encouraged, an army
Of six hundred thousand men could be organ
lied and pat in the field by the first Of April,
with IS much facility as the North has found in
creating the force which she has now under
arms.
Hundreds Of thousands. who to-day are wesried
Of camp life, and only remain ia the ranks as
an set Of sheer patriotism, would under the new
auspices Of an aggressive and Napoleonic cam
paign, Ie-en;er the service with cheerful alscrity.
Visions Of dTtdigging, and Of camp sickness
made infectious and almost loathsome by mac
tiYity, would no longer render the soldiers life
so obnoxious; but nep enthusiasm would find
Itself infased into the whole army, AID it would
enter npon The next campaign comparatively I'M
diminished in numbers, and improved in ardor
aud efficiency With such results probable, can
we eEpec. this legislati9n-oan we expect this
change from doubtfuLy wise policy ofwarfsre1