Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-19
a thqase D,na.deA in oar War Policy


of tho n lihorn auI 5 u,hern peOpll. Ia
Southern pOl'lla iIn plss sseS more aci c cou
aga, aspiration aud qIckness Of apprehension
but the Yankees a-c more perSeverng. laboriou
and tenacious. Ia war, whatever requires ieal
less daring, rapidiy Of movement, and yigo'
viii be ex' cu'ed ar better by the troops of tn
Southern States but those things that u mant
r psiisuCc, persis;ency, an tedious work, vii b
r more pc'f'cily accomplished by the N9r.herI
! s0ldi,ly thAn By ours
Eow who know tho North aud South of th
lAte ULiOn will dispute these general principles
yet they have not been applied to the conduct o
this war. The deduction naturally drawn from
The national cha acteTistcs Of The Southern peO
PIE would seem to be that they were, in a marx
cd degree. ii-led I ar OF active and often
sive operations. They would he better invader,
than Ge.cEders Led forward, or occupied il
maneuvTimg and &C ion, their spirits would rs,
10 the occasion; tue raukS would be fall Of pride
alacr.iy aud elasticity. To require soldiers OF
ih-ir stamp TO lie in eternal CauIps, without ihe
hope OF ASSUMING the initiative, 10 occupy thUir
enrrgY in creating lines Of simple delcnAe, 70
discourage them by retreat after retreat is to ig-
! more their la iDua chsrac,er aud genius Yet It
IS Q Mt on VII Ga Cesar, Napo e)n and every
| O:EUr master Ot thc at Of war, who has lo!t y
record of his sSs.em lave laid the greatest
Stress.
| He LcEiiuliGS OF Tue aNoitl aib tiJl iCSS 1T 10
DO iuyad and easy to be conquered th4u are
the SOntheIn people adapted to war of iuya
| i0IL The NorlheTn States are filled wi IA the
immense riches srcurrd by their commerce and
our co ton, oyeIdOwing with all the nacoss aries
| AM cJuVcHiencsS Oi lie, deusely populated
| with town at the eud OF cyo,y day 5 march,
with lines of transportation highly perfected
| aud abuulaui, the wi Oie county cleared and
| highly cultivated, Unlike the South, they con
] . IL gIta
an.i lis cewa d y aud clAmOTolS p luiat on its
armies Cau b. overcome more readily than
/ abroad Tx. British und no fiji ulty in SUP
| pressing Inc revolution in the Northern S atrs
! They sesz"d the large cities and the cOuuuy sub
mittyd Nj until their a. mics hal brcn dc
stroypd in Virginia did they relax their hold on
/ New Yoil AMI New England. An army OF
/ southern troops could not only supply all their
wants, but enrich themselves, and uttvlly de-
s,roy the power of the abOlitcnists to continue
! this war by a successful movement into either
| Oaio OF Peunsy lyania
| Rot u. Ill very lately the conduct Of the war
on he part of the SuIgh has b en 4, feusive il
the stlcies! sense of the word. So far as the
| general ac,ioas are concerned, our unique plan
has been to wait unit the enemy had slOwl,
gathered around him every appliance Of victory,
and driven in our picl1ets with lis columns
Then, and not till then, have the Southern gen
erals fought. la many cIses they TepellUd the
alta, k ia not one have they used the orp0rlu-
nifty OF a victory 70 gain farther advantage OF
to push he enemy before them In the plan Of
cAnpa sus the rcpudia ion of every offensive rl
omrIt his hceG even more rcmaksble Not
one single S..uthern soldier has yet set his foot
oil the soil Of d NJrlhern Sac. With every on
portuni;y - enter Marylsn Pennsy lvauia,
Kentucky, aud Ohio, in the early part of last
summer, the who season was spent in collect
2 troops ia line OF posts along fOntirr OF
fifteen hundred miles No part Of line being
stronger than its weakest point, when the enemy
had c, ncct irated st leisure Efty-Gve thorsaId
men aga nsl ha mouth Of a river defended by
ten tn and, az i broken through the defense
ali the p.StS and armies betN cen the Mississippi
and tine seaboari were Aalk kel ard had to bp
evacuated one after another.
Mt Ut civercd Of the defensive lunacy, tie
C..uieiUrscy attempted to fO:m a second GORDON
laid aiuHg the northern irUniir Of the gulf
States, bui If the common sense OF the ar ny
and people have not provel sufficient to cause
is abandonment, the Sp icdy operations Of the
enemy have rcnd red it abortive before it was
comp .e:ed. BY tie capture of New Orleans and
the penetration OF Il lie Mississippi Valley, they
have rendered manifest tie i'm mpracgicability Of
such pr Jet. What they have done theirs
thy will inevitably succeed in doing, after Il
certain number OF iIit's through Alabama
through Georgia through Virginia and the Caro-
uas. II permitted to collect ih ir forces at
isuTc, sn1 repeat their forts again or sgaiu,
tn will, sooner or later penetrate ly all those
routes corr 10 the gnlf Organized resistance
VIII then be at eud .un Imported parts ans may
b. Troublesome for sw hir, but will soon be sup
pressed by the vast army which will spread over
tue eaTlL ike net the su'jugatiCn, if not the
submission, Of the South will be complete, and
tie scenes ol sp1liAtiOn, persecution AID Judicial
buchery Will begin
Looking back on tho past condact OF this
war, oue Is flied with wonder that any govern
ment could be found willing to adopt plan so
contrary to thu idOsyncracy Of the people it
controlled, aud 50 certain, with any people, to
end in utter luiIh provided the war lasted and
both parties continued to pursue their several
systems. The key to the riddle is the fact that
the political people from the cotton States could
not believe tunt tIis wT would last. They sup
posed Ihat il they gave their pretended allies in
Europe time, intervention would come to their !
all and they con luc'od the waT on plan 10
gain time only. They dil not crtdt the lerO- |
cious dettTm nation Of the Moth TO destroy u
a. any Ost, and actually feared to enter the
N,rthern territory lest they should give such an
impulse 10 the pOpul n sehtm that the gov
ernmeut UE tie Uuite1 States would lie able t.
raise its army to a standard commensurate with
us IItltiSlNlS W y ilsuAiuoa StOOu LliC CudEdG-
ter Of The Moth not less than that OF the South
Two things are strongly marked in the Yankee
his care for his person and hIs care of his
pocket. So long as the war means invasiCn of
our homes security to his own, executed by
mercensries TO be paid from our spoiatOn, he
will continue it with indOmitable energy anl
perseverance,. H. will then raise troops beyond
counting and send them as fast as raised to live
at FREQ quarters on our farms; bat an invasion
& t.ta- ~ r-ftr
for peace, not fly to arms.
As to the European Intervention, it nsv.r can
or will take place while we continue to be the
palty uniform y beaten aud in fair way TO be
destroyed SIch the world considers Us, and
has right 10 consider US, bile our campaigns
are unbrokon retreats, while the enemy nd
vunces into all parts Of our tenitOry, and while
We have not made One solitary step in:o the ter
ri;Ory of the North.
Bat even's Lave Tend, red it useless to d scuss
further thai Offensive pol cy. From the brgin-
niug of Tia. Sc Gubles, its inbsci ity, its u'iiiy
aud the certainty OF those consequences now
patent 80 all, has been demonstrated again and
again in those pages. We are happy to think
that a new sy stem Of warfare in accord with the
character Of the people and the geography OF
the country is iDAugwated and though
the enemy is actually at the gates Of the capital,
tho.e Is hess real reason for d,spOmdsncY at this
moment than at any previous period Of the war.
For sem, time past, the Confedelaey has at least
eorcentfatcd large armsa,' IEough it has yet used
them little. Concentration promised to be the
defensive system in another form, for our armies
lay sii and diiched till the enemy could coucet--
| trate yet larger armies in our front. But tho
! impetus given by Jackson will make new era
| in this war II3 has shown people, soldiers and
leaders W hat can be if,cted by nconsidsrEble
body Of troops if &C isely and olfsnsivey en-
ployed. lie has shaken the United aieS to rs
center Ills advance up the Valley, his menace
of Pennsylvania aud Washington, have been
the FIRST shp to peace. Ii he su;ceeds IN
opening tie door to the Southern ara;ies, tbs
waT will have ut once another meaning 10 the
North, and 10 EuTore, and to ourselves To our
soldiers it will cease 10 be the beaTtless road