Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-20


Pe5el fotirity and T1gor versus Fsderai Inca
Pacity aad Ialbeciiity.
From the AIbsny Argus, September i0l
Aya public meeting ip New Hampshire Sena-
tor Hale, Of that State, IS reported to have said I:
" I may be ordered to Fort Warren for the ex-
preston / am about to mike; but / DO not hesi-
tate TO declare that there is nothing that can par
slle the exhibition Of ability, vigor aud resource
shown by the Confederate government, except
the incgpaci.y and imbecility Of cur own.
5 uatoT Hale has not yet been sent to Fort War
ren, and VIII not be. That place is reserved for
Democrats who at some former day may have
offended a Cabinet officer, and who are badgered
with false charges Of disloyalty now.
What is the secret OF the contrast between
rebel efficiency and governmental helplsssness q?
W hen the Confederate government was organ
ized the opposition was at once associated ia the
administration Stephens, VINO ran with Doug
| las, was made Vice President A Cabinet Of all
parties was constructed When Cabinet officers
were proved Inefficient, they were dismissed.
\ Laggart generals were cashiered, deseTeTs shot,
/ peculators punished. The South was organized
on q war basis.
! President Lincoln, on the other hand, made up
/ his Cabinet out of the 5ead-wood of the Chicago
| convention. Seward, Chase Cameron, Bates
were all his rivals and enemies of each other-all
! disappointed and rejected men These woTn-oUt
politicians had their followers to provide for,
and they fed than upon the plunder Of the treas
u1y, upon the cOmmissariat Of the army, upon
the spoils Of patronage In the crisis OF the first
battle Of Bull Run, the President was engaged
! in settling psltTy claims Of partisans 70 post
Offices and fourteen months later, when Wash
ington was in hourly danger Of capture, was
! busy making up partisan lists Of tax collectors
and assessors, selecting them upon occasion from
/ the exposed and condemned shoddy contractors.
J Oar army, ct a cOnjuncture when the fortunes
I Of the whole contest were dependent upon it,
! has been sacrificed to political jsalOusies. A1-
/ other general, whose name has always been as
/ sJciated with defeat, has been kept in command
/ by the nepoiism of cabinet ministers All the
while the energies Of the government have been
directed against the press, or the free discussion
] of citizens, OF to sec0nding the private revenges
and political hates of men who have secretly in
stiyated accusations against their neighbors,
/ Never on so great an occasion had an admins
tratioa confined itself to such peltry objects
But did not Mr.. Lincoln preface his inaugural
oath by the declaration that he considered the
decision Of the Supreme Court in regard to the
subject Of slavery as not binding upon him
While ne felt bound to obey the instructions OF
the Chicago platform A stream never rises
higher than its fountain nor an administration
than IFS head.
All this while the people have placed in the
hands of the President at Washington unlimited
resources of men and money, arms, ships, and
public credit
1t Is customary to say in excuse for the pres
ent state Of affairs, that the Confederacy has
exhibited unexpected resources. True; but has
not the North shown power and wealth o
means equally surprising7 We have raised ar
mics such as Europe never equalied, nayles
which have never been surpassed IN extent or
in the use of modern improvements OF warfare
We have spent money at rate that stsrtles th.
most extraTaEsnt schemes OF the old world
Ihere is not an invention Of war-plsted ship
mammoth gun, marine ram, @fiel telegraph
balloon Of reconnaissance, diving bell, or pom
toon-which we have not had. No army eyel
marched, no navy syer sailed with such pay o
provision or armament, as ours
We stood as immeasurably above our adver
saries in resources on the last days battle q
Bull Run, as q year ago. We are now as ia
above them as al any time-it ace had men q
charge Of public Affairs capable Of handling thes
resources There, and there alone, the contras
lies between ourselves and our adversAries
PENsAooLA.-The Mobile Tribune publishe
a communication, from which we extract th
; following;
A young gentleman arrived here fhis mornin
t direct from Pensacola. The news BE- brings
, of Importance He states that ii is general
understood that Mobile is to be attacked at 3
= early day, or as soon as Faragut's hest is
readiness. The steam sloop Brooklyn Is unde
going repairs at the Navy yard, Warrenton
= said repairs being necessary from having bee
3 too presumptuous at Yicksburg be ram A
> kansas, not liking heT company ia that imm
:, diate vicinity gave her riddhng with shot, an
Z afterwards was rude enough 10 stick up b.
g nose at her and thereby materially damsge h'
e piaDking, so much so that she is stuffed al
d padded with cotton There is not much wor
going on rebuilding the Navy Yard and shop
They do not want to waste labor and none
= well knowing that they viii, ere long, have
= skedsddle out of there.
5.
e STEAMER BURNED.-The steamer Cort
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