Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-19
VOLUME XIII, NO. 224.
OUR MILITARY COMMANDS.
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Correspondence Of ihs Evening Post.i
WAsHlNGToS. September The important
/ changes Of commands and the current extTaor-
binary military movements keeps Washington ID
q comnfotion The Republican this morning con
tains the surprising statement that, previous tC
the departure Of General Pope, h7 preferred
charges against Generals Fitz John Porter
Franklin aud Griffin. aud that these generals
Immediately declared that what they did was
under the positive instructions Of General bic
Clellsn. i further states that court martial
was to have been held, but al the request Of
General Mcclellan it was postponed for toe
present. The fact thss General Pope bad pre-
ferred charges against Porter, franklin and
Griffin has been known here for several days,
but the preciss defense these generals make aud
the request Of General Mcclellan for d postpone
ment Of the court martial, occasion surprise.
THE WEST.
a deputadon of prominent gentlemen from
Ohio, Indiana aud Kentucky came into town
on Sunday to confer wiki the President and
Gen. Hslleck respecting military affairs in those
states Among them are Senator Lane Of indi-
ana, and Cassius NJ Clay of Kentucky. The
deputati0n represent a Vssa constituency Of 10y
/ al people in the States mentioned, who are very
much dissatisfied with the management Of the
/ war in the west. They cannot see anything but
ruin ahead if the policy Of the past is 10 be the
policy of the present ana future in that part Of
the country. Genersship is what is needed
there as well as here. The strategy Of Buell
they claim, viii not only give over &c cry square
inch of Kent0cky and Tennessee soil tO the
rebels. but viii also expose the border free States
I to invasion and the horrors Of war. 4 change
they say, is imperative, in tactics it not in gen
! erals The deputstiou hal interview with
the President yesterday, and it was satisfactory
/ Whgther the interview with Ger. Ha'lsck was
/ equally so / have not learned. RefJTm-instant
/ i1proyemeuts-sre promised, snd the gentlemen
/ viii return soInew hat mO,e hopeful than they
came.
GENERAL BANKS.
/ General Banks commands the fsrsihcat5ns of
/ Washington in the absence Of General BIcCiei-
/ Ian. General Wsdsworth is still military gov
ernor in the district, this change making no diff
/ ference with his position. General Banks is a.
WillaT1s, and has been sought by hosts Of old
I friends to-day. He would hsve proceeded with
( bis division up the river if his h5siJb had psr-
mitted. His physicians were imperative. His
/ injuries received In the battle Of Cedar Noun
/ tam were of such character that he requires
/ Test and constant medical attention. The IT,
/ sponsbility Of the command upon him Is great.
| The defenses of the capital may become seri-
Gus matter at days notice. 1t IS still the ia
vOrite theory of some Of our military leaders
H
/ draw our best troops off. This is hardly reason
/ able however and scouts aud paroled prisoners
arriving here lrOm POOesvilie and vicinity briug
/ such positive statements of very large rebs.
[ force on this side of the Potomac that 1t Is i'm
/ possible to discredit them. The highest est-
mate made by sny intelligent person who has
actually seen the troops Is cue hundred and
/ twenty thousand, and the smallest twenty thou
/ sand, leaving a very wide margin for future
/ settlement when further facts shall come IN.
Ths Confederate Government-The Pres
Ideuf-8ur sseHef1l--SsuF Duty 20 Sns-
Inin Them-Ehe Border state Heu in
NSashim gioH, etc,
From the Richmond EZaminerl
Uni ed we stand divided we fall
MEssaS. EDITORS: 1 have already, in my
preceding numbers spoken of the Goa fsderate
government" and the President" I now sub
nit some remarks respecting our generals.
1t is doubtful whether any age or any country
has ever produced. in so short 6 time, in the
/ same population, SO large proportion Of really
{ brave and able generals, an5 other officers, as
/ the Contsderats Sts5es. Many, many of them
would compare fsvOrsbiy with Washington, Ma
/ polsOn, or Wellington. They have accomplished
more, in the same time, under all the circUm-
I stances and Disadvantage than any set Of men
Of which We have any record. This opinion Is
! based upon the opinions Of distinguished and
/ experienced English, French sH5 Russian ON
/ GERS, with whom your correspondents has for tle
last twelve months hal ctiieisl intercourse
Many of these officers had En- in the Cdmean
wsT. Without an exception, they expressed
the highest sdmiratiOn and respect FOR the Con-
federate officers, and a desire that the South
should triumph. In this conneXiOu, l may also
state, upon personal knowledge, that She minis
ters Of each of these governments in Washing
ton, entertain similar opinions, and have similar
E-.#
ness cOUh1et TO me by a foreign government
made It necessary l should hold Intercourse with
the ministers alluded to, and I was sgre6ab.y
surprised az the frankness and freedom. vita
which they expressed themselves, when they
found I was from Virginia. ] was not prepared
/ to hesT such sentiments from the Russian min
lister, as the Yankee papers had tried to make
the impression that the Emperor Of Russia sym
psthised with them. The only ground they
had, or ever had, was g civil lester expressing
the hope that an 8mica5le settlement should
take pl&ce-that is ell.
Il Is not always the case that the most sue
cessfui general is tds greatest or best; it is said
| that Washington lost more battles than he ever
gained.
In the face of all our victories, gained under
every conceivable disadvantage, we often hear
y0iHg gentlemen asserting and Publishing to the
world that cur generals are deficient in military
D .
sess the confidence of the people and the army.
All this is said by persons who never were IN
camp in their lives, and they crtcise every MIL
tary movement with much freedom and conf
| dence as If they were the most accomplished
50 captains of the age" ike the freedom of the
I press and freedom of speech but l do not like
the abuse Of either.
BORDER STATE MEN IN WASHINGTON"
OF all toe degraded and loathsome objects
that tread the streets Of Washington, none, not
even the thieving Yankees, are more so than
the border State men in the Yankee Congress.
They have aided and abetted the abOhtOnists
in this wicked WaT-preseuding they did not
know where they would be led. They have
been freely used; and nOw that they have no
further need tor them they daily insuljed by
the Wilson's, Summers, Low joys, by being told,
They are not there frOm love of the Union and
the Constitution, but from the fear Of the power
Of the government, and the pay they are rseeiv-
ing ;; that 'their opinions and wishes 8Te not 70
be regarded as weighing feather =" that ''the
States Of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and
Maryland are already conquered, and Virginia
soon viii be This Is language l hsve heard
frequently used sin the House aud out Of the
House - and yet these craven spiritess
wretches dare not resent It. Among the most
conspicuous Of these slaves and traitors are
Crittenden and WiclZliffe, of Kentucky, Noel, I
of Missouri, r. fellow who voted and made q
speech for the confscation biil); Frank Thomas,
Of Maryland, and thst doubled pe1ured thief Of
Virgins, Joseph Segar-a fellow who talks of
hemp for the rebels, and daily psRders to the
abohtiOnists by saying be has a son, sons IN
law br0thers-in-law in the Confederate service, |
all Of whom he would Ike 20 see hung. That
he viii vote men and money, TO the last cent,
and last man, to conquer the South. But now,
poor devils, they are literally "Ishmaelites
The Yankees have no further use for them. and
every true Southern man mus. despise them.
and regard them as they would ths "Upas.