Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-31

4 late number Of the Louisville Journal, com
menting upon the recent Federal successes, as
slmes the position that the loss to us OF Nash
vile, New Orleans, VicksbuTg, Memphis, and
other Of Gun large cities, will prove as disastrous
tothe South as the capture of New York, Boston
or Philadelphia would be death blows to the
North A more pslpable de4usion was never ut
tered snd though the statement emsnstes from
a-souTce which lays claim to the highest journal
istc intelligence, it bears upon its face the impress
Of the popular ignorance which, from the begin
ming of this struggle, has marked the understand
iag of the North as regards the attitude of our
affairs.
Between the cities OF the United States and the
Southern Confsdsracy there is a difference SIS
broad, dstinct and we'll defined as that between
a farmhouse and q msnufactory. New York,
Philadelphia sud Boston are the great oenters-
the gsnglionic nerves Of the nation. Each is q
focus where converge and radiate the influences
that operate upon every channel OF trade. Null
t5tudes Of merchants, mechanics and Iadesmen-
lie bone and sinew of the and-cOnstituts the
hives of busy workers upon whom the only effect
Of the wsr thus far has been to stimulate energies
and pandsr to rapscious appeHles to " get money,
honestly if they can, but to get it." Their man
uiectones IN The interior depend upon the life of
the cities on the seaboard, aud Their fleets of
shipping would lie and rot at their wharves but
for their ability to remain the mediums of transit
70 the ports of the old world In other words,
smut Up the harbors of the North, and occupy its
towns, and you ~asphyIiate the entire nation.
How different is the condition of the South
From the commencement Of the Wal, our ports
have been closed, except in three cases where
there has been an evasion of the blockade, our
commercial marine has been useless. Trade
mas been eircumscribed to the supply of the mere
necessities of the people. Our manufactories-
aud these are few ia number, for we are an agri-
cultural peOple-are mostly in the interior, and
our able bodied citizens have gone to the field.
Old men and ladies alone remain to suffer the
penalties Of Federal capture and occupation.
The conclusion s obvious. On the one hand we
experience little or no misfortune save that which
results from the modification Of being surround
ed by our enemies and cut off from our friends.
On the other hand the Federsls would be attacked
in o vital point Communication with their ms
cbinery Of wealth would be cut off Millions
would be thrown cut Of employment, European
sources OF supply would be disturbed, trade be
destroyed, and untold misery be ontsiled upon
the masses from which there could be no imme
date relief
Further than this we lake the broad ground
that the capture of our seaboard towns and
cities would be, in one aspect of the matter, a
positive, though undesirable, blessing. At pres
they are draining the interior of the supplies
would otherwise be diverted to the army
Fully one-third of the agricultural resources of
the Country sre now employed to support the
cities on tie coast If occupied by the Federals
this function dsvolves st once upon their csptors
and the country is relieved Of the burden which
mas heretofore been an incubus. We would not
be understood, however, as fsvoring any sur
render TO toe foe, no matter what may be the
advantages OF this insignificant character. We
stick to our noble ports to the last. Fight
to the death. Though they arc comparatively
useless in their present condition, maintain the
effect Of an uncoDquered community, and
# he worst comes to the worst, burn and de-
stToy every article that eau afford aid or comfort
to the enemy, without dotracting from our own
necessities.
Our intention IS simply to show to the world
that COR cities do not stand upon the same basis (
Is those Of the North. snd that cur citizens are
neither sctasted by the same impulses nor will
the same hsrdships IN the event suggested
the ignorant comparison Of the Louisville ]