Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-29
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. To conquer an invading army, il is not neces-
ssry defeat it upon the field of battle We may de
strOy mans life efectusy by deprving him Of food,
as by plunging dagger into his heart.
The enemy has given indications Of his purpose to
abandon his present position in the West and move for
ward into the interior We are confident that we have
force enough in front TO check and defeat this army,
wherever it may appear-but to make assurance dOubly
sure we ought at organize corps Of guerlas to
trains their baggage wagons and their ammunition, and
thus the main arteries which supply the hfebiood
to the whole system Of Invasion
What msy be done in this way has been shown in the
peninsula OF Virginia, in Kentucky in Tennessee and
in Missouri. We the heroic Morgan, with only one
hundred az his back Keeping the invaders IN CON
slant terror killing and capturing the enemys picksts,
destroying their of transportation and harTasng
them in every conceivable way We see jeff ThOmp-
son ia Missouri engaged in the business In like
Col John Scott, when in Virginia after the
commenced worried the Federals on the peninsula
by killing their pickets, and capturing them when Op-
pOrtunty offered, until they in constant terror of
his surprises and attacks We see il stated also that
they have also lost four hundred pckets in the neghbor
hood of Nashville in the brief time they have occupied
that city It is much mans life is worth to send
him out alone picket duty-f0r daring partisan
on our side creeps up him the silent watches of the
night and quietly puts a bullet through his head.
We believe that we now have in Tennessee from four
six thousand cavalry and there Is no service they
could be better put to- in our opinion, than in getting
around and behind the enemy they advance and cut
off their supplies Of food and ammunition. There is
Seott's Louisiana regiment Col Writ Adams Mississippi
regiment, battalion from Arkansas and a regiment
from Tennessee and there is than auoher regi-
from Mississippi about to go into service These
know Of and probably there others Instead of
cOnnlng them to the lines Of army, It it
would be good plan TO turn them loose, with special
instructions hang the enemy's rear, and capture
and destroy their wagons Of provisions, baggage and
ammunition. Being mounted they could easily get out
Of the way Of a superior force-and, even in case Of
battle between the main bodies Of the opposing armies,
they could render more Elective service in the rear OF
the enemy than in their front
Wemust to as great extent possible, adopt the
guerrilla system OF warfare against the enemy who have
come to invade our homes Let them know that behind
every there Turks Oe-that every rock and hicket
shelters patriot with his rusty rife, who will make the
invaders bite the dust Thus did the numerically infe
ror Texans drive the Mexcans from their soil and
their independence John Morgan with bis little band
of one hundred men, already killed equal number
of the enemy at least, and captured many more The
time has come for us TO discard dsttautesm 10 this
We are not responsible for IT, and must have blood
for an atonement Surprise them, capture them XII
them in every possible waythis is the duty Of the
South --NsR- ORLEANS Crescent