Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-17
ABoI.rTsov DEsPoNDENCy.



Under the head OF " Shall ,re Surrender ? :"
the Cincinnati Times has the following
The dark days Of the Republic are upon as,
and at no time more than the present has the
lover of the Union had SO much cause to despair.
Treason yet exults in the Southern States I'M
checked. With unlimited means at its control,
and its calls for men more than fully responded
TO, the War Department has suffered the sum-
mer, the fall and half the winter to pass away
without q single decisive movement.
The people have beon asked to be patient, and
patience has been exercised until the longing
heart grows faint, and hope is fast expiring.
The rebels still rob and murder in Missouri
there is no advance ia Kentucky, where over
100000 troops are concentrated, and Gen. Nc
Clellan, with his army Of over 100000 men, re-
mains calmly at Washington watching the Pc
tomac. The great naval expedition, on whose
/ brilliant exploits we were led to hope so much,
have IN q measure proved failures.
Charleston aud Savannah were within our
grasp when Sherman landed his troops at Port
ROYAL. He could have marched upon both cities
aud taken them with ease. But following the
recognized policy Of the administration, he re-
NAMED quiet at Port Royal, until the rebels had
| fully prepared to resist his advance. Now he
| cannot stir a step toward the interior, Aud,
now, it seems, the only dashiug, AmeTican-hke,
and brilliant act Of the war, is about to be repu-
dated by the administration. 1t is said, that
trembling before the awful growls of john Bull,
the administration viii surrender Mason and Sit
dell, and blot our history with another page OF
iRfamy.
God help the nation, if these things are to
continue. We must confess we are losing our
patience. The congressional reports show that
the Wan Department, at least, is in the hands OF
thieves. The mastery inactivity Of the admin
] ..t-.er,r 80 l~.lSass o1lv whom 50 annqAa IN the
plundering of the treasury. The report Of the
congressional investigating committee thrills
every honest man with horror. Il is the saddesi
exposition of our national history.
1t exhibits a degree of corruption in the Wa
aud Navy Departments, not expected in this crit
ical hour. The public treasury is in che hand,
of thieves, whose only solicitude is plunder. /
Congress was honest, as it ought to be, Simon
Cameron would have been hurled from his Office
in disgrace before this, and Fort Lafsyett,
crowded with the Weeds, the Cummingses, thC
Morgans, and the host Of plunderers proved
guilty by that investigation. But even this ter
uble exhibition does not seem to have created {
sensation in Congress. Does the plumber con
spiracy extend even there
II the administration, with its miserabl,
and almost intolerable army acknowledgement
surrenders Mason and Slidell, it viii be the las
| hair on the camel's back. The truth must come
and the sooner II IS spoken the better. Int
people cannot and viii not support an admins
trahou that de6es their confidence. All that il
dear to them-bome, country, freedom, peace
is now at stake. If there is not a change in tn
Cabinet for the better. aud that soon, they vii
demand a change Of servants, and enforce thei
demand Once rouse the w~hirlWind, and it vii
not stop until it sweeps the whole administra
ton into the Potomac.
The chasin seems to be now opening, which
withoutinmediate and thorough reform, viii en-
gulf the plundeTers OF the government in thi
hour Of trouble and peril. We know what W,
say, and we proclaim It 10 the feasting Belshaz
Ears that the hand writing is on the wall
If our army Of 100000 is to lay idle in the Dor
der States if our naval expeditions are to prov,
almost ruthless if the gallant Sons, husband
and fathers, who have nobly ma. ehed to The de
fsnse OF the country, are to be stormed and wor
ned TO death IN camps to crafty official thieves
If cur rulers are too cowardly to order an I'D
vance if rebels are to be allowed to hang an,
murder Union men all through the South; IF IN
friends Of the Union in the rebel States are TO re
ceive no assistance or protection; If We are to b
bullied into disgrace BY foreign nations if al
national honor and manhood are to be sacrifice,
upon ths altar OF public plumber. why continu
the war! Would 1t not be better 70 surrende
at once, and acknowledge ourselves a nation o
towards and thieves Let us have a war worth,
Of our once proud republic. or at once subsid
into ruin sad eternal disgrace.