Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-30
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History furnishes one great parallel TO tfs
Federal campaign in Virginia It Is the +
, fated campaign Of 1872 BOnaparte. then in 4 q
zenith Of his power. assembled a half million q
men between the Vistu.a snd the Niemen a
in mid summer crossed the last named river ia o
Lithuania. TIE Russians retired slowly al 1
prOvolingly. Any moment they might be owe .
taken, and any moment they might make A
stand. The French, not TO be bsHied Uusbe
forward rapidly, and the Russians is back ra5,-
Idly. wilma and Smolensk were IN turn evacua-
ted and occupied, and the further the Ffenca
advanced the more ill-tsmPeTed and destructive
they became The country to the right and
left. not disturbed at first, was at last secured
for cattle and provisions and the iipsniUg corn
which not tTOdden down, fed the horses. Ths
whole line Of march across the Daieper thus
/ became desert, and over that desert, yielding.
neither subsistence to man or beast. the routed,
dem0ralizsd and famished soldiers Ct the empire
were forced by Cossack lauces after the hard
fought and bloody Borodiu0.
A ike catastrophe appears to be in store for
I the Federal forces in Virginia Steadily tha
I brave defenders Of Southern homes ard homer
/ give way before numbers and resources ali bus
| overwhelming, and where they may stand At Lass
/ to fight and conquer it i5 impossible 60 say
/ Richmond like Williamsburg and yorktown
may nCw be given up without z struggle, for tho
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/ they VIII be. As far inland a5 Richmond Feds-
raj supplies may be drawn from the Chesapesks.
but beyond. and IN southwest direction, sub
sistence must in the main come from the soil
Perhaps IL is the Intention Of the SCutherDars to
tall back until the N0rtheTners are reduced 10
/ that extremity
! They may lure Mcclellan onward as the Rus
SLAMS did the French, and when sickness and
want OveTtdke him, over the country which has
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nor shelter he and the Federal forces may be
DR. ven with revolving slaughter. Great as the
power Of the North may be- it has no B0naparte
70 command its legiOns, and it cannot, any mora
than France, triumph over the laws Of nature.
In distant and hostile country, without com
mUDications, Or such only IS exist by the suffer
ance Of the pessaDtTy, there is nothing but de-
spair left when food aCd shelter fail and The tide
Of battle is turned by a resolute and vel fed en-
emy, who win retire no further, and only sheaths
the sword when the invader is expelled and over
come.
Sill the BorOdino Of the South may be reached
already. Richmond is far from Fortress Non
roe ard isr from Washington, and may b. De-
tended better than either Williamsburg OF York.
town. Gen Lee may, therefore, think bG.ts
should be fJught-lhal Nirgiuia may, f possible.
be spared the tua EorTOr Of defensive war carried
to the bitter end. EiskiBg defeat for that great
y y
edly bring the war to q glorious close EcClel-
Ian may try IN vain to force the mountain ridges
before Richmond OF 10 ascend the valley of the
ChickahOmiDy, and Gen. Lee may head a charge
down the slopes On the broken Federal columns.
and end by cutting them il pieces. Mcdowell
may also try IN vain to force the mountain ridges
which flank Richmond on the leif. and in t1rn
be routed also. There is no imprcbabilitT IL
either or both successes, for the forces now IN
der Confederate General Lee a. Richmond peT7
haps OUtnUm5er those under Mcclellan and
Mcdowell together.
Besides, Mcclellan is before Richmond. and
Mcdowell is far away on the RaDpsLauu0ck.
evidently afraid 10 risk his army Ia a DE-
tIict where probably there are 10 supplies, and
even the women are e srcely hostile The sr1
may. therefore, be at hand. Further Confederate
retreat may have become Unnecessary Weuay
be On the eve c information Of q great a
bloody battle, tie issue Of which may sta7iia
Washington and til New York with panic
Mcclellan may reach the White House q fu-i-
tive, as BOLaparte reached Paris, aEd Mary land,
so long famous forts Tecklessuess Of human lite.
freeing it~als e-ozz FL T-sr-
it has long been bound, may fsli on every Fed
eral fugitive and shame the North into sUbm,--
sion by the butcheTy which its avsrics and Law
lessuess have alone provoked.
Overwhelming success viii save Richmond,
aud may end the war; defeat on the cOutrsrF,
now tlat the MeTimac is no more and the James
river is held by Federal irou-sides AID wooden
gunbOats, would leave the Southern general no
choice but thG: Of falling back where be may be
followed, but not beaten. Virginia would have
to be given up. as Kentucky and Tenn ssee have
been, and the Southern Or cotton States proper
become the last and decisive b2 2l.e-grOGEd
There she Federal gUnboats cannot follow; there
the Federal batteries can be hardly moved, or
ordnance stores supplied in anything ike sCI-
ceut quantity for Oheuss or defense by The Fed
e.al forces. In word, in these States the South
would be the aTbiter Of It's own destiny.
Within their bounds the whole population Of
the South might for a time be gathered without
the least approach 70 incoHvenisnt erowding.
A gTeHt army, not inferior 10 that now IN the
field might be kept on foot for years, and If
wealth failed to sccUmUlat5 in prvats hands,
very little effort would sum e to supply teal
the simple necesssries of lite. The war, there
fore on the side Of the South, is far from cheer
less Russia, in 1872 had no better founded
hope of eventual success, and it is no dispar-
/ agement to say that 1t had less valiant arms
and less loyal hearts. Sweet and bitter are,
however, seldom unmingled.
The border States are trOddsn down By the
cOnqueTor and Oppress0r, which IS an alloy that
rObs the war for tresides and independence OF
I half It's pleasure. New districts may besides
/ have to be temporarily given up and increased
misery borne. With these temporary sacrifices
I the South hopes to gain its Independence with
out the sympathy or assistance Of foreign pow
ers But at the same time it may sull doubt
whether Europe viii stand by patiently TO tbs
/ end. Left to emancipate itself from CONNER
cial and social bondage to the North, the South
viii every day become less useful other ua-
tions.
As long as the war lasts, its sole industry viii
| be the growth Of focd ard the manufacture Of
rough homemade clothing The cultivation Of
cotton and tobacco viii first fail, then the nUm-
| Der Of the hogs, and sheep, and cattle; On
which this and other countries have more or less
/ depended. Practically, for years to come,
/ great nation viii be blolted out from the earth.
/ Al that the South has supplied must be sought
/ for elsewhere; and the question, il nay b well
imagined by Southerner5, csn scarcely be sup
| pressed indefinitely, whether the North IS to Be
| allowed to pursue It's present course Has it the
right to fsrish Lancashire, and in future years,
by interfering with tho tobacco trade, to render
/ futile the calculations Of Mr. Gladstone and Of
the French finance minister, Ar. FoUld The
I South thinks it has not, but has now gone be-
yond trusting IN help fICm any quarter. IL
seeks 70 be let alone and be independent, and the
effort is deemed worthy Of any sacritis. from
ubs responsibility et egicits IN tobacco rsreHne,
from distress "a the cotton SDsHtiag districts q
France and this ccRRfrli and he possible deStTHc-
ton Of the cotton manufacturing Trde for years,
tire South mast BE- relieced; and If this country
and France lr0Hid SAGE themsslres they must frst
help tssIRseires.
The LRtest Guuard.
The Virginia correspondent Of the New York
Times gets up the following 6rss class canRrd
/ am positively assured, by parties who ara
reliably informed, that the its OF the arch traitor.
jeff Davis, is in extreme danger, the TebslR
locking upon him with the utmost suspicion It
is even gverred that be was prevented by an
armR@ gee from escaping out Of Richmond
He ecs Of general distrUst. Hand bills
in every variety are displayed eTeTywhere. all
over the city, denouncing JEFF. Davis, and apply
ing to him ridiculous and opprosrious sPlthois.
The rebels declare it Is the intention Of Davis y
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