Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-23
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Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.I
The following letter from Washington, Of dat,
the 9bh, viii Be found interesting
The Information received here BY the WA
Department in regard to afaIs in the MississipDi
valley l Of such 8 nature as 10 make it evident
that The spring campaign on the Mississippi IS
over, and that nothing more can be done there
until next fall. That whole campaign has
proved q wretched failure, aad tie failure Il en-.
tirely owing to Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Stanton
They planned the whole affair and arranged al
The details, and al the combinations Of the OK
petition were made by them. Il was from the
Executive mansion, and from the War Depsrt.
ment, too, that those delusive Geographic dis
patches emanatej, stating that "ths President
was never SO hopeful of q speedy suppression
OF the rebellion as at present - that Vfeksbure
was evacuated that the Yszoo expedition was
successful and that the Mississippi was on tho
point Of being opened.
It is n0w evident that Tho task Of opening
the Mississippi IS q much moTs gigantic under
taking shan MIR. Lincoln supposed General
Johnston's measures for the defense Of Vicks-
burg, Port Hudson, and the line of the Yszoo
river ara Of such a nature that our forces now
there ore entirely inadequate TO accomplish The
reduction OF those places and he beat Of sum
mer which has already commenced at New
fOdeans, sud the spring feVers at Yieksburg.
will SO eaeTvate our soldiers and deeimaIe
their ranks, that it VIII be cruelty to keep
them there that General Banks is now or
very soon viii be. &C ing on the defensive /;
aud that the question WILSON become pertinent,
whether it viii not bs better to Withdraw ali our
troops to Cairo and New Orleans, or employ them
elsewherel As regards Y~iek5burg, no one here,
who knows the facts about its d~efenses, expects
to see It reduced. An the attempts to reach its
rear or to gain its flank have proved abortive,
and to take such q place By storm is simply I'M
possible. Such, then, are the results Of a can1-
paign planned BY Lincoln and Stanton Such
have been the results Of every campaign
planned by Lincoln aud Stanton, or By either
Of them. Aud such will be the results of every
campaign planned by either Or both Of them, IN
Ill the people rise il their might, and declare
thai tie useless, frQjtlsss strife shall cease.
The news Of these Union defeats on the Ms.
sissippi viii have s powerful effect in Europa.
Already the Confederate loan had been saceess-
fully negotiated. This news VIII greatly faeili-
tate al the financial schemes of the Coincide
rates in Europe, and probably will lead to i'm
mediate action on The part Of Napoleon ia favor
of the South. In all probability, Mr.. Stewards
blsnd assurances that our foreign relations were
never on q more satisfactory footing viii Be
ialslnea II thlrty Gays ana, Whatever action
Napoleon takes in the matter, he viii DO fol-
lowed and gustained by England. Presezts on
the part Of England viii not be wanting. The
valuable aid and assistance which she has
already afforded to the Confederstes is notor-
ous, and matters look very much now IS if we
would have q foreign war on cur hands ia less
than sixty4dsys. If we are defeated Of Charles
ton, this result may be considered certain.
Til Administrator has authorized the state
ment to be made that Charleston win certainly
b in cur possession ia less than q week. I
know too well, however, the strength and ex-
tent Of the defense at Charleston to believe that.
The deieGS5s Of Charleston ore twice as strong
and formidable as those at Vieksburg, and. al
though 1 know that Admiral Dupont and Con.
Hunter viii do 81 that human skill sud courage
can do, yet eandor compels me % say tbas there
is no probability whatever Of their success.