Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-15
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FEDERAL view OF the Invasion.
From the World of Jaiy aiI
Tire invasion Of TIE free States kindIes buI
1tti- fisiiRg compared with the attack On Forl
Sumter wh-ca sat ths country ia q dans, ar ths
retreat last year 70 the James river waieh cen
verified he whole uazss Of Nertharu property
hsiders, in city and country, int r~asraitiHs
sge7ts, Offering heavy aouutiss oat Of their swn
pecEeis- Nothing would be gained by ignsring
GINS contrast uorlEe great ehaEga in public sen
nmSnt which It merks. Tbs present want of
aiac1y. though confined 80 ne party, IS mere
observable ia the republican ssronghsld7, ike
Massachusetts,. than is the Democrats gtatoa
Even Pennsylvania did ret move WITH any
spirit EutL a large section IF the State was in
possession Of the Invader aEd the enemy threat
eEin- ae- capital. Ihase are indeed Dsinfsi
aad humilising isets; bat 81 they would net
easgo 70 Be- tras If W shut aUr eyes and refused
% zee taemi lt seems zo1s manly 70 look them
luflY 10 tine face.
Taeir cAisf cause is undoubtedly the dissy.
pailt,asut asd disgust Of al parties with the
icoh-enPss ttEt has eqaan5ered the resources so
5~eshrsely furnished gna administration "What
encouragement have we to offer mere men, this
IS what the people feel, when the milloa and q
qE1rser already givea produced no better re-
sat fhsD q formidable Invasion Of the Nerfh il
t6s thirS year Of the Wari" We ha-a far
nishe3 five tiaes the troops needed for defense.
aZA yrl We $40 on Bla 4BIanEIWn- WITH fears
chat Whsle States viii bs 0verran bv rabsl
anHjss- Il is 70 be feared that a vsrv General
independence obtains in the public mind
IS 70 tho Feasibility Of q formidable sn3
vctorous invasion Of the Northern Atlantic
5sstcsi saeuid The army Of the Potomac BE-
oVertkroWn B he field. We talk vaguely Of
thoasseas o. unlls spFiagiug TO arms, Of inn
p9ssa5ia rivers, and even Of tho very wealth
w-eA temp55 Invasion, IS q barrier AGAINST its
hUEnnrrtuN uenm-nnr So aHr~---ra f. -
esseral a-ethsse hall1eiuaHoaa thsfi E is sims FER
ths RUN ts 20 told, and retold inall imaginable
ways, that the army of The Potomac 3 fke oae
rssi obstacle which can impede the trumphaat
nafeh Of the army of Robert Lee into tha vsrg
heart Of tue free States, and il whatever dice
ter be may elect to- push his campaign.
Tee History eli modsrn warfare proves th.t
wcl-dscIpire3, welLhandlel invadiRr army ct
htT OF sixty thousand men, can only Be ore
vented -oa -oTeTrunuing even s. kingdom Of
TN Of twelve millions oil souls, by tho rssistanes
2 snnlA& armY ia The Geld. s0r Of fortified
paeces strong en9uga 70 compel regular Eisgs.
Nav n al the HOEd there is not 3 osuntrv
mere c~estitnLe Of frontier f~e1tresses than the
osaas Whier GessFal Les has selected Is ths
lhsatsr Of bis irTasiep. The single exception
ire ter6heaI5ns zt Washington, Whica how
ever, BY no means cover the north against shs
ssnseqReuees Of . great victory Woa in southarR ;
Psnnsyi7Goiaor Maryland, the North lies almost s
2ssss az The Msrcy OF any i~Hv85iRg force
Sllcn may triumph ever the army actaally in I
he Heid 70 meet IT, Hasty leviss Of new trosps.
msitsr what thsIr numbers, would, IN That
b. Wsfal only % haid strong points OF 10
staEcs, such as might be, but certainly havs.
lot beeu, prepared aloae the liuea ef he inrsd.
advance; for, if vantured il tie fsId to Z
oppose him, theig numbers 8enld serve culy To- !
sell ms triumph and eur disaster. :
S1e1 = the resi position Of ahains with rs to-
Aha ter1is aefes and genial climate Of =
az iavad5d S.stes favor the bold sator3riss sF y
enemy The selfeouila nco aad nagii-
81 0gf Pe92ls and eur Government Ia re q
have lelt opsR to hin che braadest pathway 2
oU hames The army Of The Potomse is not -
pr chiof reliance anly, bat oHr sole rshauss for
e safety Of MaTyisDd, Of tie District Of CO.
and Of Pennsylvania, to say no more 4
ID 90 ne further. g