Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-03
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In lac article retefrInE % President DAVIS
message, the New York Herald says his policy
nay Be summed up in q few words. The Pres
idont, 1t says. proposes simply to do IS be has
bssa doing. BE asks ne foreign Intervention,
he prsssss nothing new, he Aerely advises per
peyersass and fortituae, and assures bis follow
ers that this viii be the closing year of the war.
We shall End, therefore, IN the acts and decla-
yseons Of JEFF. DAVIS Immediately preceding
the issue of this message the desails Of his pol
icy for the future" In this brief statement
thers e much more Of fairness than usualin the
Hsnald7s articles. The South proposes moth
ing new" Determined only to secure her indie
psndsnce, 1t is proposed to be accomplished by
sustaining the same principles announced at the
outbreak q the revolution, by making the same
sacrifices, and eonqusring the same enemy OF
Ghis there can be no mistake
Cur efforts to hold the Mississippi, and the
results Of our success, Is the principal topic Of
she same article, and It contains some import
ant admissions. "An his president DAVIS
anxietes, bis plans, his hopes, hsve recently
seemed 70 center upon one point and that point
Is Yicksbug. In other words, the grand scheme
OF the rebels at present Is to retain the practical
possession of the Mississippi. This they believe
20 be only the mors essential because they
imagine that the war Is nearly over"
No sttsmpt IS made 50 ~dsmonstrats how pre-
sminonty important It IS FER ths Confeaeratos
Sc control the riveE during the continuance Of
The war, bat IN the event Of peace, if the war
should suddenly cease snd the COufsderacy be
recognized, either by "a armistice OF through
foreign intervention" apsrsmount Importance,
Il Is admitted, would attach 70 eur holding the
river. The West would be at the mercy Of
~ South, and would have is choioe Of the two
altsrnatvsB-so submit OF peunite with the Con-
fsisracy."
Assuming this much, the Herald asserts that
"a those who have carefully considered the signs
Of the times, csn have but little doubt that if
as Confederscy were a recognized power, and
held the Father Of Waters Ia Its possession, the
western States would unite with the South, per.
haps IN nasss, but probably one By one, under
She Confedersto Constitution, which permits
D State 10 join OF leave the Confederacy at
pleasure; and adds: But say General
BANKS aud others OF Ike opinions, the east and
west are linked together By great railroads, and
this connection cannot be broken, because the
vest must have access to the Atlantic and the
ssst must have access to the products Of the
west All this is Huei but the question IS,
whether the central States would not 20 with the
western States. If the latter refused to remain
eut of the Coniederacy snd without the Missi5-
sipPi. New England would thus be left solitary
and d~esolsts. and the southern, western, and
csntral States woald form d new Union under
as Montgomery Constitution. Stranger things
than sueh a reconstruction have occurred with
In the last two years
The HeraIi's article shows how important to
she Federal cause success TO their arms on the
river is deemed. And LINCOLN well knows the
pTeesrious hold his government has upon the
Northwest already. Hence We may look for
tbs most persistent warfare in cur vicinity-we
vii have the most gigantic preparations to en-
counter. Wensed not to be deceived as to what
ouT enemies wiz eadeavor to accomplish, aud
should prepare to meet them, especially when
sushimportant results as are foreshadoRed above
are dependent upon our exerions.