Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-09
~ RKAL DANGEB.

We have Esqusntly expressed the opinion that orr
real sanger wss not 10 Be appFehsnded from the superior
brlvsg OF The Federal troops over our own, or their
ability 70 Tsnquzh rs IN = contest In which the forces
engaged were anything Ike squsL We had no such
EArs. Neither have we snfsrtained any from believing
that our enemy Is better provided with mutations Of war
than Il mas possible fer US 20 be. We knew from the
sutset aai bis Sighting population ~Outnumbersd ours
almost s,ss to ons, and all Of Us were aware Of hi.
superior ability 10 fsrnish the requisite supplies for his
armiea- Feeling this. AID imagining hat every reflect
lag mind nEat entertain the sams feeling, we have
always regretted 70 observe \ oonplHceney prevailing
among oarf dsRds after every discontinue of the enemy,
iuTthsbis only when we shal have succeeded in driving
tbs Last invader from our soil, and compelled him to
sokneNdedse that il is Impossible to onslsvs people
eesrmined to be free.
We agree with The Petersburg Errss in the assertion
that "a may SEEN a parHdoual, rsmark TO say in refer
snes 30 szr Affairs that the hour Of victory Ia the hour of
danger 70 us buf IA view Of Pn,s events Of The war
there i 70 s~bEurdisy in LIT Is zoo true" And Whyf
Every dsfsai q the sasny has produced certain and
similar results on both sides, and tbs more decisive The
nEys TOE ums 20 mz-sruhny 9easasusuBoa Jf
arms, afar our ~nej5einga luied ourselves luto a false
security. Oar peopls have tine and again imagined the
power o. the snsmy broken, OF that be wa exhausted
and lmpotsnf after defeats. We have, dsludsd By such
fanciea, rested unalannsd and hopeful, nay, even conf
dsnt, until saddsnly awakened 70 q sense Of new
danger, much more dimeu8 to avert IN the emergency
We have suffered 70 fal ngoa "a, than II We had wisely
prepares for h. On fhs ether hand, We have had ample
tssebiHE IS to abe effect upon or foes We have seen
tlat tbsir aseomaiursa however signal and terrible.
ealy urrs fhon 70 more f~ormidabls preparaaons for the
accomplishment q their designs. They have only hss.
tisd momsptaray after defeats; then they have rallied |
more vigorously to ths'r work. Every battle Of the |
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hztofy Ct tie battle Of Manassas, and 50 throughout /
fas eassldgrs ard what We fear is. It may be te result
Of the sigma repulse recently mst with By the invaders
a yseksburg We may become 100 confident Of cur
ability, wiA our present f0Fee snd dslensaa, 10 hold tie /
position, and only be oonvncsd to The contrary when il
may perhaps be TOO late.
one oshesfaait may Be alluded 10. That is our dis.
position "a uudsrrats the strength Of our enemy We
have beard The stacking force that recently appeared
iunedissslY before cur lines at Y~icksbarg estimated at
sOts The Feaeral papsT say thTse brigaass or fifteen
Regiments. These we're, It is true, met and repulsed bv
three regiments perhaps TIVE thousand men. But was
Il wise t. sncolnisr such oddsi Would Il have b,en
done had rot lie strength Of the enemy been 6encs.
slatsdi II
The beaten srniss Of tbe Fodsrals have been 50 often
reorsanired Al onee thatihsre Is no excuse for our being
sgaia deceived The grand object 81 the foe i to Omen !
ne Mississippi snd % dc this he viii play, If neeesssrv
lis last csrd Z a~seessEy % his ability to prosecas
Ao war; Ia any quarter thatis Il aboald BE dous. q bas I.
promised 70 ne great States Of he Northwest. +
rhich have furnished such Enagniaeent armies fer that g
nd other purposes and every effort Will be exhausted
. accomplish it. Cur authorities or our people need Ii
OF therefore, FOR moment suppose that the Federal 3
RAY wiz not be ia motion again as soon as possible. Z
: 3 contrary opinion obtains We may bitterly deplors ! .