Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-05

Claim victory for every defeat, and brilliant
coup from disgracefuI and ignominious ght.
But If they can derive consolation from Buch
considerations, we should not obisc! to irtaict
upon them those presumed comforts
I. is q matter of some surprise to al, WHIP an
iicipaied the Inauguration of an early cam
paign, to see the idleness, and wantcn waste O
favorable we atheT, and dilesory procee5iings o
Hooker. May has nearly come upon Us, ye
there has been nothing done, save preparatory
measures, indicative of al early fight The
idea is prevalent that the strategy of the enemy
is now to starve US into subjugatiou. This is a
magnificent idea and in consonance with the
gigantic indiosyncrasies of Yankee minds Be
sieging the Southern Confederscy and starving
it into capitulation as they would frontier fort
is en- ides that never could have originated in
other than that land of vast conceptions Bat
no doubt the thing looks plausible enough with
witch-burners, Rochestsr-knockings, and wooly-
horse admirers.
OF the morale Of the Yankee army we have
no mesns of Rscei ainisg, only from the repre-.
sentstions of their own press, which ere, how.
ever, so economical with the truth as to render
it extremely doubtful whether they ever make
an outlay of it. They represent it, however, as
being in magnificent state Of discipline, fully
prepared for the emergencies that viii be soon
forced upon it
Thereis an ominous quletness placed upon the
elamoring5 of the Northern press and people for
an 81 ward movement, and the inference is
there 6duced that some magnificent coup is
held % them as on the eve of consunlma-
ton, the nature of which, unless it be the siar-
vAtion pOcess, defes cur utmost penetration to
unravel. This new idea is of character en-.
tirely consistent with the Yankee nature To
them tits bloodlessi and an end to the South
ern hsyonets, they imagine; and besides it is a
saving of three hundred dollars to those who,
as much as they idolizs gold, love their misera-
bic oarcasses better, which will not be leopard
lied if no more fighting is te be done.
Lsrge bodies Of the enemy have besn seen
moving up the river within the past week, and
conjecturos are rife as . their destination II IS
reported that they aye being massed in the vi
cinity of Waterloo, q small town near the
Blue ridge mountains, distant some fifty miles
from this point, with the intention Of trying the
Gordousville route TO the capital. But at best
we can only surrnisO, which is unsatisfactory in |
all cases
OF our army here we may be allowed to speak. |
With rations shorter than ever, the troops en-.
dure without murmur, exhibiting spectacle
which never had parallel. There are among
the whole mass Of patriotic souls on the Virginis
frontier; complete isolation of self, and de-
vOtion to country equal to ths blind infatuation
of the Old Guard. These are the men who,
from the ever memorable 2lst Of July, 1851 TO
the present time, have carried the banner Of free
dom through many bloody battle, and stand
ready today to undergo augmented hardslips
for the success of the cause which, to them, is
as dear as lifs
Our people would be sadly deficient in ap-
probation and gratitude were they for a none nent
10 ignore their claims which are but seldom
urged by the soldiers themselves, upon those
who are for the present the civil government
There Is yet no suffering, nor need there ever bo
If our people would exert themselves as We have
every reason to believe they will
President Davis has issued au address to she
people on this important subject, and the rea.
SONS given are sufficient to awaken in the breast
Of every man who has the safety or welfare of
bis country a. stake emotions Of sympathy.
aud fill him with the discrimination of man
whom adversely can never conquer. The ne
eessity for prompt action is apparent for she
des that the greed Of gain viii cause our pso.
pie 10 ignore for q moment their duty to their
country and TO the soldiers Of that coutry,
80 much as to prompt them to plant cot
ton or .ebaceo to The exclusion of grain, or
TO speculate, with a leech's cry of "more," on
the necessities of the country at present, ]
grieves our SOU as well as the thought Of the
which would ensue All our past
Efforts and glOiiOus achievements, with the pat
iotic blood Of thousands that have erirnaored I
he many battle fslds, from the Potomac to the !
yulf all would have been in vain God forbid ,,
hat such cslsmty should ever befali US, nor ,
win it, if all are fue to the dictates of Justice
md gratitude. The resources of the South are {
mple and only require development, while to
slieve the present necessities Of the army, every
nan should favor and follow the recommends
ions of the Secretary of War; and if go dastardIy
spirit pervades tho fathers of those who are i
iers barring their breasts to the leaden storm, 9
nd fail to be moved from sordid avarice by she
headings Of justice, lot him be scorued and :
purned by al true men, and forced to yield of $
is plenty. But the soldier here has an abiding Z
sith and unbounded confidence in the uure- J
axed patriotism of those at home feeling that /
he same emotions which swell their hearts to e
he fullness of never ending resistance, sill
ctuates those whom they have left behind.
There is peculiar interest surrounding every
bject that recalls any incident of magnitude, q
7 which at any tins prod0ced deep impIes- S
ion upon the mind. When will the name of
Washington be blotled from the remembrance +
f tho Southern mind 2 or when viii the c
hequered scenes through which be, as he ?
hampton of liberty, passed, cease to quicken :
be pulse at their bsre mention The times that !
eveloPed Washington, bear great sfinity to !
be present; henee anything that recalls the
nasterly struggles Of tsat epoch, awakens in US /,
n indeseribable sensation near akin to adora- s
ion. With what reyerential frame of mind a
oes one in his thoughtful peregrinations through
bis classic and BATH ls-scsrred town, visit the !
ouse where the immGtal patriot first saw life, t
nd where the principles Of hatred to tyranny I
we're first engrsftsd upon his mind by that
model mother who abo taught him those prin- n
iples Of God-fesring ngwhicb were ever SO mani r
est IN him.
Ihe house is outstanding in tOleTable repair, c
nd but slightly Injured by the shot and shell !
bat swept over hg as bosom Of destruction b