Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-07
Besigas Of shs Eusny.
ON the Riohm nd Dispa.oh.I

! Prom tle ttiulul na 2iaphsclI
i Is every day becnmiug more apparent tia
he Yankee cespotisms despsiring of conguering
us by means Of pitched battles, Ia which thsJ
havs rarely ever failed e. be worsted, have
changed their plans, and now hope 10 Wear "a
sut 5y starvation and The foFes Of their superior
| numbers. They have, with a want Of faith
which i is seandai0us even to think Of TAKEN
every opportunity to violate the esrtsl solemnly
established by duly authorized commissioner,
under the hope Of forcing Us ie abrogAte IT. and,
finding thst object unatisInEbls, they have ab-
Togated it themselves They viii exchanges no
more prisoners, hoping that the vast numbsr left
on cur hands viii assist them mora effsetually
where they arc, by consuming ouT provisions,
than they could hops them to DO in the field OF
battle, They can afford to spuue them, they
think, because their places viii be supplied from
Ireland and Germany, while the Confederate
prisoners whom they detain eauaot bs replaced
from our smaller population. This is sn ingeni-
GUS ealculation-suen calculation as people
naturally cowaTdly and more disposed to sfFeet
their objects by trcksTy than BY strength would
be likely to resort 30. The remedy IS to feed
thsiT prisoners on the smallest possible allow
aHcs consistent with tho bare preservation Of
iife-io take as few hereafter as possibla, and 70
instli into oar troops the duty Of never surrsn-
deriHg So long as there remains the least possi.
BE hope of opening massage by the sword OF
the bayonet.
The indecisiVe character Of the battles which
we have heTetofors fought gTsstly assists Tie en-
eIDy in carrying out ais schemes. We hava
hseu almost always victorious, yet We have
never, in a single instance, derived any benefit
from our victories, and in al Of them We have
lost vast npmber Of men. We have net tie
least doubt that, ia bis three battles in Ken
sucky, Tennessee and Georgia, Gen. Bfagg lost
IS many men IS the victorious party lost IA the
thros battles Of Marongo AUsteTiitz and jena,
each OF which struck down so empire. Pet
Gen. Bragg, although victorious in all ais bat
ties not only gained nothing BUT lost grUuad.
L is difficult 10 understand of what use such
victories esa be % Us. when he resRiis have
been such. A defeat could badly have pro-
dHced a catastrophe more unfaVora5ie 10 Us.
Tne sBeEIy is vastly more numerous than We.
He knows that, in every battle We hyht, va lGss
large numbers Of men, although We nay be VIC
tori0us, al& thas We find it difficult to replace
them- He knows too that, although he may
lose Two TO one, he csn more easily replace those
two than ws can replace that one.
Ihas hs hopes haally TO wear as-oRt by the
mere ioTee OF numbers, as the Russians did tie
Poies IN the revolution Of 1881 The Poles de-
feated them in eVery battle; bat in every battle
the Poles loss men, which thsir scantY numbers
did not enable them to replace, and thus ia the
end they were exhausted by their own success
There is but enc way 70 prevent the recurrence
Of such = misfortune here, and that is to push
our victories when We gam them and TO gather
some iruit rom them. Ia general, we have been
contested with merely gaining the victory. We
never think Of pushing il to It's Legitimate con
clasion We vote it impr1deat to follow up an
enemy who IS flying for lifs. It is very pru-
dent however, TO lel him Gel 10 place u safety
where he can Iscruit at his lsasure. Then he
fa tn -.HH
desperate battle, IN which ws lose fCuT times as
many men as We should have lost had we fol-
owed him while be was di5orgaaizei sy defeat.
We do not profess TO understand the sense of
such tactics. Not beiug military, Of course it ig
lot 90 bs expected shat we should bat We can
zee that ii they be pursued much iBrthsr, wo
hal begin 70 wsas recuiEs very badly.