Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-28
RRn1I WAnuINGrON.

FROM WASHING TON.
/ DRplieity of The AdministTation-R Claimed a
VictOrp at ChaTlssf0R- Terrible ReUalSiOn Of
Fseling at Washington When the Truth Vas
KH0IoE-D Demonstration of the InPTegHabiLity
Of ChaTlesion-Ih The Administration abandoned
The Siege as Hopeless-Re Results Of the Failure to
Take CuarlsstOa-Efsets Of The Failure IA
Europe.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.
During the last four days the Administration
has been striving with its utmost power to keep
| from the people a knowledge of the great disss-
ter that has befslIen the national arms in Charles
ton hsrhOr. On Sunday ii was given ont under
The express sanction of the Administration,
that the bomb ardment of Charleston had com
menced, and that the government was in receipt
of intelligence which rendered it certain that by
that time that nest of treason was in our posses
sion. The seme telegram stated that many gov
ernment officials bet heavy sums that Charleston
wss taken, or would be taken by the I4th inst,
and tha. thosn bats found no takers No such
bets were ever made. On Monday, TIE Admin
istration suth5rzed the tatement TO be made that
the sffsir Of the 9TH was only a reconnaissance,
that it proved successful, and that Com. D1-
pont, having aseertained what he wished to k7ow
about the defenses of the place. would begin
the regular bombsrdment about the 10th also,
side. Yesterday, the fslsehood of the Official
reports of the previous two days was exposed.
and Lincoln and his ninions here were obliged
to admit that our loss had been severe; that one
Of The finest iron-elsd vessels was destroyed and
sunk, and Eve others so disabled and shattered SIS
to be useless until repaired. Bot the Admin
stration, with blushiDg efffontery, caused the
statement to be inside that the damsgs could all
be repaired By the 18th; that by that time our
naval force there would be reinforced by three
other iroo-clsd vessels; and that on that day the
bombsrdment Of Charleston would really begin.
Mr. Lincoln himself says emphsticaly that the
affair of the 7sh was not a repulse, but only
check, and that Commodore Dupont would be
ready to begin operations there in earnest on the
18th.
The day for the people to be fooled and bam-
beczled, however IS over To-day, neither Mr..
Lincoln, nor any member of his weak and
wicked Administration, has = single word TO
say ebout CHARLESTON. The facts are not known
to the world. The people now know that the
affair in Charleston harbor on the 7th was no
reconnaissance, but that it was the long talked
of and much-boasted attack on Charleston,
which was to demolish Fort Sumpter and grind
il 20 powder, and to reducs Charleston to
heap of smoulderirg ruins. They know that
this attack was made deliberately, after months
Of preparation, and with the utmost power of
our naval force They know thst it has proven
q total, complete, and confessed failure. They
know that some of our iron-c clad vessels are en-
tirely destroyed, and others SO much strained,
beBt, and battered, that they can never be made
serviceable again. They know that the mpreg-
inability of Charleston has been demons trated
and that no further attempt will be made TO take
that city; in a word, that the campaign against
Charleston is over.
The members of the Administration, too,
know these fact. They gnssh their teeth over
this snd swear swfully, (you know they are all
dreadfully profane swesrers from Abraham
down to the tail end of the Cabinet, except Mr. |
Usher, the new Secretary of the Interior, who, |
although in bad company, is every inch gen |
tleman and don't sWesr); yes, they sll swear |
awfully about it, and are trying to throw the |
blame Of the defeat on Commodore Dupons, |
Gen. Hunter, and the brave captains of the IRON |
clad vessels. They say Dupont is incompetent, |
and almost call him q coward, (tbsy dare not |
do that, and talk Of supersediDg him by Farra- |
put; and they say that If the captains of the |
iron cad vessels were men of the Paul Jones /
stamp, they would have renewed the action on |
the Sh, and would have taken Charleston or
perished 10 the attempt They point TO the small |
loss of life on our side as an evidence that our |
brave sailors dld not do all that they might |
have done.
need not tell your readers how unjust all |
.bie is; but nothing be;tOr can be expected from
The men who compose this Administration. As /
ignorant as children of all that sppertsins to /
war, they are attempting to carry on the most |
stupendous war the world ever saw. Cnmmo- /
1nre Dupont il by far the sbest naval officer in |
The service If he were here, no man would |
dare to call in question his courage or his devo.
lion 10 his country. When be says the capture |
IF Charleston is imprsetcsble, it is so. As re-
7 Izas, I'll
February % and March Ia, the reason that /
would render his force unseess. In those let
.ers stated the instructions which Gen. Hun
ter had received from the Administration, and /
ssid that, in consequence of them, "The expedi-
ion against Charleston will have to be abandon
3D. What Gen Hu1ter is doing viii cause the
failure Of the whole expedition, and he is doing
t in obedience to express and imperative orders
from The Administration The Generalization
Of Hunters army is such that no results can be
expected from it." These statements have now
been verified.
The cruel slsndars that the Administration
IS heaping on the heads Of the brave captains of
he iron-clad vessels will recoil on the heads of
he base originstoTs. The accounts of the bat
lie that have been published prove that never
i'd naval officers fight more brsvely, or conduct
themselves with greater gallantry. It's shame
hat theif services are not properly scknow-
edged
With the results Of the battle your readers
ire of course well acquainted. Charleston
stands to-day where she stood month ago,
md where she viii stand till the end Of the war
and uniniured. She has been
made go By tbe scientific skill of General Beau.
eguard The great battle of the 9TH of April,
vill long live in history It demon
trated that Charleston is absolutely safe from
ubsequsnt attack; that the Confederstes have
,lenty Of English Whitworth guns, carrying
teel pointed pTojectiles that the strongest and
hickest iron-clsd vessels can be perforated with
hese pToisctles; aud the stone fortresses,
mounted with guns such as those possessed by
be COufedeTGtes, cannot be reduced by the
lesviest artillery from on board Of vessels I
Znew sll of these facts, except the last, many
weeks ago; and, knowing them, said in my
ettsr Of February l5.h, "The expedition will
al"
The result of this expedition, around which
many hopes clustered, is another proof of the
liter mbecility and inefieiency of the Admins
ration, and furnishes the only demonstration
hat was needed of their incompetency to cen-
iuct the war to a successful termination How
much longer viii the people permit them to con-
iuus the frstricidal strife. Charleston is no
tronger than Savannah and Mobile. We can
10 more take Richmond or VIeksburg than we
an Charleston. These are facts, known to all
men whose reason is not clouded by hatred
owsrds the South. And, sooner or later, the
Administration will be compelled to acknOwl-
,dge them and make peaca.
The news Of this great disaster, following
lose on the heels ef the news of the failures #
be four expeditions to opsn the Mississippi,
which have most damaging effect upon the
Union cause in Europe. The Confederate
oan, already favorite stock in the Paris and
London money markets, will go up, up, up
md new loans, to any amount, can be nego-
lated in those cities with ease. The turning
point of the war has been reached. If the
South hes been in any want Of money hith
,rto, it viii not be so ia future. The finances
Of the Confe1eTacy are now established
IN firm and secure basis; and you may now
ook for declaration from the courts of France
md England that the South, having demonstrs-
ed her ability 10 maintsin her Independence, is
recognized IS an Independent nation. Thus a
disruption of the Union will be perfected Con-
,iliation would have won back the ''wayward /
,ietarz Buk the Administration Yeaolyad n |