Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-20
Yzzkse Opinions or the Bravery Of theTI
aHn and Cen raaarnls Lrnnnn.

owH and Confederate Troops.
The Philadelphia North Ausyiesn, which Is
kept alive By Government pap, contained en-
Saturday last the following libel upon Our
troops:
We have very much yet to learn. The bay
one., Of which so much hss been said, has
proved, in fact, almost Rullity in the war Our
troops can neither be got to use it or TO stand
sgsinst it. In many actions they have obeyed
orders to charge aud done il well; but IN all
such cases the enemy has never stood the charge.
At the point Of the bay0net we have done vary
little actual fighting All the successes OF
"StonewRll' Jackson were achieved By bsyo-
net charges, which our men have refused to
await and receive. Very much Of what is writ
ten about desperate bsyOnet charges, and hand
To- hand fighting between the e0ntending ranks,
is pure romance as the surgeons on both sides
have repeatedly proved Yet the use Of the bay
onet is what we ought to learn, and must lesrn,
if We hops for permanent military superiority.
But bad as this is, hear what an exchanged
Massachusetts officer who wss taken prisoner
on the RsppshsnDock says Of our sold
Doubtless a great many reasons sre given for
our most disgEsceful s6d disastrous defeat at
Chsneellorsville There is only one real reason,
and that the simplest possible. Oar army
didn't fgh. as well as that Of our enemies We
bad every possible advantage. Oar rumbers
more than doubled theirs, till Longstrests rein
forcements came up, which then didn't bring
their fo5ces up to lG9 600 TO oppose our l30 600.
Iudesd, il would now seem that L0ugstrees
didn't come up at all. We hsd the advantage
Of position, and 70 inconsiderGble amount Of
intrsuchments. Gen. HOoker's plan was ad-
mirsbly arranged and excelleutly carried out,
until the Sighting took place Hs exposed him
self in the hottest plsee Of danger and set an
electrifyiug example of hsroisu 20 the whole
army. The terrible loss Of life among our gen
erals shows that on the whole they were not
/ found wanting st their pests Of daty We had
men enough, well enough equipped and well
enough posted, TO have devouTed the ragged,
/ impcTfectly armed and equipped host Of our en-
emjss from the face Of the esrta.
Thsir artillery horses are poor, starved frames
of beasts, tied on to their carriages ard cAisSons
[ with odds aad ends Of rope and strips Of raw
/ hi3e. Their supply and ammunition trains lock
( like congregation of all tho eripBled CalifOr-
/ MA emigrsut trains that ever escaped eff the
| desert out o. the clutches Of the rsmpaging
| Comsnchs Indians. The men srs in dressed. III
/ equipped, sud III provided a set Of ragsmufhuE
/ that man is ashamed to be seen among, even
! when be IS prisoner and can't help it, Aud
! yet they nsve beaten Us fairly, besten as all to
pieces, beaten as so easily that we are objects Of
| contempt evoD to their commonest private sol
disrs, with no shirts TO hsug out Of the holes Of
/ their pautsloons. and cartridge boxes tied round
| their waists with strands Of ropes. I say they
/ beat Us easily for thega hasn't been much Of q
/ fight up here on the RsppshSnuoek after all, the
| newspapers to the contrary notwithstanding
/ There was an awful noise, for I heard it, There
! was Tremendous amount Of powder exploded,
/ for l saw the smoke Of i ascend up to heaven.
/ There was vast amount OF frunning done "faced
/ BY the rear rank but cannot learn that there
was in any psrt Of the field very much real
/ Sighting.
The same officer, says the New York World,
has good deal more to say to the same effect,
and we hope his statement will be rspublished
in every New England journal. The iDtolsrs
/ be coneeit Of that section of the Union, snt
the teachings of its abolition pulpit, press snt
orators, have led its people to dsspiss the Soutl
as semi barbsrous and degenerate because 0
| slavery. Statements Ike the above BY MaSss
chusetts men in Massachusetts, newspspeu
viii Iudey dispel the illusions Of yssrs as to tb'
inferiority Of the Sou bsTn people and the Eu
perior BSralo of the sens Of New England