Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-05
The Abolislenl.,us Of sae army.

From ths New YorE Fresmsn's Journall
Few persons arc To-Day aTsTe how steady,
persistent and res0lute are the efforts Of he
wicked Administration roW II power 10 convert
she army into a 2ers tool of bold, bad factisn.
All 1t IS true, have hesri Of The dismissal OK
Lieut. EdgeTly, of New Hampshire, for veti1g
OF supporting a sO-called copperhead ticket and
Of other isolated cases; but few are aware Of
the great extent TO which The same thing is car
rie1 By disE8iss8ls Of officers through Convenient
courts martial sHd otherwise Almost every
day dismissais are made Of the best officers for
pretended offences, sUO1g which stands prouL-
nently he alleged bat undshHsd charge Of dis
loyalty. The following extract from the New
York IrisHss, is q specimen Of one days record
Of these dismi5sasi although hid away IN OBJ
scare paragraphs, or wholly unsnnouncod, not
0ne-teuth Of these cases aVer meet tho public
eye, or come 20 the Eu0Hedgs Of ihs m0ss vigil
ant observer Of passing events:
In he list Of dismissals from the military ser
vice lor ons week. as Cficially announced, are
.he following;
Msisr Granville O'Hsller, 7lh o. s. infaatry,
for disloyal eondGcs aud ulssEing Of disl9ysi
sentiments.
Caps. H. P. Merrill Illh Nav YORK heavy
artillery, for repeated uttersnces Of treasonsble
and disloysl sentiments.
Capt Wa II Burke, 19th OAio volunteers,
I f0r tTassouabis language and diz-Oyslty.
I Lieut.. u. B. DaSiYs, Ono vO'un ssers, for
writing and publishing highly disloyal and
uuboeeming letter.
/ Now, wasu We know that "disloysl seuti-
ms1ss, as defined By Mr. Lincoln and his sup
D0rt3Ts consist Of all opinions Wfiea 10 not Goa
/ form 10 he standard of Abolition lsesionists,
and disloysl conduct consists IN froe aud Haan-
i y expression Of such sentiments, ne one Heed
I Be :. 3 less 90 understand ths meaning puTpase
asa feet Of these dismisssls Ii Is aud can be
nothing else Than thi-; through sabserviant CT
| fauatieal partisan offeers 70 make tho entire
army its tool for the most corrupt sad arbitrary
/ purposes and party olds, even 70 the supervision
I Of liberty itself
/ The fundamental duty Of the common soldier,
/ as this Adni8istrniion teaches, is implicit oba-
disace 70 superior officers. This Tul5 once estsb-
Hshsd, and made part Of ths soldiers creed, ha
i becomes &C once and for every purpose but the
I tool Of bis officers, aud the whole army bat 9
/ VAST machin8 TO be used at WiI 20 even the
/ worst purposes bT Mr. Lincoln aud his seersta-
ries and Abolition minions e the officers iu com
mand axe such Is ara ready in all matters e
support the Administration without Why o.
! wherefore
To that tssk-she task Of filing the army
/ with officers who are iis parfT tools, 90 the ex
I elusion OF al otsars, she Administration seems
20 BE- directing its Who.a energies. Already
the exception Of Grant, ald possibly OF Meade
I ana Gilmore, whose appointments were tempo
rarily and reluctantly conceded 20 military ne
cessify, and the former Of whom has been On / h
] very eve OF being commandments the rank
Of he superior officers ara filed VITA men wa,
know no az but the wiH Of the Admins ration
vino dsnouRea diaseut ffom u e. dislovslsv q
treason, who threaten, when they havssduslcbs
tha rebellion, which asses ike themselves az
not Ia any imnedis.e danger Of doing. 20 pa
thsig heels on the nseks Of coPBeFhsads whou
they dsnouace IS Northern traitors From th
inevitable Halleck down 30 The il-omnsd Barr
side sad TIE non-achieYiHg Rosecrans, and fror
, these down 70 the taisving AiroTe and CONVEX
ten dispensing Gilberts, they have already &