Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-29
ASHANTEE
hEETER ERoM NORTON, MIssEs-
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Special Correspoa5sRcs Of Memphis Appeal
MORTON, July &c. 1858.
General Hsrdss has ssan regularly placed IN charge
Of this branch Of Johnston's army, hs b=visg goAe tenn
porarly elsewhere 20 lock after ths afsirs Of his com-
nans. The General Is argus Eyed, az indeed be ssouid
be, TO meet the calls upen hiR. Pressed by Rcsserans
aEd Grant, threatened from Csrnth, AID with Mobile 10
take ears o. his task is 4 -rcHIssn.
PsrtssashiP is growing, but fsrtunase'y in General
JohzstsuE ease there Is meme. He hss passed. tbrsugh g
NEST tsrrb . ordeal bushas come sut oft without losing
the confidence of a single nan. Even the HrsEds gen
erals are silent. All are satisfied that he Las dene all
tbst could be done usdsr he circumstances When the
peoples faces ware in ths dust, caused BY the fan Of
ViekssurE and contingent e-alsmitiss, when the gssd-
ness and Justice OF God ware almost sosbtad BY a de.
spending people, because lie prsvidsncs did set shield
rs from ear enemies, it is wopderfaI that one 50 intimate
y connected with the e1lzinaIoz Of the zsfsrtuns
Iboald escape s1ssrztoa, ana e0utiaas to have the Al.
zost Universal sozfdsnss Of arny rzd people.
The people, however, understood the affair. They
knew that Vicksbgrg was virtually lost, sh-uId Grzzt
sad his hordss psrssvsrs and avoid unhope5 FER blum
dsrs, bsfsrs Jobnstsn reached the sceuss Of action. It's
was srdered, bat il wss too late Psnber-
ton and his army we're cut of aud driven into.ths in
trsaessd city. Ths struggle now became one for sim
pie glsry, and the hope that desperate and bls5y ress
tsncs wsuld 50 discourage Grant as ts induce him TO
abandon the sisgs, and TO sncourge this hopslessness Is
attributable the PRONUNCIATION Ct the favorable reports
OF the state sf the deemed garrison. twas t. Promots
this action, also, that J0hsston threatened the rear Of
Grant vita Sc bsld 8 front
It is ore Of The laa8asls points q ths canpsiga that
JobnEtss did nst yield to ths pressure Of the public and
destroy lis army BY hurlRg it sgainst Superior nua-
ssra, sheltered By slabsrata aeld works ana on grousd
81 thsir eva choosing It is P~robIsnatieal wheR Vicks
bsrg should have been sbsndsasS, but events prove
that II vas held too lons.
It is useless to speculate uPsa what might have bssn
asns to save the tsWn. To havs raised the siege weuld
have required hIy a. 4 large an army IS hat Of the sne-
to have furnished which wtald lave weakened
o,hsr psiats and exposed Us IA disaster much more Sc
rlsu,.
Tbs Nsrthwsst wants tAe Mississippi fer commercial
purpsssA They have fpsst zlisas Of msaey and
scssss II bloss in driving us frsm eur srsHshclds on
It's banks. NstylthstaRdisg the cost they will deem the
Messy sEa bleed well sPezt Il they are new ssls 70
osur their trade iate the tsp Of Europe, and bring hsne
stores through their Old and fsyorits cbszBeL
Every f~-sightsd BEST which passes from The Ohio 70
he gulf viii encourages them - perssvsrs to eur hssl
and fetal subjugstisn, while the sinking Of sBch bssts VIII
10 mere toward bringing them to tsras than the win
Of pitched battles Let there be no delay. Let their
hopes be crushed before the flush 81 their victory has
faded. Let cannon roar en- them fsm every bend, tor.
2e3os ezP'sds under their bows at every turn, cunni1gly
isvissa 6rs-baats dart after them from svsry eek and
osyeu. Be sars n'you give them the Mississippi they
sight yea fer years. B.