Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-24

StrstegY, which was fest tie mania and tkea
the EiocksTy Of eur hckle public, hss sever lad
a klors perfect illaststeR thsa she ssmpajga in
Te1nassee, which has cuimiustsd il the eas1ure
of ChsttaRessa. IEdesi, tksrs is soms reason
70 fear that Sic very BsedlsssRsss Of the Victory
which Gen. RssesI ass bzs achieved will blizd
as 20 the suFpassing importaces Of the victory
Itself. Vie.sTies won IN the awful shock of arms
By thsiT brilliant picturesque effects and sonss-
tioDsl elements, readily address themselves ts
the public eye sns esri hut victories won by
simple superiority Of ge8eyslship demand for
thsir appreciation q finer BsRse and 9 deeper
study. Besides, tn very vsstHess Of ths thsster
Of war on which Gen. R9secrans is operating,
and tie imperfect knowledge people geaerzlly
have Of that thester, compared with the familiar
geography Of the Virginia battle-fel3s, make az
intelligent appreciation Of his operations rare
SlTategieal eperaiioss-whieh are operations
conducted cut Of s,ght Of the eusHy, in contra
diStiEetisn te tactical operations, which are con
duetsd IN sisAt Of the enemy--reguira for their
aPyreeistisn fail knowledge of tines and
places; CT reads, distances, lines of conmuni-.
cation, lines Of TetFoas, and the positions and re-
lAtisns Of the esntsndiAg forces.
If we e-n hardly expect shat many viii give
Rilitsry operations this thsroughness Of sttoR-
ten, we nsed net wsndsr that 90 few hate say
Adequate reslzatioa Of the raerit Of Gen. Rose
crans' splendid campaign. Works of the highest
erder in any realm Of intellectual activity only
grew isso the fulaess Of understanding BY tims,
and have, ss ColeTidge remarked, 70 "asks he
laws BY whiek tksy are to be Judged" " The
commander ef the army Of ths Cumberland
Esast rest satisfied with having rendered bis
soEntTy oss Of the gTandest aad most Bsrma-
Hsnt services in the feld Of war, snd wait for his
esaptTy asa TO grow up to tho fall measure Of
tie statHrs Of it's greatness.
Viewed - = whole, the campaign Of Geasral
Roscsrsns, frsn Eurhessbors 80 Chattsseoga,
presents three bTillisnt faEk sevamezis-frst
On 9kelbyvile; secondly, en- TuIlshoEaa. and
thirdly es Chattsseaga. Bat tsis ssuersGzed
shrAse, Sc easily spoken, gives bat faint des Of
tks pTedgiGss di1saliss in ths prseGeai exc
catieu ef what sssss theoretically 30 simple. In
the FIRST plses, thR material obstacles eHeoun-
tered in ths nature ct The country, the reads the
rivers bs be crossed, tho weather. the laReth Of
communication the difficulties OF supplies
and ton theasaBd-11Othsr "slings and ar
rsws Of outrageous fortune" have been
such as rarely hssst an amy in any country,
and Rsver before il ours. Then, it must be
remembered, that in making = turning move
ment en the haRk of 50 enemy, one by the very
act exposes his own Aarrk. The care, the watch.
fHlness, tEs intense anxiety that then press upon
General for bis communications, for his rear,
fer his iTain sad supplies, (without which an
army is helples ) are, of course, simply inesn-
ceivabls. Il is a case in which one risks much
to gain much. Tao gam is appreciated; but the
labor, the s0lieitude, the infui;s wear aud tear
Of mind and body that briBg il about, can nee
sssaTiiy be kaOwa but 70 tew.
Gen. Resccrans' Inetjlod Of using ap the rehel
srny has not been the less complies fer that its
results do net appesr IN hsts Of killed sad
Wsaaded. The rebel army Of the West, which
The iron discipline st Bragg has been so loRg
working 70 cement and s0hdjfy, is to-dsy q
roaisa, dcR0rEGEed band, with so little power
of cohesion, that It caa hardly bs called an
army. This hes been brought about By moral
rather than hy aaterial means. 1t is the result
Of = STEADY process Of liberalization, wrought
BY RassersEs' strategy. Had a battle besn
fought Ter the possession Of shs first Of ths series
Of rebel ssfoEgh0lss at Shelbyville, and been
aIHply ct ths kind ''draWE' (f1f it could hardly
have been deeisive) it would, no doubt, have
LEFT sTSgg's army IN suite - good condition,
msTslly, ss It was before Bat 20 60 fOFe5d e
retreat from that sirengh0ld-thst was the rub
And wien this vas d0ae, not once. bat at egsry
advance of the UHion force, aad position alter
position, which had 5eoR pronounced iaspreRna-
BE, abandoned, il WOuld hzys needed more
than BTsgg'S iron discipline 20 held his Ines TO-
gCther. Deseftlons, progressively increasing,
began as he retrsstsd, and dssertiOns net siugiy,
BAT ID squads snd companies By the sims
Bragg reached ihe Tennessee river, ten ih0a-
sand of his mea had come in and given thezl-
selves up, and be crossed the mountains 90
Chattanooga with deBloralized BO5, shouting
sssGs sal0Ds rhymes aggiE5t commander they
had ceased ether % trasE or respect.
AS s whale, We ssy Gen. R0secTans' general
skip has been IS brilliant as is results have
bssa solid. We are s8xiOH3 that tas public
shoald do fali justice 70 s0th A surleit 5l ba.-
ties hiss Easde rs ealloas to defeats and slmest
Indifferent to victories. The public grows bLass.
TGiE is wrong We must Ietsae our interest.
Il is unjust to follow with laBguor tbs living
progress Of campaigns whose history po5serity
viii read With adOgation