Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-18
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special 70 the Memphis Appeal
PsSoLi, March l7--The Fedsrals were ct Hsrnand
last 3ysnins They destroyed the county records mad
general Jan delivery, and stole the horses and negroe
that came within their reseh.
An Encouraging View ef Iise siiuasion
From the Richmond Examiner Of the 2li
/ The month of February has gone By WithoB
advantage gained IN any quarter BY the enemy
A month, which, last year, was fnl Of disaste
70 the South, has now passed, without any mis-
fortune OF disc0mfs1re whatever 70 oUr cause
The sequel Of the high water season bis fair r
prove as free from calamity as last year at this
tins it teemed with coming woes Then the
enemy was strong, defiant and menacing all
around our borders, while VIC were ai all points
/ unpTepaTed weak and despOndent We were
! Wit out armies. without fortifcations without
/ prepaa ion, without plan and without almost
nerve orr. lrags ia any department. of the exec
uiIye, rom head 10 foot. Norfolk was about to
| be evacuated the noble Marimac 70 be blown
I up Port Royal was to be st0rmsd aud taken
i Manassas to be abandoned Columbus, Island
/ 10, Memphis, Nashville, Middle aad West Ten
/ nassee, aud North Alsbama snd Mississippi oc-
cupied by the enemy New Orlesns and Louisi-
ana lost without blow; the Virginia Valley,
with al It's meat and forage, oveuuu Richmond
Z
/ trains ordered for melancholy Official hegira
/ from the Confsdersfe capitsl The cause of the
South was cioudsd with gloom, and the stout
heart Of the people though not despairing, was
oppressed with dependency which found no
reliet in single prospect Or promise Of better
fortune
The contrast between the present period ard
thst twelve months ago is not less striking
than cheering. The whole scene is reversed :
and although the season is of all others the one
most suspicious for the enemy, and inausDi-
cIous for ourselves we are now the party full
I Of hope, confidence and defiance; they, Of de-
/ spondency and dstrust Richmond is scarcely
menaceds snd though it were ever so formida-
/ by threstened is Ii condition % Be success
/ uly defended by sixty thousand effective men
| against all the forces which could be mustered
against hex
Yicksburg, seeend in importanco only TO
/ Richmond. is confidently believed impTegnabe.
/ The most formidable war vessels OF the enemy
| have succeeded IN running past its batteries only
to be speedily captured by our enteTprisiug
forces below, and to become invaluabls acqaisj
| lions, at no cost at all, to our promising little
navy.
Charleston, which seems to be the special OBJ
lject Of Yankee malignity and desire, and which,
in commercial impOrtsnee, ranks second IN
value to no city in the Contederacy, is as
strong, confident aud defiant as VicksbuTg. The
morbid apprehension of gunbOats which last
year haunted the Imagination of our people has
given wey to national appreciation Of their
eapscity for inhicting injary and 30 far from
dreading encounter with them at Charleston
and FieksbuTg, eur forces are impatient for the
onslaught
The condition Of affairs before Chattanooga,
where operations in the open field are in pros
peet, is equally hopeful. We have there oar
best disciplinarian and organiz5r Of troops in
the person Of General Bragg and our best ma
neuverer in open field of great bodies OF men,
in the person Of Gen. Johnston To this happy
combination Of talent in the heads OF that
army, is added veteran troops, admirably dis
ciplined, confident of superiority to the enemy,
and led by corps Of officers, distinguished toE
their courage, enterprise, expenencs and mill
tary ability.
In no quarter Of the military field DO our aE
fairs wear a s0mbre air or even doubtful aspect,
The cheerulness aud confidence of the troops
are surprising Everything that the highest
military ability and skin could effect in the
work of preparation has been accom- plished un-
der The direction Of such approved engineers as
Lee in Virginia, Gustsvus Smith IN North Caro-
( lius, Besuvegsrd in South Carolina and Georgia,
and Johnston in the West. No man, woman or
I child in the whole South, fears that 3 military
.
ers Of the different armies All ere confident
that the troops wiz do their duty without ex-
cepiiOu; and that they viii be so disposed by
the generals ths5 not a man viii be lost without
necessity, and not blow struck without ef-
feet.
The contrast between ths present feeling in
this respect, sRd thst which prevailed a year
ago, Is itself conducive of the result, not only
Of the campsign now opening, but Of ihe war.
Some decided military success is necessity TO
the North, not only with respect TO she stability
Of Liucoln's administration and the consent Of
tho people to a longer prosecution Of bostiities,
bUt 10 The integrity of the armies IN the field
We are in condition to bear many TeyerBes with
equsnimity; and yet have al tEs chances of
/ success in our favor. The enemy, on the con
trsry are in circumstances 90 be ruined by dis
comfture aud yet have little prospect of achiev-
/ ing any decided success. in military estims-
ti0n, TIE failure Of an invader % achieve pOa-
tive success, is Rccounted a virtual defaas, aRd
every day which passes by without some results,
may be Justly counted a loss 70 the enemy.
Hannibal's campaigns in Italy, though hardly
marked by more than one signal defeat, resulted
/ in fnal disaster and expulsion, and Fabius
achieved Che dsliveranee of the Roman domain
\ by mere lapse Of time, during which he rarely
dared to hazard al engagement
These same advantages Of situation balQng TO
as at The beginning Of the comipg seasons cam
paign; and we have added 60 them. an all perva-
I ding sense of hope and coHfienee acttsting
our army and people while the opposite senti-
ments are depressing our enemies, as we'll at
home as IN fhe feld. During the spring and
season Of hgh waters, our forces viii await the
attack Of the enemy; but they viii awsit him
this year not as in the last, weak and dsspon-
dent, but armed and siFeng theued By every sp-
pliance that can insure successful defense at
tie smallest risk and loss. When The waters
subside and the heated term begins 20 tell upon
the health Of the invader, they viii issue forth
from their stronghoids, in much larger force
than they did last summer, aud doubly more
capable Of maintaining aggressive operations on
the enemy's soil.
These at last are the facts which furnish the
true ground Of hope for peace. They are inf
nitely more important than any imPutations
founded upOn tbs supposed Generalization CT
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