Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-19

Froni tbe Richmond fxsminer
Iatflo dou5s can b. sn,sriai sad taat the sneiny
hava Chattanooga. Thht str0ag s1d lmPofthu'
position v7ss cvscuatsd without blow ron Voh
Bfseg, because IL i7 sai3 Rlseers .aa ag5in
..dlu1el" hlm. sad he Was c5DPe .eo 20 maFe
a tuTt5e- reteeg into ffsorria o. tiyhs ia posi-
toa wt-~e ccnps.s victory alone could s2Fa
ni5 slmF l5m G.s-rueten or ca7-iTl5y,
The event wif be cogtaIpiAl-1 VITA ra1oE sl
=m9tiaHs. THE evaCus ioH IF Oaa,tsnooEs Anj
resrest i1t0 The lteriug cl g org.A, c5ua5i5ni
With tha defansiVs pohey, sud vas possibly es-
seniisi Sc i.s f1al 8uecess. Ia ell e1uusIies, es
5scady ia this, is is Necessary, should fh5 de-
f5u4Ivs syglsrn g. warfare b5 z5cpta1, % s1aH-
don many points apparently Important, com
psiliHg the sHemy 10 elonga.a ii5 Column, ana 10
weaken it by that bl3ugat9u, tilt he can be
surilt er from hts resources aud rsinforeenauts-
TIE Confederate general wll engage his adger-
ssrv with greas advantage IS ne shouf3 attempt
to f=ltov hin, or 70 to1ce Els wsy toysrd No
bio. bet~teatEe arriies of Brsgg eni JohUstln,
or ta7-erE Chayestea, through she Upser part Of
Gcorria sud tbs 7h7is Of SoHtb Carolina Even
II b8 docs not fu.5l the common expectation,
doss nothing ot the sort even if he pUrs as8
sle policy Of Grau.. tEb3 declined 10 follow
Johnston further than JsckS0u aUd then re-
.urnea to complete lis work 5a tba Mississippi,
and withou. pursuing BFsgT, after establishing
tiuseif ia EcHressee, tUru 20 the ATTACK Ct
S1ushwesfzFu Yrrginja, fhe rsiiest Horn Chstta-
1oorz can b5 fsir7 iM.ii d. III Bragg was, ss
{ !. is ssi5 AslEe5 bY lA1 easa;r, bs would soon
have ueon sdHt uD in that place, and If not en-
| fireiv suecesFt1l iu desperate battle, world
cave shortly been compelled 90 guIT6ujar 10
Mss thas asGgy SOW yg0u-d 5av5 been danger
Gus aud unpaf1cEa5'e error. Ifs aCqs would Of
once have Iid GzoTgi7. Ala5sms, and South
Carolina 90 tha mercy If lla Invader. DaTiDg
Al |.. .sHr- H.aN So
si5u 90 tho present was seen. The Massa-
c5u7e.ts Gs-srsl Lincsla allowed the a-ny
wzicb H7ss destined sba defence of those ssns
States 10 be shut up ia CdsTIast1u, as Psmber-
ton lately did smoker 20 FeksbuZ. 1t was
lost: Georgia and South CaTOi'ns were lost.
Apctsar vEs raised 90 defend North Carolina;
and Gsn Gs-es nearly loss ghat by q rash en-
gageusut Il was finally placed ia tbs abs
hands of Greene, who p1Esusd The defensive
system wisely, sUd t-alty w01 bT means OF
retreat r0t lees H=cessarr5 and mE@h longer,
than that Which Bfaeg he's hreu compelled 30
make from Narf-cesb1yo 60 Sas.byvi.lo, from
Shal5vvils 20 Bridgeport, ttom Bridgeport 81
Chattanooga, and IRON Chattanooga 10 Dalton.
Grecus's retreat 20 Che Dan saved his aTmy for
tbs magnificent camDaieu by which hs ruined
uis enemy and recovered tins lost States. Let
us hope hat BsEg Is 9 reprOiue'lOn Of Greene; {;
but o for SD h5rT Of jackson 20 for O day
of orr dead Dundee
4 situation Of Fl si5s such as 7s behold in
Tennessee and Georgia 70 this moment. Is bard
rral 70 the f0ytjrude Of "a nation. The tin'd
ana uUTedsctug, who have bitterly opposed
offensive warfare iInm the bsgiHniag Ot this
struggle, sud who have ireatsj their failow-cit-
zsns who advocated su invasion Of the North IS
istla better than ircsu5iado5, are those most
prone 20 be dishssTtguad by these long retreats,
these swqcuati0us of cities, and rsFrduishmsut