Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-18

The Nouh says the Richmond Hhig, eKults
ever tas fan Of Vieksburg and the assumed re-
pnIss eff Gen. LEE with ths vOeils1ten and
abandon Of a people whose occasions fer re-
joicing are few and far between ]. has been
mere thaH twelve msnihE since, in tie capture
Of New Orleans, they were afforded substantial
rssson for iabiation. And it is worth recalling
that at shat time they rejoicsd for Yiekssurg as
wsIas for New Orleans, sinsa they did net doubt
that the occupation Of New Oasans carried
vita IL ths possession Of the entire river and al
the cities and towns On its banks, The present
Shouting over Yicksburg, then, is al ier ohty
t5s partial realization new Of what they be-
r,rs7 tbsv assessed 2 year and two months
.ro They have Vicksburg new, but they
have net tire Mississippi river, AID without the
latter the former viii be found to be = miserably
mlssysr return fer ell It has cost ben.
AS for tbsr congratulations and huushs over
ths expulsion" Of Gen. LIE FROM Pennsylva-
mis-, we think from the tone Of their latest jour
mails. they have begun to suspect that these were
premature. Ingtea3 Of the complete rout, aud
wild and dS1Tderly retreat, with the hot Pursui
of MEaDE's army, which they srst pictured to
themselves, they s-s fading out tkat, after q
battle in Which their position alons saved them
from q disastrous defeat, Gen. LEE Withdrew his
forces leisursly and IL perfect order, with no at
tsuDt st c5ucsalasas, and that MEADE followed
At so slow a pees AID so safe = distance that be
has DoE within the ten days that hava inter
vsned. trsverssd tie thirty or forty miles that
LIES army passed over, and st the end Of
which they hal.sd and now rest in unmolested
quiet
Such srs the events sAich, after g lsng series
Of r~evsrsas and disaBp5intments, and q dismal
tweEvs-noushs Of down-heartedRess, have set
the Yankee race crazy with delight. They do
net consider what rslsten these events bear te
the great ea5 thsy ain at-ths subiugati0n Of
the SsB.h Trey do not ask themselves: Il
il hns taken two yesrs and a quarter Of var
on G titanic scale, with hundreds Of Thousands
Of liver, and thousands Of millions Of money
sscrfsd, to accomplish these results, hsw
long sad how macE viii IT take 70
overruR aHd conquer the Confederate State
They take no account Of the fsct that whereas
thew were to subSus us in thre5 menthsi they
are now. in the third year Of the war, ringing
bells and lighting up boHfres because they aIe
apparently abs to defend themselves from lava
si5H By Is. They Eel. the nssd Of something to
saous ever, sRs notEiag better. ofsring itself
thaH the fsats Of Grant and MEADE, they in
msdiataly 5yoks loose with the Insane and bsr-
barre Demonstration Of which no other people
are So fond as they.
We'll, let thsa rejoice. We Will see whs IS in
the best burner when the war en5s. Il would
not have beer singular if, with their inmsBss
superiority Of numbers and resources, they had
won nearly every battle Of the war. SILL, we
shosl5 have conquered, for tlns is our ally.
They could net have held cut always, even
tbsgch .luays victorious. The British beat
our revolutionary fathers or aazTiy every 6sld,
bat thay were themselves beaten by time aud
extent Of tsrri.ary It would have been SO
szsia. But &; las been eur g5o5 fortune Bot
only to have in view al the tine the certainty
of 6nal success. sBt to have been cbeered BY
triumph after triumph As tas war progressed
uaal oszszt and vistsry were to Us a.mos.
Synonymous terms. Tie past is secure to US,
al5 the Eszl issue is secure 70 as. We car,
~ls7otors without dimiuutios Of glory already
w1z, or risk Of u.liaR,e success, witness the
IuHaic eaPsEs and Eesr The bowls Of gles with
vhieb the enemy amuss themselves and the
world. Isis sa3 end that crowns tie work, and
wbsn tae enc cemss We VII see wEoss turn It