Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-17
FRom THp Aauv OF TRNEEssEB.

FroR Our Owa eousspondaatl
THgRsDAT, JAY Is, 1858.
The remarks Of year Rishnoad correspondent zpan
the stats sf feeling ia Ricaasnd. excited by he fall sf
Yisks5zrg Do sot sErBrfs ms ia.ths least. RaTs szes
il var ars always dlsaErssabIs things, sad netting Is
mere ts ss expected thsu that he rstrbutivs fssEzrs
raiRral to hzzauity should sssS rsat in slansrH Of
csadsnBatoa ard wisbss FER arrsigassHt 81 tAs party
supposed to be rsspsasi5le fer thsm. Dlsparage tie
popular judgment a. yen may, thars is astaiag mere
accurate than he 5opulzr logic, for IS loudly as Il may
b d-nouncss for imuatsrsnsn and injustice, 1t Is
sIvsys csrrse. ia It's eore.uHoas fsa The Prsaisss fur
nahsa The people know re ether respSBsibls agent
CT an army haaths general sharga, aas what mors
natural than tha iafsrsaess enbodisd in their usstatsd
admiration, amosnsnE alasss ts a~poths0ss, when hs
ssssssss, and OF condemnation squaIy u~zstiatsd whsn
he fails. Success IL the only blazsury Of = gsleraL the
only hale which has made the page sf hlstsry lHniH-
oss With ais hams, The ozly inhaense which has Esds
him nlastrious AID immortal Tks retreat Of Sir John
Moore on Corroass, Notwithstanding the protest q
poetry. and tho defeat Of Sir Edward PaeksRhani at
New Orleans, asiwi.bstandizg his Peninsula prestige,
ss-ysd to obhtersts tbsr past military records as shsct
usIy as th7uEh they had never existed while tbs sue
cess Of Frsderek the Great and Wellington, schi vsd
against sns-aous odds, a1d against dinculti7s almost
iasurBountabJs, made tkam tAs heroes Of tier dzs
II 70 uA1f 1aE-AaEALaAe94 may ptNf1Af . a4I-4aaf eE taela
in authority may be respenzibls fer a failure, but fhsss
things arc not known to The people, being withheld from
motives Of policy, bat SIN he ~iadgmsnt is > just one
upsn the record, as vas admitted by Sidney johnson,
with the paihos Of geasiHs truth, In his letter posthu
mously published BY the President; sadu The Judgment
= complained Of By those in contsand, It muEt be ae.
ssptsd as the comparative stsrnativs OF positions Of
honor, the risk to b. taken in every cs-esr Of glory,
and submiitsd to as a Necessary PerEosal sacrifice
to the cause o. patriotism. The instances Of Gen
sral Sidney Johnston is sfsn held up ia warning
agziHs. ths hjusuos y premature Judgment Whi
ssEsrslJohnston wasa an amia5is, gallant and iatalasg-
"a aaa. hs military career was but = prssage-a pre-
sareft may - s~H'plel6uI ef a srtIia-t career, Aut IN
fulalsd ~ Ah premature fate. OF the popular jusr-
nest o. his retreat from Eowlinz Greer, with ls sszas
qusness. he said It vas a hard bat a just eas, and the
paslcatsR sf Lis better after his death, did n.t preYs
the error Of TIE judgment aSelf He being in command,
did 20 prove that cur operations on that has wsrs not
! a failure, bzt simply prove that his ssz5sst uaa nssos-
STATED BY circumstances bsys1d bis ssatroL But grant
thatit was an intanco Of Psrsonsl isjusties, It i net to
be used as a precedent for every failure that nav han
pea 70 orr arms BY these in command, sRless they sau
exhibit a c'sln 70 respect fer Eb lily eqaal 10 that Of
the regretted martyr, whose example is 50 Often referred
&C., II BE psopls are feellag aud exprsaalag great dis.
appointment FOR General Joseph E.Jehnaton's. wan Of
SUGGEST "A the MssisEippi campaign It m1st be rsmam-
bsred that when Ae arrived to take esmmmd Of the de-
partnsat, they were Induced to expect mach, End ss.
appointment is always Intense In pr portion to the ex.
sgserstion Of expectation That the Mississippi ezns
psgn, Sc far is q failure, viii hardly be denied, and
that Psmbsrtsn's operations norzithstaDdip bs v,vs,,
heiaiag cut in y~isssburg. are a failure. via hardly b
denied Nor Wilt BE- denied that whether General
Johnston Is responsible FOR the rBsalts or not. the PEG.
pc wiz al heart hsldhim So At present, AID uaal fhs
reverse may appear. - not approvs Of tho esvrse
Of the SsatiHd in the relation which It IL supposed 10
bore 20 the Government. Ia attempting TO direct the
public csnsure 70 General Johnston, and which, I think.
looks s~uspici0uL Neither can I say haFI Ike to hear
Of courts martial or courts Of inquiry. in a tins 81 war.
for causes other than morsl, or causes going to pents oil
unvOrhiRsq, or personal disqualification. They ssn