Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-05
fsrent star departments than was anticipated when

ferent star departments than was antc pated when
Our killed amounts to eleven hundred and fgty-two
cur wounded TO about nine thousand and prisoners
70 aoout seven hundred which as have been parOled
@G eAOuaiseu Tor ABOUT the number taken by US
Inc wounded were all removed to this side Of the
It4sE 4na are being well cared for and the dead were
az ~ 1ti.sd under flag Of truce.
| Inc surgeons report much larger proportion Of
Sg fgnt wounds than usual 1852 only being treated IN
| am glad to represent the army at present time IN
Thanking the government for that entire support sud
uoehce Whien 1 have Away received from tbel,
lsln general very respectfully. your obedent 5erv .
-1iajOrGsneral Commanding Army Of the Potomac.
L'HeotH Refuses to Aeeept BHrnside's ResigRG-
ti0a
Burnside arrived in Washington on the Goth and ten
9eTeo ms resignation which Lincoln refused TO accept
burnside left for tho army of the Potomac he I'd
The Crisis in the Cabinet.
great portion Of the space of the Herald is devoted
20 Tue discussion Of the Crisis the Cabinet not.
wtastanding II says the matter has been satisfactorily
settled In one Of its editorials, that paper says
! What influences, instrumentsitiss and agents are
really responsible for the msmans cement Of this
Ihe radical majorty Of the two houses Of Congress- and
especially Of tue aud their coAboreTs aud
nts in the Cabinet Having the power in having the
control Of Congress raise money fees and armies
or to deny them, this radical faction has compelled the
President in many things yield to their demands
against his own sagaco1s and eonservat We views and
III OAueI 30 secure ways and to the
war The Abolition radicals, then, ard their managing
agents in tbs Cabinet ana the War Office are r5ssons-
bic IN their disorganizng schemes and inrgues for al
Tue Ioes t2ilurss and disasters Of the war including
derangement Of fnanc al sflairs and deprecated
T currency which adds perhaps. not less than half
have any doubt that Mr Secretary Chase has been
tbs prime mover in ali these radical schemes a, d an
active cowcrker with his c0nfsdsrses Of the senate
against hr Seword Upon its face the volunteered
resignation Of the Secretary OF the Treasury is verv
Plaus0lei ont II Waa, suspect only adroit device
OF the smoke around him
The question, them sill recurs is there any hope for
vigorous, harmonious and successful prosecution Of
lnls war under the controlling Influences TO which
may justly charge ali past disasters Ccmmon
sense will Nor will the present unsatisfac-
tory condition of things be substantially improved with
any partial reconstruction of tbs Cabinet upon the i'm
possible basis Of cOncliatng the conservatives while
satisfying the radicals The division Of the ReDub-
lican party the other will be absolutely rejected as
the guiding party Of the administration Tbs radical
wing may readily well be dispensed with as it repre-
sents only small popular minority Of the loyal States
while the conservative wing is supported by substan
ta majority Of their people Let President Lincoln as
sumo tie responsibility side with the public sent
msnt Of the country, and he will be strong enough to
command, even for this radical Congress- ell needful
supplies for the
s. The BOtching up Temporary"
In another editorial the Herald says:
Nobody believes that the botching up Of the disruo.
ton in the Cabinet s than temBorarr Il Ia ks
the Iaying Of the doc led sick befo g his aal
ssol1t Public opinion is srongs than the Casf-
ne, snd The Cabinet will have 10 20 the yysv Of
hesh TIE cris therefore, still contlues and can
onl7 be s)ved BY the final breaking Up of he Csbinet
for it has lost the confidence Of the cOEnty end sape
ter save it, The fna1c al consfdsrat ons IN
volved in the ap5 p5cntment Of the successors Of the
present tmbecles are Of the graves character snd
ought to have dec ded Influence the Presidents
choice.
The radicals intend to return to the charge against
Mr. Seward soon the present exc temsnt subs
but whether it will subside rena Ms be seen If thew
succeed in forcing him of the Cabinet and eaus n
other vacancies, ia order 10 have them filed by ucn
men as Sumner Wade and Fessenden, the for The
Union would be brought a -ad halt for want of
the means to carry il on. The bankers and the m m
eyed Ia crest In the large ctess who practical
OF business, have confidence jhe radical ia ion
and viii no lend money 70 be placed the disposal Of
vhouary fa1alcs TO squander Ieckiessly and " Ia II
gitim e object Of the war. TIE faction have already
50 midnanaged 1he finances enfrus ed 10 them that
according TO their saOg wing the nation is N the
verge Of bankruptcy. and they have jsmansgd the
itself, bOth-in its political and military a-pacts
money in any en'erP ise conducted by such dssTuc-
iyes.
There are no men Of brains smeng so narrow minded
faction. A Cabinet capable Of Steering tie shio Of
Stale through The roaring breakers hi "a Irro1nd her
must come a different QusreF-from men Cf sxUe.
Henee, men Of large and enl ghieued views. whose
heads fllsd with oso idea to the exclusion Of
evey other Toe materials Of any Cabinet kat Ii to
save the country from impen ing ruin must be con
structed ON the ervsve een EMS 10 the republic
70 continue the radicals ot the present Cabinet, there
fore, in power or to repsle them by otec revolution
sry radicals, will be equally uns4tisfsc ory the
bankers ad men OF capital, ami faii result
sssoa toa al bs gov rnulent ag will
arrest the progress of the war from ack sneTys
make il move.
In thrd artiele on the sane subsct the Secretary
Of the Treasury is thus roughly handled;
The resignation Of Mr., Chase Secretary Of the
Treasury is, under the 4ucss Ike pickpocket
shouting stop thief o. TIE seeming desire TO sign is
all feigned on his part There is other who has
done muc5 to bring the pesest crisis Sc reafy
Chase, whOrealy controls the War Department, Gen.
Hal eek and the general in the field By his forcing
the mischievOus radical Of his anatca faction
in the Cabinst, ard by dcvOtng his attention TO in
trgueS in other apartments Of the government, result
ing In their mismanagemeut snd failure while he neg
leoted and msmsuaged his o-n department causing
financial sturbance and panic he has produced the
fdsco which resulted in forcing the resignation Of the
only in the Cabinet who conducted his department
with credit to himself advs ntage to tie country The
well disseubled resignation ot Mr. Chase wOs be
broad farce not his who's in the Cabinet
tragcsl and the consequences Of his continuing in
likely 70 lead to greater disaster The tender Of his
portfolio to the President is like what trial BY jury has
beea for the last eighteen months"a moekeEy, delu
sion and snare"