Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-18
pRon Tnn ARmH or TENNEssEE'
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RR0M THE ARMY OF TENnEasEA
Froa Our owa osuaapOndontl
The oplv psus eounsoted with dis army, which has
r.a,baa nv ears. since ny last, il tie E2nAer OF Lieu
-, $50 Hsrsss 70 the army Of Mississippi and
- ~, I. I'M to he army Of Tennessee, Is his
......ar In Che command Of the earpslstely knsWn IS
y. Tbs transfer Of General Hardse has beea made, It
/. ,nder.;sod. st the requeE; Of General Johnston, and
A. he subject 81 much regret By his numerous friends
m he army, and Of peculiar feelings Of sadness BY the
aHesrs and msa o. his late command lie is an accom-
pushsA gentleman sns soldier, and has sminently one
quality, a distinguishing one too, Of great eemmander,
that Of inspring his men with couEisnce-,hat Of ersa
ting a feeling OF sspfa Dc corps. Of which he is the
nsaslsua. not less Pc rsoaal than Alntsry which gave
him respect and influence in the camp, and net tbs less
inspire courage In the held. II he has been sent to q
ssId where his services are z.ors needed than
hsv wsr, here At present for the sake Of the
esantrv We cannot regret II, and only hope
hone shared BIZ the whole army OF Tennsssee-thst his
wslsoms by the army OF Mississippi may be as cordial
"a the sorrow fr his dep Brturs felt BY tAis army i
dean sna unaffected His successor ia the Command Of
th- rsrps. M~aIsrGeueral De may be e Lisut-Gsaeral,
hat. II 50. / do not kaow TIE faeD D. H. Hi, is well
and Familiarity krovn to the Pubhsa a an ardent patriot
and brave aoIlisr A native q South Carolina he was
a graduate Of the. Z. &. Military Academy was an
officer ia the Mexican war. In the Interval Of the Mex
i-aB war and the revolution, he wss a pr lessor Of Da-
wilson Colegs, North Csrollns, and principal Of q mill
tar, institute At Chsrlstte, employing himsSlf II inter
walls il the preparation OF text books IN the minor
mathematics as also IN writing q RAINING ans some
what deIaltsry commentary en- he "Lsrds Sermon sn
the Nsunt." He was il the first bat;ls Of the wErr A.
Bethel, g. salonel In esmmald Of North Carsins State
trsoBs, and was promoted By The State 10 the rank Of
bdzadior, Is ks was subsequently, BY President Davis
to the ranks Of ~hHgaiier aud major general He
was distinguished for bis galsntry st Seven
Plass, as alao in the battles before Riehmend.
HIS soumsnd, though toe late. for Manassas, was tue
drst. T think, to srsn iatl NaryiaeA snd held the posi-
ton Of p-oteedon 70 ths be-iesiDg fo-esEst HsrPers Fer
p. en- the Hagsrstown Turnpike, at Boonabo-o, ana
fought Mcclellan IN Superior force, on Sunday, 14th Sep
tsmber. and held the cszter ST shsrpsbu g On TIE I7th.
There is q report, which 7 take to be a myth, sbsut bis
having lest an important dispatch from Gen. Lee, Wild
at Frederick City, which coming into the banda OF the
enemy, disclos 4 to Mcclellan Gsa. Lees plan OF opera
touE, and therefore ne1traIzsd # It did not defeat t.
He was relieved from lis command Ia Virginia at hE
owz request ard has aince been operating in North
Carolina What nay be the special reason Tor his
transfer 10 this army ! an not advised, s7d can
only tiust that he aEy b as much beloved and
respected fer bis qualities saSal and psrsOnI, and
may be as generally useful IS the gallant vet
eran On e mltay sense) whom he s-uocseda}
The Prasidents proclamation, calling ont ali able
bsiisd men between the ages Of eighteen and forty
Eve. has inspired ia all already VITA a new hope and
energy. Tt is feIt to he sut the dawn. the sntedste Of
a revolution in orr policy which viii srzg the energies
Of size Government up to the demands Of the erisis,
aad convert our whole country into an army, the be-
ginning and the end Of whose existence only Is war,
untI This struggle is fought through each planter and
artisan and m-erchant and lawyer and doctor sid el0r-
gymsu taking bis pIace in the ranks sr else regarding
himself as belonging t. some one Of the departments
OF the great stat Of the army, giving himself and his
substance 90 its mstuteuaccs aad comfort and police.
Better give ourselves and al that we have ana are te
ourselves than give all 70 the Yankees, under she pes
atty Of subjuga'ion-
Ibavs noticed throughout thia war that times Of de-
preston have always boon productive Of oaaards about
Intervention. trsss the experiences Of he past has
been sufficient for Us, su5 HAT we viii not permit chr
selves 70 be dsmorsIzsd by sush dsIusions. or this
d--crfBtl,a, I do not doubt. is the one upon the ssered-
tied authority or 4 Paris Journal in the interest Of the
Empress which sppozEed fv days aga, about the
dispatch 70 Gen Forey, q the purpose Of ie Emperor
OF tbs French &c recognize the Confedsrats States.
WhlIs I give no heed 60 this rsgsrt and trsst It with no
more respect than szy prsvusus bagrtals Of the sans
kind, have yet had but sHs opinion zs to TIE policy Of
the Emperor since his fst movement toward Mexico.
and shat wa, in which may he mistsksn, s'psrsuasIon
o. his determinations Permanently 70 oeeupy that coun-
Try. OR sepsrati1a. = &c ever becsnss a fait arrgmpi,
5isDosss Of the idea Of American natongity, as = great
Feozrgpbissl and political unit, the antsgsuism Of
European uatioualiiss and therefore Of the Monroe
doctrine. Divided into tive CIs-Atlantc usti0uaufies,
we VIII have neither the win nor the ability TO apply
such doctrine. and We viii therefore be included in the
general scheme hitherto confined to Europe fer rsgula-
ting the general relations Of States, knswn IS to have
Tor its objsct the adj ustiug Of the bslsncs Of power.
uTa the United States 10 herself and the Couisdsrsts
States to herself with England on The north, and Spain
IN Cuba the PrsPoudsrzBes Of power Is in the hsRds Of
he DATED States szd EagIsHd, and can only be bal
sncsd by the presence Of a7other first rate power IN
Amsrcs-be presence of Frsncs IN Mexico. France
IN Mckee sAiss with rs, not from any special sympathy,
but to give her own oegUpatioa Of the country security,
and ia part TO Prsveat eur i~noriinats expansion hut
absve ell, to hold EsgIsna, fortified by an alliance with
the United States. IN check. as the United States herself
by se0m5natl1n Of power AMI interest between her.
SELF Spain sad the Confederate stsses. As tie growth
Of TIA United States was a subject CT alarm 70 tie
States Of Western Europe, their disnembsrnsat hs5
been the m5jsct Of relief and hey viii never be per
mittsd - esmo together sEain, though no doubt they
wsuld prefer that they weald segrsgats int SMALLER
fractions What we have not gained from business or
the interests Of trade, and viii never gain from sympa-
Thy, we viii 81 last gain from pslcy.
IhoPs y0ur readers viii zecspt these ref setions IS
an apology for the d=srth Of news in tue lines Of the
aray Of Tennessee. ~AsHAETEE