Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-22

Daase and EGCet.
Fror Tie Savannah RepuBliean
fhHs is 40 telling % what illogical clnelu-
sions. people will eens in iiuse Of 4rauble aa8
excitement. We are In tba mi}ss. Of w4r. and
80 ls1g - eur srms ara sueesfsfHl, everything
moves on smoothly, evsryhodvis is doing his duty
everybody Is cOuieutad, aud the Government
officers themselves are marvellous clever iel-
lows, perfect models Of Wisdem aud statssmau-
ship.
But let a raveTse csms, no matter how caused
and what a change iu the Bu5tie temper No
BODY has dene his iUiy, and everybody has been
wrong from he beginning They can see no
virtue anywhere. especially in those who have
the slightest connection with iha Government
Ali come in for abuse and ell are Gull IN q
more or less degree l. is tda cn2esneul 3u a
grand scale Of the littls domestic aEams where a
housewife has fsvOFibs piece OF GrackeTY sr1E9n
and straightwsy flies iat0 passion, s.1rmg
around liks a minia lura tornado, "piLches into
t. . "niggsrs" big and little, kicks tho poodle
deg down stairs, and even looks sour at her hus-
baud. If she broke il herself. the case is only
tas mere desperate and followed BY c8nseqRsncos
quite as serioH5.
Just se If is with the impUlsivs, uuthiukiHg
masses A town cnD,tulalas ca sds u sa.ssipBj,
or cur sTnay is discoHfi,Bi i1 c. upaiEu, snd
slthough these particular effects nzy hsvs an
Immediate cause that is epDsrent TO sl sober
minds, and enc sonaae5 70 The agents of cir
camstaHess Of the Barticular siElo, tina Whole
load OF guilt, or a g0pG part of Is, is iart1w b
ssddlea dpoH snBeb8dY Wa0 baJ-uo irus Hate
csBnsetsu aith the Transaction Had Ehs schaa8
succeeded, We Hever should have aears of him
as having the sii ightest eoun=e ioa with H.. The
rruth is, TIE people lose their temper, sni turn,
ike the amiable dam0 vFsbrred -, to abusing
everybody, and especially those who stand usosE
convenient.
We have illustrations Of shia in the fall Of
Vcksburg and the retreat Of Lee froH Penn
sylvnia. These two events have 0crasi1uad
nsrs venom toTsri the President thsn has been
emitted against him in all the previous history
of the war Whs. Injustice!
It is esaally UnjHst and ridieulous TO c0ncluds
that because Viekshurg fell and Les did no waiP
Meade a. Gettysburg, therefore Ta are whipped.
How whipped Fer the His OF as Te eau
sse nc signal RtvaHtaRs gaiaed IN the capture
If Ficks5aTE. Il was gniy valuable
IN that It iRtsrceptea navigation on the Nib
sissippi, IS the Yankees were previously both
above and belsw it. Taa irsRs-5I ississppi de-
parsnont is showing its ability 10 take care Of
itself, and even promises 10 sud a helping hsud
TO us On this side Of the river; whilst Sac y an
KEGS have 30 customers TO reach with their car
goes, and for fear Of 9ur cruisers vii send not a
cargo through the mouth Of the Mississippi. On
The other hAud Lee is just where be was heiose
he went TO Pennsylvania he killed far m0Fs OF
tbs enemy than he lost, and Lincoln occupies
ROt one fsOt of territory in Virginia that be did
not occupy before and. indeed, net as much.
VicksbDrg was StaTUC8 8HI ard yielded be.
cause she could not be reinforced, We wers
not whipped. Perhaps there wss s0ms ineti-
cheney on the part OF her commander. aHd If so
we have still less cause fer discoursgsmen
z IL = . - l.. A.
Successful, simply because be e. at him al tbs
wrong time sBd ia the wrong place On any
thing like aqasi ground (Which he should have
had before he struck a blow BIZ woUld have
overwhelmed the Yankee army. anu, ss Gsces-
sary consequence. ha1 BsifIgtore and Washing
tea at bis feet. The failure uider such Gircun-
stances, is no argument sgailst tha policy OF iu-
vGsiou. Lee simpiy made q uis.8Ea trusting
TOO far TO the onnip5teucs af his troops. His
tory vii ga record the traHsa tioH.
On the whole, we esn see na-ainZ iB either 10
create dependency in the srvny or people, a1d
sdl ie-s reason why the blan ri thss failures
should b. visited on tle p esd emit. g yrsss,
and every body else wl0 ast all1ing 10 do 4ith
taem.
Another act Unpopular injustice ia TO forget
oil 8 mans good deeds when he happens 20
c18Hait mistake sr DC g thing that Il wrong
II is said that toe President COM nfEsi hiuu,
der in appointing Gen Pe7ubers0n to al imp1r-
tanl Office, and assigning him TO q vital posi-
tisn. Allsw all this TO be irUe. does il form
any reason why We should lose conf ieucs iu ouI
Chief Magi'iraie DID not the sgme nam sp-
point Lse, Johnston, S-oner Jackson, Beau
regard, Hardsa, EvclI, L1ngs5reet, Dick Taylor
and host of other brilliant leaders who have
shed luster on the Confederate arms and name ?
Is all this 70 be forgotten
How mach Of Injustice and bad feeling might
be prevented in this world Of ours If people
ing up their judgment upon men aud events