Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-13
GENERAL BraaE,

From the Richmond Sent nell
/ We copy to-day, from the Wiachastar Bslle
| TIA, : communication in defense Of Cen Bragg
! Il was written by 3 pr0minsHt citizen Of Ten
Rsssee, who has not only a common interest In
ths success Of our csuse, but hOsl his locality,
/ special stake in the success Of the Amy Of Gen
Bragg. This gentleman writes to US, that Gen
Bfsgg 'fs popular with the army, though tie
| cssntry does pot knew It."
We observe in cur exchanges from thAt quar-.
ter of the OsRiedersey, a great many articles in
relation TO Gen. Bragg. Most Of tReu are r. his
favor. A few pspeEs are very bitter against
hiRi-sf which number the Atlantis CeRfsdsraev
is, PeThsps, the noss extreme.
We reed not say that such a stsis Of things
is very unfortunate. E9thigg Is more essential
to a lesder than that he 30 sustained BY the
public conf3sues. We are gisd to be told By
sur csITo6PendsRt that Gen Bragg is BeBalsr
with his arny. We had before been informed
hy enc Of his o1Seers, that there wss q great re-
action in biz favor among his ssldioTs since the
battle Of ChickamzugA.
Why cannot the people aud The press eazEeut
also TO give him fair sHFRort3 Ia the Bidst
OF tho erldcJsms aHd euteTies, some fer aHd BsHae
against Sin, the President ygost to the sD0s He
hesrd and he saw, and deliberately weighing tha
question il bis mind, he came TO the c8nelgzioR
that the public interests would not be promoted
sy any substitution Of Sen. Bragg wbieh il va
Ia his power ts make. He was nOt embarrassed
IN reaching this decision by importantly or ever
say manifestation Of feeling On the pert Of Gen.
BrsEg. On tbs contrary, ell the accounts cen
sur n representing that officer as having Eetsa
in the most disia,ersstsd snd patFistc spirit
as having implOEed the President ts make Any
charge which he might suppose likely to AL
vance tho public interests, assuring aim thEt so
far as his own personal feelings and wishes wors
eoEeoTnsd, il vgould ee pleasing relief to be di-
vested Of his great responsibilities.
Whether the President decided wisely eT not,
we DO not presume 20 ssy His was the duty
and responsibility, and had iHsaissly better
hgh.s before him than we, or our cotsmpora-
res Of the press. Since the complaints sgainss
Gen. Bragg have attracted serious Attention, we
have bees casting sboat in our own minds for
some enc who would be likely, as his successor,
10 give greater confidence. We have many sx-
eslleRt and brave officers who are 10 situation
to be called on, but none Of them have yet dem
opstrstsd-We dare say, for want of OpPsrtuai-
ty IL many csses-the talent to direct the cam
psign OF gTest army II one Of these we're
put in BTsga's place be would be considered as
an experiment aud IS CT probation Hs Would
not be followed with confidence, or Judged With
ca1aeT, until such tine az he might hsye BTov-
en- himself q gifted ehi9itsin II is ct least a
questif n, whether any oBe who might 30 named,
would command greater present unanimiiy, OF
be gsuerslly regarded Is Offering better promise,
or would be Treated more indulgeatly in case Of
defeat.
In such = condition Of things it seems to US a
elsar duty 20 sustain sRd cheer Bragg in the
duties 10 which he has been commanded, with
wsrds Of kindness snd encouragement, rather
han to sssail him with suspicious aad iHvoe-
tVes. Let Us not initiate the Yankees. We,
ourselves, are no paTiiszIs Of Gen. Bragg. We
confess that our symPsthies are nOt ordinarily
ven by retreats. We consider the general who
has te make them IS ct least unfortunate. But
Gan. Bragg has abandantly shown that he ia as
able 10 sttsck with viger as 10 fall back upsn
occasion. II his officers and soldiers viii rally
to him with generous aIdOT, and if the people
viii uRite 10 applaud them on, we may conf
IDENTIFY look for large results from The noble
srmy of veterans iaat follow his lead Bus If
we fall out among ourselves, and give our en-
eTgiss to elimination, we shall do the ensmy's
gOYk.