Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-09

! sil ths great toHna and municipalities lFiuz SC
Z the east and southeast Of Rons, uutil re W0- hs
/ his way deep into tho kingdom CT Nspios. TIE
I Rnbsar1 Of VisioTy Of Cana, IN which oat 0f 3
/ RoDhH array Of eiRhEy-ssgen Thousand man ali
Woie killed OF Skea prisoners but .s4ss th0u-
Z rand, vas fought on the Ohnf5, in sight q tha
Adriaiis, and sboui Two hundred niles il q
southeastern direction irom B0ns.
All the eoantry hstwssn that Point ard the
Pc, Eiih the exception before stated was held
b. his troeps, CT lhGss Of h1 allies and lhe We
iorJ Of Csnus laid The rest Of Iialy, dsun 20
the very toe Of Tie boct. at biz mercy. kcms
vas ike belesFusTed city. On the uorih, gn
ias east, and On the south, AL around her, her
iaIni9Iy vas held and her resources EppToDfia-
ga let she EsVeg tboHght Of giviug iB. So
iar oE il when ths Csrthseiuiar sctusIjy be
siegeo tae city, ihs land on which his army Tss
eHeenpae was sold 90 public auction, and
DiouGht q hish price And l0Ttuns vas true 70
her IN TIE long run, - iE always IS to thoss WHO
ssvR tha e-uIsgo 20 held out 70 the era ne
ToactioH cane 81 last Oae by Que she recovered
lssr towns, foot By foot she fozoed back ihs srs-
nay, un.iirzt last. eren before the viesories q
Scipio II Spain, ard the invasion OF Garbage
bsrEslf, be Wsa soE6red t. the ioet cf the best
and al Italy, with tbs. exception. fel oneg
m0rsRHdsr tie doainisa OF Ro,Ls.
Read ihe lifs o. Alfred he Great, with 3 nan
ct England open beflre You, and observe how
much Of kat eountry was oeeupied b. bhs
Banss- Yss, siter ffgy great battles, be sue
eaeesi In recovering ell that shsy had cccup ed
uadaI tbs yam hops thst tksy bad coHgus-ed e. !
Of nse7 thc history o. HsnTy Y su3 Henry VI,
ot AngtsBd, with The nap Of France ep7ls b.
70 yOE, aBd see how much Of tiist ssantry
IS - occupied by tie EzElah, End how shsy
were dnposgszssd Of every fEch they had eon-
qusrsd, eTcsPi CASTS. Or rcad he memoirs of
Frederick the Gress. Esiih the uap o. Germany (
bcfsrs yea aad SEQ how iitls Of his kiDziorn he
IeiaiRsc 81 ols lime, and hoH Be- ErEly Resumed ]
= eli. Or rssd ths history Of he tirsI American
reyoluit5n, ard notice the amount Of terris5rv
held by the Brisish armies aud hos thoy finally I
gave Z All ap. Lastly, rozd lie hist5ry CT
Spain, ffs1 1908 10 1914 With the 1aap before
ycU $50 how much Of is tie FfsEch oVcrrnn.
5hat trsnerdogs forces they employed 70 pro
lafvo their sCq9isiions, and how they were
eventually csmpslis1 10 aban5onths whole Pen
Esuls. With these examples, and thsy s.e
,niy = fsT cut Ct scoFss that night BE- cited.
VIC can believe tkz. tho YaIkees ear held fhsir
in the Soalbf The thsnR Is imDos
iUie i ne object TO Il and take the proper
p cong eight hundred thoUsaEd square milesi
lie TeTY-distaness are sufficient 20 defeat them
treat as ihsiT fsrcss may be-, they sfs nss IN
lml!sd. They esnDos Strengthen oEe amy
ghb9ut weakening another. They cannot hold
VI cuF country ut once, and Whenever they
weaken ihGElselYss 81 aBy one poiuf, they ruu
be risk Of defeat. They must, soousT or later,
nd hat they are masters ouiy Of ths ground
hey camp 90, and shat military occupation is .
cry different thiRg from suhjugaiioH.