Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-28

szgO Tsnss.
EEsu. WashInzssa.
Correspondents % BE Chiesg5 TimoAl
WAsHIEGToE, January s--eThs Govern.
neut' has involved itself IN new complications
"a rotation 10 the exchange Of prisoners, by ap-
pointing Sen. Boiler 70 c9uducs that business,
Hnd BY putting Il altogotnar and exclusively il
his haads. Il womb seam that tho Admins
tTaiion can take nc step whatever hat is not
shs most foolish step that could be laksn. In
this instance, the appointment Of any other
nan than Butler wcald hsvs been better. The
Confederate Government is firm IN their deteY-
ninRticn to hold no Official inssTeourse with
ene who has been pronounced an outlaw. at
present, Atf. Lincoln hss been persuaded BY hrs
friends to make It point of homer that thsy
shall treat with Butler, and with no other per.
son. And; unless he alters bis mind, t looks
very mach now as il cur poor fellows al Rich
nond have = good prospect OF looking for
HaEd to many months moro imprisonmsnt-an
imprisonment aieYiaisd only by the eomlOrls
sent 70 Eham by their kind friends at the North
II Is aimcst certain, for it Is susceptible Of
clear proef, that this complication, aud ike sp-
pointment Of Butler for this pnTp0ta, were de-
sigsed By ;he men who control Alr. Ljnseln's
actions, for the express purpoEs Of smbit.erng
still farther the angry FEELINGS alresdy existing
bssNsen the North and the Sculh and f3r fyre-
venting snY kind feelings f5sm sprineine NJ
beswesa she people of the two sections Had i
not been for the persistence Of the radicals in
this respect, and the power which they have
always exersed over tae President sud lhs in
auenee which they have exsrgised over the
policy Of the administration, the war would
never have been marked by those lsstures of
Sirecity which have disgraced It, and which,
,f- z
reunion Of tie States. II is 70 them thal The
country Is indebted for causing the war in The
{ ct place.
L is 10 them that the country is indebted for
Mr. LiHcolns silence frem DseembsT, 1860, to
February, 1851, when ten words from bin
would have prevented ihe secession Of he
Southern States. tits to them that the country
is indebted foT tho abandonment Of Gen Ne
Clellsa's plans for conducting he war, formed
in November and December, 1851, and which
would have resulied, before the close Of the
ysar 1862, In the defeat and dispersion Of every
Rebel sTmy IN tho field, aad IN tho military oe-
eupaiion Of New Orleans, Knoxville, ChattG-
nooga, Richmond. ChRElezson, Wilmington,
Savannah, Mobile, and Galveston. Il Is to
them that the country is indebted f0r ths forced
reifremcn Mt Of Gen. Mcclellan, snd tho inhisiion
Of tho Pop0s, the Bu7n5idss, and the Rockers
in biz plaza. & Is TO them that the country is
indebted for the inauguration of tho policy Of
robbery, rape, burning OF private HOUSES, de-
struetion OF fUTniturs, stealing o. pictures and
stationery, sad making war on wauen and
children, so faithfully carried cut by Pope,
Bzrnside, sshenck, and hilroy.
Il is to thsm. also, that the country Is in
debted for the emancipation Proclamation and
sha cOnhscstiOn act, and all Llieir bitter fruit;
for the csnAcriBtian sel; for the prevalence OF
II hs IL.
tusi abrogatiOn Of the Constitution. This is
tho work OF the radical sbolitionists. who com
troi the action Of the Administration. Had Is
not been for ihom, tie exchange Of prisoners
would have bson regularly c5Rlinned under
The terms of lie cartel agreed upon between
Gen Dix aud Mr. Oald. But they persuaded
Mr.. Lincoln to make soldiers out Of negro
slaves, and then to claim for them the same
Iigbta as our white soldiers enjoy; and now, to
make this dem sud still more offensive, they have
persuaded tbs President to have il mado by the
only c1ficsr in tho q my which the CoRisderates
dssieIRie az beast.
I am happy 10 say that the example set by
Col Egan's brigade, in re enli5ting for the
war, has been very generally followed By a
great many OF the veteran regiments eolapos-
inQ the army Of tie Potomac. All the regi
ments which SO re-eRlist have = fuTleugh
granted 10 them, and they are passing through
this city evsry day on their Way home 10 re-
cruit for the war. MsY success attend them
OLD regiments. re-eniieted, will be . Thousand
times more effective in the spring than Trgi-
nents composed altogether Of raw men
From al that can ss learned Of the plans
and resources Of the SOnfederaiea, it is evident
that they are fully prepared for 3 vigorous
spring and SIMMER campaign. Their armies are
much less numerous than durs- K cannot b
Z =. 49, Lyas
thew are all well diseplinad, and, in deiensivs
/ war, are equal to 700 600 acting oAensivelY
/ Il 5. ems to be understood that, at the opening
I Of the spring campaign, they vii be divided be-
/ tween Gen. Ice, On tue line Of Tho RSpids1, and
/ Gen joseph z. J hUston, between Ghaiiano0-
/ -s aud ktlsnfs, with ANAL force uBeer Beau
/ regard, az Charleston. The general features ei
the war, on their part, viii be strictly defensive
/ o n srEios, when they advance, viii Lseet with
/ little resistance until they are drawn far into
the inferior Of the country, but then they will bs
asss;led with what the Confsdolates win ~ "a
/ make overwbslming numbers. Military msn
undsrssand parfeeIiy that, until Richmond falls
| Charleston cannot be tasen. In he East
therefore, tie exertioHs Of The ConfeeeTstss viii
! be confned chiefly 30 the defense OF their cap
its; and il Is not likely that any change viii B.
made in The mode Of conducting that defens,
which has hitherto been so successful
In the West il is likely that eur operation
viii cary us into vvkss has hitherto tesn fe;v.
I .wcognite. Il viii be seer, on examining 8 geo,
/ man that between Chattanooen EHd Aliant
taaTe are two rivers The drst is the nortl
/ brancb Of the Coosa river which extends from
RoD.e TO EliiAk, a distance of sixly nilas Ph
/ sacand Ia tho Et0ws river, which extauds ir9r
Rcne 10 DAhonsgs, dissAaeo Of ssYent,
| miles Both Of these rivers csTer Atlaata, SUI
| beth form admirable defensiYs lines against 81
srroy advancing from ChattsroORa. lis prob
! able that It iB the design OF Gen. Johasion
+ make use Of these two defensive lines 70 thei
fnllest extent It seems that an aFmys advaH
! ciny from Chattanooga 70 Atlanta. must er9s
( both Of these slrsAras At some point II Mn
run, in its insigBincsnee, t0Trjed an inss;
| nountabie barrier to the advance of Meade
! army. what cannot bs done with Two sue
| streams IS these The pTseticabilify Of turu
ipg them will, Of eeuIac, occur 70 Cen. GrAn
Bat to turn sham viii require eircuitous marc
! tbreagh the unsrodden defles and across "a
/ srackless mountains Of Northern Gs0Fgia-a
operation auite as hezaFdeus "a az army % a
attempt to cross two rivers IN the direct line
lie march. There is no doubt, however, thl
| tho conc ueror of Vieksbuyg viii be found ecu
to all the exigeneies Of the eampaiEns Pr
eress in the war may be made IN The West. bJ
there Is little hope Of any progress IN the sas
wreck Of Az zmiEFnae ship.
i Il has been briefly announced that an am
grant veusel which left Hamburg for AnstrAi
! short tine since. with between three and fol