Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-06

end the Wsf i3 20 cure 1le OCCUR nhhgA el
conquest Of ss mHch Southern tesritorY as may
compel that submission is e meau5 BY whici
that Federation is to re-establish its authority
The abolition Of slavery was combined wIh ill'
war as military measure" only, though i il
row madG to appear tbs principAl motive Of ih'
bosiiiisies. The war C mmencad IN be spEu
sneT Of 1851 The campaigns Of 1867 and ls55
sIo now matters Of history At the opeuiag o.
1861, how much Southern tsIis0Ty has tbi
n rthern Federation gainsd; what hss been ths
sHsct Of that occupation on the policy Of the
Southern States, and what progress has been
usde IN the abolition OF slavery.
The gTestest success Df the North was tie
cApiuTe Of VeksbuIg, which, It wss asserted
opened the whole course OF The Missrgippi aud
divided the revoltcd States to the east aud Wesi
Of that river Yet by the last accounts, it 10 ev-
ident that the great river Of tho West is not
open" 70 navigation phe Fedtrsls hold New
O lesrs. st the mouth of the Mississippi, and
many other points iu its course, but ihe BtreRm
| Ia IS much closed for traffic IS when the Con-
iedeTates gsrTisoned V,eksburg Not steamer
can pass up or down without The risk OF blina
attacked 0Y ths sguihern gueTTIla bands on
both banks Vie nnmrnse territory through
which the II winds bsifiss ell attempts to Oe-
cHpy it. The sghnle army of Cen Grant nov
| concentrated 4h East Tennesses would not sui-
Zee to ''cUmmsnd" the Mississippi and keep
| It's navigation open" For tna gTesfer part ot
its coHIse II rams through territory Of which
the people. ssduT correspondent save arc "bis-
leFly hostile" 10 the FsdsIsls, and, as ths setuhl
eonssquciics Of sach hostility, the nver is
closed. The same difficulty IS encountered on
he inland bnss Of communication.
al tho iTl2ps the n rth could raise would
NOT be enough 30 dgbi and protect many hnn-
dreds Of miles Of railway as tie sams time /
weud require 100 coo men to ketp tie single
line from the Mississippi to Chattanooga IN
working order. The distances appear 70 baffis ?
sl military skill, and 50 diminish The value OF
successful operation that il Is followed by FsIy
slight results. A country may be too large f0r
decisive war, and the waste Of whole armies in
America seems TO prove tha fact Napoleon
swept over everything between Paris and vi.
enns, bnl Spain ard Russia defied him and ex-
hausted his troops IN a coLae. with nature
ITSELF Gen Grant is now conrsnding with the
same kind Of dificuliies, while the Southern
forces appear to be railying ia bis front and
rear. Il is evident that the Fedsrsl occupation
Of Eastern Tennesses, evenif it csn be main
isinsd, will not bring the war nearer to a CON
clusi0a
In Virginia the S0utherners haze lost nothing
in al tho campaigns and eveE5 attempt 10 peE.-
strsie th0ir country in this direction has been
defesfsd. The real task Of the army of the Po-
tomae is TO defend Washington, which las as
frequently been in danger Of capture during Che
var rs Richmond. The siege OF Charleston has
failed, and the feet Of monitors has suff red 50
much damage dunDg the operation, that it cen
not venture within range Of the Confederate
batteries The blockade Of the Southern coast
dees not deprive the peonlo Of an ample supDly
of imported articles, nor does the depreeiaiion
of their currency appear to disable thfm from
purchasing. Goods to tho value OF = million
of dollars arrive in the port Of Wilmington
/ every foGT and twenty bours. The cOntTabsnd
trade must De profitable in spite OF captures and
ineonvsrtible Southern notes. Il seems also
that the description Of wa aud suffering en-
| dured in the South given in the Northern Jour
/ mails, have been grossly Exaggerated.
| The general state OF Affalrs OF the Conie1
/ eI6ey, and, wbat IS moro important, the feeling
/ OF tho people, indicate both ability and de-
| termination t5 continue the struggle. They
/ consider @r. Lincoln's last proclamation mere
/ device to secure political support in the No,fh
/ It's terms they RgsTd witt contempt Tine
enough has now elapsed to test The effect Of his
/ frat proclamation in roterencs TO slsVsrv. From
/ Mr. Lneoln's message 10 Congress It app s
that the total number Of slaves the Federal
/ armies have liberated is 100 COO This s sbe
whole result OF three gears of W=r in the name
/ Of abolition. And az an saful price il hes been
| obtained For every negro lhus ffeed it is cal.
4 culaed that three whis men have been killed
IN the contest. II tho fo8F millions Of blacks
aTe only to ba emaHoipated a. lhs ssme C lsi, t e
Calculation becomes something terrible, and the
feeling Of humanity viii be appealed TO on bo
half OF tbs Superior race. The worst evil thai
hiss grown ont Of the system Of slavery Is the
war carried on &c sxtiDguish II
To be successful, the conquest Of the South.
srn territory muss be complete, and, after 8
the waste OF life and mohey, INST Of tho tas j
has still 10 be done. What has beoa tff seted ia
tho work Of eb l.ion is even less IL proportion
Tie war has liberated ono hRadred thousand ne
qroes, leaving the condition Of millions OF slave
anslieTed. Can the most bigottd ghi.snthrcp's
assert that, as , war Of emancipation. the con
fret has been marked by sneeess9 Or, taking
Is as a war Of conquest, has the North gane'
territory enough from the South to destroy il
power Of resistance and make ito roiurn to th
| Union inevitAble Il either Of the objects o
tho struggle had hsen obtained, the fourth yea
/ of ths WiI wonld have found these question
open and unanswered