Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-14
Are lhs RsIeIs Erkausted :

ThsFe arc two questions Of paramount Importance 20
thinking mea, and particularly to EtsteEnen At the
North at ths present tims. These are Whist are the
capabilities Of the South this year for feeding their
aies and 20 what extent haye the cotton plantations
and sugar plantations Of the South been converted into
wheat aeds and corn hsdsf And second What Is the
condition Of the Htsek Of horses in the South AID by
what do the South sxpeet to obtain rsmounts for
their large cavalry force aud how do hay expect 70
keep mp the efficiency Of this Of their service
Aware for months past Of the Importance Of the issues
Involved in these questions, hETs spared neither tiss
nor labor in arriving at the truth concerning than, ana
the results Of my Investigations embodied below.
II will require but monsnta reflection to eSEvincs
ntelKens men that the ability Of ths South 70 carry
on the war 10 other words that the duration cf the
Itself depends upoR the fants which will be mads
apparent by the iAVesagston o. the above questions
Il fact By no means crsdtabls 70 the intelgsnes Of
tbs country that the dsnHon shat the SOutA II stRrv
Ing the South s exhAuStsd that the bsekbsne OF she
rebellion broksa; that the Southern s0dieFa dis
conented and mutnoua that the South has its whole
AvsIaba military strength now in tho field for last
nal struggle should be shared, not by the ignorant
and Hnthinking alone, but by men who hP-a some
elsns 10 intelligence The for the lS.-er is
however that they only believe What has been set down
for them IN the Newspapers which thsy nave bsen &C
custoed 10 read and Dslisvs n and also, because euch
has been the constant tone of every Federal official,
from the President and Secretary sf State down to the
bottom Of the list Fer the EhsmsIll and TillfHl de
csDton on the people TINS prHciesd by thess nsWspa
Psrs and these officials thsEe is ho o1euss and no PAA
ton.
Territorial Agfa Of the SOEth.
In arriving Al sho truth in regard to the above poi-s
It Is necessary take into consideration the vaKt vi
orhl extent Of tbs South; the comparative small m
Der OF the Southern people who have been WHY awn
from productive pursuits during the last three years;
and the temper and feeling Of the Southern people in
The States Of Massachusetts,, Connsoticut and Esw
Hsmpnhire Oeeapy Of quits respectable size
the map Yet hsas three States tSgsther only occupy
Arsa Of 2l74 lqusro miles, while tho State OF
South Carons alone has An area Of "a 800 square miles
The great State Of Indiana csnAns a. 09 square es
But North Carolina with It's 5000 square miles, Ia
larger IA ertoT1Al extent than Indiana and Aassachu
h4rrF IN he soifa
sha Lo1lsiana exceeds In territorial extent the Empire
State Itself with the 49, 900 miles Of the Atlsf
Yet such in the fact. The Btats OF Aississippi has
AZ 900 square miles, and Ia therefore larger than either
New York PonnsylvanIA The State ef Alabama
contains 50 700 square mites, and b therefore larger
ihsn New York and Oouneeticut togsther person
who has travelled the whole length of the shaped
Illinois Central rAlrOse from Chicago aud Galsns
tbs norh 70 Cairo At the SOUTH has idea Of the
extent Of that Staa. Yet Georgia has So 600
square milsE, and p therefore, larger than Illinois.
And Florida, which the President sent sNr. John Hay
TO conquer oeataius 90 600 square niles and s thers
fore larger than PennEylvEnA. MAEzschussfts and
Connecticut, all together, Finally, Virginia is still
larger, containing 81 600 square mlss; and oven wheH
the bogus "siate Of est Virginia is taken eff the old
Dominion s still larger than Ohio. say nethIag Of
Texas In this connection because although L nAlns
tho extent Of 231 900 thousand square miles
sRd s thsrsfore larger than the raven great States Of
Sew YORK, PeansylyAais Ohio InOIS Indiana. Aalsa-
DauaatH and Connseticqh stoKsthsEl sail It "a prast.
eally usslea 70 the South q pFssspt
ATsG Usder CHltisslicH.
So much for the territorial extent Of sight Of TIE
Southern States, which, vast 10 E, s the least In
porsant feature In the case In These eight 8atss-
Virginia. North and South Usrona, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, aud MGRissippt-thsrs
hundred aud four millions Of acres Of lsnd yet
touched sy farmer or planter TO say nothing Of twenty
nlllionsO OF IN the oondihoa Ia Texas. In
the eight States aboEe nSr> not counting West Fr
gnia there only forty pillions Ave hundred aud
ninssy thousand acres 20 EliiVasion; and this In
and riss fields Of the sntlrs hsh ThsEs staple pro-
duetiOns Of course IOnOgOssd the attention Of the
South until 1851
cottss A5SadsAsS fer Grsia aRd Cattle.
During the rst year Of the war the Insxpsdspcy OF
EslsiDR any cotton A1d ths necessity OF Iasng
more wheat .coFD, beef and pork, thEn had for
meFly been do1s Became evident 70 the Southern ESQ
pie. This necessity became more and more sppsrens
10 lS61 and csussd uuEsecus puolie mesilHsH 70 be
heid eli tho aoutb Those seetnRa of c0hgsntorss
for shsy usually composed Of dssgAes from agery
county IL SSte, we've always the gpcHtaEeout sctios
Of the paople. But WlenegeE thsy we're beld pains
fore the meetings representation Of the prospective
needs Of The army zoe matter Of provisions, and 70
urge that The culture Of Gotten ag01d be sbAndoeed
and ths su Of wheat and corn, and the rAang o.
cattle and hogs be substituted wherever pretinaole
This idea WAS enthusiastically adopted By al these
meetings and conventions, and. what Il Of far creator
consequences, i has been paceHy carried out by ne
peop.s Of The Soash, partially In 1854 but almost uni
vsrsay in 1854 The statistical haresus Is Kiehmond
are not yet 90 perfectly orgsnxed as enable exact
uAlsel 70 be furnished showing 70 uhet sAisnt eorn
wheat and potatoes haFs aupeEaedsd the eHlra of cot
ton. Bnt the following u gpprox{mats taple, %
eved BY the bes informed IN the South 70 be sub
santAy correct sud ussd indeed By fhe Confedefste
& the 0Sntsderats army In 1864;
NsmbT Of Asrss Dspoied to TIE RsisiAg Of
Rhesf, csys sHd PststOss