Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-23

AIi1thUc4s III n1HfA ~ -
~. tha rn;that anno54 ed by hsr dissoyessra nFa
enough TO ~esirAciss the ~ lsalA@ inassa
this ne see an excess oiAs Of exquiatsly1 ae eos'e1
~poTIiesl eddeation. cans fer czrrsAsy. Yet, n
Now. We ere annoyed Z claim for Mckee ihs pssia
The words Abraham Lined ton.
coupled together; but, The quantity q cotton.
than the excellent Atheni Of al Glasses nthe Bnits.
we propose, before o~stracisi5 tbs LIST Of JaasAry, 1852.
the White House, to cons1bs ,ssEs usrsl sss On Ii
surname of Honest" To ca ,,.v,srs msssiou.
cut Of > population Of thirty s.rs.sA- ainE
much q compliment to him .-,s--.W-sE - an,
all the rest Let US look into ~~----rm -,,ssr,d
cap ability. After tbres q. s.,,n.
We have right, and IL - s.rsss4.
Mr.. Lincoln, &c examit ~ -,4
them to the nation. Y6deA Inc ngHs - ~
ding the fate of our csusJ toa..-..---
Arms, and the lives Of our sAThs eHpOrtaaoa Of
no higher clsim to such tTus the sane a last
voters at their command, Fxne 1i1St YES
coVeted-in order to advance
nation.
We have allowed You to fu4s qasn-.y o. So., ~
cal and personal interests and 1H1narv" wes-.... .
heroes, men whose iasfieien@ SINNER hands. Swc
up thousands of lives and mi = yarns and geod- az
that you might be able to das2 70 ne srIsnsrv s
people with victories far nj tsiiers..-...--
real We have permitted yo ImportaaoHa at the
patriots, whose popularity CREASE s1aes = In
whose energy disappointed yoa sp Elvs
We havs allowed you to de& DsaelsncysssTed
We have let you transform disgrs stocks 81 ErlLa
into v%ieioriesi and we even ms$Eooda aEipsd
when you were reduced to beg exg4sss 4 p con
acts which have eteFnslly disgrseT. - and
of our arms. You have been - fpEl
foresee or TO forestal anyshinr E ed
come of the nations enfhusiAs@ ne nsa paSs Jake
you done with the immense psFt Of leo ices.
eedented in history, that the naesHss IN me Gath,
given yoRf tuo'In Conf
You ara now appealing to conscSaitiOn pen it.
we will not enter into = discussion o&tisasaey see
pie itself; bat we will tell you thssSTo be gYanks
have foreseen that the day must conf rats, ii thing
would need thess men, and that y6trsfefsuuer.
blame IN not calling for them when thea wasunts
enthusiasm was FIRST aroused, when thEta5e the
tainly would not hsyeTefused you. You I'd tvs
blame, inasmuch as, through your ineaA. Tia
and personal schemes, the necessity for stills and
appeal hiss become q question of public : rs. ii
You are to blame for d~epriviug US of thGg.4d viii
of the men whose popularity stimsaasstl He'd tn
enthusiasm. q rSs. hieh 81
You have told the country tbs press -
bellion and slavery were dead; you cas- b
the people that the forces Of the rebel bagc the
dueed By desertions, and that they cs0I fersalon-
recruited, fed, or clothed; and yet you athE De ga
to act upon the defensive, being threat6T ave p
all points. sAid Del
Whenever Won hsve directed the action Se Sou
troops, they have been uniformly successfs ant
you have perpstuAlly offered us the wretchecn
spectacle OF splendid resources and exeelleutr
chances of success sacrificed to incspscity. The /
only success which you came near attaining,
but the credit Of which we intend to take from
you, is due to the incredible imagiustiYeness
that yen have displayed in describing facts.
Changes of base, mastery retreats and recon
noissances, have succeeded each other with =
rspidity worthy Of the greatest bowman of
modern times. The immense variety Of eircum-
stances is only equslled By the identity of the
results.
We have
Shermsn's Reconnaissance
Smiths Reconnaissance
Thomas reconnaissance i
KiipRtrick's reconnaissance
CustaI's reconnaissance
Saymour's Reconnaissance
Gilmore's Charleston reconnaissance.
The result is everywhere the same, ridiculous
and disastrous. The sole concession we can
make to your honesty is that you have improved
upon your changes of base IN 1862; you destroy
fewer soldiers and burn less of the nations
property.
How is il that, after three years Of ~incompArR-
bic victories, according to Halleck's ~fscetious
expression, unprecedented in the military his
terry of nations" you ara still bordering how to
preserve the national capital aud pour bases of
oPersiionl
Is it as a reward for such success, for the
achievement of such results, that you now ssk
the nation to pass a vote Of confidence, and to
reflect you for another and perhaps skill an
other tsrml
Ia your inaugural sddress you gave a very
striking illustration of your peeBlisf hon
esty by virtually pledging yourself, in accord
sRes with the wsll-knOwn principles Of the
party which had elected you, not to serve a sec
Ond term you did this in s manner which none j
Of your supporters then misunderstood but
your words were evidently designsd to bear
double meaning SO that, if you should find &
the sweets of ofies more enticiDg than you
possibly anticipated, you might chango your I
purpose without seeming to violate your prom =
ise. Candid people viii see IN TINS a good deal !
more evidence of cunning than of honesty. :
The whole truth is this you are leading the \
nation quietly to its destruction by deeeiving 4
the people rs to the dsBgeFs which threaten it z
In the first part Of the campaign Of 1862, you I
gained advantages which you were unable to &
utilize, or even retain in 1868 q
You sacrificed the entire West for the capture
Of Vicksb1rg, snd then you proclaim TO the Fl
four winds that the Mississippi" is free, while not s
G single sseRmnoA can navigate it without BE- I
ing attacked, or psIhsps burned, and without 6
every passenger having the fear OF death nresn-te
ugE5 bgF0IO as Sy85- .
To serve the ends Of your cause, you have ii
made 3 hero out of 4 man upon whom you have q
lsvished everything, who had every obstacle re- '
moved from his path, and who was promptly o
furnished with endorsements and supplies, b
while R9secrAns could get none; and who has is
scarcely been able TO hold, with the immense re- fl
sources at his command, the ground which his il
predecessor gsined in spite Of you by his own Il
talents. s.
Yen have offered US the distressing spectacle d
of the sacrifice Of merit to caprice aud personal n
political interests; and this in 4 republic, in the in
name and under the plea of popular sovereignty d
And, to cap tbs climax, we are obliged to hear "a
definitions like this: an Internationally loyal to
man Is one who, although not satisfied with the
measures taken by the Government, approves &C
them all and gives his constant support. in
1t seems slmost incredible. Are we in Con- ~
stantinople, in ST. Petersburg, in Rome, or in al
Are we the descendants Of those proud th
SAxons who refused to suecumb to any yoke, of
Or the illegitimste offspring of cardinals, seek he
ing to secure foTtuse and greatness by = perpes. bl
nal Worship Are we really the descendants of AZ
those disciples OF Luther and Calvin who, rather pr
han subject their reason to an authority they IN
preferred to expatriate themselves to be
ihese shores, where, through the agency OF lib sE
srty, ihsy founded our national greatness, which ca
you are now striving to drown in a sea of aduIA br
ion and coWRTdlce, corruption and incomre- ev
eneyf Were our znces ors to visit the earth. dis
hey would certainly be surprised to see that ms
years after the revolution which gave life a (
md liberty to the nation, the Lincoln party an
'ould find no other definition offloyalty than 4 th'
lind submission to the DEGREES of tha Govern er,
nent. Of
But we have exercised this blind and mute We
during three years-daring three is
ears We have kept silent-and what is more Tn
than ~silencef hoi
Some tIue radical patriots said not long since; Tn
We have lost confidence in Fremont. What pr
as be done or said for > year past7n cri
What could he dot what could be saw He Bai
as done foryou that which Butler and Sigel On
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