Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-12

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We e1sm tic pfadiciion FRAT : Tout ns69e dis
grsceful than the Ball Rua STAMPEDE SWAils the
Yankees ~ most OF The conflicts likely 10 occur 1
duriag the Hexs campaign. They wis have to
enter upon It with ali the disadvEpthgss of Jaw
ltvies, who viii present bat = poor buiwark
against tae gallsnt veaessls CT Lss and joins
a55a. As % Jh9 eoutingsat OF the three years
man likely t. remSiE IL s~erviee, Il We lake the
estimates OF Yankee aathsTities, they Wiil not
constitute a foEcs buiietsDsiy lsrgs 10 impart sn
air OF maslal CincipIine "a tae new crganisatian- 1
Tbs Ball Run stanpedeTs were Veterans, con-
pared gith the natsrisl which vii compose the
rev srmy. The former c1mprised tho we'll
drilled volunteers # Ehe different cities OF tho
North, and they went cheerfaily into tbs FIGHT, |
encouraged By q fofegone conviction OF easy I
victory, aud witt no dread Of experiences Of sad
! evsrses TO mar their assurances Of triumph.
The latter vii enter iato tho conh.et with
unsilling hearts, nOviess In discipline, and
with the doubsa and fears which tie presence |
OF a gTaed sTmy of indomitabls veterans must
inspire. They will, moreover, hsve to eneoan- |
Ter tho sarious drawback OF malaEious infections
aud ordinary camp diseases, which COMMITTED
such fearful havoc in The YANKEES ranks during
The fBt summer Of the var. A forcs Of two
fundred !hg1san6 man, Of the class now Ia the
ewes, would be more effective than a million
Of the new ieyies which wil have 70 b. rslisd
upon to conduct the Coming campaign. Between
disease, disaster and inefac.eney, which must
be ssrioHEly sggrsvaied by the appalling con
sciousrsss Of having 10 confront an army equal
10 ell the attributes ef soldiers 70 any that the
world las ever seen, the ne! resul. Of = million
Of such material rsv not uDYcas0nsh'y b. SET
ds#n At thFss hundred thousand effective Iaen.
Pursuing this ratio back to the aggregate
standard st wAie2 northern es,im Ates FIX the nu-
nericsi .efoe Of tho YAukso Amy in the next
campaign, re 6Hd lille. if anything, 20 justify
The shsdoW Of hope OF thsiT HithsssndiUg the
overwhelming onslaught OF cur noble army.
Vel may the wretebsd crew, who ETe to take
the PLACES Of Sos lHgeR years msa in the Yankee
army, regard themselves IS peculiarly unfor-
suUbts They Will have u bear the bTuUt Of
toe great sTTggls which, il is conceded, sill de-
ssYmina the Issue of this Har. They viii, IN
fortunately, and psTDsys ~EHjGsty, Ei.na by The
sacrifice Of ikair lives, for th5 bsrbaToas excess
&c sxd bEuSsIities which cur army are eager and
6~esegoliHe3 10 svanEe. Better Tor the eads Of
Justice. perhaps, that the wTetchs8 who psIPe-
zAiad these eHorGiiiez should abide the dread
isss thst undoubtedly awaits taeis ill-BtarTsd
successors.
So iong IS hosils armies, eOsvai IS TO dase
Of 0sgaais7uOn, AID advancing paTs passH Ia the
arts Of discipline, confront each oiasr in any
shing libe approximate equality ss 70 numbers,
be Issue Of : pr0trsc.sd conflict like thig must
remain ioag doubtful. A9y serious gains or
reyerses nEst be ths result of Some local sdvan-
tage IS to posiioE, oversight on the part OF the
opPosinS cSR1msuder, or ths sudden deIangs-
Dalt OF the relative Numerical equip iss BY
prompt reinforcement. Where, however, Que
aide engages q veteran army with unframed
lsviss, involuntariiy dragged into the conflict,
the advantages On the enc side Brs too prepon.
dsrstiBg 70 be offset by any circumstances, either
OF local position, superior gsneralship, OF nU-
u,.-faa1 Hrn,Fe-r~fs1n TIa ~-nrE wsF.Es-- -
efficiency, on the part Of the latter, is too wide
to b. filed I'D By any e~clistersl slvantsges Of
the numerical dispgsportion. There is nothing
ia the whole economy Of physical forces, in
which relative numerical disprop9riion Is so
completely Bulliied by art, as in the case Of an
uBdisciPlnsd army WheR brought into conf
with = veteran host of vastly inferior numbers.
Superiority OF numoeTs is, IN fact, often : dissa-
vantage in the Bbsence Of training, and espe-
cisllY 80 whea = vel disciplined army has 10
DC c7nfTuEte3
We see 10 ground to presume that The Yam
KEGS vii bring into tie led a larger force than
We win. The probabilities are, that they will
not. II they Do, is must Of necessity be Of
sueh material a. cannot, if multiplied in the
disPIoporr0H ef ten TO one, eounlerbalsuce tbs
OverpOWeTiGz sdyant2Se which We shall possess
IN a well disciplined veteran army, which will
60 ia.o the fEht vain tho highest incentives to
vIct'TT AID revenge that ever animated : brave
pc pie.
We EUl not present Tie hsndzrao aEair in
Nor, b GaroiiHs- Hoiiced IN qua ooiuups On yss-
g T1sy, ss = tggeshstowinE Of what awaits tire
1Ack5cJ in the nazt camgaign. NJ result,
however paipsble, achieved nov BY cur AIMS,
can berecsived IS a. index cf what is to come,
wien we have tbe "grsanhoTns" - eEe5ansar.
We DO not desire 20 uadsTia.e, ia the least de-
gee, AZ III lilsg qualities Of the Haaaess. r.
crL.y taey have done weil-maeh be.iss, H.
ise3, thsn We ever tbeught faam eapab,s Of do
lEg. 0lT pEsaIctBnS as 10 Ehati Is 10 result from
a c5ntct between two srmles, cIhiDi ing con
s5ssts 30 unlsvoTsble 10 Or, sreits1isd upon
tie pisinsst principles OF military science, and
$40 experience Of ths as OF al past wsrs.
We would Tot venture such q pIedieiain
tTrivs mouths back in relation 10 tho result Of
tha campaigns thaH ensuing, for no material az
vsEisge existed or either side to lastly il.
Then, well trained end disciplined armies nere
gogu' TO confront e4eh other, and advantages Of
position, movements, Or ONE of engagement,
Whes arc purely c0ntingens, and only svsil.bis
ss data fes judgment BY a military commander,
could net, o. necessity, constitute anything like
scoTEeet estimate Of results to al unpTaeieed
civilian. hos so in respect 10 the results Of the
next cs1paign. The eonmoness standard of
estimate THAI csn serve as a guide for judgment
sanctions lhs predictions which We make in re-
gird to tae results Of coafic,s w1ged between
SWo ss'nies presenting ccnIastg 50 pslptbly sd-
va1iageou5 to one aud dlsadvansageOus to the
ofnsT.
We therefore reiterats our expectation, that
the Ball Ru1 scene will be Te-enacied with in
creased dramatic ef-ct, in more than one con
4 ct. during the ensuing sunmer. Oar readers
viii have no difficulty, we imsgiGe, ia drawing
tieir ecncinsia''s IS e. the aeB-ral result
bIEGR OF CBARLEsF0S-IDs Hundred and
Se0sEtecEth Day -fhe great topIs Of interest in
Cur ~connulity yesterday was tha eEemy's raid
or johns islsEd, and NJ litla anxiety was msn-
Tested TO Cbtain later intelligence fro the
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