Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-18
rRrDGY EVENING", MARCH IS, 1864.
CONCENTRATION

qrhe concentration Of bis forces would No"
- h tbe n~redouinsnf ides with the en-
Can. Grant has been placed in supreme
oonn.pd of the forces of the United States,
nd "A Il is given out that his policy viii be to
conesnt-s.s all his troops from tbs BIO erAnde
"a tbe Mississippi. IF this be really his policy
I'D ~ have no reason to doubt il, we can be at
ma los, in divining the point or points OF con-
.ep,r.tion. Chattanooga, and probably hunts
vile. are the points WhsTe his vast host VIII Dc
.,,smblsd. and his plan Of attack will probably
he to push one column in the direction OF A.
liant. and another ia the direction Of Mont
gonsry.
The sxperimsnt of SHERMAN in Mississippi
h.s shown them a. well as rs whist can be done,
and We really have moTe now TO apPrehend
from the eccsnticity Of our foe than from his
esusrslship or Sighting qualities. How are E
Dre5sred to meet him II, while GRANT engages
Ger. JOHNSTON in the front, SHERMAN, with 8
solumn of City thousand men, with twenty
isv, raticns IN their hsvsTsacks, should move
,,vtb upou siihe7 Selma CT Montgomery from
gBn,.vile. There would be no more eeeen-
rirv In eneh 8 movement than there was IN ms
.3v.nee mon MsHdisu. BE would, As in Ma
.i,.isDi. pass through s country that Weuld sab
s;,t him. and. unless be should msst with =
nore formidable opposition than be did on his
u.reh tom Vieks arg, The enterprise would be
ops Of easy accomplishment Bot this oPPosl-
tion. re feel persuaded, he viii be cure TO en-
ro1n,sr wherever be undertakes the job. It's
not 10 Be- Supposed that our generals are unAd-
vised Of what Is going on or that they viii Dc
caught mapping. bus it is equally IS certain that
thsy csunot be TOO vigilsRi.
GRAST's policy always has been only to Sight
"a with overwhelming numbers, sud with the
sfstsriag prize Of the Presidency before aim We
NAV readily infer thst be viii hazard little AID
tast he viii move cautiously in the approaching
csuDsign. he knows that SUCCESS will trans
fer him from the army 70 the Whiis House
wbiis defeat and fslaTs would forever blast his
homes. both &c = military ebieitain and PohScsl
sspirszt. lie viii therefore come down with .
formidsbls army against Gen JoREsToN, prob
ably with not less than one hundred and
atty thousand men, provided it Is proven that
the Nashville ard Chattanooga railroad can PIE
vision 90 large az army. To provide sgsius.
any deficiency in this respect, be will, to &c
great an extent Sc possible, iorsgs upon The
country Though which he passes. To foil him
n this al cattle, sheep, and hogs, IS well as
provisions Of every description, should be driv-
en- and hauled on: of those sections Of esuntTY
threatened by invasion. We hare none Of these
things 10 spare, and to leave them in front Of
our lines as we may End it necessary to fall
back, is only to give aid and comfort to the an
envy.
Iii hsrdly 10 be presumed, however, that
Gan GRANT will be permitted to make bis com-
binstiOns and prosecute his plans unuolssted.
With the forces we have On bosh his tanks, his
purposes may BE- seriously checked if not
thWarted, and his forward movement impeded.
He will probably find, before he advances far,
that he has = rear to proteetAs well as q van 70
push forward. Yet if it shall please LIKCoLE,
As would seem 70 be the case from al the intel
iigsnes We have on the subject, to place unlimit-
ed PeWeT and resources in GRANTS hands, We
may ls0k out for a vigorous and formidable
campaign in the States of Als5Gna and Geor.
gis. We have much more 10 SppreheRd from
his individual discretion than we have from the
combinations and strstLgsms Matched in the
Cabinet at Washington.