Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-21
General Grams. Ghe Adniussrratten a..
she CounarF.

Among the few reieeming aets Of ConQres
and the Administration since the begi 0
this terrible war, The proceedings which hayl
resulted in placing Gen. Grant at tbs head o
the armies Of tbs Union, have given the Iarges
measure Of satisfaction to tho people Of th,
loyal States We have here \ eoneesaioH q
pubic eplnion which has wonderfully revived
| the pubic confidence ia the Union cause The
appointment of Gen. Grant to bis present uosi
ten is accepted by the country as involving
the displacement Of the old blunderinQ Wash.
ington directory, and the substitution Of he sue
essstul strategy and tactics Of Fort DJnelson
Ficksbmg and Chattanooga Hence the pre-.
vsiing opinion thst the end Of the grand can.
/ pzign, upon which we are about 10 enter. siU
be the end of.tAe rebellion.
But shs President is still tho commsndsr-in-
4 chief of the army and the navy, and it depends
altogether upon his discretion. OF want Of dis
eTetion, how fer the military plans and eombi-
nations Of Gen. Grant shall prevail. As gene
Eal-in-chief, Gen. Seats remonsIsrces were
disTegarded, and the sTmy Of Gen. MeD3welI
was hurried forward to the first and most uufaF-
tunAts defeat AE Ball run The plans and COM
binssions of Ger. MeC elan as general in-cnisf
were next upset and changed By the President /:
ana we know how disastrous were the eouse-
quenees on the peninsula. around Manassas,
and At Fredericksburg. Next we find Gen Hal.
any responsibility far the misfortunes Of The
army of the Potomac under Gen Hooker Thus
it will be seen that neither Scott, Mcclellan nor
Hslleck, at the head Of the armies. was permit
ted to fight his own battles, but all three were
constrained to fight the battles of their com
mander-in chief, who
Had never set squadron In the hsld
Nor the divisions Of battle knew
The question then reeurs, is Geaeral Grant
secnre EgsiRst the s5oilug Of bis plans By she
inierfsFeHcs Of tho Fresident with SONS of his
brilliant discoveries in the art Of the waTi We
cannot tell, though VIC incline to the opinion that
Gen. Grant will be supported without embar-
RAISING Instructions We gusss that he has ae-
cepted his promotion and its vast responsibilities
with this understanding. In any event II is now
the manifest policy not less than ths duty of the
Administration to confde In the superior military
abilities Of Gen. Grant, snd cordially to support
him. Compieie success in his great mission,
although it may be the eleventh hour Of the day,
will crow n the Administration with undying
glory but another proftlesg campaign viii be
fatal 10 the Administration and death-biaW to
President Lincoln as a candidate for another
term. He may receive the Baltimore uominA-
ton there may be general fusion of the Re
publican factions in his support but if, during
the comiIg snmmer, we shall have obtained no
decisive victories over the rebellion, nothing bet
ter than the prospect of another thousand mil
lions TO our national debt snd all the severe
exsctons that may be required for smother year
Of war, then the igRominious defeat Of Abraham
Lincoln before the people will be sure to follow.
His political fortunes, not loss than the great
Gauge Of the country, are in the hands Of Gen.
Grant, and the failure Of the general will be the
overthrow of the President
The military distinction which Gen. Grant,
through his great victories, has achieved, rests
upon q solid foundation Of public confidence
The people entertain no doubt of his success if
permitted to conduct this campaign in his own
way. Their only fear is that, through the vaRi-
ty of President Lincoln as a military genius or
through some mslign political Influences, Gen.
Grant may be engineered into some disaster,
Ike Mcclellan, OF worried into resignation,
like Fremont. Let the Administration aud al
concerned beware Of such impedfments to the
paramount work of the suppression OF the re-
bellion. We must see our way clearly to this
contamination before We esn count upon pTeei-
Dental candidates, or political victories, Orany
thing so far off as next November. With our
present financial systemwe are eli in the sAme
boat, floating down gayly in the swift, smooth
water which ushers us into the Rapidaa or Mag
ara. But the breakers are before Us, and we
hear the sullen roar and see the smoke from the
dresdfal gulf beyond than. Oar only hops Is
in our trusty pilot at the helm. That pilot, un-
der Providence, and by the win Of tho people,
is Gen. GranE and we look Rpon the Admins
trstion az among the instruments placed in his
hands for our deliTeranes.
The people recognize the situation and the
man for tho crisis. The Administration, Ia the
conduct of the war, las been thoroughly tried,
and found wantiUg-Wanting in military fore
sight wanting in common sense, venting in
almost everything essential to success, except
evsE,vE1Iia.az auraxsority IN mill krY forces
and resources Gen. Grant has also been tnor-
0ughly tried in tie West, and comes out Of the
cEucible like FURNISHED gold. Let the Adminis-
tration stand back, then, and give Gen Grant
= clear field and a fair trial in the East and the
West, and there will be 40 such word as fail Z"
Neso York Herald.