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

The APPEAL Of the I6sk recommends Gen.
Forrest to fill the place Just made vacant By the
death of the lamsated Polk.-MaeoR TslegrqpA
The editor Of the Telegraph certainly read our
remarks shout Gen. FoRREsT very loosely. In
a short psrsgrsph-which oar cotemporary COP
ies-We called attention to = communication
urging the claims Of Gen f upon the Govern
msut, and asking that his services and merits
be recognised. And in the Communication re-
feued to, there is nos single word recommend
ing Gen. F. to FL the place made vacant By
the death Of the lamsnted Polk Ths grade
OF acknowledgement Is urged for him, it is true;
bat the writer distinctly asks that he be ''rnsde
commandments Of cavalry and adds: "As-
sign him to THIS position, and send him to Gen.
JOHNsTOE's sEmy, and If IS equal to 3 rein
forcsmsnt Of ten thousand men " This We be-
hsve to Be the case, and only wished to be so
understood
We are glad to observe, however, that the
Telegraph fully recognizes the msritorious ser
vices Of the gallant Tennessee chisftain, and
promptly endorses them. The tribuEe is q de-
served one, and eli the people viii say amen
notwithstanding lit is not probable that the
War Department viii be influenced at ali by
newspapers or popular sentiment in such n
selection" Our cotemporsry says:
No man holding a subordinate position in the
army has ever taken such hold upon the popu-
lar conideDes as Gen. Forrest Nature made
him great soldier His tact aRd power in
controlling men is almost unexSmDlsd. His
plans and conceptions are bold 70 tbs point OF
sudscity. HIS sagscity and iudgmsnt take the
form OF intuition. His fertility OF resource
seems well nigh iHsxhaustible. His vigor, en-
erEy and impetHOsity which would Otherwise
plunge hip into certain ruin BY their native
forcs s-e qualified By a cuR1ing and address,
which in a labyrinth Of impossi6lhties clutches
in moment the single elae to triumphant ex-
tacat0n aud success. We haze heaTd him
sly led the Hurst OF Southern cavalry; bat tbs
comparison Is at fault Forrest in any arm Of
the service, would be Forrest stiIl-indomisabls,
sagacious, successful. But Forrest l. no mere
cavalry man. Hs 6ghts his men As infSntry,
and always achieves what, If seema to Us, no
other man in the service Woald dare attempt
RsfeniRg 20 his dispatch Of to-day; we ask
If there is another man VINO would not have
pronounced it madness to sssail q force Of ten
thousand with = force Of fe- thoussHdf TIE
question is lis own answer. Any other man
would have fallen back and contsnsed himself
with hsrsssing the foe as best be could, until be
was reinforced. Then he would have confronted
the Ysnks with something like equal numbers
and given them perhaps deseens repUise with
a loss exceeding what has actually beea sGs-
tanned.
Bai this fiery, uneonquerGbls toul, who has
the faculty OF inspiring bis men with the same
spirit without a moments hesitation fell upon
the enemy, twice snd half his own number,
ard smOse them hand to hand with such fury
thai after six hours they fed 10 leTTor, with .
loss Of half their RumbsT and all ibs appliances
and organization Of an army, This war has
produced nothing like it, and it will be hard 80
hnd parallel in any other war.
The moral effect Of such bl0F, both upon
the enemy aud upon cur own troops, can haTdly
be appreciated Its terrible sIlddeAness, its
splendid brilisRey, its perfect completeness, all
combine % exSlt the spirit of cur brave soldiers
to Tie highest pitch Of courageous sell-eoHf-
dence and glorious emulation, Whils to the foe
Il Is HiihsIiug Illustration Of the ppcwess Of
lheiT enemies and OF the feats 4 brave people
can accomplish in defense Of their hesrthstones
Bat snail tbs rude soldier, altogether Unlet
tered In lhe military schools ami fighting by
natural instincts and endoWmeuts, instead Of b.
the books-shsll be ba put At the head OF an
sruy C0Tpsf ne VIII leave that point TO the
Government, with the expression OF the belief
that Forrest would csrgy al hfs ilnriyslled quail
i6eatIoEs into any military petition be might
occupy, and with larger feid would breathe
ths same indOmissbls spirit into ais followers.