Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-05


Prom the New York News, jan. 81
No less than seven journals Of this city, on
| yesterday, commented on whsi they choose "a
consider tbs signs Of despair IN the Southern
tConiedeIEcy. This is not ins FIRST time tbs;
premature pears Of victory kaYe gone forth
I from the North aud in former cases ihey have
/ been tae prslude - the most stubborn sn1 ac-
tive campaigns Of tie war. Daring theprcsent
interval q comparative military repose, ths
press Of the two sections. being somewhat ssin-
| ted of the accustomed focd for excitement. nat
urally gives more rein to ims ginsgion, and fol
/ lows up the themes best calculated 10 liz lhe
attention OF tbs public. The journals Of the
South, with the true American charae erisiic
/ launch forth the thundeTs Of opposition against
tie policy ana tfissl conduct of thsr rulers
| Ihe jouTaAs Of tne Norih, whose habit Of isuli-
duding. inVeieFate IS il is, is not dni;s s. much
a Tuiing tTsii as The propensity to Daa5t aud be
seulsr, begin 70 draw air pictures with rosy
'iuts, and TeAd tho sealed books of tbs future
| through tde medium OF their Rost eanguue
hopes Blu. as hs Eztes work on at their re-
lentless looms, regardless Of even the simulia-
Moons prophecies Of seven oTaclss of thu metro
politsn press, we shall probably in time be star
tied from y siOns Of Southern submission by the
! roar OF Southern artillery and the shouts OF
| Southern d, fan 9.
In pises OF accepting the GsTee denuueis.
tioIs OF Confederate journals against TIE acts
Of theiz officials as evideLees Of infirmity 81
purposes or Isek OF heart, let as rather eonsider
"a nature ei those Scis that thus excite 80
much open opposition l. IS ihs energy and
determined action Il the Confederate author
ties that have ven the comp ain ng editors
their CT Decisive and strong msssures ca he
psrt OF z&oYernment will always Intensity the
autegonism OF us Opponents, iu the same ratio
shst ihoy encourage and increase the support
Of its Sdhsrenis. There neYer was An Admins
tFslion, not even that Of the pRrs and usinoie
Washington, that had no. lis asssllants So
IN BE ConederscY, the Administration Of JET
terson Davis 10 snt irol TO this ineYitAb!e rnie.
Fhe Southern press IS divided between con
demBAtiOn ard justihesiion OF his policy; aud
in proportion as that policy is vigorous and
energetic 1t IS ssssiled by one party aud sp-
plsGded by the Other.
But, while the eo.umna Of the Sluthsrn press
teem either wii5 laglatiOn or shuse, they e1-
hioit no signs Of disaf5cticn TO the cause.
Ihereis nothing in iheW most bitter inveellve
that car 30 consshRfd into 3 confession Of de
spair. On the CONTRARY, these journals that are
lhs most abusive are at the Same time the most
emphatic IN their expressions Of repugnsUce to
reconstruction. The very vehsnence Of iheir
Temonstranses against certain meas ures Of their
rnleTs is proof that they are not in the sub
reselute and despsiTiDg, do not critic 70 their
9Olitiesl machinery with so much n znly earn
essBess and split. As the SlutheTn people
rnesu 10 slsns hy theT GovsFnmsnt in tbs fsld,
they insist upon thti privilege of railing 81 its
administrators. Hss5ty abuse is a symptom Of
pluck, aud when the SJutheTn people are silent
upon the subject of theiF political alfAirs, thea
the North may Argue that the spirit Of resist.
anes is broken.
n D.. sr, =. r i
spar from the critical temper of the South.
ern press, it is wisdom to noie tbs sign Of ssfoug
wiA and iTmuess ii those measures that gave
rise TO severe criticism. 1t is certain that the
Confederate G5veTuRept is accusing its utmost
energies and prep-Fiig & for hard lighting in the
next esmgsigR. rs armies, infheir present con
ditiou, Fetuts those woTn-8ut theories OF speedg
Submission that have so often boen advanced
aud as often contradieted by the steFn logic of
desperate battles and whatever may be hoped
from the lone Of the Southern press, il is knoN D.
rom the same source, that the strength Of the
| CenfedeTacy is about 10 be concentrated, uBOa
military operations Of next spring.
The effjFis of the war press to -Tepresen. the
Soath as always spon The verge Of submission
or despair are 10. at all suggestive Of theiT con
fdenee in the war feeling the N1Ith. Il l3oks
very nuch as if they feared that popular oDln-
ion needed encouragement, snd that The pTos-
pect CT very early Gnsl triumph was essential
TO re-ereate tue fge Of enlhusiasm II Southern
7 Journals sre profuse in their profcssIOBs Of do
termination aud anticipated triumph, It is attTib-
uted TO ths necessity of sustairi1g thsir falling
spirits. 1t they are silent upon that theme and
steTniy aBalyse the difficulties that surround
| them, that too is msde the evidence Of despair
The South has already bsen sub juss' ed a dt zsn
/ times, in thsory; but il seems hat when The
theories are most brilliant, the facts are least
sbe to support them. II the South despair It is
shat kind oidssplir that stimulates exeItion, and
calls into selion all the elements OF resistance.
/ Il is that kind Of despair that faces the threat
sned danger, aud euduTss the actual misfortune
Il is that kind Of despair that Is better fighting
/ GlsieTisl than huayAat hips