Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-02

From ths Richmond Dispatch, sSth
Grant has certainly taken the Dad to the Pc
ninsulA, following in the footsteps Of his Illus
srious predecessor Mcclellan, to whose sagseity
in taking that route be thereby pays the highest
tribute, Snd 10 whom he has thus afforded
great and signal triumph ever bis enemies and
deIactors in the press, in Congress, and in the
Cabinet. Il would have been difiisuli for Grant
TO have made more intslligible confession OF
defeat, or to have given the lie incrs psipably
and more directly 10 the bulletins which his
vanity and want of principle induced him to
issue from SBo!tsylvaDia. After series Of de-.
feass, the bloodiest and msst terrible of the
whole war, be did not hesitate to proclaim him
self ths victor iR every engagement, and de-
clsred his discrimination ''to fight Il cut on o5ls
line," (the line Of the Richmond and Freder-
icksbuTg railroad, eff it took him the whole
summer" In spite of this msnflll declaration,
he has been compelled to abandon. that line and
to take up another, with 8 difsraEit base, which
he could have assumed without the loss Of g
single man. He has thrown isWsy seventy
thousand men, as though they were Of no more
value than so much trash, and has gained moth
ing whstever by the operation. BE has gotten
his soldiers whipped, killed of By tens Of thou
sands, and coHed 10 tins last degree, without
having inflicted any comparative damage on his
adversary, in the vain attempt 10 reach Rich
mond by the direct route and BiIw rather thau
meet Lee again in battle he sbanslons that rouss
entirely There is at least one happy nlsn in
Yankeedom to-night-and that is George B.
Mcclellan.
What will Grsnt do nextf Win he transfer
his whole army to the south side, unite with
Butler, and endesyor to ssarye Richmond out,
by sending his cavalry to eRi the railroads at
various points This would be 10 msneuver as
we would wish him VIII be follow closely IN
McCleIlsn's footsteps, and making the York his
base, advance directly upon Richmond by the
line of the rsilloadl By pursuing this course
be will come fail in fTontsupon our system Of
foTtihcations, the most tremendous this side OF
Sebastopol, which even IN thsir imperfect state
proved too hard for Mcclellan. Viii he Try the
James river as q base, leaving Butler on the
other side; or viii he bIiBg that hero over to
this These are questions which, no doubt,
have already suggested themselves TO his mind
aud which we have no doubt be is as unable to
answer ss we are. His game is very difficult
one to play at best, and it Is rendered still mOze
difficult than it would otherwise have been, BY
the tremendous checks which he received at the
very Quiet
While the whole world viii hear with amszs-
ment, not unmingled with derisiOn, that this
/ general, who but few weeks sgo promised tC
march through and ever all opposition into
! Richmond, has already been compelled tC
| change his base after sustaining series Of de-
/ feAts, there will be but one opinion and one
vow with regard to his illUstrlOGs adversary
/ We doubt whether in the whole history of Wal
there was ever 3 more brilliant series Of mGaeu
vers than that by which Gen. Lee bGtfisd and
almost snnihilatsd the army of Grant in Spott
| sylvania We are confident that no other iv.
| ing general would ever have conceived them
nor, leaving Napoleon out Of the question, Ar'
we altogether csTtsin that they could have beer
devised and executed by any other that evei
! lived We have not room TO describe them n
| they deserve, nor do we believe that We, or any
body not military by education and habit, il
capable Of doing justice to thsln- Experiences
has not failed TO produce beneficial effect ever
upon Gen Lee. His first campaign was mos
brilliant campaign; but we doubt whether ever
he, in 1862, was equal to the grand conceptions
which are so peculiarly Characteristics of thil
short campaign.
With regard to Gen. JohDsIon's campaign ia
| Northern Georgia, We know no more than the
telegraph has made Us acqusinisd with. We
would observe, however, that we see no Tessor
I for the uneasineas which 80 many persons hers
abouts express but which the GeoTgians do moi
| sppear to feel Gen. Johnston has fallen back
/ not because he has been beaten, but apparently
upon a well considered and we'll matured plan
DoRbtless hs will give the enemy battle, and
we believe, beat him, too, g. the proper time ans
place. Patience, good friends patience ant
| courage