Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-06

ing e1e-cise OF legislative power. II there was
thsn would The enemy have the Qualification Of
contemplating the successes Of Grant as ias
more disasIrons TO us shan were tia victories Of
Hannibal to the Romans Shall we fcolishly
! act in way TO give oecaEi0n 20 Lincoln f5r evEu
imagining 50 prePosssroHs thing
| Ssys Inc Richmond DispGfeh, very tTaiy am
vary seascnsbiy; "Ws have already enough
men on tha muster rsl5 Of tho army II ticy
can DO brought to their posts" And why can
they net "Se brought to thsir psstsi' Il the
Government viii dc is duty they 2sst sssursi L
/ lY viii very seen sll, or R0st of them, he IN
tIieir proper places. Il Is ia the power Of he
Government to pat them there AID gneh power
is in no other hands 4 It IS not speedily, Tg-
orOusly and eifsetuslly used foE that purpose,
then will the GoVeYnmsBi alona be 70 hlamo
Il viii be gttsTlY fathlass 20 its obligations and
viii be ssely responsible fer TIC esaEs qdsnoss.
Assay !hsn with thiB falsely assumed sxigsnoy
which exists 20 TaeSo except in ths disoTdarsd
bIsias Of thcso who sec fIighlfzl yjsiens which
men Of calm and eJol judgments oRnBot dis
ceTn.
This idea Of taking al shs ycuihh between 10
and l8 AID al eld5Tiy men between the ages cf
4S sHG so, snd coeTcing them intg military Hzs-
vice, whoa there is such Gs abundant supply Of
able Bodied Rsn between tho ages Of and As
the present eSnacIiPiiOn limits, cEnneE be too
severely denounced. ExpfsFe ths diH-reRt tie
pRrtmsnis Of service, AEd Lheusszds upon skou-
HsR5s B0w not under ETms will DO found OK
seily suitable for ths work, whsas PLACES where
they 70 are eoul3 bs filed Just as well with
disabled soldiers end aliceTs. HeW many
Thousand teAmslsTs for instance, cooks, laboTsTs
End hospital attendants, could be transferred 70
the army snd their places fIled with black dr-
vtTs, who would be quite as Efficient. But
koove ali, search out and return 70 thOir poss tie
tsns Of Thousands of HbseRtoos who ere peTara-
sulaH1g iE6 csuEtTy, and whose names sss QPaR
ths muster Tolls ST the army. We viii Ventara
to say that If Ehess several resources be sE-
plorsd and exhausted, as they oEgkt 20 be, there
viii be no deficiency of msR. TbsIs viii be
enough for all emergencies, without gsing ozt.
side Of tho present esnscriptioR age. we bavo
n0i enough force engaged ia the work Of feeding
the srMy," says the Dispatch IN the eEesiIout 81
tiele Hs have already quoted freE7, ''sEd the
pooDis, AID these must be fed, or the werk Of
9ubjagesen is accomplished. We eau whi5 the
YsRkees, tut starvation is az enemy hat no
pscpie can resist"
We eanEot better conclude sAan with the fol-
loWing further extract from iAe same Article,
every word Of which is vol said and worthy
alike Of the subject and the occasion:
50 We have net get reached this dire necessity
(stsTvstion), but the enormous pness Of ali'ihs
heeasssfios sf lie aud cletAing are seTelF taxing
the capacities Of the people, and give us q sol
emB warning 70 dsyelepe all eur energies and
husband al eGr resources to pTo7ide for the ia-
turo. Congress- should lock tkiS danger steadily
IN sbe face, and beware how Il adopts psliey
whieh win diainish in any degree the product
ira power Of tbs county. It should not por-
mit itself to De driven from It's pTopTietY By oc-
esaional military disasters, sven 0f 80 grave
character as that Of Chiekam saga. If General
Brsgg's defeat ~ Attributable, as we are IL
clined to bslisv' want Of men, there is =
ready moa0 Il plyirg tEas dsteiency with
cut extending tbs esnserpt ago, and increasing
the eoasumers and dlniniBhing the ProduceTg Of
the country. The muster rolls of Gen. Bragg's
army call for one hundred and fouT thousand
men, yet he fought his bsiilss With oRiy about
forty thousand. The rest WsYa detailed IN the
Various Observation-Disclosures eemEis-
saTy and hospital departments, ward masters,
nurses, stewards and wago2eIs, besides boat
sf sfrsgEleIB and deserssT5. Bring bsek the
stTaggi5rs and deserters to their duty, su5sti-
tsta disabled soldiers for sil sbo-5odied zseR do
tailed in other departments, end pat negroes In
iha place ef Eagonsrs. The ssGae remarks ap-
ply TO other Confederate sTfnies which have
been diminished in like proportion with that Of
Gan Brsgg, and rem the same cEusss Let
Ceacress devote itself 20 making the army as
streng in HumboTs aB uponsthe muster rolls, and
beware how il draws Gpcn the producing pOp0-
iati0n 70 increase tho number OF mouths 70 BE-
fed. whilst by the s1e PFosess it diRinishes
the means of feeding them, and adds TO the
army cRly ihtiTm and incompetent men, wh9 sre
rendering rnYsluahls service where they ere, but
wsuld odlY fl the hospital If placed IN the
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