Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-22

associates have literally resolved to succeed or die IN
the deh while they confess that eli their forces and
all their Will be involved in this coming cam
paign. they defeated, thsrefors, they are de-
siroyed but If not defeated, what thenf Ano;h Il year
Of W.T., with all the hazards to Of financial embar-
rsssmerts foreign complications domestic dscords and
political confusion"
The financial endorsements sra enough In than
selves to PROSTATE the United States before the campaign
Is The debts now 81 00O 900 CO., The currency
Is becoming more inflated every day. Chase has 5000
0O00O0 worth Of greenbucks in circulation He Is
organizing a new National Bank sY tenn. Already
upwards Of TWO hupdred Of his National Banks have
been authorized One Of those in New York cty proposes
to art with cap al Of S700O0O00 All the issues Of
these banks 70 be added 10 tho eurreRey n
ton Then there are In addition the issues ok the STATE
Banks. which refuse to die At nr. Chases bidding And
to initiate the bubble sill re- the Government 20
bonda TO be paid in five twenty years. with ak uer
interest payable IN gOd) and the 10 40 bonds and
the Certificates of Indebfedness," al of which are in
circulation Ike Treasury nOtss Tbs Chicago Times
estimates that by the LIST OF August thers viii be not
less than 300 OO0 GOO worth Of paper money In cc.
lation in the North M easy 20 reckon what geld would
be worth under those circumstances when circulation
of $500 900 eco greenbacks has putt up TO SO per
cent premnm. Nothing would much 50ndnss to
make the unpopular az rise IN the prics OF artI
Of prime necessity, 10 the extent indicated above
Our people have submitted eheerfuY iueon.
ysniedee Il Is true but In the United States the
have holy motive for endurance the war is an az
gresaivs it is not necessary to life, liberty honor
and happiness it c6n be abandoned any mornslt and
therefore, long It not hurt at home It may be
permitted When the pocket really begins to
quivsr, the discontsut of tAs Yankee viii manifest
Itself
There is vide spread dissatisfaction with the new
draft, ordered by Lincoln. he called a while ago for
100000 men- Now he has issued a call for 100000
more. II these demands satisfied here Is 70 be
3 draft about the middle Of Apr, provided the author
ties have the courage to enforce it, Pennsylvania has
been behind hand with her recruiting and owes the
President "A I29 men New York debt 50 930 and
Maryland 2l,l25-
NspolsOn's mysterious interviews with John sIldeH,
and bis Intentions with regard to Mexico very both
sing to the Yankee prsss To the intense DISCUS OF
the Democrats Seward has abandoned the Monroe
dOetrine but il fesrsd that even that pusIlauimy
will not moliiiy Napoleon prevent his sdvsing the
Emperor AsIimiilsn TO irsAt with the Confederate
States
The possibility of a reeonstructon Of Uaion Is sill
fond hope among even the most forward Of the adYo
Gates Of peace. They cling the idea with an earnest
that no proieatRonA nor arguments Of Southern
man can shake. They willing acknowledge the
Independence of the Confederate StstsG even pay
all the expenses the SOuthernsrs have incurred il
fence OF their hoertesi out am told We are al TO
live under one goVernnent again, though that govern
has lis capital At Richmond and is administered
under the constitution adopted at Montgomery. Ths
ides that the Potomac and Ohio can permanently divide
us seems these good people sbsolus lmpossbiIty
The peace democracy humber amongst them many men
OF ability and prounence. Chief Justice TaneY, ex-
President Pierce, Mr. Vslandigham, Governor SeY-
mOur, Of Connecticut; Charles OCOnor, ex-senator
Bright. OF Indiana ex Senator BAyard Of Delaware
ex Senator Pugh. of Ohio; Fernando Wood William B.
Reed. Of Pennsylvania W. W. EAton, Of Connection;
Robert g. Winthrop, John MGKs0n, Of SewiYOk, and
Senator Wall, Of New jersey. may be nentlonsd-
Among the so-caled war democrats, who doubtless
prefer peace, though from motives Of policy they
tain war S. S. Cox the leader OF the democrats
in the United States House Of Representative Senator
Richardson, OF IinOf; Gov, Seymour, Of New York !;
James Brooks and Senator hcDougsll, Of California.
Two distinguished clergymen have stood by the South
since the war began-Bishop Hopkins Of Vermont,
and President Lord Of Dartmouth Colsgs. TheStatss
Of New Jersey and Connecticut supposed 70 be the
abode Of the largest number Of "Copperheads-as the
peace men afe called by their opPonenis The eOunty
Of Bergen, New Jersey, IL bitterly and OFsrWhelm-
insy opposed to the war that Il dubbed Little South
Carolina"
General Grant Is TO conduct the military campaign
about open BE has just arrived Ia Washington
route for the army Of the POtomse- OF opera
tons likely to commence immediately In Virginia
According to one Of the New York daies, two armies
be sent against RiehmOnd-One from FrederickE
burg and the other az the peninsula. Sherman takes
command In the. Test The siege Of Charleston appa
rently abandoned for the present. Prominent military
acknowledge that the city earnot be taken from
the side. It Understood that General Gmore has
asked for active command in the field Doubtless
serious operations toward the reduction OF Charleston
will not be resumed until after the summer campaign
In Virginia but the Yankees will endeaVor to hold Nor
island and shell the city OF their hate The defense
OF Charleston by the lustrous BsRursgsrd and his
famous srmy has excited the admiration Of the whole
world, and the Yankee newspapers are not among the
least 70 acknowledge the brllianey OF the triumph.
Burnside is organizing secret expedition Of $1,000
men nsar PhilsdelPhiA His supposed destination h
Mobile The failure OF all the recent Operations Of the
Federsls casts dsmper the North The defeat in
FlOridA was serious blow aud the nswspapers for
weeks teemed with abuse Of Lincoln Che originator Of
| the sxPed' ion) Gen. Gilmore and Gen Seymour.
While the raid Of Fitzpatrick against Richmond, the
ment OF Sherman against Montgomery, in progress
the papers INDUCED their readers With brilliant
| antcipstions. They even announced the capture of
Mobile and the occupation of Selma the defeat OF John.
ston, and the sack OF Richmond; but nothing eOald
equal their disappointment and indignation when they
called upon to announce The ign0mnlous retreats
| Of their heroes of an hour.
The Yankees have had quite q suecesaion Of great
heroes. They have changed their Idol every sx n0nhs.
Each Of thsss sunshine generals wsa, for the time be.
ing the gre sest military goniuH OF ais age the NapO-
leon Of America the destined subduer of the "rebel.
lion," etc, ETC. First II Scott then Buell., then
! McClelsn, then Burnside then Hooker, then Meade.
| Now, the wonderful man is General Ulysses Grant,
who has ckled the fances Of The people, that they
are thanking Lincoln for appointing him commander
in-chef Of all the Grnies But am told that. RmOHg
| military men, Grant ls not regarded a genius The
ne Fremont organ In New York. the NssO Nati0a de-
votes considerable space in every issue to denun-
citation OF the policy which has placed the whole mill
tary operations OF the Fsderals in the control Of a
| second rate general" One General Clussrek old
Frer ch army officer Ia the Federal SERVICE writes
. seres oi articles to this paper Grant He shows
that Grant blundered for months over unnecessary
canal opposite Vicksburg, wasting thousands Of nvss
thereby, and abandoning the Preiect eventually thai
| the victory at Chattanooga was dus to the previous
disposition Of the Federal troops by Cen Hoseerans
/ and ths. Gen Buell. really commanded At Shiloh.
/ General Clussret pronounees ROsserans the ouly
I eminent military genius In the Federal army. Just
now Rosecrans the retired list for his ChiekAmsu
~ dIssster Irobaby ths next most popular Federal
/ general sftsr Grant Beast Butler Strange may
SEEM Ia really idol with the party. His pop
ularity Is not based upon famous victories tLe
Aed for he has shown his cOwardy face 20 the
enemy, bat upon precisely those reasons which MAKE
him sbhorrsd by the rest Of the civilized world, be
cause, to Yankee expression be knows how to
handle rebels without Gloves that s to make war on
women and old men and children. Tha Beasts admin
isradve sbilitie much Landed. Some Of the Re-
| public, rs want him 10 be mAds Secretary Of War h
place Of Stanton The Democrats profess 70 believe
that Mcclellan is great general az well as a very III
used man. His report the peninsula campaign just
| published has elevated bis reputation Fremont hai
lis ardent admirers So has Banks Burnside s though
bet er Of oee his defense Of Knoxville, and GmOre
fame has tumbled since bis disasters on the So1hern
coast Dan Siekles ia pronounced very gallant feloI.
with proneness TO blundsring Fighting Joe
Hooker has recovered the reputation be lost a
ChanceorviIe Meade Is rather popular, but s though
trfe too slow. Old Hslleck, the late commander In
chief seems TO have sarled the exeerslOn Of all par
tes Be is made = cats paw OF all the blundersrs o.
tbs war for the past two years
hs Yankees DO not hesitate 10 admit the superiority
Of our generals over their After the Idol Of the
hour al Is Grant now) they award the merit Of gres
oenersIshlp TO Lee. European military critics Away
speak Of Lee the abeSt soldier developed BY the va
on either sde and far without hs equal In the pres
snt armies of the old world. Stonewah jackson com
1aandsd the admiration Of the Yankees well ~ Of th
resi- Of mankind Even Beeeher made him the subiac
Of an slahsrAts eulOgy. Bsauregsrd stands high wit
The Yankees fer his dafsnse Of Charleston and his adm
| rable retreat from Corinth. The other Confsdsrst
generals best known and whose merits are hAndsOms
acknowledged are Joe Johnston, LOngstrsst. MaGru
| der Hardes and Polk Portraits Of all these oEaeer
can readily be obtained at the book stores in New For
| and Boston At Frederick's show windows, on Broad
way, are displayed two splendid photographs, oas
Lee and the other Of jackson During my stay n Ne'
York frequently met with photographs Of our "SsOne
| wall" displz5 ed in public places President Davis
thought to be a very able man, but 0 80 Wieksdl 81
We had man Ike JEFF Davis in tho Presidential cha
We would haYe put down tbs rebellion long sgs Is
| common remark
will close this letter for Its journey Of two th0usan
! | miles over the border, the dominions Of Abraham
; down to the West Indies and up again through u
blockade 70 the COnfederacy. am afrsldh viii be g
old affair before passes safely through all these peril
PALMETTO
i TThe date will show that our eorrSspcndent's fsa
| have not been realzsd.-EDs COBREERl
RepsrtCd Advance Of spear
Asceriai0ing that there was no ConiedsTa
! foTce between SuffJlk and the BlackwAteF, il
! said the brutal and inh1maB Col Spear, bold
) marched bis troops cut on Wednesday Digh
q and yesterday halted in full view Of the Blacl