Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-01
ANOTHER LETTER FROM GENERAL

All1 % AAEAAAls 1GAAf4 W. A1NA
To the Editor OF the Mexican Times:
Sir: A communication, of which ia,
following is = copy, vas sent from Ha
vaua 10 the editor of the New Horl
ACtCs for publication. / respectfully re
quest that it may also be published IL
your journal.
The main object Of this communica.
ton Is TO show the very great dispr0pOr,
ton between the forces Of the Confede,
rate States and those Of the United State.
in the late war. ] have not undertaken
20 point out the errors Of statement In
regard to battles and operations in The
field, committed by Mr.. stanton GnC
Gen. Grant in their reports, which are
numerous, because To do SO would re.
quire 100 much space for a cOmmunica-
ton to a newspaper.
] Have confined myself to facts in re-
gard to the strength OF the Confederate
armies, which came Uithin my own
knowledge; but q correct idea OF the SD
periOritr ia numbers Of the Federal
forces everywhere, may De formed when
10 is seen By Mr.. SJaut0u's report that
there were called into the United states
service. from the .lOvBi States alone,
I 2GJ.j53 men during the war, and it is
recoilected that the white population OF
+ all the Southern ~,at-s-iHciudiug Mis-
souri,, Kentucky Maryland and Della
Ware-amounted to only s,um.1 GU, 50
that file number 81 men called into the
I service Of the United States amounted to
0ne-rhird as many as en- the white men,
women and children of the southern
States. provided al the latter had en-
braced the cause vi the ~ConiederaCy.
Iu the overwhelming odds in llen and
resources, which the United States had
against Is, are 10 be found sufficient rea-
sons for the failure of our cause, without
looking for others and no man with "a
proper sense Of prOpriety can read, with
out feelings Of uumitigated disgust, the
aouse which ateW writer's in the Southern
states Who contributed nothing to the
succe@ Of the a themselves. nave a.
tempted 20 b9ap on President Davis.
! feeling o. seli-rsspsct, If n0thingelse,
should restrain every Southern man from
uttering 9ugEL % repr0ach against our
leader under bis present. m~isfortunes. and
the generous everywhere, can but re-
spect the prisoner OF Fortress Monroe.
In a ride from The State Of Virginia.
through the States OF North Carolina.
south Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ms
sissippi. Arkansas and Texas, ] did not
find a solitary good man or woman, who
did not express the deepest sympathy
and profound respect for Mr.. Davis, and
il may be assumed as certain that when
ever any pretended Confederate, at home
OF abroad, is found d|en0unciGgl him, that
man has either done nothing for the
cause himself o. has been a positive in
jury 70 il.
President Davis, during the long and
severe struggle which be sustaiuedb y die
energy and integrity Of his character.
may have committed errors Of iudg-
ment D. 10 men and measures-uot To-
have done 50 would have been more than
human-but when the history OF that
struggle is fairly and truly written. All
men wiz be compelled 10 yield him
credit for the purest and loftiest patriot
ism.
At present he is suffering obloquy and
Imprisonment for the cause Of his coun-
trvmen, and be is entitled toand receives
the sympathies Of an the good and true
among them.
Respectfully, j. A. Early