Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-10

| genius in his way, hes done himself >
gross injustice, and argues himself q poor
Judge Of human greatness, by the follow
ing pert and impertlnent paragraph on
Gen. Lse, the frst and foremost military
genius OF the United States; man who,
10 all the qualities that make q man,
physically as well as mentally, will serve
as model ia all time tocome. He SAYS
o. ell the prominent men engaged in
| the late war on toe Confederate side, Lee
| is the most dissgreesble, cold blOOded,
| selfish and uusympsthetic he neither
/ wins cur love nor challenges our admi-
ration. Tdat he was successful a. = sol,
der Is owing more to the fact that he kad
an army that was sn army, than any su-
I peTi0r qualities as 8 General. 1t was the
I policy Of the eonfederaoy to fight fast and
harc, Our vast resources made US strong
er through delay, while the poverty OF
the South made rapid war necessity.
TIE only hope Of the leaders Law IN wbip-
ping US while the C0ufederscy had the
strength yet this man, slow, method
tcsl and stupid, not only failed to realize
this great fact, but convinced himself OF
the contrary. Not only this, but he failed
TO see, and take advantage Of the many
oppoFtuc les that the stupidity of
our Officers opened TO him. Stone
wall Jackson, for example, drove
Gen. Backs down the Shenandoah
Valley in.o HsrFeI's Ferry, He
Ought to have continued the oh2se iuto
Washington City. Mcclellan had drain
ed the Capital OF lts tEOOps, and there
wss nothing to meet StoneWali Int the
open arms Of tEess blessed citizens again.
Lee 81 aaid nave followed Pope intoWash-
lngt after tbs second Bull Run, and
net nave given Mcclellan time 70 rsor-
gaE'z; the shattered sud demoralized |
-.fmy,
These openings for deadly blows were
90 frequent that Mr.. Lincoln, for months,
Kept q weasel IA the river oil Washing
ton. With stezm az, Ii 5st OF the time, TO
carry him ami Mr.. Seward to q place of
safety.
Wny the -,'i said Wash. Mclean
to LIE once, dGrisg the war, d0n't these |
fools liUerste and arm their slaves, and |
make OF 3 weakness an element Of |
strength p
Tas fact OF his being a Lee of Virginia,
weighed him do~r. He labored during |
the war as he lsbGTs now, under the be- |
lief that he was someb0dy, from the Sc
cideat OF birth, A man to be any thing,
under such circumstances, in this part Of
Gods creation, must be q great man. !
Lse Is far from great, in any sense Of the !
term. Even admitting his superiority
as military man, he falls far short Os |
the standard set up by his admirers.
AS contrast to the above we present |
the following article which we find in
the last number OF the Southern Re-
Uisl0, institutiBg remarkable eompsri-
son between the achievements of the
Dake OF Wellington and Gen. Lee,
which has an interest peculiarly attract
i've at this time. The ReUielV, speaking
of the achievements OF Wellington, says
AS compared with those of Gen. Lee,
they seem, including even Waterloo,
absolutely Insignificant. Gen. Lee, with
= force not 80 large as the Anglo-POrtu-
gese reguiac army, which Wellington
had under bim when he encountered |
Messena in l3J8-not half SO large as his
whole force, II the Portuguese militia be
taken into sce luat-in the space of
tWenty-sight days, in three battles killed
and wounded more than Wellington ever
killed and wounded during his whole
career, from Assaye to Waterloo, both
inclusive.
In one CT thess battles Lee killed and
wCunded more men by 5000 than the
French srmy lost, including prisoners,
Ia the whOls esUp8ign of Waterloo and
the pursuit il the gates OF Paris. In the
same battle hs Killed and wounded more
men thsu Wellington, Butcher and Ma
pOleOn, all three together lost in killed !
and wounded in the battle OF Waterloo, |
by 5000 men. In the second Of these
battles he killed aud wounded the same
number that both the opposing armies
lost Ia the battle OF Waterloo; and ia |
the third he killed and wounded more by
7000 men than tha French alone lost in :
the battle OF Waterloo. In the three | .
battles together, Lee killed and wounded
more men by st lesst 80 600 than the
allies and French LOST in the whole cam.
psign, including prisoners,
The force with which Lee operated
never amounted, ct one time, to 30 900
men; the force with which Wellington
snd Butcher acted was, according to
English estimates. 190,00 strong The
'OEoe 10 which Lee was opposed was,
rom first to last, 100000 strong; the
OTcs 10 which Wellington and Butcher
we're opposed was but 122, 900 strong. 8
When Massena invaded Portugal 4
n 1910, Wellington had SO,000
Portuguese regulars, who, at the battle OF
8usaco, according to Weilingtonia own
account, " proved themselves worthy to =
igdt side by side with the British vete- :
sns,n besides 5000 admirable POrtu- I
,ese militia. He had Lisbon for his base, I
With a British feet riding st anchor, and Y
vessels OF other descrip-
ions plying between the ports Of Z 1g-
and, aud bringing the most abundant
upply OF arms, provisions and muni-
ions Of wGT, he had surrounded the :
,OFt with the mcst tremendous system Of s
known In modern times,
nd his task vas to defend the strongest
Oultry in Europe. In Less case, his
nemy had possession OF the sea, and
0uld and did land powerful force TO at
ack the very base OF his operations,
While he was fighting another Of still
.reater strength in front. II is probably 4
ot altogether just to Wellington to In {
iitute this comparison. II his deeds e
Dok but Commonplace beside the s;
OF his campaign, 50 do all s.
theirs. the history of the world cannot
xhiblt such campaign as that OF Lee
a 1894