Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-25


''It it Is right to send uD an expedition
now, why was it not right to send it up
before? 1t is all very well to say one
ought to consider the difficulties of the
government, but it is not easy to get over
a feeling that q hope existed Of no expe
dition being necessary, owing to our hay
ing fallen AS for myself personally, /
feel no particular rancor on the subject,
but l own do not care to show that like
men, whoever they may be, who act in
such a calculating way, and l do not
think one is bound to act the hypocrite's
part and pretend to be friendly toward
them. I do not judge the question of
abandoning the garrisors or not what |
judge is the INDIGESTION OF the government.
They did not dare to say, Abandon the
garrison go they prevent me leaving for
the equator, with the determination not
to relieve me, and the hope (well, Twill not
say what their hope was1. "March, April,
August, why he ought to have surrendered;
be said six months" There is my point OF
complaint. heavy numbering column,
however strong, is now here in thin land.
Parties OF forty or sixty men moving about
swiftly will do more than any column. II
you lose two or three, what oft 1t is
the chance of war. Native allies, above
all things, at whatever cost. Il is the
GOuEAb Vi t4lC I1b illC
1 can say owe the deieats in this country
to having artillery with me, which delayed
me much, and it was the artillery with
Hicks which, in my opinion, did for him.
l altogether decline the imputation that
the pre- ec, ed expedition hiss come to re-
lieve me. 1t has come to save our national
honor in extricating the garrisons, etc,
from position in which our action in
Egypt has placed these garrisoDs. 1 was
relief expedition No. I, they are relief ez-
petition no. 9. As Tor myself, / could
make good my retreat at any moment if
| wished. Now realize what would happen
If this first relief expedition Was to bolt
and the steamers fell into the hands of the
Mahdi; this second relief expedition Tor
the honor OF England engaged in extricat-
ing gsrrisons) would be somewhat ham
ps.ed. We, the first and second ezpedi-
tione, are aaallY engaged for the honor Of
England. This is fair logic. I came up to
extTicate the garriscns and failed Earle
comes up to extricate the garrison and. I
hope, succeeds. Earle does not come M
to extIicate me. The extrieation OF the
garrisons gas sapposed TO AFFECT cur ma
tional honor If Earle succeeds the ma
tioral honor thanks him and, / hope. re-
wards him; but Ii is altogether independ-
emit OF me who, for falling, incurs
the blame. l am nat tia rescued
leab and will not be. As for
her majesty's government keeping the
Soudan itself, It Ia cat OF the
question, Tor you could not get me to serve
her, except under great salaries and sun
ported with large forcee. And as for Civ
ing it back TO Egypt, in 8 couple of years
we would have another Mahdi. There
fore onr choice lies ketYeen 0usbsE ana
the Turks. Therefore, give the country to
the Turks. When once you have come to
Khartoum with 81 ,000,000 or S2O00, COO
(which you will spend in three months oc-
cupa,ion up here if you :delay), make ar
rsGgements az once with the Porte for it5
soadsn CO sion; let 5000 Turks land at So.
akin and march up to Befber, thence to
Khartoum. You can then retire st once,
be fore the hot weather comes Oh. As for
'evacuating,' it is one thing; IS for
rafting ont it is another. ! am quite
of advice as to No. /, as We have
not the decision to keep the country, but
will bs no party 10 this rat business.
First, because it is dishonorabie; second,
because it is not available, which will have
more weight. Therefore, il it is going to
be done the trcons had better not come
beyond E7rbef till the question of What
will be done is settled. My idea is to in
duce her maies'y's government to under.
take the extricstion of all the people Of
the garrisons now hemmed in or captive,
and if this is not their programme, then to
resign my commission and do what can
TO attain the object. AS long as a man
rAmains in her maj ssty's service no 10
bound to obey the ofdefs OF his superlors,
but if he resigns he cannot be
held as insubordinate. II he does
this-I say this, because | should
he c-rrx, for orI JVoIsaIa~- -
from Dongols without fully knowing my
yieTs-if her majesty's government is 60
ing to abandon her garrisons, then do not
advance. 1t is a miserable country, but it
is joined to Egypt, and to my idea ii would
be d tficult to divorce the two. When one
thinks of the enormous loss Of life which
Aaa taken place in the aoudan since $780,
and the general upset of ali government,
one cannot help feeling vicious against Sir
Auckland Colvin, Sir Edward Mallet and
Sir Charles Dixie, for it is on account Of
thes9 me1, Shose advice was taken by her
majssEy's government, that sll these sor-
rows are due. We are an honest nation,
but our diplomalists are cronies and not
| officially honest. | declare solemnly that
| il it we're not for the honor's sake of our
nation would let these people slide.
| They are of the very feeblest nature,
and the Arabs are ten times better,
but because they are weak there is
SO much more the reason 10 try and HELM
them, forI think it was we who were suoh
worthless creatures that cur Lord came to
! deliver u.s. l think It is a great shame
not giving me SGbar Pasha, for he would
know how to deal with these people. They
are the WEAKNESS Of my life. From Feb
ruaTy until now they have been one con-
| timed worry to me, and / expect they
worried the Arabs as much. As for
| these wretched Sepoys, they are useless.
have the greatest contempt for the pure
Indian Sepoys. | hate these snake-like
creatures. Any nan accustomed TO Judge
by faces, go it would seam that they hate
| US. | would back the Mussulnans' Of
India against the lot Of those snakes.
India, TO me, is not an advantage. 1t ia
the center OF all party intrigue, while Ii
our energy were devoted elsewhere ii
would produce ten-fold. India SWAPS all
of our policy to our detriment. think
Col. Stewart is hard on our men az to
their eeyardice. They are net heroes
grant, but they are not to my mind en-.
tire towards. ! must say I am against
doctors. II man ssutfsring intense pair