The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-11-26
ACTtON

of the armies of the Union. Both East and
West they are on the march. Tho great
incubus that rested upon them--in the shape
of Gen. George Is. Mcclellan in the East
and Gen. Don Carlos Buell. in the West
has been removed. Thank God fighting :
generals are now in command. Tho Presi- {
dent is thoroughly alive to the emergency I
of the hour, and drones and inefficient or
Indifferent men are compelled to give place {
to energetic aud skillful men--nen known
TO be heart and soul for the Union, and OPP
posed to the miserable rose-water and do
nothing policy heretofore pursued. The
day for strategic generals has passed
fighting generals are now in demand. Sue.
cess is TO be the criterion hereafter by
which sodicrly merits will be adjudged.
Mastery inactivity" no longer is the pol
icy of the hour-but from the preparations
in progress we have abundant evidence that
vgor aud activity are being infused into
our large armies. Instead Of marching five
or six miles per day, and haltng week
for clothing, or waiting month for com
mand, Burnsidc's army marches at the rate
Of twenty or twonty-lve miles per day.
The Government Is awaking to full reality
of the important crisis at hand. The peo-
plo have always been in advance Of the
Government, and the Government is now |
beginning to come up to the expectations
and demands Of the people. Richmond,
Charleston, Savannah and Mobile must be
taken. East Tennessee and it's loyal people
must be rescued from the fearful reign OF
terror which has so long cnvironed them.
The Mississippi must be opened to the peo-
pie or the Great West. Nothing must be
left undone to bring the war to speedy
close. Rebellion, throughout tho length
and breadth of the land in every shape and
form which il may assume, must be crushed
A., --eilectually aud forever wiped out. Too
long has the Government exercised forbear-
anco and leniency toward its enemies.
Treason must no longer haunt its guilt in
the face Of Loyalty. It's venom must no
longer nstil itself with impunity in the
councils of camps or Legislative halls This
is the demand of the people. 1t must and
will he heard.
Let the faacy that the South cannot he
conquered be exploded. 1t can be con-
qucrcd-and must be conquered into sub
: mission and loyalty, or wiped from the face
) of the earth. Let the entire South be con
|, vcrted into a dcsolate and barren waste
but let not their Internal government based
upon still more Internal policy, take root
, upon American soil. Let tho dogmas of
tyranny be confined to the governments of
the Old Word-but let the broad and fer
tile acres of the New World be forever
consccratcd to the great principles of hui
man progress.
The new phase which the Government
, has thrown upon military operations gives
confidence and encouragement to every
, lover of freedom, and throws gloom and
| dismay into tho heart Of rebellion. The
/ force now moving against the alarmed min
D ions of treason exceeds anything wo have
o had in the field before. Under the present
seeming calm perfect hurricane of war is
!. brewing, and soon the dogs of war will
@ be let loose with fury that will sweep the
Y Mississippi and its tributaries, az well as
/, every Southern seaport, clear of rebel dom
. nation. Ii will be the last and most terri
Y bic onset upon the rebellion, and will be
- waged on q scale of grandeur and effect
}. hitherto unequaled. 1t will be the crush
l. ing blow to treason and its conspirators,
!. Beside the expeditions destined for diff
y fcrent points along the Southern coast,
d Burnside aud his veteran army is sweeping
o with invincible determination upon the
II rebel capital.
No less than seven powerful armies are
o moving southwark, between the western
=, slope of the Alleghanies and the western
II boundary of Arkansas. They consist of
4 the following commands;
J.. l. The army concentrating in the Ka-
/. nawha Valley, under Maj, Gen. Cox.
II .. The army of Maj. Gen. Granger, organ
y lied opposite Cincinnati, and now moving
i through Central Kentucky.
+ B. Tho grand Army of the Ohio, under
!. Mai. Gen. Rosccrans, at this time upon its
!. second march to Middle Tennessee
= 4. The army of West Tennessee, under
a Maj, Gen. Grant
- 3. The army forming under Maj. Gen.
;, McClcrnand, for service along the Missis-
sippi river.
,s G. The army of tho Southwest (Maj. Gen.
.. Curtis old commandl, now operating in
h, Southeastern Missouri.
10 = The Army of the Frontier" at pres
n. out campaigning in Northwestern Arkansas,
T. under Brig. Gen. Schofeld.
- Soon the clash of arms will resound from
AZ every portion of our contracting lines, and
-" the monster Rebellion lie crushed and
"A bleeding at the feet Of an outraged Gov
ernment.
r. "ABOLITIONISTS."
or The rebel, Gen. Beauregard, in one his
IN orders suggests that the Federal soldiers
. he called Aboltionists As il will help