The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-05-28
/ Ss, e. Sbss sSGs,

The capture of \ick6urg was not com
plttc At the date OF the last accounts. bat
Gen. Giant had possessed hmSe Ii If al the
strong POINTS about the cAy, and reduction
could be accomplished in few dava, at
fathost.
Every casual observer OF The war can
somewhat csiimat, the value OF the capture
The place is tn most important stu. cgic
point held by the Ccniejera'es. Bv is
loss, they lose. on the instant. the States Of
Arkansas and Texas from he latter of
which they have drawn large supplies
without the striking Ola blow By the Fed
eral armies within their borders. They
lusc all control over any part Of the MIS-
sissippi River. he y lose the lutte hold
they had OF the State OF Louisiana. The,
lose, for all pr ctica uses. the who'll OF
Mississippi. They lose Il large army and
an immense amount OF material OF war
and release large part of Gen. Grants
army for duty elsewhere. lr losing so
much. the circle of the rebellion Is narrow
ed, and as 1t is narrowed, the work of the
Federal armies is facilitated. AID then
there is the loss of prestige. the demorlli-
cation arising from so terrible defeats
loss of the position. OF course RoSecran
will now emerge from his months OF inac,
tivity, and Burnside, turning from the
scandalous warfare which he has been ma
king in Ohio and Indiana. will move upon
the political opponents of his masters.
against the Confcdera.es ia Erst Tennessee.
Il these Generals be prompt the Conted-
crates will be i'll prepared to meet them.
and the territory OF the rebellion In Che
Southwest may be still further reduced be-
fore dog days set in. and Gen. Grant, Wi Ia
the veterans who have served him SO well
at Vicksburg, may march over into the rear
of Richmond, and seize the Confederate
capital as he mas seized the western strong
hold. Meanwhile, it will be Of little con
sequence what Gen. Banks may do down
about the Gulf. or what the iron clads may
do az Charleston Gen. Grant In Rich
mond will be master of the situation.
The secret of Gen. Grants success lies
in nutshell. He has turned his back up.
on abolition party ism. seschewed negroiSm.
and gone about his legitimate business
He has required his subord'nates TO de-
vote themselves to their legitimate bus
mess. witness the event of Hurlbut's raid
upon the eiI cuIation of this paper at Mem
phis. All this has been dispea-ing 90 ab-
oliionism, and Gen. Grants head III
charge has been demanded, and there has
been reason to fear that 1T would be Oh
,,ineI before he could take Nicksburg.
Had il been. Vicksbuig would not be TIA
Ia, q, all and the rebellion would beat
tho Government. And now there is moth
inc but regret and bitterness at the bottom
of the heart of abol,ionism at the pros
meet of taking Vicksburg by Gen. Grant.
They would thousand times rather 1t
should never be taken TENN that Gen Grant
should take it.
How fruitful Gen. Grants victory shall
be depends wholly upon the aImln'stia-
ton. Thev may, aud probably VIII, iritter
its value all away. They will probably
sreed;ly retire him, "a first step, i'll fear
that. if given further opportunity. he will
win further Iaurels. They will not follow
up this grand success elsewhere as they
might and in a little while the rebels will
have recuperatcd and presented another
formidable front.
But let us wait and sec what we siiall
&c Chi-oqo Tinss.