Daily national Republican., 1863-09-11
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10 tie ELioy Gf The National &c RtpuJiltJH:
There is some fear that too much will hu an
,i,Ipatcd from Gen. GillmOru's splendid SUI
,u.s At Morris Island. The end Is not yet
reached. however; and lpng and determined
hghtiug must be looked Tor ere the stars aud
stripes foat over the city Of Charleston.
\ lengthy experience in the field has con-
vlnced mc, rs 1t has thousands .: Oth,rs. that
nothing tends more t. demoralizr the voluu.
'urrs and t. di,hr1rtrn their officers than the
uurcasunahl" expectations of those wellmcin.
ing mon at home who rrticisC military move
mcuts from a -afu' distance, without the least
Information upon the subject they pretend TO
discuss. Worse stll than this are the or caihs-
d,o declarations Of newspaper writers, Oft times
drg., 4 up IN pseudo military language, and
invested II all the authority which printers
ink ~ itran-cly gives. Ought We not to grow
wiser after the cyl cTuncc Of the past two years!
Tic capture and full occupation Of Morris
i.laul have elected the following results:
/. Iny rOlumaud Of the ship channel into
Lhlrl,-'ou hLrh'r.
>. IL, ,o',f,u- "l TIT cay aud har5or''y the
Uu.ou @uus.
hy dom, f T ii /. Mt to hC 5ulryscd thn' Gen.
nGlmu,e will rest Cuuteut with merely shelliuG
the city from distance, even though the bonn
'nrdmru, should result in its complete destrur-
lion. | dc not fear 10 hazard the prediction
that the army aud navy now III those waters
will n,yrr vcanc their efforts until the National
color, float supreme over every foot of ground
surrounding the haIbor aud over the city Ul
Charleston itself, aud this, Of course, cannot
he effected by artillery at three or four miles
distance.
Practically. the south side of the harbor is in
Gruoral Gilmorc's posscss, H. and maybe the
north !de will next engage his attention.
should he succc ii In treating Sulliyan's as he
hlt Morris bland, the fleet will then be able
I" steam towards the city without opposition
aud ths certainly would bc more judicous
iaII. rriIling tIe safety of the irOn.Clads
against such powerful works as Forts Moultrie,
Bc4urcrud, and Battery Bee. Inside the har-
tor, Forts Ripley and Pickens, standing, as
they do, in mid rhanntl, can only be properly
handled by the fleet, and it will doubtless be
The rlan OF the very able Union commanders To
rlycthc latter for this important service.
The works on Sullivau'o Island are ncom.
laraBiy stronger than those On Morris, but ii
must not, therefore, lie assumed that MS much
time will We required To reduce them as in tue
'ts, ui futl Wagner. II would not bv proper To
mention the means which Gen. Gilmore has at
hI5 option, suffice II to Eay, the physical char,
actcristics OF the north side of the harbur ar,
much more suited to engineering operation
than to the southward.
Maybe, however. Gen. Gilmore will decid
10 approach the city 10y James Island. II 50
he must Land below Folly Island, at Ston
Inlet, and fight hio way hUm Legarevilc
through Scccs5ionyile, to the mouth Of tn
Ashley river. Thi. will necessaryrcluire mucl
tllnc, Tor lHm,a Island is known to be bristlct
"'eI wIhlDDn't5, rllc pits, aud, iu iiuc, u per.
icct tnct-Wprk "t iurtGcttluny.
The city Is do"nrl a. well as every tor
around ,hc harl"'r Tmmc, i,a., TINE, /, how
ever needed tp accomplish the reduction. d.
not let IL, thrrciurt, a::gravatc the suNvilug
and !dhOrs oi our gallant soldiers aud sailor
by unreasonable" expectations; but galherln
experience from the siryrs OF Wick burg, POI
Hudson and Font Wagner, calmly watch upcrl
tions and await patiently the inevitable result
COMMuS SENSE.
WAsuI.GToS, d. c., Sept. II, ls,3.