, 1863-10-20
TIE SITUATION IN GEORGIA,
What The Rebels Think Of Re-
suits and Prospects.
4 BIG UNDERTAKING PROPOSED.

The following Is a leader from the ex, Chat-
tanooga Rt1e1 Of the 9th of October. It puts
the case in very plain terms:
Upon reaching the Tennessee River from
the neld Of Chlckamauga, Rosecrans addressed
his troops. "Fellov soldlErs.'' said he, s.the
object OF our expedition WAS the possession of
Chattanooga, and here we are.'s Brief and
to tie point; fotcible and adroit. Thus fur
the campaign, Whose mysterious snrges are
rolling above us, has no clearer, as 1t certainly
canuot have more 1aconic history. the
few roIds Of the Federal General illuminate
the whole page as .sy from dark lantern,
aud no man can close his eyes to the some.
what painful glare which they throw full upon
him.
Not even General Bragg himself can contra
dict them, except with his sword, aud such
etrokee IS it may p1ease heaven to send us
through bis hands In tho few days Of falr
Weather just before us. Unless VIC hasten to
make hay whtn the SUD shines, the story as
thus told, will hold good through all time;
the spring will open untoward dangers to our
a!ms; the cause which now turns upon the
pivot Of its crisis, wul drop like . flower
fade ont OF sight in rolling torrent Of disas
ters-tu togs and gloom. God forbid it.!
At pIetent the ease stands about In this
wlsc: We hare lost the gate to lower East
Tennessee, the river, which was our base, md
the facilities which these afforded for pro-
Kentucky. We have gained hand: to. hand
tight; Te have repelled 3 powerful invasion;
NC have preserved Georgia, aud secured d
commanding position around the enemy
Roseryans, on tic otter hand, Ads aeqstired d1
that re hare lost. He has reached Chattanooga
and fortified 1t, takennp the river line as his
base, aid now prepares quietly to winter in
Lis new quarters, leaving us unc17l1ly out In
: the cold to take care Of ourselves as best vo
can OF must. Physically, mud to all appear
nEcer, in The aggregate he Is the gamer for,
after the prisoners, standards md artillery
taken al Chickamauga are counted, our victory
ia told. whilst our deficit, in the loog sum
total, glory included, does not make up for
any results yet achieved.
In word, we have loEt ten OF twelve thou-
sand men without gaining an equivalent in
producing territory. The whole question,
We will do with 1t. In military circles, IT ls
generally believed tbat. Rosecsans has blum
0e1ed into poaition which, improved by m
adse' sa1y Of genius, might be turned In three
adIoft movements to his eternal ruin. It this
be 20, and the movements speculated. but BY
no mems explained, nre made, the victory Of
ChlckGmauga wiu be complete, and the many
1iyes there sacrificed will become as so many
trophies to noble work. But II this opinion
be fnl.e, and The movements suggested as
gaze lls.1essly from the bold knobs Of Mis-
kicnary Ridge upon comfortable barracks Of
the blue TarIets below, then may ne .tremble
for the next campaign; for Us sure as: there is
any epIety in the future, the Spring Of '6f
muet see us far from tha borders Of Georgfa,
CT near to the verge Of destruction; Nall Ii
to your dooI-post, men Of the South, a1d re-
fuse to DO de1uded into any other bellef!
Food and rafment are our needs. We must
hare them. Kentucky aud Middle Tennessee
can only supply them.
Better give up the sea coast, better give up
the Southwest, aye, better to give up Rich
mond without . struggle, and vim these,
than lose the golden teld, whose grain and
wool are on1 sole hope. The enemy has just
must cr1sh this oVerplus; Te must gain one
eignal, stonewall Jackson campaign. Des-
tiny points the very place. Be Rosec:ans the
victim. Defeat him, pulverize him, run him
to The Ohio river, and then close the war
with the ne1t summer. And how? Nothing
easier. The bee which has really stupg our
hank 20 long, once disposed OF, our triumphs
and leglons hare clear road before them.
Fed sumptuons1y through the winter, well
shod ard clad, they have only to meet dis
Pirtted foe, rotake the valley Of the Misels-
t1ppt, secure the election Of peace Deuo-
ctat to the Presidency in the fall, and arrange
the terms Of treaty and Independence.
These results can be eaccompl1shed no where
else than In this Department. The North
west Is our real adversary.
No matter how often we whip the East, the
eject Is sti1l-bo to the end. Let Us teach
The true contestants lesson Of peace and
sobe1nsss, and the difference will be seen aa
speedily as our need calls for the deed!