The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-10-28
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THE SITUATION Al UNTTNNOu-
GA-A REBEL VIEW OF IT.

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GA-A REBEL VIEW OF IT.
At first sight the rebels claimed a bril-
liant victory at the battle of Chicamauga.
hut ON second glance, it is evident that
they "can't see it," Ii any loyal men feel
dcspondcnt at General Rosccraus' situation.
let them read the following "viow OF it,"
from the Chattanooga Rc5e'-now pub
ishcd somewhere outside the Federal lines :
Upon reaching the Tennessee River from
the field of Chicamauga, ROsCcraus ad-
dressed his troops. fSNov soldiers" said
he, "Hc object of oW expedition 'cdS TIE pos
session Of Chattanooga, AMI here IRE are"
Bricl aud to the point forciblc and adroit.
Thus far the campaign, whose mysterious
surgcs are rolling above us. has no clearer,
as il certainly can not have moro lacouc
history. Tho few words Of the Federal
General illuminate the whole page as a ray
from dark lantern, and no man can close
his eyes to the somewhat painful glare
which they throw full upon him.
Not even General Bragg himself can
contradict them, except with his sword
and such strokes as it may please Heaven
to send us through his hands in the few
days of fair weathcrju before us. Unless
we hasten to make hay;whcn the sun shines,
the story as thus told, will hold good through
all time; tho spring will open untowmd
dangers to our arms the cause which now
tdrns upon the pivot Of its crisis will drop
like flower which has been intended !:
and the end must fade out of sight in n roll
ing torrent of disustcrs--in fogs and gloom.
God forbid it!
At present the case stands about in this
wise: we have lost the gate to lower East
Tennessee, the river, which was our base,
and the facilities which these afforded for
progressive movements into East Tennessee
and Kentucky. We have gained hand-to.
hand fight; we have rcpolled powerful
Invasion; we have preserved Georgia, and
secured Il commanding position around the
enemy. RDSscrujS, on Ne oiber hu"d bGS
ucguiyed all H0t zee hare lost lie has
reached Chattanooga and fortified it, taken
mp the river line as his base, and now pre-
parcs quietly to winter in his new quarters,
leaving us uncivilly out in the cold, to take
caro- of ourselves us best we can or must
Physically, and to all appearances, in the
aggregate he is the gamer Tor, after the
prisoners, standards and artillery taken at
Chickamauga are counted, our victory is
told whilst our deficit, in the long sum TO-
tai, glory included, does not make up for
any results yet achieved.
In word. we have lost ten or tiOeirc
thousand men rithoW gaiHiag an equird.
lent in producing territory. The whole
question, therefore, turns upon tho stua-
tiun, and what we Will do with it. In mil
itary circles, it is generally believed that
Rosecrans has blundcred into " position
which, improved by an adversary Of gen
ius, might he turned in three adroit move
1, 4 l.
and the movements speculated, but by no
means explained, are made, the victory Of
Chicamauga will be complete and the many
/ lives thcre sacrificed will become as 30
many trophies TO noble work. But if this
opinion Lo false and the movements sug-
gested as possible fail 10 he made, and we
continue to gazo listlcssly from the bold
knobs of Missionary Ridge upon comiorta-
Bile barracks of the blue varlets below
then may we tremLlc for the next cam
paign; for as sure as there is any surety in
the future, the Spring of GA must see us
far from the borders of Georgia, or near to
the verge of destruction. Nail it to your
dOOr-post, men of the South, and refuse to
be dCludcd into any other belief! Food
and raimcnt are our needs. We must have
them Kentucky and Middle Tennessee
can only support them. Better give up the
sea coast, better give up the Southwest
aye, better TO give up Richmond without n
struggle, and win these, than loose the
golden field whose grain and woof are our
sole hope. The enemy has just one army
too many in the field for us. We must
crush this ovcrplus; we must gain one
signal Stonewail jackson campaign. Des-
tiny points the very place. lie Rosecrans
the victim. Defeat him. pulverize him, run
him to the Ohio River, and then close the
war with the next summer. And how? =?
Nothing easier. The bee which has really
stung our flank so long, once disposed Of,
our triumphs and legions have a clear road
bolore them. Fed sumptuously through
the winter, well shod and clad, they have
only to meet dispirited foe, reiake the
valley of the Mississippi, SECURE THE EIEc
TIoN OF A PEACE DEMOCRAT TO THE PREsI-
DENCY IN THE FAIL, AND ARRANGE THE TERMS OF
TREATY AND INDEPENDENCE.
These results can he accomplished no
where else than in this Department The
Northwest is our real adversary.
No matter how often We whip the East
the effect is still borne to the end. Let us
teach the true contestants lesson of peace
and sobcrness, and the difference will be
seen as speedily as our need calls for the
deed
1t will DO remembered that the Rebel
from which the above was takcn-lirst
nominated Nallandigham for Governor of
Ohio and it will be seen that the same
paper now has n project for securing tho
"ELEcTIoN OF \ PEACE DEMOCRAT TO
THE PRESIDENCY next fall! How does it
propose doing this? By aunihilatiug Rose
Grams and his army-by killing our loyal
soldiers Let loyal men remember that tho
rebels are anxious to have a PEACE DEM
OCRAT occupy the Presidential Chair at
Washing ton--and let it also be remembered
that to accomplish this object, they desire
to sacrifice tue lives of thousands Of loyal
men!
Tho cup and chest Of Alexander Scllirk,
tho world-tamed Robinson Crusoe Of Dcfoo,
has now become the property Of a gentle