The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-23
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
The Rebel Campaign I'm the
Southwest.
IT'S FAILURE AND THE CAUSE
Gen. HOOker's Army to be Overwhelmed to Free
the Forces Under Gen. Joe. Johnston, Who
Will Then Advance North En- haSs,
g.. &c.. &c.
What Has the Rebel Army Accom-.
plishedl
IRON the Richmond whia, March 1871


TME SOUTHWEST.
II, some CONTEND the people Of the Southwest are
more inclined TO peace. especially with The Northwest
than Atlantic States u tho canfcieracy the tact
should excite especial wonder In the Southwest the
fortunes Of have been adverse than with
Indeed ihorc q remarkable and apparently
able difference 10 favor. For two years the enemy
neither money 10 accomplish his purpose tor tho
reduction OF the rebel capital would have piven him
credit in the eyes OF foreign nans than the capture
Of nil ohcr Southern cities put tGethcr lie has sent
his best generals and his largest armies against and
though they succeeded III getting within five miles Of
Richmond, they have been repeatedly driven on with
horrid slaughter The only Victories deserving the
Of decisive have been on the soil OF Virginia aud in
tho sebosrd or South. Disasters have had
In this section. Hafteas, Roanoke Island Nowben
and Fort Pulaski but In ihe main we have boon marvel
lously successful.
Far different has been the fate OF war the southwc,
FaEly Ia the Lines established M 10 wing
Green, and might have been advanced 10 Mudraush's
Hill not only with IMMUNITY, but with positive adyan-
tage. In Missouri frce carried the Con. cdcrae banner
far north Lexington, and might have captured 1T.
standards driven u Kentucky Tennessee pcne
tracd North Alabama occupied New orleans tlmely
rendered. Island No 10 and Memphis gwen up and nna
w. after tho bioody but decisive hight Sh,ob Wet
Tennessee abandoned and North Msslsspp permanently
he would cut n.
IN twain and hold the entire length d the Father u
The second summer q ihe war witnessed u change
which promised only what had lost bat
70 carry victorious bayoneis into the ecins nelds
north OF tho Ohio. BeauIegards skiuI ret eat from
Cornth bore all the fruits Of . great victory IL
noap,ssxsd Hsiieck, threw his plans iio confusion,
and subjected his army % the whitening elects
Of . hot climate and insction. The that had
borne the encmy's gunboats In triumph through the
hca Of Tennessee dried sp Brasgs army was suddenly
transferred Chattanooga Kirby smith pushed forward
almost 70 Cincinnati Buell. forced 70 beat hasfy
Ia the II great otrcie, the chord q which
Bragg was expected 70 follow and cut him Oh from Louis
vi 10, which city given lost aud who're In
the southwest the alto colors sec secn
IA triumph revivng tho dormant SPIRIT 81 Kentucky
creating confederation among the iiocsbcrs. Within
few weeks orr crest was wofully lowered. Buell. was
ttaxlt. Igata aud at.f
monts Prasg, who had been issuing admirable proca-
nations and Installing Governors with great pomp,
cnm,elicd 10 retreat. Kirby smith MAS recalled, the
brilliant hut incoGcufive battle OF ierryylls Was
fought, and the army that 10 redeem kentucky and
capture Cincinnati thought itself fncky In getting back
the mountains u Tennessee with some wsgoDIpads "
jeans,
roic lighting MHfrceshoro failed 10 retrev. Braggs
misfnanagemont u the Kentucky campaign. We we're
forcei 10 retire lines and The Yankees hold Nash
willie more firmly than before threaten seriously tho
occupation OF East Tennessee, not dslodgci from
Northern Mississippi have again entered Florence, and
fhs IL the painful history % Tennessee and
Kentucky. n cross the Mississippi, aud inquire tho
results 81 our Efforts ~ Arka aud Missouri tie record
Is bumiiang be read IL length. No ~
hear the story % the Confederate canse after the fail u
hcCuloch and tho joining o. Prices forces 70 those Of
shameful II may be summed ap by the dsneartcning
announcement made In our latest exchanges that the
armies OF Holmes aud Hindman have d~inded from
thirty ave thousand down q mere brigade. In TcxM
and In tho Indian Territory the story much the
large ARMIES raised and nothing accomplished tofce a.
ing Arizona and hew Mexico have ceased 10 have any
thing whatever Perhaps they longer considered
part ~ the confedoracy. who1 the fortune. q
have been 40 uniformly adverse, u ~ not surprising
tia. people ~hO In ia prolongsti not Sub ugat
but tho further rayagng q their hcds the loss their
slaves and the burning " their buses should dcsifc ia
Cessation nj the earliest nomcat perhaps be villuG
10 make concessions which others fortunate would
reject II s not believed tht the s,g,bwest laos faith
Ia the ultimate succe~- ~ the cause, or unwilling ~
make s,cfncea the PEOPLE 10 The valley and Ia
tide Virginia have bat when they perceive
month after month pas by without aDy bssdsay being
made by our armies and With only partial resistanoe "
the cnsmy advano thoy naturally enough dis rus, tbs
arbament o. the sword aod incline TO tho erlcdients Of
diplomacy
IL Ia for the want ~ brave that the Eouthwct
has suffered Men fought better than tho 81
dors of the southwest al Bemout, Dopelsoo, rhilOn,
rerryyilc Cornth and Murfrec~bofo There has becn
want q gsDsralship and corresponding want u conf
dence by tho belief that the Confederate gov
eminent iDdyer NJ " u tho rich ~t and uuest
PORTIONS ~ tho south. Thi. n happily
moved. Tte President has placed a our sble~t
generals IN command of tbs who's Southwest
Johnston IN the suhdvpions ~ bh department. anil
lastly, hs has entrusted Price with the discharge n
SPECIAL service for which be h yell ntied. Already
the beneficial effects u The reorganixatDn n the touth
burg Port Hudson and psmbcrtco the capture q
Iron clad gunbosts, and the splendid achievements a
whceer's Van Dorns ADD horssn's cavalry, have snts
thru hops AMI oonndsnce throughout The oonedsracy.
The soathvs, has at length good cause 70 - s.nggne
IL future II u needs any s~is,ancs beyond Tho isss
brilliant victories Will suggest that day may
ubcn Fighting Joe Hooker vii receivs blow
CT usnins than any Mcclellan pp~ Burnside reesvcf
Should that hsppen u may chncs that every mn iin~
rake and nrrape vii be needed nnnr Warrington.
Then Johnston mag mass his forces IN srsDd army
and lhsn Tho wrongs q ths southwest viii Do avenged