Daily national Republican., 1863-10-20
The Situation in East Tennessee
from q Rebel Point Of View.
A Great Work to be
..jlrlflD Done.
Rosecrans' Army to be Pulver.
ised. -.a".
The Mississippi Valley to be
Retaken. W
A Peace Democrat to DO Elected 70
the Presidency.
A Treaty of Independence to
|Drlnl be Arranged. aa.
That's What's the Matter,
A Peace Democrat to be Elected Il
the Presidency.
A Treaty of Independence to
,rlnl be Arranged. .a.
That's What's the Matter.

(Fiom the Chattanooga (Atlanta) Rebel, Oct. /
Upon reaching the Tennessee river from the
field Of Chickamauga, Rosecraus addressed his
troops. "Fellow. soldiers" said he, "the OBJ
ject Of our expedition was the possession Of
Chattanooga, and here We are" Brief, and 10
the point; forclble and sdrolt. Thus for, the
campaign whose mysterious surges are rolling
above rs, has NO clearer, as II certainly can
not have q more laconic history. The few
words OF the Federal general illuminate the
whole page as ray from q dark lantern, and
no man can close his eyes to the somewhat
painful glare which they throw full upon him.
Not even Gen. 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 fall weather lust be-
fore US. Unless we hasten to make hay while
the sun shines, the story as thus told, will hold
good through all time; the spring rul opsn sr-
tordrd dangers 10 our arms; tie cdsse ,chich no,g
turns on hs pivot Of " crisis tciU drop Ike q
.fotcer nhich has been uatended, and The end nust
fade out Of stgM IN rolling torrsnt Of disass, -
IN .Jogs and gloon-God forbid It. H.' t
At present the case stands In about 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 q hand.to-hand fight; we have repelled
powerful invasion; wehaye preserved Georgia
and secured commanding position around
the enemy. Rosacrass, On he other hasd, hes
acquired all that zoe have lost. He has reached
Chattanooga, and has fortified 1t, taken up the
river line as his base, and now prepares quietly
to winter In bis new quarters, leaving Us un-
civily out In the cold to take care of ourselves
appearances, In the aggregate he Is the galner;
for, after the prisoners, standards, and artillery
taken at Chickamauga are counted, our victory
u told, uhila our d.ecn In the long sun tolal,
glory inelused, does not make up for any results
yet achieved.
In . word, we have lost ten or twelve thou
sand men, without gaining an equivalsut In
therefore, turns upon the situation, and what
we will do with Il. In military circles II is
generally believed that Rosecrans has blundered
into position which, improved by an adver.
sary Of genius, might be turned In three adroit
movements 70 his eternal ruin. If this be 90,
and the movements speculated but by no means
explained are made, the victory Of Chicka-
there sacrificed will become as SO many trophies
to noble work. But If this opinion be false,
and the movements suggested as possible fail
to be made, and we continue 10 gaze listlessly
from the bold knobs Of Missionary Ridge upon
comfortable barracks Of the blue varlets below,
then may we tremble for the next campaign ;
for ~ euro - there 10 any surety In the future,
he sprig Of 1854 must SO US far from a. Dor.
ders Of Geo, gia, or near TO the verge Of struc.
tion.
Nail II TO your deor-post, men of the South
and refuse to be deluded into any other belief.
Food and raimsnt are our needs. We must
have them. Kentucky and Middle Tennessee
can only supply them. Better give up the sea.
coast; better give up the Southwest; aye, better
to give up Richmond without struggle, and
win these, than lose the golden field whose grain
and woof are our sole hope. The enemy has
Just ono army too many in the field for us. We
mptt srnah this oyerplus; we must gain one
signal, etonewall Jackson campaign. Destiny
polnA to the very place. Bs ROsecraas The
victim. Defeat him, pulverixe him, run him
70 the Ohio river, and then close the war with
the nsxt summer. And how Nothing easisr.
Tho bee which has really stung our nank g
long, once disposed Of, our triumphs and 10.
| giops have clear road before them. Fed
spmptuously through the winter, we'll shod
and clad, they have only 70 meet Q dis.
piritsd foe, rstaks tie Vsllsy Of tAs Aississippi
secvrs TIE election Of psocs Democrat 10 Ms
frssdeneV IN TIE fall, and arrange the terms o.
trsetv and Independence. .'l.r
These results can be accomplished nowhere
else than In this Department. The Northpea
u our real ddversdrv. 4 i.+H.
No matter how often We whip the East, the
effect u still born TO the end. Let us teach the
true contestants . lesson Of peace and sober.
mess, and the difference will be seen as speedily
as our need calls for The deed.