The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-15

enthusiastic meeting IN honor of the rr-
cent glorious victories achieved over the
rebels by our gallant roldicrs and sailors.
a national salute was fired. irc-N urks
displayed, and everybody checrcd. ln-
tcrcstiur aud sensible speeches were
nude by Hon. ]. X. HoRp and Col. LEE.
The following is the
srBFcH OF JUDGE HoRp.
lie knew that the hearts Of patriots
throughout this whole ctuniry, every
where, were sinking almost into the dark'
ness Of desl air when over shadowing re-
verses came upon us, and this was p,rti-
liarly the case with persons who take
only n superficial view of the military
operations IN the field; those who only
Judge of victories by the amount vt blood
shed; those who ouly view the military sit
uaiion by the number oil slain upon Tho
battle fi,ld; those who look at the war
bulletins aud judge the progress of our
arms, without reference To the great re-.
suits which are accomplished. But to
the individual who hos lOolcd beyond
these things, aud studied the situation
with the eye OF military critic and
brought to bear sound Judgment aud
good information, the stiu,tion has not
been so desperate. There has been
much TO cheer, to encourage, much to
hope lor even amid our darkest hours, to
him who looked cundldly and fairly At all
the fac's, and weighed all the circum.
stances attending the situation.
We have been much at fault through
out this whole war. We started out
with the id of subluing this rebellion
m thirty days, sixty days, ninety days.
We talked about cushing 'hr rehrllion,
taking it by the throat, breaking its back
bone. Now, lhc people of the Unhod
St ties were very mucn al fault, when
they thought that within these short
pes ods we could conquer a people who
mustered on the battle Id five hundred
I iousund Sid ers o by commanders of
acknowledged skill aud ability. The
people needed education and they have
now learned much in school of tXpcri-
ence. Our men in power have been in
fault in not educating the hearts uf the
people to this great but solemn truth. Ii
we had started out ms sensible men with
d conci, usncss of the terrible work be-.
fore US and measured the mighty magn.
tudc Of the power which wrs being
brought bear to uvcrturn the Republic,
AID went to work with a determination
TO endure all the consequences of war,
and then followed the path that we stare
ed into ITS ultimate end; had we made up
our minds to have patience aud p-rscvcr.
anrc us well a. courage and vulor for
these are as essential to military success
us courage, power and great armies, we
would not have been so discouraged,
that, at v,ry reverse we feared tho .'.,''-'-.
UI tnu Uiuvii wus III vIraruy anu perhaps
hopelessy y ruined. We started out with
with the military idea that this rebellion
was To BE- broken down by the simple
conf ct of arms, the lur,ing OF army
against army aud aunihiluting The enemy,
without pausing to consider that " When
they had five hundred thousand soldiers
in the field aud reserve OF a millon
more, this process would use up five, sis,
or seven millions Of our citizens.
Go back with me il you please. and
see it do not sly the truth, when I
sny that it appeared us If the American
people for ths time being thirstcd for
blood True, this was not in reality SO.
But the people all cried out "let the
armies move forward. Strike the enemy
wherever you fnd him; we must have
egy aud combinations, pursue the enemy
aud wherever You see Il rebel strike him
down." and "on to Richmond" became
the cry Of the people.
The policy OF your armies has net been
controlled by military men, aud consc.
quently not by sound aud true military
/ discretion. Yru allsee the folly of the
people. Did 1t not originate in ignorance
to say "awny with all military oombna-
tions," and right in tbs fucs and eyes ol
the tenching OF thousand years, to al
tempt the cunquesl OF mighty armies by
pitched battles alopo!f .-r n.r. r
Let me refer TO the campaign OF Gen
! Sherman, to show whit can be accom-
plshed when great military leaders take
command Of armies untramelcd By out
side interference.
lie stared from Chattanooga las
spring with an enemy in front powerful il
nuInbers and strongly iutreHchcd, II,
has won over the Conf, derute army NOR,
single victories than were eyer won iron
an army so nearly equal in power 10 IL
antagonist in the history of the World
90 where you will to liud it.
We have learned to appreciate Gen
Sherman's victories though. Soniby othe
means than by battles. We acknowl
edge the great military genius of tina
General who drove the enemy Of Gen
Joe Johnson from it's position at Daltol
down to Atlanta, and has now driven j
from Atlanta, and has not fought on,
general engagement or pitched battle.
I We all feel now that il groat military
men can control our armies untromeled
the entire and complete overthrow of tn
rebel army is only que3tion OF time
We have learned that we must have pa
tieDce. Had Sherman attempted to moy,
to Atlante, and fought his way withou
military strategy aud combinations, III,
: result TO his army would have beeL a
disastrous as they have been to othe
armies, of which we had formed grea
expectations. Now Gen. Sherman hs
compelled us 10 acknowledge that w
were wrong. We called him crazy am
insane when he said that in order 10 hol
his line in Kentucky and drive the enem,
: back in 1861, he m ust have two hundre,
and fifty thousand men, and not folt
thousand. He was sent to Missouri, to
little post and twas said that the countr
was well rid of a very foolish man. w
have lesrned that we, the people, do no
embody all the wisdom of the country
All that we need in order to conquer tbi
rebellion and drive the last armed rebe
from the soil of our country, is that sam
patience,. and perseverance, and yalo
aud self sacrifice that has been exhibte
by Sherman's army, and which has mad
( his progress so sure and certain. Th
!, rebels remove J, hnson because he fe
back before Sherman. They too, d.
manded that military strategy should b
G thrown aside and wanted a General VIII
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