Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-21
INTERESTiNGREBEL ARTICLE.
iAyTEw oFTHE SITUATION.
trfom III. Georgia Cen.yiu,ionsli'', Juls os.l
now DO WE LooK2 I..e

. text, and IL is 90 we'll known that. as We
quote il, there is no need 20 shock the mod
ern proprieties bt giving the name Of the
poem Ia which it sccurs:
20, wsd some powf The eiitie gle a.
To see eprsels A. iihefs s-s Us! o. f- -f
II wad fac notiic blandef free uA
.f. j Aud foolish poton:
VIVA, sirs IL dress an gait Wa. leeAs as.
.. H.I. Aud cen deyoou!"
We Secesb are babitualy amused at the
shifts and lodges to which our enemy to-
sort, to keep up appearances and to cover
disaster or disappointment. Bot do We
never initiate the school-boy who. whistles
70 keep his courage up" as he passes
through the graveyard? Do We never Illus
| trate the wisdom OF that desert bird, which
hides its head in the sand, and thinks itself
hid7 -. .-.... -. :.
The "On to Richmond" Of the enemy
long ago learned to laugh at the thirty, six
! ty and ninety days in which the rebellion
was to 10 crushed out" -....
We have felt pity for the people who
could feel glad at an advance on Richmond,
which appears to have cost some tive thou
sand men for every mile they gained; and
contempt for the Government which would
forge our State papers in clumsy way, for
the purpose of making themselves temper.
arily successful. aud finally infamous, be.
fore the eyes offoreign powers.
Seeing these things let US avoid them,
ever with the question before us-How do
we look before the world? Not forgetting
another equally important question. one
which Is vital to our success, rs it involves
our self cen6dence-Hsw do we look to
ourselves2
What we wish to urge is simply the NOR
raj Of the old proverb, Let no. him that
! putteth on his armor, boast himself as him
i!iat putteth it of. !" 80 o.. &c..
Often have our people been deceived by
false and delusive hopes, gotten up with the
best intention in the world, by those who
think they help our cause by proclaiming
a victory amid the thickest Of peril. Or
when we are really and seriously harmed,
they by brave words attempt to heal slight
ly. the hurt Of the daughter of Zion.
God help them to have more judgment,
for they surely do no: realize the sickening
sense OF utter despair, the utter crushing of
bright dream flowers, which is the inevita-
BILE result ofthose believed in prophecies Of
sure success, when followed by inevitable
disaster
The magnificent army of Sherman. has,
! without loss and without battle, forced back
one OF our best armies. under a favorite
General; and if he only had intended raid,
the destruction Of the vast agricultural in.
terest Of the grainary Of our State, is loss
which we are i'll, prepared to endure. and to
tally unprepared TO retrieve. The evil is
first, the withdrawal for market of the es
sential food: second, the increase of popula
ton caused by refugees. which makes an
increased demand on the producing capac
ity Of the State; third the increased prices
which tend to depreciate the currency,
which cannot bear another one third repu'
diation. Then ifit he more than raid,
and Sherman holds his front by fortiGca.
tions. and his rear by guards, it is an actual
loss Of empire. sy .- ..f
Therefore, with harm actually done. and
with Atlanta. and the great railroad inter
ests involved in the fate OF battle that
Sherman may or may not risk, is it wise to
tell our people that the invasion OF ouI
State is but stupid blunder" of the en-.
erly? ID, .f...-.t r... --..-..-.
Just eight hours before the battle OF Ba.
ker's Creek. General high in command,
told lady in cur hearing, that the crossing
J Of the Mississippi by Gen. Grant placed
him at our mercy. and that the only thing
to fear was, that he would take the alarm and
escape to.his gunboats before we could make
the attack. Twenty-four hours later, oul
broken columns were hurrying along tht
same road in retreat, and the lady who hac
believed the General, could not save ever
her wearing apparel. That General wa
,, not named PembertOn.
Instance after instance Of this kind hav,
we had during the war, and yet grave pa
psrs with able editors, talk of the certainty
that Sherman can never take his army bacl
to Chattanooga, and congratulate the csun
try that he has marched into trap. w,
once had some experience with an old ra
that always sprung the steel-trap from tn
under side, and always took off the bait an'
never got caught. The Yankees have
; peculiar faculty of marching into traps ant
, staying there Our only commentary upol
, such writing is, that such traps as halt
State, and the best half at that, are so ex
D pensive as to perhaps awaken smiles in tn
. North and in Europe, when We boast
D them. s{ .,trr s1r,.ls.4 -...,
In like manner do we talk about Gran,
: and amuse ourselves over, a set OF fact
which are far IRON amusing. 7rt s.
. We are perfectly satisfied that the con-
: mander of the armies of the United State
might have reached the result he now aim
!, for with but small portion Of the loss b
! has now sustained; and that, too, with q
= = allowance for The penI1iar Confederat
: arithmetic which kills Yankees SO rapidly
y on papert a., ........., ,,t....f.-..l o.-7'
Lieutenant General Grant was great
mistaken in his idea that, having turne
the flank of General Lee in crossing tn
Rapidan, there would simply be q foot-raC
!. for Richmend. But tive things have sine
1t been demonstrated, and both are serious.
Is First, that the army Of the Union is /
n largo aud powerful that the usual militia
d axiom, "Flanking is more dangerous to d
el tanker than the hanked,p does not appl
r The strategy of Grant which consists
ID simply Withdrawing one wing at time b
e. hind the impregnable masses of the cent
t. and other wing, would be fraught wi
le peril were that center aud remaining vii
4, contracted enough to bs enveloped, or We,
g. enough to be broken, but is perfectly sa
n, as i, is.ln Therefore he is,at liberty TO pl
E. tricks in plain sight and without peril. SIT
as ply because he is too big to catch! Cons
n quen,ly.. in succession Of tricks. even
b. one of the only moderate ability OF GTar
OF there.is danger that one not seen or toiled
n. exactly the right time may catch us. Su
by result would not be, destrucuons TO o