, 1864-02-21
Nl)irneu Mrib11ue.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY q, 1854.


1ncf sons IN the army to close out tho rc0cl-
lion, Is seen in the carly opening Of the cam
paign. 1t also bctokeus the confidence felt
ly our Western Generals that short work
VIII be made Of the fnsurgcnt forces. Grant
Ans taken tic Initiation rs he did last Spring,
and Is bound to strike the frat blow with
the light wing Of his gigantic army, under
Sherman, he strikes ut tho communications
OF Joe Johuston's army; threatens Mobile,
,sciZcs the Railroads In Alabama and b1ississ-
ipp5, and quarters that part Of his force on
tie enemy. With his lett wing strengthen
ed from thu centre he makes a rush 1T Long
streets, column, near Knoxville, which will
get Pulverizcd If 1t stands its ground, and
'scattered II it runs. When East Tennessee
Is cleArcd, Grants army will roll down
through Goorgia like mn Irresistible torrent,
pcnctEatiog right into the heart. Of. the cot
ton, corn, bacon and negro countryy. The
campaign now opened will be waged often
siycly from the word go; he will not wait to
take blows, but will advance to d3llyer
tLtm. :.
!. NON let Meade Go something other than
acting on tho defensive and sitting still md
sucking his thumbs. Let linn kcep his army
busy; and Lieutenant General Grant and his
~ Gb4EIu Nd1z1tIa WALL uaHhH 1U14EE lucsaI VI
the Confcderacy. But ii Lee is allowed to
lend his army to reinforce Longstreet or
johnson and make 1ank movements on
e raut's line, the trnits Of the campaign may
be lost, and the war prolonged. The .Poto-
mae ar1ny is only asked 70 play i subordinate
Part. But 1t must not 60 into summer quar-
t&re, OF spend the ensuing six months In dig
,ging dItcbea, but 1t must push Lee to
tie wa11-compclling JEFF Davis to send
lin reinforccmeuts to save it from defeat
and Richmond from capture This isa11 Grant
and The West will require Of Lee and the
East The Western boys Will do the rest.
just Keep Lee busy over there while ourfcl-
lows out this way march into the bowels Of
secessia, capture Mobile, Savannah and
Charlceton, re-establish the cotton trade, and
Nbcrate abouttwo millions of slaves. When
that is done the rebellion is played out. Vir-
g:nia will submit TO fate without striking an
other blow.
Our readers are well aware Of the discus
sicn which las been pending before the Su-
pcrior Court Of this city for some days past,
relative to The validity Of the assessments
for local Improvements made under the pres
ent city charter. The Court has rendered its
decision, that the section Of the charter cor-
,ering this point is unconstitutional, and
the blunde1s Of the assessors in the prelinaf-
mary proceedings, and you have c beautiful
Copperhead piece Of business. The whole
scheme is purely Ooppe1hcad. The charter
MRS designed, written and engineered By
Copperheads, and a Copperhead Mayor ap-
pointed laundering Copperhead aEsessors to
carry out its provisions; and now the whole
thing Is set aside, and the city has again been
feeced to line Copperhead pockets. Will
taxpayers ever. open their eyes to the man
ne1 in which the city's strong boz is being
invaded? How many more terms Of Hove
in's appointees will they endure before they
correct such abuses, and how long will they
allow Hove-tn .aud his clique, who framed
the new city charter, to remain in their prcs-
ent seats. Inns not the city. suffered enough
from blandering incapacity, and the tag
payers suffered enough from Copperhead
.,proclivity for spoils? Precisely as long a.
these men retain municipal control, will the
charter be used to enrich them at the expense
Of The taxpayers. In this instance, the work
of a year Il. thrown aside; the affairs of the
city Will be complicated, and public improve
meata h1ndered or altogether stopped for tho
time :But, never miad, the Coppcrheads
have made a good thing ont Of It, and our
: citizens havo got to foot the bi1lsl,
;. Unless the Danes receive powerful assist
ance, they will be crushed by the German
. Iegions. All Scandinavia would hardly be a
= bite for the Teutonic tribes. Denmark, e1-
elusive Of Ho1stefn and schleswlg, which arc
German, contains but two millions Of souls.
add Kcrunv nu1 Ewsdnn and TIM xvha1r