The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-21
SHERIDAN AGAIN.

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Sheridan once morc-sberidsu. The invinciblc-
Sheridan, Of the shenaudoah--littc Phil. Sheri-
dau--Ilurrah for sheridan His victory on
wednesday is the dnal seal set on his title 20
superb RenCral,lip. Hitherto he has won ia a
canter-he wins now after such o fight sud such
defeat as would have settled most Geucrals-
such defeat as would have made Mcclellan
declare "You have done your host to sacrifice
this army and demand rciuforccmcnts rather
much over than under 100 500 men" But on. Of
this ueitle danger did Sheridan pluck tue flower
safety aud more than safety for he woyo mis-
flowers into an imperishable garland OF heroic
laurel
What general is to an army let this battle
teach -. Sheridan bad gone to Washington.
The enemy seized the moment 20 attack surprised
our army ut Suasburg; beat 1t; drove it four
miles and more 60 MiduletoWn and NcwtOWn;
won a victory had they but stopped or had
Sheridan not conc Sheridan was at Winche'tCr
on Wednesday morning, and COuriCrs brought
him word Of the disasters his army defeated,
driven back, twenty guns lost. 81 hSstenCd from
Winchester" SAYS Sheridan. Imagine how he
rode; how the spurs sank deep In his horses
sides how this rider deyOured tlio space between
him aud his army without a head At Newtown
he met tie disurdored fragments Of retreating
army.
Fancy what he, the conluoror of the Shcnau.
dOah victor Of three battles in as many weeks,
must have felt met beaten array, seized it, ar
TeAteu lth lubplteu planted
il az a rock in the path Of its pursuers rCpulsed
their stteck then gathered his strength, and, out
Of this appalling defeat, wrought BY his genius
and courage such victory as this war has but
once before given us-a victory which one man,
and he only, transmitted out of hopeless disaster.
RosecTans at Murfreesboro, Sheridan at Stras-
burg.
They stand together and to find their parallel
you must go TO the plain of MareugJ, where first
Napoleon and then DeSsaiX stemmed the torrent
Of that victorious Austrian advance which
threatened to anuibilatc the Republic, and anti
Cpaie, by an iTretrievable disaster the career of
the greatest soldier of modern times. The ShCri-
dan of the French my-DessaX-p0ured out
his bravo life that victorious field in exchange
for the salvation of his country. Let us hc
grateful that our DesstiN, that our Sheridan, won
his victory, and is still preserved to us to win
others.
OF what preceded and Of what shall follow this
triumph we have much tO say, but not this morn
ing, To-day it is enough TO be thankful. To-
morrow will bring further news, anu will be
time enough to criticize and to speculate. To-day
we rejoice In the confusion to which the insOlent
boasts of traitors are brought. To-day we recall
the shameful threat of the hiChmoud press, that
"Early had gone into Pennsylvania to stump the
State for the Peace Mcclellan party!" To day
we recall the eXutation OF the same Rebel papers
over Lsngstreets advance-successor to Early's
command, and successor 10 Early's fortune.
Their joint campaign for McClellan's behoof
reaches the same end Not the Rebellion, but
the Union triumphs; not Mcclellan, but Lin
coin; not the Confederacy, but the Republic;
not slavery, but freedoml Thank God!