New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-21
sUERlDAN AGAIN.

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SHERIDAN once mOro-Shoridan, the Twin
cible.-Sheridan, OF tho Shenandoah-littlo Phil.
Sherdan-TTurrah for Sheridan His victory
on Wednesday is tho final seal act on his title
to superb generalship. Hitherto he has won in
csnter--he wins now after such fight and
such defeat as would have settled most Con
orals-such O defeat AZ would have rsado Nc
Clcllan declare "You have done your best TO
sacrifice this army" and demand reinforce
ments rather much over than under 100000
men" But ont OF this ncttle danger did Sheri-
dan pluck the flower safety; and more than
safety: for he wore his flowers into I'LL im?er-
isLablc garland of heroic laurel!
! What general 10 to An army lot this battle
| teach us. Sheridan lad gone to Washington.
The enemy seized the moment to attack; sur
prsed our army at S.rasburg, beat it, drove it
four miles and moro to Middletown ard New
town won q victory had they but stopped, or had
Sheridan Act come Sheridan was at Winchester
on Wednesday morning, and courieB brought
him word of tho disaster; his army defeated.
driven back, twenty guns lost. 81 fastened
from Winchester" says Sheridan. Imagine how
he rode; how the spurs sank deep in bis horses
sides; how this rider devoured the space between
him and his army without head At New
town be met the disorlered fragment,
of 8 retresting army. Fancy what he,
the conqueror Of the Shenandoah. victor Of three
battles in as many weeks must have felt met
beaten army, seized it, arrested ito light. re.
organized it, inspired it. planted il ass rock in
the rs,h Of its plrsucrs repnlsed their attack;
then gathered his strength, and. out Of this ap
palliug defeat, wrought by his genius and ccu'
ago such victory a. this war has but nce before
given us-a victory which ono man, and he only.
transmitted out ofhopeless disaster. RoseeraDs al
Murfroesboro, Sheridan ct Suasburg. They
stand together. end TO End their parallel you
must 20 to the plain OF Marengo. where first
Napoleon and then Dessaix stcmmed the torrent
Of that victorious Austrian advance which
threatened to annihilate the Republic, and an
ticipatc, by sn irretrieyable disaster the career
of the greatest soldier OF modern ,imei The
Sheridan OF the french army--DessaiK-poured
on! his brave life on that victorious fed, in ex-
change for tie salvation Of his country. Let %
TO grateful that our Desssix. that our Sheridan.
won bis victory, nnl IL still preserved " rs to
win others.
OF what preceded and Of VIA. shall follow
this triumph We have much to say. but not this
morning To-day Il Is enough 20 BE- thankful.
Tomorrow will bring Us further news and will
lie time enough TO criticize and 10 speculate.
To-day We rejoice in the confusion to which The
in5oleat boasts OF traitor, are broegnt. To-
day We recall tho shameful threat Of
the Richmond press, that Early had gone
into Pennsylvania, to stump the State for tho
Peace Mcclellan party" To-day we recall the
exultation Of the same Rebel papers over Long
streets adyance-successor to Early . command.
and successor to Early's fortune. Their joint
campsign for McClellsns behoof reaches the
same end. Not the REBELLION, but the UNION
triumpbs--not MCCLELLAN, but LIsCoLs-not
tho CoNPEDgRAcY. but the REPUBLIo-not
SLAyggY, but FREEDOM THANK Cont