The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-23
FRIDAY, DECEMBER %. 1864.
7HE CAMPAIGN THE CONSuuHA.
TInN.

TION.
In the midst Of the eujoyments of the festive
season now dawning upon us, and whilst the
whole loyal North is congratulatiug itself
upon the glorious victories vouchsafed our
arms In all the various theatres OF the war, &c
becomes US, as men Of sober thought, %
gusge the future by the past Although
hnught with results of the most gratifying
nature, VIC must look beyond the rres,u, for
shat victory which shall secure to us the end
OF this Rebellion. There are those who, In
our rccont achievements, can soc the begin
ins of the end. But the end is not yet Sue
ocss. it Is tue. has been with us upon many
au important field; but the war proceeds, its
irpor.iace Is augmented, and It's expenses
are Increasing. We are not satisfied, and we
would drink in hope from the future still.
The plans Of Lieutenant General GRANT,
now in progress Of development, give us the
great promise for whose rulHlment we are so
eagerly looking. His schemes bear the i'm
press Of grandeur, and yet maintaia that
solidity which gives to the people the most un-
bounded confidence in the one great mind
which is directing our armies to decisive
triumph. The movement Of General SHER-
MAN through the State Of Georgia has been a
perfect success. He has taken a new line aud
new base for his army. That base viii be,
sooner or later, Savannah. The line Of ad-
vance will be through the State of South Caro-
lima. In his march, Columbia and Charleston
will be reached on either hand. As he ad-
vances he viii be reinforced, FIRST, by the
troops which have already been sent especially
to his army; secondly, by the forces under
General FOSTER; thirdly by the army under
Generals BUTLER and WEITzEL, which is
even now operating against the city of Will
mington, assisted by the squadron of Admiral
PORTER; finally, with his vast army he will
Yoin General GRANT upon the upper James.
The victories he viii gain in his march will be
more dearly bought than those he secured in
Georgia, but much more decisive and valu-
sble.
The total defeat Of General HOOP by Gene
al THOMAS in Middle Tennessee, so clearly
predicted by US upon several occasions, is an
important branch of the scheme for crushing
the Rebellion. General THOMAS Is not only
now master of the situation" but may be
called master of the Southwest. The work of
closing up the Rebellion in the Gulf States
now becomes but series of easy triumphs.
West of the Mississippi General CANDY is
rapidly tearing up the roots of the great evil
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas may now be
said to be in subsection to our arms.
Back again in East Tennessee we fad the
forces of General BBEcKNRDGE cut Off
from supply from Virginia, and isolated from
retreat to the bosom of HOODS army The
petty invasion Of Kentucky projected by the
Rebel General LYON has already met an
untimely end.
From all this it is plain that General
GRANT intends to take his time in the reduc-
tlon OF the greatest Rebel strongholds in
Virginia. Frozen up as he will be on the
head-waters of the James during the fierce
winter now setting in, it will be the work of
the Armies of the Potomac and James to hold
and watch the Southern communications of
the enemy. The armies of SuERMAN, BUT
LER, and FOSTER can all operate aggressiyely
during the winter. Whilst gaining victories
OF great importance, they will be rendering
The Isolation Of Richmond the more complete.
Finally closing around that last hope of the
Rebellion, Richmond, the Leutenant-G General
can consistently demand It's surrender; and
the place mast fall, with its army of ragged
defenders, without the necessity ofhaving our
men "butt their brains out against the bull
Earks Of Richmond" Such is the plan. It's
corsummation is as certain as its execution is
feasible. Steadily the Lieutenant General is
maturing the work which will place him be-
fore the world as the greatest stratcgcal
leader Of the age, and as every way worthy
Of Che position Of commander-ln-chi3lo Of the
armies of the United States.
1t was the maxim Of one Of the greatest OF
military chiefs that victory would always
bring the means for fual success. We have
victory in the present. we have glorious pro-
mise fer the future A country demands the
means for achieving still mightier deeds. We
need men. They are asked for now, not alone
for a sacrifice upon the altar Of our country,
but for gain TO ourselves, and security and
peace to posterity.
|, SENATOR FOOTE'S SsPLENETICA ATTACK
Mr. FooTE, Of the Rebel Senate has lately