Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-15
Quebec in Georgia.

ui. eoncsdsd that ssermans object in depopulAting
Atlanta IL to male that place vast arsenal ana oepos
Of supDes Gen. Hoods object in srsnting truce for
h ot,nsibe removal of the exes is not so clear; but
,,,Uuoh "a the auth critics in Richmond appear to have
,,nroysd Hoods act on in the premies, We must con-
ende h,t no danger is Apprehended from this truce.
Atlanta is already powerfully fortified on the North
and Wess The fortiheations will be ended tround
the eisy guns Of the heaviest cabre will be mounted
garrison OF several thousand negroes will be collected
and in the course of q few weeks Shermsns recruited
and rested army will be free to opeae in any dreo-
ton. Are the people Of Georgia and the Confederate
Government rsensble 10 this fact is it deemed the
bes, policy 10 continue nnlerrAtng the Vaus OF At
Anta as a strategic Pointi
Our authorities have not forgotten the plan proposed
q Jear or two ego by some Yankee commander oil par
ceiling the South into mhay districts With heavily
earrsoned stronghold in each district Sherman is but
carving on. this plan, and laying the foundtOn OF our
susiuRaton Atlanta may not have the Natural advan-
t,Res Which Quebec possesses bu! art easily remedy
tie deficits OF nature. The spade has proved the dead
LEST OF weapons IN tho hands OF the Yankee little
tine and n.lls dirt will make Atlant, practically
orsi.ar. Are NO ready for thhH
Last Wiuler, is was commended that military lines
could only attain certain length beyond hat they
broke Of heir own tenuity. II Johnston, then com
handing at Dalton, should tall back Atlanta it would
be impossible tor sherman TO follow him-bis COmmu-
nioatons could not be KEEP: open. Perhaps this opin-
100 is sl maintained in spite oi the evidence OF our
senses. Wheeler, il Is true, tore W the railroads In
Sherman rear; but az the very moment Wheeler was
thus employed, sherman sent Cd every corps but one
OF his army with twenty daya provisions hEN.rsacks
an WagonA This was, ! erhaps, bold move TO win
ms pE.Es before the tommssaIlat gave out. Il sue
eSedsd-
But the enemy does not intend 10 incur the risk
Of depending OIL single line OF railroad from Nash
vile W Atlanta or VI ACCOMMODATING supplies aud muni
lions vi war in NAaOus lOruhed posts along that read
II ia boldly announced IA Northern papers tina.
maze OF supplies 10 10 be established ~ Mobile 70 the
saoiurs OF nh.ch Sherman will at turn Lls aIten
non. Tuis AnnunciauOn Il qHIe in keeping Win tie
policy pursu. by the enemy from the very BEGINNING
ot The was. Tue 6.sE "On 10 Richmond" was oh zJned
in largest capitals III The N,W York paPeri; the move
ment utOu DonesOu Was ID boldly otolAreoi a-d tom
,,.t lime 10 the landing o. Bu.ler 1t BeTnu-a Hun
,asr and the acyauos Vi SberH upon DAlOl, every
u,p. en vi the YA KEGS has been openly AVoWed and
m,putely outlined IL IaeiE oAiiy j9urtais. Whether
MS opsInsss has not proved more successful taAAo n
ssslmen., Ws leave lie Confederate Government to
d,ode
A. Ill events, il is cur plain duiy 10 take the Yam
kses Al their void 10 regard 10 NOZZLE RISING cur en-
,olions upon the OBVIOUS merns OF the Piau, II not
uu.n the declaration OF Northern papers. Wi-h a
.snec in Georgia aud water base " Alabama, the
aufi v,It
IA much simphdec. Ne are aware that there is al
interval OF several Luldrsd miles between Mobile and
ALAnla and thst many tlOlsAnd Confederate soldiers
nay insert IN, m.eves IhAl interval, to the serious
| inconvenience vi the suUjugAJOrs. Bat have not
forgot en- lie extent OF territory between Nashville and
lAuta nor the iLte pref which have hlIh,r o 4,
rYsd from that distance. Ii The line can be held,
| aby not the other also
The answer Is found in Lucolhs trudite apothe gm-
" 1t is Asisr to pay small debt than to pay large
one Ia ike manner it - easier 70 mol one loag re
than to hold long nas This enemy reckons largely
up.n his glTlsons Of cOurabands, forgetting Fort Pr
loW ana II this the main element in his calculations
rs are content to let his CyPheru go on. We also
cave = sste, vel filled with figures, quite SO dusky
~ heir complexion. At present. cur sum comes under
the head OF addition, bu: me day not Tar distant
Wnen We may reasonably hope to do hGte something
N The way OF subtraction. Ii the enemy can fad COM
tort III this admission, be is most welcome. There are
pleasant Nhperings in the air which, trust, are less
mysterious and more reliable than the cabalisIO rumOrs
that deluded the people in the first Fall of the var
The neH Quebec in Georgia And the future Gibraltar at
bead OF Mobile bay, do not appear to disconcsrt
he Cabinet in Richmond. That inSCrutable body works
quietly uader 100 deep to be penetrated BY the
feeble eyes Of the bu5yb dies, who will have il that
a second Obioksmsugs is in process of incubation
Much they know aOcu, i.