Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-22
LTTCHElELD. CONN, THURSDAY. DEC. 9, 1864.
VICTORY {

Our columns ttilS WeeK cnrOuiclc two OI tue most glorious and complete successes of the War for the Union. Sherman's magnificent march through the heart of the rebel Confede racy is finished. and he is laundering before the gates of Savannah. whose fall is "already gain ed;" and Thomas drives the enemy before him. administering blow after blow upon the rapidly retreating and demoralized foe.
 There has never. in all the records of history. been chronicled grander or more successful march than that of Sherman, from Atlanta to the coast. In the simple but comprehensive dispatch in which the victoriou General chron- icles the news of his conquest and success, he lays before the country the record of q cam paign of which the world will read with wonder and admiration. All doubts, all fears. all fore bodings of i'll success, are brushed away; all loyal hopes and sanguine expectations are more than realized.
 The news from Thomas, too, is hardly Of se- condary importance. and of no less glorious character. The great battle which he opened Ou tuuTcuuy ldSb, db NdSutIiit, Hc HdS CulEl5u on victoriously up to the latest despatches we receive from him, and yesterdays news con tains the accounts of the continued pursuit of the flying rebels, the capture of three thous md more prisoners, and the complete rout and defeat of the enemy.
 These are the successes and victories of the 1,n1 for, nod longer anxiously but hopefully, to the certain fruits of the victory. It requires no stretch of fancy or calculation, to See that with Savandah as his las, of supplies, Sherman holds the key to the whole interior of Georgia, through which he has just passed 80 resistlessy Nor is Charleston far out of the way should the gallant General need new base nearer Rich mond. Nor is Wilmington much be, ond Nor, fnully, is the rear of the rebel army at Rich. mond 50 unexposed. that with Grant at its throat, it will be impossible quietly but secure ly to surround and crush the nIain force Of the rebellion. It is known that fleet, more ex teusive and formidable than has every get been sent out, with correspondinsly large body Of land forces, embarked last week from Fortress Monroe,. under Admiral Porter, for-some- where. Whether to cooperate with Sherman at Charleston or Wilmington, or to fight its way into the confederacy on its own hook, We shall soon know.
 It is plain that rebeldom was never in a greater strait. Their only army in the west is crushed by minor force which Sherman could conveniently spare for the purpose. Their ar my in the east is blocked in front by the vete- rans of Meade, and is now threatened in the rear by an equally formidable force, flushed with recent victory. Their conrederacy has been pierced from North to South and East to West. The end is visibly approaching, and the grand collapse of the great conspiracy can not be long delayed.
 It is now that the President calls for rein fercement of 100000 men. to fiuish up the work, to possess and subdue the land our ar. mics have conquered, and bring it all under the sway of law and liberty. We hope and believe the call will be responded to with alacrity and enthusiasm. If any have waited till the eev- enth hour before their duty called them to throw themselves into the balance, that hour has now. come. The rebellion totters to its fall 1; there are inherent signs of it's speedy and certain breaking up. Daylight dawns. and the Sun of Victory iumnes the whole .heav ems. never more to be overcast with clouds of darkness, despair and disaster!