, 1864-09-05
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A,ia',a is ours, and The camra1gu in 5eor.
eia Is virtually ended. This long months OF
pstitnt u.srch:ng, Etrategic moves, haro
ccaibcts, b7lllla.'t victories aud toilsome
sciee operations lave cu1mi'atcd N asuccsss
ah important rs 1t !. cheering. We cannot
nt .he prteeht writing, jucge Of tbs full re-
e1ilts If the victor. d pronounce upon the
eiitc's n:or:l Or pbyslca' Apon the final ,seue
Of TIC rebellion, but there arc few facts
which sre brou:nt Into strong rslief In the
light Of tftkc eyctte.
stratcEically, the victory Is of the ut
most importance Sherman to-day holds in
Ills grasp the etates Of Mississippi. Alabama
and GeorEia The cspture of Eicksburg aud
aubse;. .ucnt occupation ot the Mississippi,
wrcsted fron the rebels one-third Of their
territory. The captnrt Of Atlanta takes au-
other third. There IL but one-thlrd
left, and that Grant will Sc
euro Is cure SIS the sun will
risc to morrow nurniug. The rebellion Is
uow nv'rowed down to the southern por-
tions Of Virein,a, fraction Of North Caro-
lima, AID the State Of South Carolina Mo.
bile. although III rebel tan,1s, can have no
turthcr influence In shipping military mat
Port Hudson sha1irg The tale Of Vicksburg;
Mobile viii share tue fasc OF Atlantis, aud
eaye that gsl:unt cid sea dog Farragut the
trouble Of tak,lg it. He is released. Let
Secretary Eel'es order hih. to Wilmington
~ once In oil LIE military and geographf-
cul behring's, the Capture Of Atlanta IL the
Ipoet in portu1,t Of the war. From moral
point II view, snd regarding the effect
abroad Richmond is desIsable, but Its cap
ture, while Atlanta w'ss in rebel possession,
would huvc had very little permanent effect
upon the Issue OF the rebellion
AubE:a ~as the gransTy and workshop OF
tho whole South Il IL rich In toundrlcs,
epp ehops, 1kteh0uses and manufactures Of
every description The rcnels hive drawn
ordnance, Ammunition, clothi.g and all the
munitions supplies and raw material of war
in immense amounts from it. One of the
most lourislibg cities Of the South, situated
1n fertile country, the nucleus Of five rafl.
roads. radiatibg to Tennessee, Alabama, Viz
giLio, North and South Carolina, it gathered
within its borders all the elements Of great
city, End before the war was recognized as
an Important banking aud manufacturing
Place. During the progress of the rebellion
1lese resources havc been taxed to the!r ut
most in supplying the rebel armies with ma
ttrisl of wsr. That supply Is now cut Of,
and the rebels must finish up their q sht with
'ns ee@a's Aae&n6 oo'Saso Aon o1ocAaae
'unne17'
nc afc se1 "4tnout oetaass as 10 dooa
army. except that It WAS defeated and suffer
ed severely. loeing, among others, Gen. Har-
dee, one Of the hest and most scientific OIL
eea IN thc eonthern army. Educsteo,
Trained and disciplined BY the United States,
ne tseasonab}y turued az inst the daZ which
ne naa sworn 10 defend, eno mss properly
mel traitors doom. Ihere "1n be no tears
sueo 1o1 MN save oy t1aatofs and copper
ueaos. "a oooas army mas oeen compulsory
go. s. ,'.o"n, auea 1ne "noie cam saign IN Tue
soau s,.', saeeave. m Anu tne eaa Oh tne WAT lS
neA =. un.u .1et1 "e'c put ."o tu1ose 10
~, 70 aesotnpaisoeo III 'ue campaign, 1nsolslng
no s4ecess'oi 'Seue-'oe oestfncuon OF Lees
Anu nooo sln1es' Dest1o5 ea1nef Of thcm
and Ike fate awaits the other. Granting
'AA' 'toeue "'ms sHnl1uateas OF so o1s-
pefscu anu sEatIefca Is 10 be OF no further
uac' II enatice SHERMAN 70 strengthen and
co optfn1e "lih Grant, either by direct rein
1orcement. thus oVcTpo"erdng Lee by nu.
mefic%l strength, or by compelling Lee to
send portion Of his force southwark, and
whipping hin In detsi. In either event, the
result is equally CERTAIN.
There is another important feature in this
news. 1t Is the second gun in the political
Campaign BY which we mean the campaign
Tsged by loyal men At home for the preser-
ration Of the Union aeainst the plots OF COP
pcrheads and peace sneaks. Fnrragut fred
tue first when he took Fort Morgan sher-
man replies with Atlanta The Coppcrheads
arc already shIverint at the grand echoes of
luis wer thunder, as 1t rolls throughout the
country. Mcclellan to-day trcmbles before
1t, and We predict he viii withdraw and get
on the rotten peace platform upon which
traitors have placed him. rather than remain
tAere to be overwhelmed by the surges of
loyalty which will sweep over 1t, burYing 1t
sno everything about 1t and belonging to it
IN NfetsaeVaole ruin. The willy and sagacious
new 1ofx H1a1d foresess the danger, and
~a,at MN on The track
Union mem Tho dark days are over. We
sec our May out. Our gallant boys in blue
a,e .,ts aa,.u ,s* tus oomoshells of Morgan and
1H.', .sa .a.v .ae s ps o. the eopperheads.
.ha - t;ms ~ ~ etr,ta ~ 49, rha mug onty: Now is
.on @ ~ the kew ~ nota r3asn su.o'sss have given
Harvard march TbanS. eI W me ranks!