Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-18
Ganaral Price.

Itis stated thai Lieutenant General Holmes hiss been
o,dsred I, rep ,r at Richmond ana that MSOr General
Starting Price will assume active command In the held
ve.t Of the Mississippi. Tni8 statement Ia made very
positively By a correspondent of the Atlanta L't'H
gsnes-a paper not in the habit of circulating false
rumors-and vet we are tempted TO discredt IL. Too
good 70 be trus We fear But President Davis has oil
late manifested 30 decided a disposition to overlook
his alleged ltpathes that eau but yield some shAd-
ov of oredenos 70 this most agreeable report.
It has been assorted that Nc. Davis was unfrendy to
Genera. Johnston and had no confidence in him Never
,b,ss hs has placed Johnston 10 command of the most
important army in the ConEed raey next to Gen. Lees
Many have believed that the President was inmical to
General BeGuregsd and yet 1t is whispered that the
cose Of the campaign in Florida (which cannot be very
long delAyed-unless Gilmore suffers hmself to be be-
,ieFed will ind Beauregard once more in the vicinity
Of the ga. yer and amOlg people to whom his
name, more than any other, ia tOHer OF strength.
With Lse In Virgloia, L,ngstreet in Tennessee,
Johnston in Georgia, BsAuregArd in Mississippi what
more Is needed to gil the Of public content than
the ,Sremscy of Price in Arkansas and Missouri. We
can assure the President that this arrangement would
produce the most complete satisfaction. Nfour great
Generals would ba then in the field. Everything will
have been done TO ensure success and whether the
campaign end happily not the President will ind him
self sustained With single exception, all these GEN
erals will be West Point men. But the confidence OF
.he DsOpe and soldiers is almost, if not quite, Of as
much worth as military education. Sterling Pdc9 has
more Of the confidence of the Trans Mississippi people
than any other living nal he attract more SOL
der TO his army aud keep them there longer than any
other man The population west of the Mississippi love
him and Price und stands them better and has more
influence over them than all other Generals put together
The President seems disposed TO do all in his power
10 satisfy the people, and srenghen his hold upon their
.asetions. The manner in which he has sustained Gen.
Johnston, since he assumed command OF the Army OF
Tennessee indicates arm purpose on his part to ignore
all past dissensions aud to eoneeds everything within
the bounds Of reason which the public may desire We
have reached crisis in the when 1t becomes US to
put forth our whole strength aud to have that strength
directed BY the ablest military ntelec:s in the land.
General Price has been in the field three years No one
viii deny him the gift OF naturally strong mind, and
he has now seen more OF war and has more OF military
experience than any Of our Generals had when the con-
test began By all Means then let u have ihs benefit
Of bis distinguished abilities and his unrvAed influence
over the people Of Arkansas aud Missouri The Presl-
dent has but to say word to rouse the Trans
sipplGns 70 the highest degree Of enthusiasm, confirm
the confidence Of the whole OonfJderacy aad assure the
triumph of the Great Cause in the coming campaign.
Win be refuse to say that word