The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-28
OF no Consequence.


queuce any place Is in the South; in
deed, from reading the articles in the
Southern papers, we have arrived at
the conclusion that there is no point
that amounts to anything True, the
discovery OF the nopimporlance Of
place, only com 20 after it has been cap
tured, or after it becomes certain that
IL must fall While there is hope Of
successfully defending it, it is the "vi-
tai spot, the backbone, or, to use the
expression Of the old Knoxville Regis
ter, the gut Of the confederacy; and
all "true, chiyalrous southrons' are APP
pealed to, TO rally and defend it but
once IN our possession, the expression
Of Mr Foote is called up; Z" it is Of no
consequence; like the negro when the
rabbit escaped, tits poor dry meat
and they didn't care anything about it
in the first place.
In the Spring Of 1853, jeff Davis Wis
tied Mississippi, and told thepeople and
soldiers there. that the fate of his con
federacy was entwined with that Of
Vicksburg; and that the fall of the
latter necessarily involved the dissolu-
ton Of the former yet when Grant
not only took Vicksbarg, but destroy
ed whole rebel army, the southern
papers said it was not much of a yicto-
~ after all, and that no wound of i'm
portance had been inflicted upon the
confederacy; in a word, that Vicks-
burg was "of no consequence"
Again JEFF Davis visited Mission
Ridge, and declared that, as East Ten
ncssee was essential to the existence
Of the rebel government, it should be
held at all hazards and the Knoxville
Register piteously exclaimed that the
seizure Of Knoxville would be the
striking Of a blow into the CUTS of
ths confederacyi but when Bragg was
sent "whirling' fronfAIissionary Ridge,
rebel papers announced the startling
fact that East Tennessee was place of
no importance, and that its loss would
be hardly felt
Again it was announced TO the world,
both officially and unoficially, that At
lanta was the heart Of the South, and
its capture would be a stab which the
confederacy could not survive; but
when it fell, twas clearly shown by the
Richmond journals, that it was of no
consequence'-"poor dry meat" and
not worth defending.
Then again Savannah has been a sea
port through which a great amount of
supplies were received, from blockade
runners; and lerge numbers Of negroes
have been employed for years in forti-
flying it; and $50 heavy guns were
placed in position for Its defence;
but upon the fall Of Fort McAllister,
when il became apparent that the city
could not hold out, evSEy Richmond
editor became either q Mr.. Foote, de-
c'aring it OF "no consequence or
niger at a reil pile, declaring twas
poor dry meat and was not wanted
in the frat place One paper even de-
clared that it's loss would be no more
70 the rebels than the loss Of Chicago
would be TO the nation That is truly
a good Joke; for were the people of the
loyal Sates so reduced that a rebel
army could march through Illinois, and
seize, and hold Chicago, we should
think they were about played out. Be-
sides, when the war commenced it was
q part Of the rebel programme to march
TO Chicago, because it was a vital point
in the north We cannot see how any
rebel can derive much consolation from
the comparison.
Again, we have the announcement
first received through rebel papers
that Sheridan's force had advanced,
and occupied Gordonville; and stimuli
taneously, the same journals say it is
place Of no Importance 1t is at an
important railroad junction, through
which all the rich stores collected by
Early in the Shenandoah Valley must
pass nevertheless, it is of no conse-
quencc," now that it has fallen into
our hands
We are glad % see our Richmond
editors and politicians so philosophical
when Charleston, Wilmington, and
Richmond fall into our hands-and
that time is not far distant-and when
there is no longer a rebel military
force in the field, we shall expect them
to pronounce the whole confederacy as
" of no consequence, aad that no one
cares If IL has gone to the devil