The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-12-15
Established 1926.
SHERMAN.

Frederick the Greats Silesian cam
palgns we.e not more remarkable than
General Sherman's. A more skillful
and accomplished soldier has not been
known in our history; and, compared
with him and his operations, how poor
sounds the olo talk about the Great
Captain" Lee!
Sherman forced his way straight
through tho enemy's territory, over
mountains and rivers. baff1ir gall at
tacks, outwitting nll hostile designs.
driving the whole mass of the rebel
army backward until he planted his
flag where he set out to plant it, and
sat down in Atlanta. The victory ex.
torted wall Of anguish and rage from
the rebel chief, for he felt the mortal
wound. In utter desperation he or
dered Hood to throw his army upon
Sherman rear and to tnreaten Tenn
essec. Sherman turned upon him
drove him from his intended line, de-
tsched General Thomas with his army
to hold him in the corner of Alabama
or to coax him across the Tennessee;
while now, with all his banners flying
and buglcs blowing, his futile enemy
confoundcd, Sherman shakes out his
glittering columns and advances to the
sea. ....... .-.
There is no considerable force to op.
pose him. The finest and richest tract
ofthe rebel region is his parade ground,
and Alexander Stephens own State is
about 10 learn tn, tr. t. Of his prophc.
cy that, if it drew the sword, it would
miserably perish by it.
Whether Sherman is moving upon
Mobile, or Savannah or Charleston. or
whether he is moving at all, is not
known. But whatever be his desti-
nation, lie will reach it and OCCUPY it.
There is no force and no gcneraiship
in the rebel lines which can compare
with him. And the coming OF his ar
my, although it necessarily leaves a
path of desolalion, will be the shining
light in the darkness Of the South
1t will show rebels that the Govern.
ment Of the United States has ire
sistiblc power and that it is useless to
C intend with the infiexible resolution
of the American people that their
Government shall be maintained.
The people OF the rebel section have
seen the progress of our arms in the
last three years. They have not for
gotten that thoy were themselves APP
parently successful until ,he Govern
mcnt could create and cole It its forces
and bring them to bear. They have
seen the loyal part of the country sub
hitting 10 tax -, 10 drafts, AMI to the
necessary conditions of war. They
have seen an angry and malignant fac
ton arise and threaten to parIlyze and
divide the loyal nation. They have
seen the slow and painful process by
which We nave ascertained who are our
real military chiefs, and they see them
now in command. They have seen
the opening of the Mississippi, the oc.
cupation OF the Southwest, the battling
at every point Of their attempted in.
vasions, their constant shrinking be-
fore the national hand, as JOHNSON
shrank from SHERMAN. They have
seen the hope of foreign interference
expire, cotton dethroned, and their fl
nanccs ruined. They have seen the
detection of their army, and heard it
confirmed by DAVIS himself. And
now at last they have seen tho attitude
Of their loyal fellow citizens perfectly
unchanged, and hear them in the
fourth year Of the war, by q unanimity
which is marvellous, declare that what.
ever may be the further cost OF the
struggle it shall go on until the author
lty Of the mildest. fairest, and best
government in the world is every
where and entirely restored.
The coming of SHERMAN's army
will be tho visible proof of all the
things they have seen. Desperate they
may be, brave and furious, but they
are men still, and there is point a,
which all men yield If that point i,
not nearly reached, very well. We
can wait. They know now that Shcr.
man is the personfication of the loyal
country, and that the war will contin.
ne until that point is reached --Har,
per's Weekly. ... ..'..