, 1864-02-12
Ubitago Qribnue.
THE OPENING CAMPAIGN.

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THE OPENING CAMPAIGN.
VIC begin to hear again rumors of active |
war The long season Of inaction consequent
upon winter, md the necessities Of further !
preparations on either side, Is drawing to q |
close; and any day may bring us accounts Of
marches, and sieges, and battles, which VIII
excite the whole country, as In days gone BY. !
Gen. Grant Is accustomed to move early
BE took Donelson in February He has
been hard at work In getting ready since
the battles Of Chattanooga, and is "ithont |
doubt in condition to be s'moFing on their
works." We have been hearing for some
days of Gen. Sherunn'a movement toward !
jackson and Meridian, in Mississippi; and we
may hear at any time Of his being at either
place The accounts make his command to
be large; and some Of them, forgctful Of the
embargo upon revelations Of numbers, pre-
tend to give the sum Of them at Il, 900 men.
This is either guess work, or 1t il unrelinble,
since commanders know enough to keep this
matter in the shade, II correspondents do
not. It is safe to believe, nevertheless, that
his appointment is strong one, for there Is
obviously work for It to do, whatever direc-
ton It takes when It has reached Meridian
II may have designs upon Mobile, or Mont
Eomcry, or both. It is meant, without doubt,
to deliver the etate OF Mssissippl; since,
with a Federal force at Meridian, and the
Memphis and Chattanooga Railroad in our
possession, the rebels are done tor In that
State. With the success of this force, the
rebellion is shut up In Georgia, the Caro1inas
and Southern Virginia.
But Gen. Grant contemplates without
doubt other work. He has two rebel forces
on Lis hands. LoDggtreet threatens him from
the East, and Johnston from the South.
These have been points Of great solicitnde
With the Confcdcracy nM the winter; and
N]5atcvcr they hare been able to do to make
themselves Formidable there, They have doubt
l.ss done. and we may expect to find them
with good strength of numbers at each
1otnt Their CONSUMPTION has been pressed
to the utmost, notwithstanding the frantic
howls through the South. Which their papers
have brought ne all winter. Indeed, their
outcrics have proved It's activity aud merci-
BUSINESS. But while they have been at work,
we calculate our Generals have been at work
also. Eaet Tennessee is not yielded to them,
nnd probably will not be- Nobody knows
better than the Government, the desirable
ness Of being strong in that quarter, and If
Lopgstrcct expects to Get Gen. Grant ont Of
il, hc vii, ]ud himself with plenty of work
on his hands. Our fears are that he may get
his dcfenccs 60 strong rs to delay our army
in lis nttempts to batter down the back door
to Richmond; although, unless the rebels
work better than they commonly do, they
will find their dcfcnses like those Of lookout
and Missionary Ridge. Our boys Mt Chatta-
Eooga did more work in a eay than the rebels
had done in month.
II is plain, thcn, that while Sherman is
touching them up with briars at Meridian,
and along there nnd thence, Gen. Thomas
will be giving them opportunities for activity
along from Dalton toward Atlanta; and
Gen. schoneld, or whoever guides the ship In
East Tennessee, will be keeping Longstreet In
exercise. Let US hope that Schoicld will not
LET Ills conservatism bold him back from do
ing good to that army OF Virginia ragmuflins.
So for Gen. Grants Department. 1t is
given out that the Potomac army has already
commenced ."mskius rcconnolss4nces.' ~
That or1ny is good at the business. We hope
to hear of it's columns looking straight into
Richmond. Lee ought to have something to
do us well rs the rest of them. Refugees say
that Meade might have routed jeff Davis mt
all lis crew from the Old Dominion, last fall
Ind he only pushed on We hope this tint
he will "rush on" We believe in the CT.
"On to Richmond!" Why not? Richmond
n,ny not be worth much to u.s. but It Is wort
prodieiope sum to the rebels. As long 3
they keep II they have seeming and color Q
4 ,,dtion. Drive them out, and they are . PAL
eel Of vagabonds. The possession OF Rich
mond, too, gircs them the nse OF The Tfede
gar Iron Works, less important to them now
perhaps, than formerly, but still useful
Then, Richmond lost, Virginia is lost
One hope is, that Gen. Meade viii not onl.
push on for Richmond, but that Gen. Fatlet
OR Gen. Somebody else, will c"A.e along NJ
frpm Fortress Ms.>-~u, ny way Of tic PENN
..A:a, or By route from the south-say Rom
oEe and Weldon-and strike terror in that
way, while Grant is laundering at the
back door, by Lyuchburg. And
thus, While 1t lightens all around
the sby, We shall hope to see tht
knees Of the rebellion to Shake, and Il
hear It's heart bent with terror, I'LL 1t Gomez
down Ike Lucifer, son Of the morning, tx
rise no more.
Tie expectation of the country is TO see th'
war succeed from the start, with this cam
paisn. That 1t win succeed we must no
think Of doubling. Bnt that it will not fin.
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VIII nsas once more. ana 1oa1 II may oe WE
dstpesa1aon, Is 10 oe anIc1patca ana PsoSo
cd for. True, the elect Will DC only to Pre-