The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-19
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Leading Editorials from the New York
Paper, rhs Morning,
WHAT Nov rou ,uunn,Na

Iron, ht Tise et.
In the COZ uaiua,.yy o.d.r issued 20 h's sol.
dieys hy @ neral Sl.rmar hen his army entered
Atlanta, he saws, after r.ciaug the variou, stops
10 tho Triumphant DGwUugg:-Ihe clp.ugg of
Atlanta completed the -rard tlsI, witch uld
been assigned us by our Governments" Wn,t
the cu,.ro scope ud precise lmitlrion Of these
words may be, it /, uiFcuIt O. say. We suppose
the capture Ut At'autt was tho task asst ynud TO
our brave Western army wien Il scr forth from
Chattanooga in May last, and beyond that go,- IS
Il was impossible at that tmo to draw out any
fixed line ofmil0..ry action.
So far, twas defnjfp, simple and essential;
huti Atlanta once attained, our further pc rgross
Woulu ucptui upon iHg condition of QUE army,
upon tbc condition OF the rebel army, upon h.
position ard Tine ui ryfrCnt aud upon tuu general
asp6ct Cl the wa, Ltst and West If ths cam
pa.gu had closed with the destruction OF II jOd's
force, the iWthrr advance of sherman. army, as
mas, into &c. Igia, would have been unuCcas-
sary IT, on he utu,r hand, the rebel force were
borne away ntac Sucrmau's plans and move
mCntS wO4ld sul rrwa TO be dictated uy great
variety ot circumstances.
In rCgaId to the condition Of Hoods army, VIC
judge The fact 20 De- hat, though not utterly s.
troy cd, IL wa, WCll-ugh brUkg1 after the rctrel.
from atlanta. It's long retreat, or series Of rc
treats, continued without cessation for four
mOuihs-the six great battles 10 fonght before
reaching Atlanta, the three heavy assaults upon
our army it made while &C Atlanta, and the two
actions 1t fought after the main BODY had
evacuated that plaCC-ail this, with the ordinary
wear and tear OF such a terrible cImplign, aud
with very lmi cd rcnturcements to G,l the gaps
made, must b. ave LEFT The army which Vas Bragg's,
Johusen's, and Hoods ia succession, in yC.y
slim and sorry condition.
In regard to the present position Of that army,
we Judge from the few indications that have
reached us through Rebel and Union mediums
that II Is nov on the line OF railroad running
southwark from Atlanta 20 Macon some twenty
miles, less or more, from the former place. Were
Sherman to advance directly upon it, il would
doubles, retreat & Macon were he 20 attcm1 1t
to march in sou hCNstCrly or sOuthweSterIy
direCt, n, il would try to bar his way, retard his
progress, or baiaSS uis line.
The easiest movement, and not the Least eilcG-
tive, for Sherman 20 m Ike with the bulk of his
forces, after !, avIng portion OF them well fOrt-
fled in Atlanta, would nc to strike ,uuth westerly
for Montgomery, the old tpital of the Southern
CoDfedcrucy, amt from there mach upon and
seize Mobile. He would thus not only capture
these two important points, and dominate all the
surrounding country. tut he would establish
water. ba.e for our Southwestern army. He
could make grand march like this even though
Hood were to remain where he now is, or indeed
without paying much regard to the line OF COM
muniCaiiOn.
His forcs could march after the fashion Of
what is called tue "iudcpendCnt column" which
is 30 eaboratcly described by Kiuglake in his
"History Of the Crimeau War" and the value
and uses OF which we're 50 unCly illustrated by
Sherman himself, in the remarkable march he
made from VI ksLurgatros the State OF Missls
sippi at the opening OF the present year.
The Rebels tn, Ives have an idea that some
such ovement as this may nov be undertaken
by Sherman; tor the Richmond EraHiiRcr makes
the remark -" Nashville, Chattanooga, AtlantI,
are 10 be three r0ngholdS in a wall of iron
and bayOnCts stretching from the Ohio river into
middle Georgia, and to be extended in due time
south to Savannah, or bent westward to Mobile,
or proouE,d eastward to Charleston
But though plans Of operation such as these in
the southwest might he po's be, feasible, and pro-
Gtable for Sherman, therc is another an greater
Object which our Government may now think it
advisable that the victorious army OF the west
should lend q hand in achieving. What that
object may be, and what the Rebels fear il is, we
will close by permitting the Richmond Examiner
of Monday last to tell -
It plain that ac opera Ions In the deld are ended
for the time being Ia Georgia. And the ICuOrCempns
which would enable sherman to push forward in urugr
enterprises are required for another and more Important
that purpose IS the capture Of Richmond on this one
obit q the whole Ary plwtrut tho Federal Union w
n, hr ;,i.ut Will ma ion er he dis sr,rre
by two great enterprises. Of them is accomplished
and wen of his hands lie Is ut huCrly now TO give us
whole force 20 iht other lie Cnmmundi all the armC
the United States, aud his pride up,
1hc tusk which engaged MS im dR'c persona super
vision Is Jet uuacruughaL0i' Wnt iat which was en-
trustee 70 al cutCnm has succeeded Every Or gId} ana
mcut that spared non other quarter Of the
compass VIII ertgulv be ordered 10 renrsburs Too
Nurtheu UeOp thur gunul al ,simo
yICHOn u at they have rebellion last uircum-
stHuCed that great blow must ceratny destroy 4,
he believe that now is To be stric zen In virginia
Petersburg FALSELY esteemed the kCy TO Richmond.
The fail OF they crruurouslY suppose involves the
other But cannot be denied hat II incv bng together
the theatre Ut bute nav BE-, they do mpcrl Rich
mOuj and with it the Confederate cause itself