The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-05


mA.8 that SC wcre driven bask from
before Ricbmoad hey ill believe ihc
ulilmate subjoes'ieu q ile Soaib i'm
possible Louis Napoleon who i rev
carrying things vi,h q high hand in
M,tles. 90 tte belief that iisc Con
0ley 50 ss,atlslsed uaiioa, when
H. afns thst tbe rebels are expelled
from Richmond De- ESD blink t~ce
before D. nbes another step Is us
Take X bmand and 80 Europe nli
ard co., Coaeaemcy as a Ct sab.
jeet arleaghy obituaries
Tie caparc Of Richmond would
also have boiler effect upon the
spirit Of the North d.aa any military
advantage 10 lie West. Tie name Of
ibat city Is associated with military
failures. which must BE- wiped oul be-
fore the nation will be satisfied eilh
itself It's viewed with righteous H.
dignaiion as tbs place whore orr Union
prisoners have been most cruelty
treated. Ii is tic center Of all that
insults The thing which We az a na-
lion lose tie best Il is tie place
from which cmanales al Chat wounds
the feelings Of the true men Of the
Union. Ii is the defiant front Of inso,
lent rebellion, and willie il stands The
people Of the North, u spite q I'LL tie
laborcd arguments cf mere -trttegisl-
viii feel that il slaHas e. a monument
Of their weakness and ai>houor. Nt
may hear Off victory il tie West and
feel elated for a moment, and further
delays will cause new dependency.
but let US once know that Richmond
has fallen and there viii be no more
doabting or responding TO the end
We believe there are times when Tie
feelings Of the people should be cen
sul.ed as well as the rults Of strategy
and craftsmanship have concurrent
influence with military science in direct
ing the movements Of armies.
The loss Of Richmond would also
have a corresponding influence upon
the hopes Of The Confederales. The city
is TO them associated with the concep,
ton and early history Of their Con-
iederacy Il was occupied by theil
Government as a convenient stopping
place on the way to Washington, anG
when that Is lost all the early hope.
and prospects of the Coniedercy are
gone forever. They know that the
Government has put forth its best
efforts in lis defence aud if il is lost
they cannot but feel that il demon
strates the rapid decline Of their pow
er. Ii the Jonf.dara,o Goyernmen
.t.o,,la la drtven out from its capita
and sent on a migratory conrso through
the South, like the State Government
Of Tennessee and Arkansas, i mus
have more demolralizing effect upoi
The Southern people than any defeat
IN the West.
And even in military view we art
by no means certain that it is best t
undertake a general movement in th'
West rather than in Virginia Fur
ther military operations in the Yves
must be for the purpose off cutting Of
portions Of the Coniederscy as we dit
the Trans Mississippi department By
opening the Mississippi river. Thu
only available base for such a move
ment is Chattanooga. The difficulty
ef moving supplies for large arm
bey ond il renders it impossible Il
effect division Of the Conlederat,
territory from that point, without cor
responding movements from other di
reclio $, and the results of the recen
movements OF that nature are not cal
calated to impress US with belief il
/ the fea sibilily Of successful combina
lions on SO extended scale. AT al
events il is undoubtedly the wish 0
the people that the Union flag ma,
soon float over Richmond.
( BLAeKwoop's MAGAZINE for March. Con
( tents Tie Fleet Of tie Future; Tony But
I Ter part VI The Economy If Capital; Loui
Napoleon as General; Chronicles u Car
iingford The Perpetual curate--part K
Cornelius DiDowd upon Men and Womel
and ether things IN genegal--part ii; Lette
from Sehles wig Holsaeu,
The hrst article compares the merits Oft
various kials q SHIPS in the British Nay
70 ala IN coming to a conclusion as to wha
class az vessels IL Is advisable that II he Zee