The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-01

0fS. OF Win General Robert
plan and put him 10 the right place, does well AOehy
would plan and execute light or strategic movement
better than Longstrcet at Suffolk and Knoxve oubal
Early At stanton. $500
Jackson's blunt response 70 some parlor barrooW
straaegiss At Richmond more men bus fewer srdsss8
was WISDOM IN an axom-truo then usi - truA n0 q
when the hero OF the valley uttered it u 10 dcult 70
direct, especially by oourers tho movement OF troops
general never saw s1cscs on az nsccSrss man pCs
thai can point ont roads he never heard
o. and BY paths he dreamed or the proper
cut OF an enemy Bullets not brains are needed here
E1cAange or Prisoners.
Az the exchange OF prisoners 10 70 be resumed at an
early day. this seems proper occasion 70 comment upon
The attempt Of Lincoln 10 place the slaves stolen bv
his maraudefs and recruited 70 al up his ranks on the
, sae S oosng Win WHITE soldiers ana n refusal 70 con-
chapred for our own eoders IA one a. tho most impudept
proceedings OF which there s any account IL is an a.
tempt 70 force surrender on our port Of the whole
groupd not openly made but eid8ousiv surpestod Thes
States seeded from tAs Unts 0ecause ey had every reason
the cleciom Of Lncom secured the triumph Of
pariv ,chose nainideed ,ohoss oaspri,cips Of arfo
uas open and undauufssd Antilitv 10 H. situtin ~
4a,xru The war commesced upon thar ground ana has
been carried on upou m the mas OF this war in
coin issues procIarna,on wherein 10 open viola.
tion Of the sttui,on under which he mas be-
come President OF the United States he pro.
claims all our slaves Free ard calls upon them to
rally TO his support, endeavor subugate their
masters Now he places the soldiers formed out OF the
slave population by this unwarranted procanaiion and
this alone 10 the same Category with HE W;se soldiers
our NEGROES b. hs procinmasen We admt hat ms rSo
clnpaton has an eject uhich no act Of Cn0e cold hapf
We odn, that IL has DESTROYED an tnsfion oar0ped in
i,seorv ov tAs Cogstio Of a. Un;led Sm,es W. adm
af zoe stiil lire under M a,p of the nifed Stns and
nas Oe oss n a SCsna ~ az
on The co0dtion in Question seems nothing more mar
dispute about the terms Of such exchange In reality il
inc for This rmnn;ny,v devised schema + aova The
reach Of Lincoln. He s certainly well vsrsed IN The
small nnhhIes of the ower cass n sttoryrca R,, nc
;n,ef cond never have orasred the Sar rsschna cor
ScS m e ne ~ nm
Sors ~ c,ryns NJ proposeo pan 81 eAcnapee
Ss.e,.ris,;s or sh D.o' " o ,ns :, sns. ~, rs
cunning SO TRANSPARENT, that the opposite party cannot
possiDy Oe deceived one o. tnose devices which
cumming men are ap. " misIake LOT Wsdom Out wnco ~
aissr an, notnlng more tnan cunning.
Ine enec., ana tne only enecs, wnicn tns poicy can
pssoy nave nag Oeen oi.eS ponted.out. ano, noeeo,
cannos be mistaken i subjects = certain number Of
oIsse n,en o oo'n sues W Is auS painful Captlv.y-
war. But i accompanies no other object TO suppose
tuat WIN ,nouce Tue Oouieeesate STATES, VINO nave
s ppon se MO g
embrace iaiiscy whicn cunning. may very Ven encoo
rage oet wnicn wisdom never cocso Tor moment enter
ana endured SO many baresnps as the soldiers OF the
SnneaeTsse armies w abandon tne cause n winch tnsy
70 relieve portion OF Their comrades from captivity pain
Jul - ~ may ve lnem sno aeep.y = ,nen feelings
OF the springs OF human passion Inc greater part Of
tnese men nave seen tne MONIES
% mosns snos's.ence Gu. up ~ tne Tools tneir
turned into wilderness In many instances they have
soen tne friends before their eyes, and Their
wives ana chhdIcn Turned ont OF doors 70 suoeist by
cnsry or oy the EXERCISE o. lner own INDUSTRY under
we most un'evoraoe circumstances 10 vass number
dsasiers AND the near prospect o. ss further dsasiers
1Aso 49, ~ Voss upol sno. -. Issne A.s
have been expected i ha; stimulated instead Of ener
o,ssrs ;n, 49, ~, Sas - LIZ n,dse '1
Win The most sincere n,essnre then 40 We rscsve
The cruel and moss ussle:s p,cx hscn he Ssmssf
ana for hsn he ss . 10 a sna
" 'As 'SA''1 '" -AA..1
The Rshel Av~v A reuuessee -
y Ts sos Guy nse ss 1ssa
resume nv peu for the purpose OF dsabusng the rb
he mind Of an erroneous impression IN regard 70 the
20 be belief aid 10 be med yery generally 10
Georgia, thai the army was engaged IN rsparins the
falling hack upon Atlanta Having beard tbss some IN
easiness vs. iet upon this subject called upon Genera
for saving thai he has NOT The jes thoneh or
from bis present position but on the contrary. II The
enemy should advance this wn,er-which he does no,
from Tunnel Hill TO Atlanta he believes moreoyer ,hsi
ns In wi 70 oa ana ,ne people y
the federal army wil not susoeed IN
Atlanta any more than II has succeeded in reaching rich
mona n q now renortd ths Csnsrai Johnron ~. No.
assigned 10 the Command q the army bu, there = ne
reason 70 believe ths he viii wiihdraw 10 the direc,op
OF Atlanta al time when there 4 no prospect Of m nd
vance Sy the ecemy. - ~
But win General Grant make torx ard movement th,
winter To do 80 Il must rst arse stores
Subsistence nj Stevensou or and procure
fresh supply OF horses and wagons 70 be used 10 couupc
sson With he railroad In the OF them Ii
complete these preparatjops viii require NOT dave O,
! weeks merely, but months. An army 10 an imnens,
mr. chine which can be moved only with much dc ulty
and expense To the present instance Grant would frs
have repair Me railway bridges At Bridgeport and Run
ming water-uo easy matter a. this Of the year
hs army al Chastanooga bring up supplies
tUfyU ond0 nN0nC ho onf
Atlantic railroad e be advanced and bring win him car
and locomotives 70 do his TRANSFORMATION II N known
thai thousands Of bis persisted disabled
Chattanooga, and that Wheeler destroyed captured
thoussad Of his and four or five times .,
| many muee and horses few days after the battle Of
| Chickamanga knewn, too, thai the federal army
encamped around Chattanooga was reduced 70 greater
extremity for FOOD than the Confederaes have ever been
20. because sney ad not have sappes 10 the rear but