The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-15

The great strstegist Of the Quad
rangle y is on his high horse again. This
time he lays down plan fog Sherman TO
rursue in assisting Grant to flank "
lee ont Of his present position. lie has
discovered thst burning houses and barns
does not pay Therefore he opposes the
further pursuit of that policy. lie has
no objection 10 il on the side of humani
~ 90 morality. But he has found that it
only exssperates the "rebels" and makes
them more rebellious than ever. a peo-
Ele Ike The Anglo American, he says,
D.. can never hsrsdlced u submission by
hurring their barns or plhndering their
houses This view Gf The case IS EN-
rentiy characteristics Not word is said
rith respect 10 the inhumanity of that
crocoss; TOR Is its abandonment recon-
neTd&i On that score, II won't pay
is tie sum total Of the Argument.
Sherman, in the opinion Of our strste
gist, has much more important objects IN
view. To he sure, he has played the
marauder and incendiary on pretty large
scale since he left Atlanta. But that was
only by.play. His real object is of far
more Importance. What are the cities
on his lhie OF march TO him especially,
ne.ins that he could not take them. What
Is Savannah to him especially, seeing
that he has, thus far at least, given not
the slightest evidence of his power to
capture it, What are all the grapes, sour
or sweet, to the fox who is not able to reach
them Sherman scOrns Savannah, he
scorns Augusta, he has thorough con-
tempt even for Charleston. He will have
none Of these things. He is bent upon
the accomplishment Of higher things.
He j. but the lieutenant of Grant, and
he is assisting Grant in carrying out one
great strategic plan, which embraces the
whol. Confederate States, and, for aught
va can see, Canada too, and the rest OF
the continent He is to bisect the rail
Ioad system OF the South. A great man
for hsecting is our strategist. 1t is
monomania with him. The other day he
hisected the Coniederacy on paper Now
he is bi5ecting the railroad system
like all his schemes, it is 10 be
accomplished without opposition, OF
conrse Jeff Davis cannot he such ali
enemy to science as 10 nip such a pretty
plan in the bad b. violence. The hisect
ing operation will go on Davis will Sit
by, with arms folded, and let Sherman
bisect what he pleases, in order that he
may exert the due degree Of strategical
influence upon The campaign III Virginia
Sherman is 10 get a new base on the
Georgia coast, recruit his force, replenish
his magazines, march north, pass by Sa-
vannah and Charleston in contempt,
take new base at Bulls bay. He is to
have s secondary base at Branchvilla,
operate towards North CaIohna, sweep
ing everything before him, establish
another base on the North Carolina
coast, and then march into Virginia and
crash Lee and the rebellion at a single
blow
This is the sort of stuff that Raymond
regaleS his readers with, and they never
seem tired Of being fooled By similar
plans he has crushed the rebellion on
paper at least five times this year, and
yet the rebellion has not only survived
the crushing, but is stronger now than
1t ever was before. Everybody remem-
hers his grand plans for Grant last
spring, md everybody ha9 seen what
has come Of them Yet he is not at all
discounted by the failure Of his plans :;
but as soon as one exPlodes he begins
10 concert another The present plaS,
Of which he talks So gineeriy, would
cost the lives IT al least one hundred
thousand Yankees. We doubt whether
il could be carried into effect, indeed, at
any cost. Yet he speaks of it as the
easiest thing in the world of accomplish
ment.