, 1864-02-22
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

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:, THE co41ko cAMrA1oa. !.
1wrote you ip q former letter the probable
dcstination of Gen. 6hcrman's expedition,
and stated that its first point was Meridian,
almost one hundred and forty miles east of
vicksburE, and TINT there the Gepera1 would
establish base for an advance Into the
heart of the slave and cotton States. 7 also
stated TINT this movement was in con]upc-
tion with one on Mobile BY Gen. Banks The
latter, if successful, will open up the Ala
balna River and Its tributaries, the Tombig-
bee, Coosn and Talapoosa, to our gunboats
sad Transports TIis would be Of great ad-
.-.Jantago to ns, aB by these rivers depotB Of
supplies could be established. for; 4herman's
army, which .wonld- unite With Banks divi-
sion IN Its advance into the: interior east:
ward. In the meantime, Grant, sweeping
down from porth,wcsterly direction, would
form q Junction with both, and tho rebels
would be forced towards the scaboard, all the
fortified towns Of which Wonld be threatened
from tic rear, their supplies cut off. and
their garrisoDs left no alternative but to sur.
render. In the meantime, Burnside, Meade,
and Hancock could. be. operating on both
tanks Of Lees position before Richmond, and
indeed, threatening the rebel capital from, the
direction Of Weldon and other points In North
Carolina- AL independent small expeditions,
and raids, except In conjunction with the move
ments Of these three or four great columns
OF attack, will be avoided as much as posi-
bio: There will, Of course, DO cavalry raids,
such as that now under the command Of Col
GriersoD, whs is cooperating with General
Shermap's advance. Gen: Sherman can, for
the present, use the railroad running east to
Savannah from Vicksburg, bnt It will need
extensive repairs before 1t can be used to
This united plan OF, advance was long since
recommended by" Mr. Lincoln. Tho great
difficulty heretofore experienced has been In
supplying Grants army at Chattanooga with
provisions. II was this difficulty which pre-
vented Gen: Grant from removing to The re-
lief of Gen. RoBecrans, who already had more
troops at Chattanooga than he could feed.
The expedition Of Gilmore to Florida may
also be In connection with tho above con-
t1iyed movements; probably it is for: the
purpose Of opening up the ;Appalachicola
River, which runs due north between Georgia
on the cast and Alabama on tho west. The
water ways have always been our great re-
lance. It is necessary to sefze on those
| which empty themselves into the Gull, in
order that NC may not only supply onr ar
mics in the cotton States, but also cut oil
tho supplies of those of the enemy.
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THE C0EsTITuT1oG-THEr VOTE AGAINST IT
INA BobT. ..-
As I predicted on several occasions they
would, Coppe1heads have voted in body
| ugniDst On amendment to Constitution abol-
4 iEhing slavery, The Herald md few other
copperhead sheets had for some time been
amusing the people with statements indtcat-
! ing that the Dem ocrucy now feared the abol..
ishmcnt Of e]uvcry. Now, all this dcnounc-
| ed as dodge, or IN attempt to throw dust in
the eyes Of the Union men, for the purpose Of
throwing them of their gnrrd, giving them
| possible, breaking rs up and procuring the
! denomination Of q third candidate for the
! Presidency What would become. of their
1eittrnted political cry Of !" the Constitution
as it is, and the Union as it WAS" if slavery
were abolishodr How could they go so buck
tire1y IGNORE it? Yet some Of our people
we're SO green rs 10 think that a copperhead
could pitch his devotion TO- slavery to the
winds. We'll, yesterday Mr. Arnold in the
nonse, punctured That bladder ssby Offering
the following resolutions:
Eesdred. That the Constitution should be SO
amended as to abolish slavery wherever it now ex-
ists in the United States and to prohibit its exis
! tenco In eyery part thereof forever:
| The resolution was adopted by ayes 73,
nays C, as follows:
rYeae-Alieon. Anderson, Arnold, Ashley. Bald
win, Mass., ua1ify. Baxter, Be3uan. Blair, W Va.
Hlox, Boutwell,, Doyd, nrandeeee, Broomsll, Cobb,
Dixon Donneiiy, Digs. panont Eeiley, Eliott,
Hooper. hubbard, Iowa. Hubbard. Conn, Rrlbaid'
I, Ssar, MasTin,, 2sc1Isg, Mller, n: y, Moorhead,
Morrill, ~, M9951ts, 9 n. X. Mye5s, A., Myers, l.. NoI.
F0ncroy, Piee, Rlce, Miss, Lice, Me., Rollns, n,
e., schenck, Schodcld, Shannon, smithers, Spa1d-
in stfyfRs 1haye Tsoa pRsen va1 xss
Williams. Wilson, Windom-:s.
Mc sss ofa AsP BroI WIZ Anee1s e., nsd ea
/ 1Toth. Coz, CinreEe, Dawson, Denisun, EdeR, Ed
Esn. Harrington, Tsrfts, Md, Heiriet. Holmsaa..
Gases5 kess, Ma1s7 kesa ea,ssf MeSSae MASsaSae
Morrison, Nelson Noble, odsiI, Seiii, ohio, Pen.
son, Rollinf, NO, Ross, Scott stecleN: +. sti1et
| Winfield, Wood, f--ds
| - 1uu 1kQQbE HDulQ DC LOO UE1QQGIB, IWQ.
thirds Of which would be 124. Now, ON tho
most liberal estimate, the Union men can
count upon 1o1 votes, or q less than the re.
! qu3Fed number. 10 that any chance OF an
amendment TO the constitution being sub.
mittcd to the Legislatures Of the States at
| this session is exceedingly improbable, If not
| Impossible. In the negative will be found
the names Of j. G. Allen, II. J. Allen, Eden,
Knapp, Morrison, Robinson, Ross and Stuart
from Illinois, 81 the Comprehend representa-
tiTes, except Harris who was not present.
| Had he been, he would no doubt bave voted
| constitutional amendment to abolish slavery
| at this session, unless some at present unfor-
| seen event transpircs.
TIE SPIRIT TAX.
| The debate On the amendment Of Fernan-
do Wood in the House, yesterday. was quite
animated. Fernando pitched into the spccu-
a great politician and who Ind palt Interest
in IN immense qnantIty Of spirits. He allu-.
ded to Thnrlow Weed. A written argument
~ hon. Owen LovcIoy, In opposition to
Woods amendment, was read By the Clerk
too III to leave his room. Mr.. Washburne
replied to MT. Lovejos's argument, and pre-
| scented "a part Of his speech the commuuI-
cation from the Chicago distfllcrs, which
have already sent you and which has been
| published In the TRIBUNE =.
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! The action Of the California Legislature jn
| refusing to repeal the "Speclhc-contract
Act" Is, to say the least, an unpatriotic
movement. Is California to reap all the ben
fits and hare none Of the burdens Of the war
In this connection, learn also that that
State is to be exempted from the draft Mr.,
Chase was very anxious to obtain o wide cir
cu1ation for hie Treasury notes in California.
It would be the means ofmatcrially strength
| enfng the credit Of the Government This
failure If California to respond to the needs
! tant departments, is to be dep1ored bT all
/! good patriots. 10 me 1t looks like cloud
In the West, albeit 1t now looks TO bigger
than mans hand. F.
ARRIVAL OF TI7E VETERAN
GOTH ILLINOIS,.
Their Reception at Camp Butler