The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-09
FE WAR FOR THE UNION.
EVIEw OF THE SITUATION
Ounds of Courage and Confidence,

/. .fASHINGTON, september b.-A wise maxim OF
greatest general Of antiquity prcscribcs that
should esteem nothing done till all is done;
It is probable that Is intent is rather 10 point
the dangers of that indoleEt dwelling on the
IDS of the past, which shuts out Of view the
les and demands Of the present than to dis
q rage especially when a great task is laid
on nation) such a retrospect Of what has
eady been accomplished as will inspire courage
u carrying II through to the end.
he country has lately passed through that
= ng experie nee which history shows is sure to
!. .ne upon people plunged into a great war--a
iod when, the irstpopular enthusiasm having
" d out, the burdens and the bcreayements q.
a war are brought kecnly home to all, and a
ction of general dependency results.
,n this mood Of the public mind men forge
-ft while they have suffered, the enemy also
"A suffered in an equal or even greater degree,
that, too, perhaps, without the same ability
Ysustain his losses they forget, while dwelling
their own defeats, that every victory they have
q has been an equally sore defeat TO the
EIny. When this time comes, then comes the
"a OF the mettlc of people. If weak, they sink
der 1t; but the greatminded rise up stronger
the ordeal
- here is no higher duty, therefore. than for
frohc men to fortify themselves and others by
consideration of all the elements Of hope and
a fidence which n retrospect of past progress
a survey Of the present situation inspire.
s ICh survey justices the conclusion that the
Il of the war-the crushing of the armed forces
ne Rebellion--is not only not far of, but that
tls near at hand.
{ will show the outlines of war continental
3 Ss proportions, waged on theatre equal to the
!, "a of all Europe.
u will show armies the greatest the world ever
", raised and sustained by the spontaneous
rotism Of free people.
i will show how, by the progress of our arms
Il area of the Rebellion has, step by step, been
T. rn of three-fourths of its proportions
~ will show the insurgeut territory cut off from
Thmunication with the outside world by u
Fl H)ckade, which dwarfs any on record and at the
NC time the most perfect of any on record.
It will show how every stronghold on the coast
either been captured, or is now closely in
sted.
z will show the interior of this territory cutup
bur great lines OF conquest, bisected laterally
~ longiJudfnally, ana the dominion OF the
&nfederacy left kingdom Of shreds and
#lcbes.
will show q succession of battles Of colossal
199nitudc, in three-iOurths Of which the Union
bAs have triumphsd, and all of which, whether
rftories or reverses, in purely military point of
Mw, have ledoundcd to the advance of the great
will show the manhood of a opulation de-
Xding free institutions, vindicatlng itself against
rs OF the gibes and insolence born Of the plan
= ion.
t will show the fighting population of the in
rgent States, reduced, by battle, by disease,
by captures, from three-fourths Of a million
between hundred and hundred and fifty
busand men.
will show this force, the forlorn hope of the
ybellion, separated by an interval Of thousand
|les, divided into two armies the one of which,
gen from Chattanooga to Atlanta, has at
9Th been compelled to give up that point the
terial capital of the Coniederacy, while the
ter is shut up in Richmond, the political capt
a of the Confederacy.
will show that the humiliation of both these
Snies is mathematical certainty, if we put
Y Nth the strength at our command.
will reveal finally, as the result of all this,
radiant figure of peace, lowering not alar OIL,
~ plainly visible through the cloud of war that
kIl oyeispreads the land.
this be the magnificent result which we have
@1show for the three years of war for the Union,
"a III give the people Of the loyal States q critic
b of action in the great issue now before the
u #ntry--an issue that will determine whether, by
~ maintenance of the Administration under
ich the war has been conducted to these re.
fts, and which can alone carry 1t through, we
ii willing to crown and justify all that has been
X be by peace that will Yindicate and establish
ever the unity and integrity of the nation or
ether we shall surrender our destnies into the
3nds of party committed 10 Il peace which
W.kes the war Tor the Union mockery-a party
&3ose creed throws to the winds all that has been
3lieyed by the toll and blood, the faith and the
6f-sacrifiCe of this nation, in the most terrible
n in the worlds history whose creed casts dis
j ice on " soldier under the sod, makes the
E oic bones that on a hundred battle-felds rem
Il the continent sacred the monuments OF folly,
= ich makes very sailor that has gone down ut
Il guns for the I'VE of the old flag II fool, and
r Try man who wears the insi mia OF a glorious
und poor simpleton; a creed, finally, the de-
i've peace resulting from which can only be the
Egnning OF unendlug war.
THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR.
ghe opening of the fourth year Of the war saw
forces of the Rebellion driven from the whole
lScumierence Of the Coniederacy, and Orought
&Bdetnite points in two atmies-the army of
keg on the mountain ridges south OF Cnatta-
ga, and the army of Lee, on the II lpidan.
former, assaied by General Grant Ia his
Runtain Businesses, saw himself driven from his
IoBghold, and his army broken and routed 10
II most disastrous defeat since Waterloo. He
in our hands 10000 prisoners and go guns,
#iered loss of 5000 in killed and wounded,
sought shelter for his shattered force by a
E,oTdered retreat 10 Dalton.
his review brings the catalogue of Union VIC
= es up to the time of the commencement of the
at campaign of this summer, the events OF
: lich are TOO fresh 10 the memory of all - re-
v ire any detailed recital.
During the early days OF May, the two grand
@nles OF the Union, under the supreme control
- the Lieutenant. General commanding all the
fnies Of the United STATES, began their advance
EJhe one from Chattanooga, the other from the
Apidan.
S5eneTal Sherman, after an advance from Chat
koOga, over II hundred miles, marked by a
es OF brilliant mRunlyre5 and actions, in
|ich the cnemy's force was driven from a sue.
slOn OF strong holds looked upon as impreg-
lle, at length planted his army in front of
- nIa. Here he WAS thi.c assailed by an
1Nny willing 10 lisk everything in the des-
ate effort 10 drive him hack
The ent my thrice met bloody repulse. Sher-
an now bt gan working slowly but surely round
the Rebel communications, not with view 70
&c Atlanta Simply, but for the purpose of cap
Nfink the Rebel army, a result from which Hood
only been saved by precpitate flight from
-anta, thus abandoning the foremost city of
Southwest, and the important communica-
Pas II commands. In the engagement which re-
tied in this brilliant success, the Rebels lost
thousand prisoners, and very heavily in
led and wounded. Ii may now be safely said
~ Hoods force, rs an army, no longer exists.
In this great campaign General Sherman has
2t hOrS de combat over forty thousand men, that
more than half the army opposed to him. be-
Pc erecting great captures in men and ntatey9el
General Grant has planted his army before
lteTsbnrg and on the communications Of Rich
End, atier campaign of even greater magni
Pc, marked by the most terrible and continu-
Is lighting on record. During its progress he
gained dozen victories, any one OF which
uld dhave sealed the fate of any European war
Is course has been marked by the constant
he of those double instruments of war-strategy
II what Wellington called "hard -pounding"-
Il the former he has driven the enemy Y blood
IS victories on our part. from six chosen limos
hleiensei by the latter he has put out of the
~ between nifty and sixty thousand of the :
ting veterans of the South. In addition he |
il taken oyer twenty-five thousand prisoners