The New York herald., 1864-11-26
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s,,.rsisu. sss that osorgis is the nold which
s..,g,. "A s.als terrible crisis 10 therefore upo
!. yv.,v n.n m .ss state are 70 bear arms shou
r.ny 10 ,ts rescue In the hands Of tho military q.
thortses, hosever the dsfsEes Of tho State ~ e'@
We have no suggestion 10 make What w. oss
long lsoksd Zoe has como al last We have censut
nO~ 10 Pass uIon nny one We now earnestly urg
spop every in the state tho necessity or donl
what patriotism ara duty sss require OF him.
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% DOM NEXT
lFrcm the savannah Republican, Nov. I'll
rhs telegraph brings Us no Information Of the whore
shouts AID in,entions of Toe enemy who said e
nsSs gs Atlsnts In force days ago. and reports
brsuss BY Passengers and private Ieslers vague
asa coat sctory that there such thing founding
an ioie.l,ssai opnIoa upon them.
Passengers wse arrived from Macon and points the
line cf this nossnE say the ensmys cavalry force
sncamgsd lzst night within miles Of Grswoldv Vile
the 6r south Of NAcocand that the main body
Of sbsrmaas army vas 81 . point some twenty three
miles from MIedsevie II also reported that the LAT
place being evacuated BY the citizens. the Legs
sturs saourned Friday agDt and the members loft with
degree Of precipitation scme Of them arrived here
last night and some this morning.
How true these reports from the enemy may be va
have no means OF Knowing and csndii1 state 10
readers ,hs, place but little faith In auy OF them
This much, at least, s reliable. the enemy, with all
arms but In numbers not ssceta!peA but perhaps from
twenty 10 thirty thousand have set out on their grand
tour through Georgia TO the seabosrd The bsst military
authority or the opinion that the n the direction
OF Macon fein 10 . march OF their maiu body
Augusta, the real object os their destination. Mi
ledssviis viii probably be visited by the right wing Of
their army, and unsucoessfuly defended, tho capital
Of our State laid In ashes.
does not become Us 70 pess or our preparations FOR
this formidable invasion. sufce TO say that II the
people Of Georgia viii only cooperate With tho army
viii be met sndsuccessfuliy resisted. We have only TO
be true 70 ourselves the stsc aud utterly
destroy the invaders; II we fall from panic. lukewarm-
moss other cause We shalt prove ourselves unht to be
Free and worthy OF the abolIoA yoke that In
shis connection would upon the minds OF our
readers the patriotic and earnest appeals OF General
Besuegard and members Of Congress. Let the salu.
tary advice they give be followed by every Georgian.
Those living in tho path of the enemy should not fail TO
burn and destroy everything tina, be Of tue slightest
assistance TO the enemy. Nothing can 10 lost by IT, Tor
II loft every dollars worth viii be swept away BY the IN
diabolica designs Let 10 be thsir quar-
temaster commssary. The country thus mads desc.
late and the roads aud crossings OF streams 0bsructe
the enemy will be delayed to his certain destruction
And again: let every man who is able 10 shoulder
muskes dy 70 the rescue iu this time or imminent peril
Don't be guilty OF the folly OF srpposng that all loss.
that army 70 be brought 70 bear agRluss the
enemy and that Ia useless 70 psril tie and property
hopelsss cause. None OF shsse things are true We
right time and strike fatal blow, provided the citizens
OF Georgia will 10 ther duty 70 harAss aud embsrrsss the
march OF the enemy. This is no guess Of surs. but .
Axed Tho may look dark but the opportunity
has arrived for the people 20 strike blow that will DO
moro than ell othsrs end ths and psacs
the country.
And what are our Carolina friends doing In
this great emergency Csrts,ay they viii not
Be lockers whom thsw liberty, A. veil ~
ours, il at stake. win they not pour forth tho
Savannah BY teas Of thousands and, uniting with tnsr
brethren Of Georgia. give ansAag blow 70 this ruthless
attempt 10 reduce us to slsveryt sHo~s The day ana
now's the hour" Lot Csroaa editors and stssesmsa
quit shs,r wranglos constitutional abstrAooDs ana
use their logic aud sloqaspcs 10 their country
mas to arms
CRITICAL RavrRw or THE SITUATION IN 0e0EerA.
(from the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 23.l
10 among the many novel and curious features Of
The present war that Tor week more two osii.
gsrens parties have been kept in equal ignorance "a The
plans, aud the pcsitoas % two powerful armies
This il oil the more remarkable, ~ the North
ern pfoss, though sbacklcd, stili full d
energy and enterprise, and our ova jour
mats ara restrained only BY considerations of
discretion pubic policy Bu, tho vast tsrrsory oysr
which ,bs operatious Of this extend, the sparse
population OF Southwest and tho cfectUay broken
lines OF communication, explain the perpiexiug obseury
in which the msnsavres OF Hood and Sherman are
sarouded. We know, n our midst, toiecAbly weR what
the Intentions OF general are Brave and bold
In execution aud guided BY the master mind
Of EeArrsgsrd in ns general psns, his westward move
may puzzlc as, but cannot cause any apprehension
What he has 50 successfuy concealed from hts willy ad
yersory ws shall Of course make through
columns. especially nothing bot = change in ths
weather. wh the hoped for improvements 10 the roads,
ia wanting 20 develop his plsns and. We trast b,ing
them 70 nsppy issue.
IL IL different with Sbermsns purpose In marching snt
or Atlanta which unknowp 60 the North, aud
ID probably In usgsncra oatnes sepe dictated by Grant
tho powers alb We him. rs general character, how
ever, is not dllcuit 70 guess from military point OF
view; Tor, after all, war Is not mere game sontn
gencies but science, ana a. such subjected TO hred
rules which no good general will violate - he knows
bu, ws how surely the penalty follows tue nssecs
OF certain FIRST principles. Thus Is evident enough
that snesman hss tried for iasi montbs and tried
under most sgsssvsting difficulties 70 hold BY the rail-
road, which forms his lins Of communication
With bis bsss ~ Nashville. In doing sh's ne
had 70 contend with the dashus attacks OF
Forrest, the steady pressure II Hood, apd sns
hostility OF the inhabitants all around him; his army
WAS exhausted by incessaut marches and
dscimassd oy ooaAuued lighting and wasting disease,
and nnaly reduce uehaf by the political exigercies
Of tue Presidential sscoa sti he has hold 10 the
last extrsaty, without rssuning the offensive al any
one Point but waiting patiently 70 take advantage or any
errors which che yuuug, xealous general bis nanE
might commit 10 his operations on immense chcumfsr.
once around n. Hc has either been disappointed In this
expecAiop no has been unable, from want Of men or
sk 20 takc advantage OF tuem This only be has gslusd
and M II no smsll gaia 70 him. with bis pisns for