The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-12

Our sage contemporary of the Ati.ni, Intelligent
Ger has some how ar other lost his balance. Al
least it seems to at this distance from t!..
field Of active operations fer Ia" reduction, ii Allan
tn In u recent leader he ::rav"ly argnr> that the
responsibility for the loss OF Atlanta must l,, up-
the shoulders of the President :ha. the pr.s-
dent, in not ordering rcinf"rr:mcn's to John
ston. and causing Shcrman's long line ~ cnu,uun-
cation to be cut off with cavalry, is tulpail. Tor
the peril Of Atlanta and will H.. =
What! is Atlanta going to- fall ? Th:s is really
the first Indication of its DOZEN have Yet seem:
and, upon the whole. the article has very
Portable tone about it. 1t is calculated +" drpr.ss
our people and encourage the Yankees.
1t was infatuated, however. some day ago that
Gen. Johnston did not want Sherman t" retreat.
He wanted him I" pursue still further. and this eff
fort of the Intclli scnccr show the w..tirc:s uf
our force and its for the safety 81 the
gate cty--"the heart of the C"nir;....ry." AMI
..thc backbone of the relc"n.' r.lav ir :: rir,.
piece of strategy to toll the Yankees We don't
think, however, that ting 1ntcllgcncer i mrr! a-
diccd to experiments of this character. and are.
rather forced to the conclusion that the article fix
ing the responsibility for the loss of Atlanta upon
the President dictated rather by the heart than
the head
Surely our dignificd contemporary doe not really
think that Gen. Johnston is going to give up Allan
tn He only /ea,s he will be compelled :" do il he
cause the President has cmlpably refused l. scnI
rcnforccmcnt-, to expose every othc. avc,iu. TO
invasion and flank movements by ordering all the
cavalry tn Shcrmans rear.
We don't pretend I" know what TIE President has
done i'll the matter, hut, admitting for the sake uf
the argument that he is responsible for the ,ire
to send sufficient cavalry cEce to Shcrmaiis
Suppose he had sent Forrest .icrc. what would have
been the fatc of Mississippi. Alabama and John
ston's line Of supply? What would have been The
movements of tho column under Smith and Gricr~
son. il Forrest had not met and destroyed them in
North Mississippi? What wonll hny- imrdcd
their march on Selma and prevented the fall II
this place aud Montgomery and Mobile and al. the
vast Government workshops and stores collected nj
them, and the interruption of johnston supplies
There IL no estimating the advaniar, To John
stons army of FORESTS glorious victor, in North
Mississippi. At oint could he hi,r struck
more damaging blow I" Sherman, "n' "r greater
advantage to Gcn. Johnston. l:ut. L,vins .l..
str"ycd the force under Smith ami G,i.rs"m. and
deferred heavy column which recently off Mem
S to retrieve tln, disaster. it w"uIl my lc per
hapS good move for him I" strike Si,. r,,,,'S r.Ir.
We doubt n" that Forrest will be in tho ri lit place
big. heavy, pondcrous AMI telling, blow upon the
foes of his country.
We don't like the article in the Inicgcnr,r Ii
evrnces too much cagcIncss To fix tlcIrj"',, iiity
of great calamity before il has hr.lcn uS. : i
too liable to encourage the croikihs I,",,iIaii"n
1t reminds us painfully of the which iinmr
dNte!y proceeded the fall of Vicksburg. siany
individuals, unfriendly to the President. seemed
more anxious TO preserve Gen. .Ioi,IgtnmS r,1ii.l
ton ut the expense Of the Presidents. ihiu they
were to save the country. Gen. I"huai"u hc..iS
nothing Of this sort. and hope. oar wn,liy
temporary will nat write in that tong ANY mere.
H's"s-iPpi"n.