Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-24


the Yankees should naturally inspire thsm VIII Ap-
ptshension and alarm Bat instead OF c0ouy cAeaA-
pE the chances of success aud OF taking into aee'Ant
tue various elements of opposition that sherlnrn may
encounter, they Annoauos that arrangements Preeiu
ding the possibility Of failure have been made. Al
ready theJ see she Yankee prisoners at AndsrsSnVs
ana hisn and Florence liberated BY their c0nqasrlng
brethren; already they behold Sherman, Wta bis To-
sons entering Charleston and Savannah after caPtur
ing aud destroying Macon and Augusta or sweeping
unOppOss through Georgia And South Carolina ana
North Carolina and 70 the very Tanks OF the James
adding ks triumphant forces 70 Grants WeAriea
divisions, and ending the war By the capture
Of Richmond and the whole "R,bS" Governments, OF
the Army Of Northern Virginia and iIs formidable COM
mAnder. Jnss such programme has been sAs'0ntu
on. over and over again for the Yankee Ames ~ 1ns
imaginative editors aud the cfedulous people Of tne
North But the prOgress Of saer armies 1oHArds INC
eonsup nation OF these remarkable projects has been
bithsrto retarded by the O0stAS-s winch reasoning
D.,,ia might have forSsesn, aud which al sentols
naonle dta iOfeloe These obstacles sail txht ana
.ip. We presume, prove al obstinate - eVsr' IL
.oIssly sspposAbls thai. ~ campaign OF 'AifS Oh
six.y aays saetmAn ull accomplish m0IS thAh u Las
..ksn hlE and lac predecessors IOAry osr JtAIs "
,f.et; aud THE, while deprived Vi " the i~menae
..yan,sRUs VI open communications aud aIl@issa
transportation hIlhsTsO sij0JGd.
Toe lao. Il, I'D I'd, that aasgmAn's march looks
mars lks rstrsa. than advance m1Fs LkS de-
,vu.lVs .haa al aggressive EOVsmeGL Liza olsArIhA'
aooa's march upon his COMMUNICATIONS TendtIea his
s,us,ion a. Atlanta s1 senely uneasy, and, indeed
tuaFt. hi AL Dali
~. .uyersary, or 10 B. lis his designs, AID 'hAs al
.oAudonnenI u Atlanta EAsnes bso- LAO Absolutely L'
osaAry. BUI 10 AGplJ IelEe upon UAA1'AaoSkAi VfI
az - probable would bS Tic maui, HPon Nashville
soud W " gave ny al lhAI lie SHd his predecessors
lad t.urnt IUr 6es NE CAp.uEe VI f0TI Donss0n' "
sGGuussdss Lluse OstgSGSI Asdi AID w e'hisss AnA
uIs AAVALGs iuIO GsOIgA MAS 10 stake and failure
PoilIcAl motives pTscIsdsd his course. AL IhS' VA
lsiI va ~ do JUS. what lac HAs dCns-5o 'smp' tue
5srils OF = maIoh IhTouga GeGTg1A ~ lac e'AsS I"
establish usG base Vi operations, 70 Cn1et tGee'sh-
nh movement OF .his KIND wish Tvs coIoomitsnt dssuuc-
ou VI Cont. dsTsEo sspos AndSoIeS, against me IL
sV,,abis sgrr,ucGr Of III the COUNTY Jirs between
,hs A lHtc and the Tennessee.
We think be is uih,sksn in bis calculations aud DIS
expectations UUt No lot nsshsIbls 40 me 'ac'
tbs. msA OF sbelmana u doubted ability and as'u'e
ness mast have Lsd such expectations aud made sueh
. .e2latioga. He Woald never have commenced his
mare, from Atlanta h4d be not believed he could nna-
" reach the,cJast in safety. Ia would never have
violated o algrsatly the rules and pFnoils' OF mill
ry scenc had he not thought he could do 80 with I'M
uuity dc would never nave exposed his army TO de-
,ueuOn, had lie nos been convinced that there we're
many mo.s Chauoes for him team against him. Wecannot
lay, therefore, that feel az absolute CONVECTION a.
uCu7h indeed ouT hopcs s.fOGgI thss sae'mA Viii
al IN achieving lis fnai obj,c.. Bat no o1s kno"s
bette. .hau satrmsn knoGs that even success ia this
undertaking will decide absolutely nothing as 10 the
military aaptoi5 OF tie Lsr-Jhas, indeet, his veF
uco sgs oai he just as much sbl1donmsnt OF the
,au sry wTss.ed IRON south OF hs Tennessee, as it
Sg Lsi 70 lied with his whole army to confront HOOD
IA sc5 the true military policy H5s TO concentrate hls
oIcss il fTout u Hood, ana heat ths. General hack
.z.il f possible; and this course be would certainly
asye adopted had it not been rendered niuiic ods by
tbe political reasons before referred TO. Sch move
.ould have been Too op'Uy retreat; too cOntssseiy
Le come qaeuoa OF failure It would have discour-
gsd ous,meats at the North sni perhaps put an end
% The war. Ol the other hand, it he succeed in bis
y,essut design, 10 eau make Il appear that he has
gained great triumph, aud although few weeks
zoJij tissCat to this IMPRESSION it may, in tho mean"
ms ems BILE Lincoln to recruit his mies aud open
.t5 syyigs campaign With vastly increased tOicss'