Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-08
The True Theory of Sherman. March.

II Sherman ges Trough G. orgia to tie sea-coast
Al er.ainly be rat humiliation 10 the COliedersey
Int * viii not be Iore than humiliation. We shov
"A ne think when bis march was 10. undertaken, why
IL Vas 20 BE- e,Dsidered no. much mil tary as pc
Rtcal movemsnt and Why should be regarded rather
a. defensive than IA aggressive mes'urs. The evacu
alton Of Atlanta compulsory. Wien Hood had
Established himself OF the Teunessoe RIVER, loOkinf
t,.sFds Nashville aud the lice which Sherman KEEP
opss his eoamuu G ..ioos With tia! city, AaAns
ossi to serve is purpose as 5lsa for further OPsrs-
fiona and eolscq lsaGy loo. 's value 10 the enemy
II sherman should stay in il viii his army, be would
be wasg his srer 9Th tor nothing while Hood ooHlG
operate against his comHunieAons aud, by cutting bin
Il from his base Of supplies, compel him either sl
hack and 6gat battle 20 relieve himself, or to pur
Sor..rd for ne base on she -oOsss. Que OF ihsss
taiuEs he vas Absolutely compelled 10 de.
Fsus military policy would have instructed him &c
E.u back zst Ia Hoods 'front.' and b. tas ,nosnFs-
tian o. all ha available toTess, attomp. TO beat tina
s7,nsrsi ou. Of ths a IA Bll this, Oles bsiOr,
nv, STATED would have bean 20 eoasls hid whole cam
. ,.s0n a failure sud 10 begin over again the WORK
-hfoh thu Taukss armies have be 60 long and 20
sarily eating since The tall Of Fort DonesOD.-
I, sould have demonstrated the impact liability OF
the Yankee sohsms # ooIquss; would have rendered
tina Northern people dhoOBtsntsd and might hsV,
made II impossible for Lincoln to raise another army
To uush forward 10 the OCEAN the only sltsrua.
Iye. Aud this, even while it gave up an the country
gained by many sttazl and BY so vast an e1Psn-
si,urs OF means appeared 10 OioT compromising
advantagss Il loo ktd Ike an advance. 1, could b
called grand c. mPsign, brilliant movement if sue
ses.iully carried through it might be claimed as b
msEui6esnt triumph, not over opposing Confederate
armies, for these persisteuly reasoned out Of
The way at least over the obvious fhoulss Of Iona
and tedious n sroh through hostile country, sne
over the obstacles which slHsys impede, aud the peril
which alusys besss this kind Of missions.
Il could likewise, then, b, said that ths Yankee az
charities had determined to change their whole system
Of iuyssiOu and adoI the coast line base Of ops
ration against tie refractory lnto SLOPE rather than
90 Astsnpt the slow and deuls transit Of 'tbo noun
tain ranaes which in three years has produced very
little more than vas gained within the first six months
aftsf fall Of Nashville. And perhaps this, CON.
bined with some general theory Of eOn0srtsd actor
With Giant against Les communications, is the a
Vr;Ori military hypothesis Which shsrnAn's move
ment is based
Bu, Ne contend that, even If successful in Its imme
dise OBJECT thss of getting through 10 sbseOss, Il
OOulsdsraso causs will be.Vs5ty she gamer NRd the
Yankee cause vastly the loser in the general rssois
of the eampa'g'. ItressOre5 to Us all the lines
Communication We held al The oEening Of the year,
yied1 up to us Vast and imp sseon which had
bssn Wrssssd from ~ frees large our people
from the domination Of their eGemes, and iast to tes
1snt increases the srecg and me rsi0uFSss OF Ih'
OOniedsrley. Ia sF OF. II Pu;s the Yankees back 10
stead Of putti them fOFSsro, SD forces them 10 try
ass s4perlasnt--thstO Of CPs'a ing from The soas
to ;hs interior; systsm sh'ol thsy have hsre,Oi,E
refused 20 si9p; aed sh0Es that they sbansOu .
hopeless their forusF PLAN PstssssntS adhered i'
daring four years, Of col qasrBg the country b. =
gndual descent from ths mountains. In the UsAn-