The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-26
EIoHmOND ALARM ABOUT GEORGIA

SHERMAN's victorious advance into the
heart of Georgia has awakened a most in-
tense and anxious concern at Richmond, lest
that State may succumb to the Union army
and sue for peace. Governor BROWN has not
come up to the full standard required by the
Rebel Government as a bona fde supporter
of all its acts and theories. He is strong |
State Rights man, and on every occasion pos |
sible hesitates not to accuse DAVIS Ofinter-
fering with the rights of Georgia. His letters
bis speeches, and his messages to the Legisla-
ture all contain more or less ofhostility to the
Richmond rule. In this manner he has sue
ceeded in creating bitter feeling among a
large portion of the people towards DAVIS
and his Cabinet, and it is the knowledge OF
this fact in Richmond which has caused such
alarm for Georgia.
The Sentinel of the 21st has a lengthy leader
on the subject in which it deplores the pros
pect OF affairs In that State, and remarks that
I" the principal cause of uneasiness with many
citizens in this portion Of the COniederacy in
connection with the campaign in Georgia,
and the parts adjacent thereto, is the appre-
Is hension that the people there lriu not erhj-
bit O spirit and deUotjoa suitable TO the Oc-
casiOn." The Virginia heart is painedin con
templating this thought 1t is an ugly and dis
agreeable one. To think that " Georgia, which
set the example of secession to Virginia.
should now exhibit signs OF WEAKNESS, and
indifference 10 the success Of the Rebellion
is indeed u matter TO cause apprehension
Hence the Sentinel grows ugubrious and reads
the Georgians lecture rs remarkable Tor its
admissions respecting the effect OF the "al
upon virginia as it is dctatorial TO the people
TO whom It is addressed. The seatiael is
Jealous of Georgia. 1t perhaps ma wit enough
TO understand that the citizens oil Georgia do
not desire to have their State made, ike Nlr
ginia, "a scene of desOlotion"; that they are
not so anxious as the 'old mother Of States
appears to be, to have the "hoof Of invasion
pIanted on their soil. 1t win be a most bitter
reelection IT, after all, Virginia should prove
TO be the only State which is TO suffer to the
greatest extent during the war. Then the
Sentinel may probably remember that Vir-
pinia was warned before she seeded tha. IN
case she Joined the Cotton States the Wal
would be transferred to her territory, and thai
she would have to bear all the brunt and
endure all the terrible sureriugs which follow
in its train.
She was told by good and true men that
she would be used as a catspaw by the Cotton
States; that they had no intention or eXpee
tatlon OF having the war brought home tC
their own doors This was the prime reason
Why such extraordinary efforts we're made "a
Induce Virginia 10 secede. She was to be
the ground on which all the Confederate bat
ues Oh the eastern portion OF the South were
10 De fought, Just as Kentucky and Missouri
were designed for the scene OF conflict in the
Southwest.
1t is too late Tor Richmond editors now [,
deplore what has fallen upon virginia: an,
although revenge is sweet, and misery love
c)mpany, 1t is hardly Christian spirit TO wis