The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-11-28
s-aFalIing beneath him iu The strug-

California fight. Som esbing similar is tn
condition of the rebels consequent upol
Slerman's movement. Frantic with fear
but with the ruling passion strong il
death, not forgetting their penchant fol
BOOSTING, they have nothing to oppose to
stay Sherman's advance, and yet they
threaten him with all imaginable evils
He is going to destruction - rushing
blindly into the trap that the Confedsrates
have fixed for him. They do not show
how they are to compass his deeat, while
the very desperation Of their threats show
their utter helplessness. Attack Sher-
man in the 'front.'" says Senator Hill."-
"Remove all provisions from the hands
of the invaders, and put all the obstruc-
tions you can in bis way. You can de-
etroy the enewy by retarding his march.
Dom. be frightened, Georgians." and
Secretary Seddou says: i" most cordial
ly approve of the above. Tha. is front
attack. Gen. Beauregsrd comes to Sher-
mans destruction with proclamation,
aud tells the Georgians to attack our
forces in flank and rear. And Julian
Partridge, after an interview with jeff
Davis and the Secretary of War, tells the
rebels to attack the invader in front, flank
and rear. In the later dispatches the
Southern journals concede that Sherman
will doubtless take Mil!edgeville, that
from there tife objective points of attack
will probsbly be Charleston or Savannah
Tney don't chow reason why be will
no. take either OF the two to which be
directs his march, and yet still hold up
their lily defined threat of disaster to him
unless he discontnues his advance. Sher.
man will not be frightened from his pur-
pose. IL they bring against him superior
forces, oppose insurmountable obstacles,
render it impossible for him to get subsis-
tence for his army, they may defeat him,
but he will be successful in his campaign
unless something moro positive and for
midable than threats be opposed to him.
The movement of Sherman is bold
one. Ordinarily such movement is a
very hazardous one, but this is IS little so
as could be imagined in a case where the
enemy is still strong in numbers and
spirit. To keep communications well
opened is we'll established aud, in fact,
arbitrary principle of military science, yet
Sherman is setting it at defiance. Scott
did the same thing successfully in his
march from Puebla to Mexico, and his
heroic little army of eighs thousand was
in infinitely moro danger from the hostile
millions of the population OF Mexico than
arc the hosts that compose Shermau's ar
my from the Confederates.
We would rot close our eyes to the
risks of this extraordinary campaign, nor
underrate the power of the enemy. Dis
aster may come, but we assume that there
is nothing in the Southern horizon now
foreshadowing it. 'TIs only question
OF bread and men-too little of the former
and too many of the latter belonging te
the enemy) might defea. Sherman. From
the first we apprehend no danger. The
territory through which our forces marcf
is fat with grain and cattle and farm pro.
ducts. 1t has long been the grauary oi
the rebellion. But Sherman has settled
this part of the question by taking suf
feient provisions with him to subsist hin
until he reaches the coast where he will b,
in communication with our naval force,
aud have an entrepot for Federal sup
plies.
Sufficient numbers of an armed 70
may defeat Sherman. But armies sprin
not up in night. To talk of disorgan
lied troops, the militia Of Georgia, at a
hindering Sherman, is sheer absurdity.-
A few hundred Britons marching fror
Boston to Concord, were ATTACKED by th
CJlonsl militia and had their ranks wor
derfulIy decimated, but Sherman's sixt
thousand men-or seventy FIVE thousan
the more probable number--are not i
danger from this source. The force tbs
overpowers him must be now in beius
and being go, they must either come fro'
Lee or it must be done by the army {
Hood aud Beauregard. Grant will tax
care that it is not the former, and v
don't think that it can be the latter. B
hasty march they might have struc
come point on the Mississippi, but II
golden opportunity is passed. The arm
of Thomas outnumbers Hood and Bsa,
regard. and without waiting further d,
velopments from them he viii doubtle
inaugurate an offensive move sgain
them. They will be fortunate if they G
cape demolition BY Thomas, saying not
iug about the certain defeat that Nou
await them il they should attack Shermu