Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-19

= For The first time are We to have live
ss3r General in control Of our armies. General
sids1saa arans BY almost unanimous consent,
- g North and South, is awarded military sbil-
go iiy Of the highest order. BE has out gen.
-sea sEeraled the lesding men in the rebel army.
iisw q Albert Sidney Johnston, Bragg, Besure-
= rs gard and ]. E. johnson, have been each in
e5gr turn out-fought or out-maneuvered by the
essex hsrO Of Yicksburg.
-aG5a Bragg is now Lieutenant General in the
rebel army, and he will have the marshal
-sie ing Of JEFF Davis fOreee to meet the move
.-asi5 msnis Of Grant General A. s. Johnston
has always been regarded as superior to
o. s- General Lee, who, since the death Of Stone
wall jackson, has exhibited but little su-
q d perior tstics before the Army Of the POtO-
mao. We enter upon the coming campaign
"a therefore, with this important difference
taaa from former campaigns.
aas 1=s Second, Another feature in military
Affairs is the fact that the rebellion is con-
sI-s fined to much narrower limits than hereto
ri s5 foEe. They undoubtedly hoped during the
winter to compel the withdrawal of our
armies from their present positions. Thil
- has failed, and the Northern boundary Of
e the rebellion has been maintained.
el Third, We will have q great army re-
lisved from duty in the Mississippi Valley.
~ Last summer 100000 men were at work
s fer the capture Of Vicksburg. Now, by
the raid Of Sherman through Mississippi,
seq the river from Cairo to New Orleans can
BE- controlled by means Of negro troops
that have already been enlisted Fifty
h Thousand black men will keep watch and
~ ward Of the great river and its fOrtresses.
= This state Of things emsncipstes an army
Z sa5 Of veteran soldiers who have been Operat-
ing in that region.
The new movement of Sherman and
s.or Banks, which has already set out from New
.ss si Orleans, up the Red River, will probably
si-A drive the stIsggling rebels West of the
Mississippi into utter demoralization or
ruin.
-5-as Fourth, Il is quite certain that an in
mense army, an army Of at least 100000
men, n,will be concentrated upon Richmond; /;
-. but, neysrtheless, there it stands, the Alp
-4sf that must be surrendered. It's possession
Lie r gives control of the East Tennessee Rail-
road. So long as We have control Of this
= rOad, throughout its entire length, we make
Gsmev itimpOBsible for the rebels to invsde Ken
sasuol tucky Or maintain an army in East Ten
asssee. The possession Of Richmond also
~ = rslisves large army from Washington,
a;as compsls the retreat Of the rebel forces into
a" South Carolina, brings North Carolina
kssk 20 the Union, and drives the rebel
s.5s hordss with all their remaining negroes
~ {La nFR Rorr S4a3au
where great army cannot be maintained.
We believe, therefore, Richmond must
betaken, and Lees army destroyed to 60
aa oOmplish the work Whether this shall be
done BY grand advance upon Raleigh,
via Petersburg up the Peninsula, or di-
5z reCtly, is for General Grant to determine
SIS re II the Army Of the Potomac shall be-
strengthened by our Western soldiers, by
men who have the prestige Of victory, and
14t led by men in whom they have confidence
Richmond viii yet fall With the immense
army we shall bring into the field this
ssT summer, and with Grant successful sI
heretofore, the rebellion need not lsst un-
tB the corn is ripe in the ear. The census
report Of 1860 show that the territory now
under the control Of JEFF Davis there were
but four millions Of whites. After three
years Of war, If the rebels can call into
the 6eld more than three hundred thous-
and men, they can do more than any other
people ever did. On the other hand, our
forces are to be concentrated in vast and
overwhelming force upon the strong points
Of the rebellion.
We might enumerate various other fes-
lures in the present military condition of
the country, as the fact that slavery is no
longer an element Of power to the rebel:
Our pacific foreign relations; our fnan-
eial prosperity the strong loyal sentiment
4 Of the country; the progress Of the eman-
cipatiop sentiment; the rapid increase Of
cOlorsd troops and foreign enlistments, be-
2 sides various other valuable ones.
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