Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-07

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II the anaconda could have Swept through the aoo,
advance, even then, mEh' not 1ave .'SsS tSSt
wherever oar troops have gone forward men Win
SrAsa 70 III. intsror has been but signal for the
opsping Of the war In he rear. Toe seriousness OF
tis EsSurs of the question has been disguised under
80 contsmoiuous references Of the press to the work
Of he highly Elective forces which it loves to desg-
The Susrrs Of the South are enlisted soldiers Of the
Confederscy. Organized into partisan rangers" they
set spaf the maintenance OF the war In the rear
with the intention Of weakening the Federal forces q
the 'front.' Light bodies Of irregular horse, they are
capable Of moVieg with great rspdty, and thus threat
eing al pOints within twenty thirty milee Of tbeI
rendezvous, are vii adapted to give employment tc
ioiee Of defence greatly superior. We 90 toward
therefore under tremendous deduction from our start
ing strength and that disspaed over an immense
rear fails to give advance the character OF ever
present subiugacn. "GuerTilAs," according u ever
the cunning reservations Of the censos, appear TO o'
| irFepressiSl3.
lucky, in Tennessee Large bodies Of our troops are
emf loyed there now, aud point the declaration that
wen there it'll populations more or less diUosd il
| political opinion, advance is not conquest
l. 1852 our lines held Western Tennessee on all sides
The forts tue Mississippi the forts on she Mobile snC
OHIO Railroad and the chain OF deeDo that held tht
line OF the Memphis AID Charleston Railroad inooset
a circle having diameter Of about fifty milee. With
IN this hedged round wish posts, and forts gaIisoael
by upward OF ten thousand men, Richardson tr.anE d
mounted and tqlipped party OF about tao nundreC
gueslas He asserted the sovereignty of the Confede-
rscJ there, and maintained IL trumphantiy with his
handful Of men, cave only when bic dstre Wss
momentsr II by the concentrations that attempted hs
capture IN ya.r.
Tho sar in tie rear employs "marine brigade" and
a ae 4 Of gunboals The Mississippi. Aud with what
result mere handful OF Confederate hoTs has mace
It much name lie is worth TO venture doSn that
DIVER and by sinking our nerehantm NJ seading shOtG
.U;n cur Transports and attacking gun6Olle,
re abls so ar o. leass as commerce concerned 70
lold H. nov twelve months after the fall Of V0ks6uTg,
practically closed
MOs5y, w,sh a scge battalion, maintains the dOmin-
On OF the UOnledesaoy even TO this day, up almost to
Sbe Potomac Even Hhile cur great armies lay behind
he RsppahannnOek hs never ceased 70 hold ais gap
upon tae giea, counties OF Fsuqasr aud LOudoua.-
Our pekes be has captured even a. their pO5.s and
las made il unsafe tor troops to drop back few
miles ilom their cAntonmenls in bodies smaller than
one or Two hundred
Aaay instances might be given to show the deep sig
5heanCe 70 Of this IN the rear. la general, ~
nay be said 70 establish the aos that advance iLto TIE
5aIh Is not co seL and tina. IT would make Il so
ven partially, We must ,ooner Or-la0' reach Pyin.
Hhers the depth of our rear will have absorbed Gil the
tyIoas Of Gu: iroaL-N. Y Daily Negs