Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-11-26
SHER

pnlRuS were not tnOle TtmhrkdOIe tuou
Gengersl SBExAN's. A more skil'ful and
accomplished soldier has not been known in
our history aid, compared with him and
bis operations, how poor soun Is the old
talk abou, the Great G pain LEE
SHERMAN forced his way straight through
the eneuy's territory, over moun'ains
and rivers, bsfn ng oil attacks. outwitiug
all hostile designs, driving tie whole moss
OF the rebel amy backward until he plant
ed hs Hag where be 8 t out to plant it, aud
sat down in A; lanta. The victory ex ort-
ID u W il of anguish aud rage from the
rebel chief, for be felt the m rtal wound.
In utter desperation he ordered lIoD 10
throw his imy upou SHERNAN's rear and
to threaten Tennessee. SHERMAN iurLed
upon him, drove him from bis intended line,
detached General III MAS with his army TO
hold b IN in the corner of Alabama or to
coax him across the Tennessee while now,
with all his banners flying and ousles blow
ing, his futilr enemy confouDdej, SHERMAN
shakes out his glitleriug colu mus and I'D
vanees to the sea.
There is 10 considerable force TO oppose
him. The ample breadth Of Georgia lies
open 10 him The finest aid rishest tract
Of he rebel region is bis parade ground,
and ALEXANDER H. STEPHENs's own Sia'e
is about to lie ra the tru b OF his p ophccy
that, if i, drew the sword, it would misera.
bly, perish by il.
Whether SHERMAN is moving npcD Mob
lie, or Savannah, OF Charleston. or Wbeih
he is moving at all, is not known. But
whatever be his des ina tioB, he will reach
it and occupy it. There is no force and no
geDeralsbp in the rebel lines which eau
compare with his. And the coming of his
amy, although it necessarily leave a path
of desolation, will he the shining of bright
light ia the darkness of the South. 1t will
show rebels that the Government Of the
Uuited States has irresistible power, and
that il is useless TO contend with the infcxi
be resolution of the American pcOpl. lLa.
their Government shall be maintained
The people Of the rebel section have seen
the p 'ogrss of our arms in the last three
ysars They have not forgotten that they
were themselves apparently successful until
the Guyerument could create and collect
lis forces aud briBg them TO bear. They
have seen the loyal part of the country
submitting to taxes, 10 drafts, and to the
necessary conditions of war. They have
seen an angry aud malignant faction arise
and threaten TO paralyze mud divide the
loyal nation. They have seen the slow aud
painful process by which we have ascertain.
I'd who are our real military chiefs, aud
they see them now iD command. They
huve seen the opening Of The Mississippi, the
occupation cf the Southwest, the b. I'll z
a. every point Of their attempted invason>,
their constant shrinking before the aa ional
baud, as j HNscN shrauk from SHERMAN.
They bave seen the hope Of foreign inter
freDee expire, cotton deihroued, aud their
6naLces ruined. They have seen the de
fec;ion of their army, aud have beard it
ccu6 med by DAVIS himself. And now al
last they haze seen the t'ude Of their
loyal fellow cit zcns perfectly unchanged,
aud hear them in the fourth year Of the
war, by a unanimity which is marvellous,
declare that whatever may be the further
cost Of the struggle il shall 60 on until the
authority of The mildest. faiIest. and best
government in the world is every where
and entirely restored.
The coming Of SHERMAN's army will be
ihe visible proof OF all the things they have
seen. Desperate they may be. brave and
furious, but they are men still, and there is
a point at which all men yield 1t that
point is not nenrly reached, very WE'LL
We can wait. They know now that SHER.
MAN is the persoui6catiOn Of the loyal
country. and that the war will continue
until that point is reaehed.-Harqer.
The testimony taken before the Military
Commission, in session at Indianapolis, is
developing marvellous piece Of vilainy,
and is pradually fastening puiIt uDon mel,