, 1864-02-21
WASAINCT0N CORRESPONDENCE.

CORRESPONDENCE. !
Tho Coming Campalgn-Tho Copper.
Consi1tution-TheY. Vote again*t il
in d Body-The Spirit Tax-Cali1or-,
MIA and GroonbaeAs.
From Our Regular Correspondence
'',' -WAEHlHoroN, Feb. 10, 1854.
TIE. ccnINo CAMPAIGN.
wrote you'inl former letter the probable
destination of Gen. Sherman's expedition,
and stated that its first point was Meridian,
almost ono hundred and forty miles east Of
Vicksbu1g;i and that there The General would
establish a. base for an advance into the
henrt of the slave ind cotton States. I also
stated that this movement was In -conjunc-
tion with ono on Mobile by Gen. Banks. The
latter, II successful, will open up the Ala
.bama River and ils tributaries, the Tombig-
bee, Coosa and Tnlapoosa, to our gunbonts
mad transports. This would be Of great ad-
vantage TO us, as by these rivers dcpots OF
supplies could be established for, Sherman's
army, which would mite with Danks' dirt3
sion in it's advance into the interior east
ward. In the meantime, Grant, sweeping
down from north-westerly direction, would
foim a junction with both, and the rebels
would be forced towards the seaboard, all the
fortified towns Of which wonld be threatened
from the rear, their: supplies cut of, and
their garrisons left no alternative but TO sur
render. In the meantime, Burnside, Meade
and Hancock could be operating on both
TANKS Of Lee's position before Richmond, and
indeed, threatening tho rebel capital from the
direction OF Weldon and other points in North
Carolina. AL Independent email expeditions,
and raids, except In conjunction with the move
ments Of these three or four great columns
Of attack, will be avoided rs much as posi-
bic. There will, OF course, be cavalry raids,
such as that now under the command of Col
Gricreon, who is cooperating with General
Shcrman's advance Gen. Sherman can :, for
tie present, use the railroad running east to
Savannah from Vicksburg, but It VIII need
supply our ormy with subsistence and forage.
This united plan of advance was long since
recommended by Mr. Lincoln. The great
difficulty heretofore experienced has been n
supplying Grants army at Chattanooga with
provisions. It was this difficulty which pre-
v nted Gen. Grant from removing to the re-
lief of Gen. Rosecrans, who already had more
troops at Chattanooga than he could feed.
TIE expedition of Gilmore to Florida may
also be in connection With the above con-
PURPOSE Of opening up the Appaiachicoia
River, which runs due north between Georgia
on tbe east and Alabama on the west The
water ways haye always been our great re-
lance. It Is necessary to seize on those
which empty themselves into the Gull, In
mis- in the cotton States, but also cut of
t! SUI plies of those OF the enemy.
THE 'ce pPxHHEADs AND TIE AMENDMENT TO
THE oNe11TuTIoN-TuEY VOTE AGA1NsT IT
INA BODY.
AS l predicted on several occasions they
would, Coppcrheads have voted In body
against an amendment to Constitution abo1,
ishiug elayery. The Herald and few other
copperhead shcets had for some time been
amusing The people with statements indlcat,
| Ing thai the Democracy now feared the abol'
! ishmcnt Of slavery: Now, alI this dcnounc.
cd as dodge, or m attempt to throw dust In
! the eyes of the Union men, for the purpose Of
throwing them oF tAcir gurrd, giving them
false Confidence In their strength, and, Il
| possible, breaking Us up and procuring thc
denomination Of q third candidate for the
| Presidency. What would become of theil
| reiterated political cry of "the Constitution
aB 1t is, and the Union as 1t was,' If slavery
we're abolished? how could they 20 SO bach
tirely ignore it Yet some Of our people
were SO green Us to think that copperhead
could pitch Ills devotion to slavery to tht
xinds. We'll, yesterday Mr.. Arnold in tht
House, punctured that bladder "by offering
the following resolution:
Rxso1red That the Constitution should be st
amended as to abolish slavery wherever It now ex
ists In the United States and to prohibit ita exIs
fence in eyczy part thereof forever:
The resolution was adopted by ayes IS
! nays C2, as follows:
| win, Mass. Bailey. Baxter, Beaman. Blair. " Va.
cole, cseswelI, DaSis. Nd;, Davis. n. <, Dawes
ess oe fGtt sby
Hooper, Hubbard, tosn: Hubbard, Conn, Hnlbu7d
Julian; Jenekee Ks,ly. Kellogg Mieh, 1San. Long
ton, o'Ne,5i. Fem, 6ith fsttsfaon. fst5aa, Fieo
shsnnon se spS
assban @6aey Wv %def xa
Eays@Aliea, !. q, Alien. ". j., Ancona. Bald
win, Mich, Bliss, Brooks, brown. Wtz., Clay. Coz
ilotb. COZ C1nyeqs, Dawson, Deplsen. Eden, Ed
Ell Hsi1ingtoni, foi Hsfiis Ia "a, aeieE, d Hol@as
johnson, Kellogg, n, r. Kcs9an. King. Knapp
MeRSney Se fenn hos
Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odsli, O'Neill, Ohio Pen
dls,o%R Rs Randall. e. Hsnds saa, k{ Eohtn 2.
S!3S99ss1 S9sa1 s;RsIt sFsst White. CA whits'
A full house would be 1856 members, two
thirds Of which would be l24. Now, On ths
most liberal estimate, ths Union men car
count upon 101 votes, or 2S less than the re
QIired number. 80 that any chance Of 81
amendment to the constitution being sub
mitted to the Legislatures Of the States q
this session is exceedingly improbable, If no
impossible. 1nthe negative will be lount
the names Of ]. C. Allen, ". ]. Allen, Eden
Knapp, Morrison, Robinson, Ross and Stuar
from Illinois, a1l the Copperhead representa-
tiyes, except Harris, who WAS not present