Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-07
sherman and Thomas.
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Sherman and Thomas.
One sHso. OF the abandonment OF 4 lAnuA oy So'i-
nan ssd mis- bold dane into Georgia. hA' oesn 10
- r,,pssses entirely open TO the operations Oh S' D.
- That the .nkses have already s-hsfed q Dis
.sr there and that Of CT insry Propoiaons Is SUI
s,tv evident from their stA1s u at OF the case
=, tbs COMMENCEMENT Of this var, Aalleeh ADVISED
Tlnooln. a. matter Of policy 70 clad" Ve'oFy IN
.vsry basts whether defeated CT not Ih' unP'lNe'-
rl,5 character OF 1hs s sntaSisnuy manifest non
al, ,dves which, II tIloaed implicitly, aud LETT 10
n.,v.l .i,hou opposition, would poison 1he stream OIL
hiorv a the VERY fountain head. Infamous as y "Hs
80, q, "a, sIleIy sgsd 10 The RET led iAs'e OF
.y,,.ass and /. has been constantly and PsEslsi-
- tolovsd. TasFe are some Gases, hoHsyaF, IL
&c, s,-ss spsaE 90 Loudly thR. Shsy WI make then
~ heard ab ,Vs tie DIN Of words, and this "a one CT
nam. After this glorious v'e-o'J' gained N 'Af'e-
-, of an how over Hoods sb0.s army With the
,sh,sr Of az thoR. aud VI his men, 'as capture el
,,opssud more and shs tEiumPhAn! sc lre Vi 1hif,
: .,asrdg he p;c,0r0E' army Fsrsaspa IA me nisa',
-, rus,usd By the rIHqu'Shsd Zoe, Leaving then
A.aA .sd wounded b,aEo them, aud ~ suurise 'ne
-, norslnS arc Gouad h,.e,n miles in rear OF the
.o.,s of their vc,Osj, IN line OF battle, ana every
-,omsnt e1psutifs al att-ek from tlAt foe Who s
ho,ly IN puIsal Il that vas victory, I vas the
s,,,nes,. victory OF uach there Is sny account. IL
as5 l. 40 closely resembles deieaS-tnat Id, It looks
, r,,os LSe all the defeats ever heard ot-that IL
..o,ir-.. yery ngl degrees Ot imsglnat OF to maze
:, I'm ANYTHING else. A; s9y rate, h 1Od Las ali
A.. .dv.ntage Of me operation that IL makes very
t,,,s odds wat he Yilkses choose 10 Gail IL BE has
a., .bo Yar KEGS on. of Feankln iaio Nashville
10 afa a IL IF. ia him
ID ram Tor tbe MAJ oe IVres Of his army. We eb-
ssrye hat tie great taociln o, the NV York Times
discouraged, Prhapa by ne contempt With which al
bs Mans Of sga hArs 0se1 treated by tht IAnEe'
G,nsrsl, ia nov tryiDg his haad up5a General Hood
n, il es,t.io that Hood W not a. ava Nashville o,
burfrsssharouSh Bo.h arc eco strolg foe hin. o. ,
no saws the strategic, be viii do lOne OF these thOgf
n iii tu,a 10 the South Gu. the railroad 10 Uhst,a-
aoozs burn { % bridges over tho Tennessee, rait
Though that portion o. the Sale, break looe tom
h. bass Il ForsLc' al tuJn eastward 10 Knoxville
FasFs bs eau sin feed bis Genl aud may enite With
R,lokiurldge. and have = les base 10 Virginia &1-
~ tfis novsasn, he Ihioks Que Of the great irju-
ria. il stsj on the rsbsls. chat iojrJ Is that 3
.y,plj bs rsmsd.ed and Hood and Lss be plaesd it
Communication, 80 Bat, thea, there Is great DANCE
IN b:s uoysEsss rners ia The liae Of f0rgEsasss from
N.,byils 70 chattanooga. Whol be has no! time to
t..s AMI -hisA DO Eud leave 10 his rear Above al
tbsre Il The ''cloico army" Of veterans commanded
by T,omss. aud already Ve ofiOus Tbus having
4 mad Gu, a dilemma TO- Hood he l'aVes him, *
p,ss,iay The opinion that be vii sl make tor East
Tspp.ssss. Toe tsc.ioan always makes out campaign
4, favor OF bis oan people. VIVA; IL Hood thould
rally around him the tAouandl upon thousands o.
ara L.
,,ia their eouagr,msa 10 Tenle'sssf What. II be
b,l, Thomas sgaiu as he has already done, sc 'N'sl
vile .hs Breckinrdye operates ia Eas. Tennsssee, and
clear the on my on. Of Aufireesborsush and East
FsnnsssssY Waa, it tue uaited forces Of the two
march into Kentucky and call upon that Inundated
osOple-LumiIisted because bcy would not listen to
the call OF honor When &c was made 10 them-to rise
ia the name Of q "a ami F.ee.om and strike bloE,
If Il be but one tor the homer Of their Siaiey Wha'
a tho conmenc smsnt OF the naEt olmpIEa SHOULD
sec tennessee sca K ,Attoiy redeemed Aad the com
muu.eAsiols Of tho Uoult decay, this eide OF the Mis-
sissipp, eyeTyShere ressorstr
As for shssmal, We NAY fairy colcluis that h.
movemsuts will for the Pfeseot al least, have no ,lh
eucs Whatever upon the conduct Of tAs in Tenuss
see That he meas % return, II 10 should ever b.
able 10 reach the e0est, Is rot uLl kelly
That he intends to unite bis forces with Grant. Or
taer that hs intended 10 Do when he entered Geor
ga, We DO not hiDk probable. Had such been
.ii design, he would. as contemporary Journal very
psriusaty remarks, have Soae by rail and steamboat
direct TO Annapolis Maryland, 10 which point he
could have arsported hs sbolo army, though it
amour I'd 10 J5 900 men, az tie exaggerated estimates
Of tue Yaukess make it,, ia enc week from Atlanta
Hsd such been hs grlad object ha would never have
preferred the a. least peFlous through Georgia
ana thsucs 70 r cAmOni through tsmpestaOus on
dsrRtroas coast ia the dead Oi slater, 90 the sale
y5ysgs b. raj 70 AlIapoli. Tie Mes l0Fk Herald
indeed, Sufficiently explains his Object shen il says
that before long bil operations Ia Georgia EilLAInL
Lees a,y ou Of their position before Richmond and
Psssrsburg l. vas 10 destroy tie connection bslWeeL
Lea and Georgia, By tearing Up tie railroads and cap
turiBE the towas Of Augusta and Macon. Il TO
70 ssss the large body Of prisoners that be supposed
be 10 Georgia, and TO add thym bis own numbers
1; Ess 60 destroy the provisions Of The country and
carry of all the horss7. that might not gst them.
Heaven be praised he has succeeded 10 Of these
offsets. q power is s.li very great; bat should be
oven reach the sea in safely, bis campaign will have
been 4 most fortuuAts event for Us, he will hsVe
gVan Us back all The country from Atlanta 10 Obatta-
nooga certainly. de viii have admitted Hood in
Fsnnsssss. whesohe stands fair chance of recover
ing the whole Safe. he viii have s.Ven US chance
to redeem Kentucky; and Whcn he Gomez beck 10 his
OIL command. be viii have 10 commerce. Upsras'eps
least ss far north "a chattanooga, giving W sl she
gtez Z he has q &c 6sAtnR for toe whole unUer.