Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-27
Tha MARYLAND Frnsditinr

Tbs Charlsssoa Ns sgry. via HL0ss views We have
5ssn hs pissscrs Of sOceusging inasss, 10 q second
sRicls, thai tie hs 1pediion iaso Hlyind SAI sIy
.z5 niss5leVtus-l 5iln5sr a2d AZ aos Of fsly. Ia
roof Of his, it ssys:
"lO BAsU WfaS tis reid nay cost us, Il! - suppose
&c ms I'D Of e, dig llo troops oompoIing it 10
8sylAad, hey bsd bssn cent % Atlantis, h Georgia
y Army Of Western Georgia would have been rein
e. ed b sy th'leen th0hssad men. Nov add hitaen
lsUaOd men (hs Georgia papers say twenty t6Oasand
rasea oY the 65Yerlor OF G5Orya, and We have \
riorcsmen; OF tHsntyigh thousand men, TO the army
., IVES era Georgia Suppsss ths tas tins the re-
fo-cement fron ths sruy o. Vi gRia ser out for A.
"a, General F0rress aud General Morgan had been
rr-sfSd 20 theSssr Of Genera! Sherman be ~ about
e tl0asA1d cavalry. We Wonli thus have bad, at
as fsS she original army OF Western Georgia r,il-
Jrsea oy twenty eight thousand iGan.ry and isn thou
I'd esVslry-makilg an army Qlte sCfRoent 10 defeat
a ermEu, and capture or destfog is whole army. We
sssate not 20 ssy thas II his policy had been pursued
sseLd Of The lOoih raid into Maryland there would
have bssn a: hi5 the leas. anxiCtJ ss 70
30 foture Ia any Pasl o. toe OontsdsTacy Tire
"a W0uld have pson ended, our Independence DTGe
raiiy ron, szi pasos iasVi.s1l1'
Let uIsse. When General E Ely left the army in
'sa' Of Redmond, re Yankee General Hlrter, As tho
scai Of more than twenty thousand men, alter tri-
snphans mTsh from Winchester 70 Lexington, vas
a17-rg 90 Lynohburg With tie certainty o ooenpyirE
Sat vital point uuless prevented BY force de aehed
60 Lss's army. II Euly had gone to Georgia IN
cad OF LyEohbarg, Hunter would have taken quiet
c'ssssOn II that ely, and W0ull have en- in pos-
.oa CO: easciualy and remedlsssy ali La . comGu-
esfSHs. Tlia done, HO,hing short OF miracle would
W prevented the success o. Grants s.rs.egy. To
's hmself frem the necessity Of elptulasRg, or mo.
rs ca .0wHdI tie South, And abandoning the Ccu-
.asase C-P..l nd the Sac o. VIrgaia, Lee would
aye been compelled, Wills 50 weakened as to DO O..
able sOy Of 6sfessivo action b. tie absences o. Ealy
arP' in GsOrgiA-snd the Nsretyy much pnds-ga5ss
- strength Of hat eorps-either sally out from bis
works ard attack Grant in bis s,Foag dsienCe5 cud
~ aud scatter bis army; 70 have detached not less
twenty thousand more tsS0PI from biz com nand,
rssdy heavily d,Plstsd By Earlys a5seaee IN Georgia
drive Hunter away from Lyneh5urg. and keep h;Ia
~ With ,be force hen lOit to Lee, could be have
r-i.tei az OnIes from the immense army Of Granti-
J,oly; but il would have been madness to have in
l.-ed The rick Of r., if il could be avoided II Early
4 gone 70 Georgia there would have been no
,ssps for Lee from the necessity of tying enc or
q other Of tasce frightiul experiments By vhiOb
&c night have les, his army a. W, the Capita, or
tleFEiss Of giving up the Capital save bis army lsi
y.i tis Capital The whole virtually OF the Stats Of
irgnis. No enc, We are sure, viii more readily than
CIteemsd Charleston oOnemp3rsy admit that here
To8d have bean cause foe ANXIETY Is TO our future
yty greater than any thas attaches or can attach to
;ls condition OF thinss at Atlanta.
TIE 4srsy must See, sosOn, that The presenes
q Ery a. LYnehbarg which not an hour TOO soon
wa The fortunate hing shsi eJud have occurred
IAsrs othsr fpOt OF earth In the Confsderacy
EhsFo be could Just then have been as useful and,
70 have 6sF a;ehed him to Georgia and
sesrsb prevented bis appearance as Lynehburg Is the
sa moment would hAVObSeH 10 rsali 'sily and mis-
svons,' ''suadss" and an aei o. "iOEy." Nor can
q H,rssry ssply that when BaIy lad driven Hunter
away from Lyoehburs, be might hen have been dis
74;sAsd 70 Georgia for II be had WilhdaWufrOm Lyneh
arg In shas tiFO0tia, Hunter would have come down
3, from the n0uAtAn- where hs was haltiog and
,lksn possession Of ths abandoned pisa Tee
1ssoR presented then for dec aon vas Whistler r,y
aOsld remain At LynchOurg. 20 Psevsnt Eulisr's r.
en-, or move il direction thAs WOali compel him 20
follow II TIE latter, the rous towards he sneua,S
oaury vas ihs one Necessary to be- taken. Wbs.Ssr
as praotOaSl; y Of taking Washington or Baltimore
,artu.sd induesnsnt TO the expedition or not, We
10 not know. Thero we're other reasons sufcisnt Of
llh ths booty obtained IN NArylaad and the Invalu
supplies secured By projecting the Valley Of Vr-
Is, are enough 70 mention THAI WashiagsOn seuld |
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