The Union and journal., 1864-10-28
Sheridan Again!

SHERIDAN once more-Sherdan, the Inyinci-
ble-Sheridan. of the Shenandc ah--little Phil.
Sher,dan-Hurrah for Sheridan! His victory
on Wednesday is the final seal set Oh his title to
superb generalshp. Hitherto he has won In
cantcr-he wins now after such fight and such
defeat rs would have settled most Gcnerals--
such defeat as would have made Mcclellan de-
clare, "You have done your best to sacrifice
this army" and demand reinforcements "rath-
er much over than under 100 600 men," But
out OF this nettle danger did Sheridan pluck
the flower safety I; and more than safety Tor
he wove his flowers into an imperishable gar
land of heroic laurel
What general is to an army let this battle
teach us. Sheridan had gone to Washington
The enemy seized the moment to attack sur
prised our army at Strasburg; beatit; drove II
four miles and more to Miidletown and New
town won victory had they but stopper: or
had Sheridan not come Shcridan was at Win
chester on Wednesday morning, and couriers
brought him word of the disaster his army de.
fcated, driven back twenty guns lost. u has,
| tened from Winchester" says Sheridan. lmag'
| inc how he rode how the spurs sank deep IN
| his horses sides how this rider deyouied the
space between him and his army withouta head!
| At Newtown he met the disordered fragments OF
n retreating army. Fancy what he, the con-
queror of the Shenandoah, victor OF three bat
| ties in as many weeks. must have felt met q
beaten army, seized il, arrested its flight, reor-
ganized il, inspired IL, planted II as a rock IN
the path OF its pursuers, repulscd their attack |;
then gathered his strength, and, ont of this ap-
palling defeat wrought by his genius and cour-
are such victory rs this war has but once be-
| fore given us-a victory which one man, ana he
only. Transmitted out OF hopeless disaster.
Rusecrans at Murfrecsboro', Sheridan mt Stras-
burg. They stand together, and to hna their
parallel YOU must go 10 to the plain OF Maren-
GO, where first Napoleon and then Dessaix
stemmed the torrent OF that victorious Austrian
advance which threatened TO annihilate the Re-
public, and anticipate, by an irretrievable diss
aster, the career of the greatest soldier OIL mod
ern times. The Sheridan OF the French army
Dess,ix-poured out his brave Life on that vic.
torious field. IN exchange for the salvation OF
his country. Let US be grateful that our Des.
saix. that our Sheridan, won his victory, and
| is still preserved to US to win Others.
OF what preceded and of what shall follow
| this triumph we have much 10 say, but not THIS
morning. To-day IL is enough to be thankful.
To- morrow will bring us further news, and will
be time enough to criticize and to speculate.
To-day We rejoice i'm the confusion 10 which the
insolent boasts Of traitors are brought. To-
day we recall the shameful threat of the Rich
mond press, that "Early had gone into Penn
sylvania, to stump the State for tho Peace Nc
Clellan party !" To-day we recall the exulta-
ton of the same rebel papers over Longstreet's $
advance successor to Early's command, ard
successor to Early's fortune. Their joint cam
paign for McClellan's behoof reaches the same
end. Not the REpELLioy, but the UNION tri-
umphs-not McCLsLLlS. but LINcoLN-not the
CoNFEDERAcY, bu, the REPUBLlc--not SLAVERY, (,
but FREEDOM! THANK Con w y. Tri6.
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