Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-03-24

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The New York Times he's an intslli-
esai ..vstssaan correspondent who oo-
ea.ioaally eivss be yisrs Of the situation
With hind degree Of candor, albeit be i'
. sssosg psstisss. He hes recently been
rawioatiog on the spring campaigns
whieh wsss bsssIded with . grand
flourish BY oil the leading Administrs-.
esSs orrsns Of the country; and which
% we're assured we're oertsin to give
the Ret slIion sosnshisg blex. No ioa''
nal waxed more stbusisstis Over ne
grsod strategic mevemsnt" tlso Tho =.
Y. 7Smss-e faet Of vhiah IL editss -
gently reminded BY bis "vstsrsn" cor
respondent. We quote briefly from bis
communication
Y Cos0ned to siek room -ths March
vinds wbissl.og around the hoass--l
nay - our military position in = more
Ombse aspect tbas 0thoss. Bat con
fess that am not pleased with our recent
military pe,f rmauces. They do not I'D
vance Geo. Grant very much, or add to
G lmo,e's reputation, or make the tor
tues of Meade and Sherman. ! read
your very good articles in the Times 0"
. grand s,rsteg.tie movement, which
Vas to take ths l,nes Of the Tosnbigbee
and the Alabama. eading With the
storm u Mobile. 1t looks very fine on
the msI; and If tina, triangle VAS ike
Belgium or The Rhine, might be Of great
importance.
Alter glance At the field be pro-
eeeds:
And now what have they been doing
this Spring. -Four expeditions, and
what Looks to me, four failures. An
expedition from Jacksonville marches
into Florida, and is driven back with
losa. The consolation 10, the General
did not knoW the enemy Oas 20 "ear.-
In the name of common sense whose
bu,iness was it to know but hist Gen
Sherman marches from Vicksburg, and
having goue 100 miles 10 his grand STRAIT
egy, marches back again! Gen. Smith
starts a cavalry expedition from Mem
phis. to join Sherman. and they march
back sgsin, takiog bsok about Is many
neesoes - there were enemies in frcnt
ot him. The cavalry under fitzpatrick
start Of TO Richmond, and sitter destroy.
ing some mills and canal locks, find
themselves comfortably At Fort Monroe.
To crown the whole, Thomas makes
tremendous movement on Dalton, cap
turss Tunnel Hill, and marches back
again T!
Now, We have the telegrapbic report
ere (those most enlightened Of all living
generally announcing that these are on.
y a ser:ss Of yaids Well, what was
their oljsctg Wbst was 10 30 got p
hold to three military principles l..
That all movements Of al aray should
have definite object, and that ohjec,
one, which, If accomplished. will pay
the cost. 2. That to make its accom-
plishmeut certain, the force must must
be strong enough 90 Ill reasonable cal
caiatton 10 do II; and, 3. That 10 should
move from sufficient base, on the
sAoriesI lane, 10 the point OF attack
Now, most OF our expeditions have wan
ted Ut lessttxo cut OF lb, 50 three re-
quirments. Well, what 10 the result p
They march bdck again. Who CON.
ma0ds tho American army? Why,
obviously, General Sea,terstion aud
these are his ps rformances. lie msrch-
ed out five armies, 10 five d fferent d,r,c.
t'ons-not one Of them strong enough to
accomplish any finite Object If this 70
not 90 | shall be very glad, Mr.. Times,
II you will give mo q pleAsanter view OF
the satject. The italics are the su-
thors.
That is truly discoursging and dis
coursging'y true. We are worse OF
than we we're btf fore these grand expe-
di,ions, tho integral parts Of one "grsnd
strategic movement" we're set on foot
by the Commander. 10. Chief cf the army
and navy, the Presideut Of the U.
s. The enemy has not been weakened,
but on the contrary be has been p,actr
cslly strengthened BY these '',aids" be-
cause they have intensified the exsspcr.
alton Of the Southern Masses. Add it 10
perfectly clear that the more intense the
hatred ofthe North becomes, smopg the
Southern people, the stronger will te the
rebel power, the greater its faculty OF
endurance, the more protractsd the war
and the brighter the prospect Of ulti-
mate Southern In dependence. Such is
the sum Of the results Of our spring cam.
psigns, which have cost no dearly, both
in prestige and in blood.
A REBEL FAST DAY.-Jeff Davis has
issued . proclaim stion, recommending
''his people, to observe Friday, the 9Th
Of April, ~ = day of humiliation, fas-
finO and nravor Ho nu,to. q ra.nIr