The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-11
DE Rebel pannrs and Gem. sherman.

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The Rebel Papers and Gen. Sherman.
The rebel papers, since Sherman first
abandoned Atlanta, have been perpet-
ually predicting defeat; bat up to the
very latest adyices, it had not come,
and Sherman was pursuing his march
as steadily as ever. For our part, We
have never doubted but sherman's
march would be one con tfnued success;
and the reticence of the Southern pa
pers, instead Of causing any misgivings,
have only confirmed Us in our first opin-
ions. Had Sherman met with disaster,
or even serious check, we should have
known it. for when did rebel papers
ever fail TO boast Of, and even greatly
magnify, their successes7 And in the
present Respondent condition of the
people Of the South, they would not
have concealed, for a single hour, any
advantages gained. They would, rath-
er, have been heralded forth, amid the
widest boasts, and in a style of the
most approved bombast, so popular in
Rebellion; but instead, there has been
silence
Any one at all converssnt with the
military resources of the rebels, is
aware, that, to have met sherman sue
cessfully, would have required Lee to
detach from his forces an army 80 large
as TO render the evacuation of Rich
mond, and Virginia a necessity; and
there are few who believe so desperate
a measure was ever contemplated by
Davis, as it would have far more than
counterbalanced even the entire de-
struction Of Sherman's army. As for
the Georgia militia, they are Valueless,
and their operations would partake far
more Of comedy than tragedy, and
more of farce than either
That Lee has detached troops from
his army sparingly, is doubtless true;
but these are only sufficiently hume
rous to aid in the defence of fortified
places; and would be swept away in an
hour, did they presume to meet Sher-
man in the open field.
The extract from the Augusta Con
stitutionalist of the 3rd, which was
published in the telegraphic reports in
our yesterdays edition, eVinces clearly
that the editor of that Journal expects
Sherman to reach the coast without
further molestation, on or about the
9th-two days since; and we presume
his speculations are nearly correct
We presume we shall have something
definite soon, and we have no doubt
but the result of the operations will be
in the highest degree satisfactory
That ne has cut the railroads, through
Georgia, so as to render them useless,
the rebel papers admit; and by this,
the States of Alabama and Mississippi
are completely severed from Virginia
The great advantage of the rebels has
hitherto consisted in the fact that they
could transfer troops from the East to
the West and viee versa, with greater
speed than we could. The severance
or the East Tennessee Railroad, was .
severe blow to them but still the loss
was in some measure compensated by
the two lines through Georgia. They
we're, it is true, little circuitous, but
we're still shorter than ours but now
they are cut, and cannot be rebuilt in
six months, if at all, with the facilities
at present commanded by the rebels.
Bragg's army was saved, and ours de
feated, at ChickamaUga, by the timely
arrival of Longstreets corps, which was
but three days in coming from Rich
nlond; but now the trrnsger would re-
quire march of hundreds of miles, on
foot, and would consume two months
of time, at Least The severance of the
Railroads in Georgia, is next in import
ance to the opening of the Mississippi
river