The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-25

The enemies of the government were
oOmsSzsAd yeasrsisy by shs -dspstch
stating that Sherman had met with q
revsssein tie 'sicinity Of Raleigh. Poor
dupesl let them enjoy the brief pleas
urs. sensibls Reopls pnderEtapd the
policy Of The rebel leaders at present,
which + take no notice q, or 70 dis
parage the successes Of the Union sTm-
ies. and tamsgnifY every reEerse, Their
slsienat Ets sac. thstefsre, sA8en with
very many grains OF allowance. It is
amusing q csIsserse Ire sppsrently ex-
ultaDt spirit viii. wbiehrin the carry>
ing OUT Of this policy, the great Lee
p1sl6s hientioniof Che smallest izlilitsF
y incidents. The capture Of Generals
Crook snd Kelly was deemed ant oc-
cssion fosGppeeiss dispstsh for the pub
lie eye, with Phsrisaieals thanks 10
Divine Providence 50 also the bresslS-
inc ~ Of az expediiionz IN East Isnz
nefee SkeA Aefer ocsufFed 4pe
ag6in. tEis defeat q IIilpatfick ~ flasnf-
ton At The mysterious --I the truth
being < Temporary success tf Hampton
followed by lsisowB discontinue And
tben.4as shout over Bragg below Kins-,
ton, hbsreBs so-c5iied s6eoess ended
ina lIasty fe.reat;; his dead beias Left
on the field. On the other hand, the
fsll ef eha5fest9s, Or wilgningson q
Kinston, and q score of other places,
we're nos uoEth "a moments thought,
except - sblessings in disgdise As
for tic orashing defeat Of Early, The
desruction,ef she james RiverCaq.l
railfusss bridges, etc, etc, BY "Ltttie
Phil SheffdanAwijy Lee has not so
much a. heard Of the thing L is toe
ssasli 90 even bis microscopic visiOn.' :
All other kinds Of strategy having
hned9I5 isbsl .esase. ti.is i about As
good ~ any shat can be adopted. ly.lsq
that % De ostEieh itdeeeigss mons put
the poor idioisaE no sfil have faith in
Dayisa and Lac ssi 2 sis7rf ~
-f.s-sftasrs srr.i y
The Richmond Wing, unable 10 see
auythingr Iaomisingih the c5Hditioh'of
thinFs il he Southern conledesaey,
and Having given up The idea thai for
eign-eeyernmea7s, Of the reinapgnra-
tion. OF President Lincoln, wolll,l.recog-
nize the rebel,goyernmen' on the ground
that .tbe 4 p Ststes,djd not tpartici-
pate IN the Presidential election, would
haze is readers draw some comfort
from Mexico II sees in The. abrupt
terniiaaaion OF the Enited States Con
sdlate it Matamoras, The "filue cloud"
which is 70 pour sut greet showers Of
biessipes upon the Confederaoy, and
us upon the old government And
there arc ssses and traitors outside Of
Dixie who think there something il"
the Wings theory The Matamoras
sAaair Is susceptible Of a simple explain
alton, that renders it very trivial The
arsenal Of the United States was &C
credited To the Juarez Government
When the place was occupied by the
Imperial forces, the governments of Max
:miiian refused to reoognizs him, and
hs was withdrawn Ills place has
been supplied since by q Commercial
agent, who can .ransactal the business
with the government, required by our
commerce az Malamoras, without com
hitting the, United srates to a reccgni-
ton OF the Empire That any difficult
~ between the two governments can
grow cut Of this state OF affairs, is pre-
posterous. Bat there is nothing too
preposterous for the eredulity of a reb-
ei editor in Dixie, OF his allies out Of
thai heavenly land
Really is il not n bitter reflection up
o. Southern men that they should de.
rive comfort from the idea that, as the
Wing says, "things IS woTkin7 to
wards an interruption Of our smicable
relations with Mexico, when if
rs should be the case, it lwould
u attributable 10 our maintain
anOe Of the Monroe Doctrines once
the pride and boast Of Southern States
men. Men have become very base,
when they car derive comfort from
the degradation Of their own offspring