The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1865-01-04

The CoBfederncy Under . Cloud
From ths Risb.sons Knsuirsr. Dec. "a
There i DO denying the fact that for
tims the Affairs Of The Confederscy are usder
A cloud. The march OF Shsrmsn through
the heart OF Georgia h.s been accomplished.
and be hss been allowed 70 establish his
cOmmunict tions With the naval forces OF the
Atiaotic without any other. ioss than that Of
Numerous str.aglers aud the usual wear and
T. q Of an army on gong al expedition.
savannah once captured. he viii endsavor
not only TO make he valuable line OF the
Savannah river useful for slrktegica pur-
poses up 20 Augusts-dve do nct bytimes
impede the navigation he will also
march Il once upon Branchyille. and en-
deavor 70 possess himself Of that most i'm
postant center OF our railroad communica-
ton. nOod's progress IN Tennessee has been
peromptorily checked, and his army has lost
the compsctness, the efficiency and the spirit
which bad signsliEed IL after . few r1onths
service under johnson. Like the march OF
Rfaeg Into Bentncky, which ended With the
battle OF Murfresboro. won by the men ADD
Lost BY the commanders. the move into Ten
nesses slso undertook p, withdraw Sher-
man from the couos olstss. has been an
unsuccessful diversion The battle OF
Franklin NAV have been brillisnt. but IL Was
useless. and the sE,ir u Nashville seems 10
have been the battle OF Winchester over
again. A miserable brigade OF Yankee
cavalry turns the dssk OF our army. and our
:ntrenchmsnts are abandoned and the army
"a 10 retreat There Il reason 10 believe that
Forrest was absent on q similar diversion In
| Kentucky. and Hood thus deprived of the
mos, Efficient part OF his forces. Were the
| forces that bad been sent 70 defend East
| Tennessee aud West Virginia detached on a
like diversionl Neutrality-suspicious. the
| Yankees bad, with ten thousand men, al
Sparta, 10 Tennessee. and whose command
.as scattered from the banks Of the Holsson
70 the head waters Of the James-was far %
| In Abingdon, and the raid OF the \ ankees
which cost IA our lead works. II nothing
more. has the appearance OF a"perfect sur
prise"
What do We see 10 all thisi Not wan
of men; for a. yet We have met the enemy
At all points where be has attacked ne, and
II our numbers have often been inferior q
bis, success has not been wanting on tina
score For q want OF gallsntry 10 our sol
diers: for the last battle, the attack OF
Franklin, was full Of brilliant deeds. anS
coat us more Generals and men than w
|
for ammunition has been abundant, and a
long "a communications. have been open
provisions have never yet failed. But it cal
not be denied that there Is sad want o
genersbehip in the general management
our military affairs. And this again, no
from absence Of military sklll and genius OF
the part of our leaders With such men a
Lee, Johnston, Besuregard, aud a host o
others, We can afford TO meet even general
; of merit like Sherman and Thomas. Bot
war like ours cannot be carried on success
fully by separate armies and indepe0den
commando. There must De but one ma
! a. the head vi al our forces, 50 tha
all military operations shall be conducte
by one master mind, and work togeihe
in happy harmony toward one great en-
he ought not TO be q man outside Of IN
D army, with thousand other cares wsighin
! on his mind. and countless urgent claims d
viding his attention. The true commands
= in-chief, 70 be all he ought TO be. must
: IN the army, AZ well ss OF the army; b
. mind given, without single rival though
20 the one great purpose OF his life-the wa
bis must be the glory. az his Is the respons
. bility. Aussris's noble armies suffered LEI
Q FROM the enemy than from the orders OF Il
a Aullc Council bat when Joseph l. saw
a bis campaign against Turkey. that the az
minlstration OF the ahaire Of vast empi
q aud tho command Of . grest army we're II
|. compatible, Re devolvedths latter upon Lii
i, den. and returned TO Vienna. The rcsu
vas. that the Disconnected and discomnts
army conquered victory after victory. al
y the affairs Of Austria assumed new an
/. most satisfactory aspect