Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-27
The March through the CarOlInas.

Sherman Is in motion, and, according
to the refugees from Savannah, has 3
force Of eighty thousand men. Ner is
his army loose mob, prowling on the
country to oppress friend as well as Zoe.
II is an army Of discipline, yigor and
action. With Savannah, and Beaufort,
South Carolina, as base, he moves
North with the sun, and already Charles
ton and Columbia begin to feel the op-
preston But will he come TO Colum-
bis, with those eighty thousand meng
Yes, if be warts 70 do 90 be will. and
even further into the bowels of the land.
Terry is on our own eoast-has Fort
Fisher, at the month Of Cape Fear, and
will soon, we think, have Wilmington.
He probably has twenty to forty thous-
and men. suppose they combine their
forcea--Terry and SheFman--we must
set them down 1t not less than about
one hundred aud twenty Thousand men.
And they will move on With the sun, and
before the orb that lightsthe world shall
stand erect in the heavens, It Is more
than probgbls that the Federal Flag
viii fly over Charleston, WILMINGTON,
Columbia and Raleigh. Yes, Raleigh
too Grant will stay where be il, and
thus keep GeaeraI Lees army in ths
rice that has held IL for the last ten
months, aud Sherman and Terry will
move on. We see nothing TO stop them,
or prevent their getting TO Raleigh,
where they can open Communication
with Nswbern By rail, distance about
one hundred and eight miles, and then
demonstrate or raid towards Greens.
boro or Danville AZ pleasure Ne~bern
would be The water base, Raleigh the
inland base, and with Grant on the
James, aud Ge1. Sherman at Raleigh,
both 10 com nana of large armies, all
transportation cut of and supplies ex.
hauated, General Lees army would be
in tight place. And unless Sherman
can be met and whipped he win proha-
bly come, il not with the showers Of
April, certainly With the buds aud bios
SONS Of May He travels rapidly. We
had an army that might have checked
sherman, bat since the President took
les commander from It and pnt ID under
5 sc ond-rate Brigadier, and sent il on
thai Wild goose chase 10 the blae banks
OF the Ohio, ii Is well-uigh done Tor
Ho, d marched into Tennessee and then
marched out again, bat his army Is
gone That is, the morale Of the great
Army Of the w st, as It existed under
Albert Sidney Johnston, under Beaure-
gard and under Joseph 4. Johnston, Is
gone, and Hood is erouohed dewn in
North Alabama with nothing but small
mass Of demoralized fragments There
is bot little more fight in that army.
What there was in it for good has been
frittered away where no good could be
accomplished, and the people Of that
section have no disposition TO fIl its
ranks. They think the war has lasted
about long enough, especially If they are
TO be called on to 20. These are sad
reflections, bg. we have to deal with
things as the5 ars.
Sherman will Eress forward. No one
can give US good reason for believing
he viii be hurried back, and empty braga
dacio is no longer correct.
What then? sherman viii in all hu
man probability be here with The spring
and TO stay. The Governor, aow 50
placid and calm, so full Of fun anC
coarse jests, viii have to fly to some OBJ
seure village as q refuge; while the Leg.
islature, the peoples chosen representa-
tives, are now assembled here, no doubt,
for the last time during the continuane,
Of the present war. From his obscure
headquarters in some wayside village
inn, his Excellency may call them 10 NEE
in Buneombe. ON the top Of Table Rock
or at some point in that neutral territor,
beyond the Chowan; but we have not th'
shadow Of doubt, but that the present
body have met in Raleigh for the las
time, and If the members desire to d,
anything to save the people Of thei
State from ruin that is TO follow th
events that we have ioreshadowed, the
must. act now. Has the Governor n
farewell word fer his '.dear people ?
the Legislature 30 parting blessing 10
suffering constituents2 Are we to loo
on these august dignisaries to-day, know
ing that tomorrow TO be seen and know
4 no more, By us, forever. The peopl
will stay where they are, and if Sherma
comes here and throughout the Stat
generally, they win do as they have don
in Savannah, make the best they can {
a condition Of things they could nc
help.
Bat If. We have no armies TO met
armies why continue the unequal cor
: test? II there be those in cur Lsgisls
! ture who believe there is no salvation fo
J the people of North Carolina but in q
} sppeAl for their rights uader the old cor
! stitutiou, let them speak out, for II
= time has come 70 discuss these question
, Aud II. there be those who believe thu
, the only way to save us from abohsio
$ negro equality, servile instructions an
j general upheaving of society, but
e restoration of the old government, und
3 the constitution OF our fathers, let the
: present their plans; the people will Ii
= ten, reflect, aud take such action as thl
d may think best for them and for 20
!, teritY, If we are subiugated, or so nei
r il that . prutracsion Of the unequal co
test can end in nothing else, Why co
o 6nae the war2
This is question for our Govern
l. aud Legislature to answer to the peop
0, Of North Carolina. The people Of 1
/, country, no. only here in North Caro-
5 rs, but throe ghort the whole South, b
n gin to see the state and condition
which the war has brought them in
Is true light, and to speak out Bsstili
m star chambers and inquisstions have Il
their poser 70 awe the people, and {
!, !" great public heart begins 10 throo alo
be and the popular voice is loud and eC
Il slant for peace
ie- We say candidly to our friends in I
.b- Legislature, that We believe this to
Us their last chance Do something nc
en- or you may never have another oppor
re nifty. And take the huH By the hor
Iill and do something practical What i
'ut Be done must be done quickly; tor 1t