Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-02

essential part. In q newspaper programme. on :
map. and We dare ssy, in general orders assign
ing 20 each army and commander bis special
duty, all 10 be accomplished By given day
this sort Of campaign undoubtedly looks msies-
tic only when set sgoing and brought into col
lisiol With bard facts, il somehow becomes dis
located. Thus the contemplation oil those many
armies approaching rom all points Of the CON
pass. and bound TO keep time. has Lost good
deal Of it, intimdatng effect. "hst - this
campaign bat repetition Of that OF last year
Then, also, Butler with fifty thousand men
was 70 advance upon Richmond By the south,
Grant With hundred and fifty thousand men
from the north Hunter with fifteen thousand
from the west, taking Lynchburg on his way,
and destroying the railroads both beyond and on
this side Of that city. OF course supplies
were to be cut of: aud Of course Richmond vas
10 surrender: anu Butler was 10 have been reign
ing over Us sometime in July last, at the latest
What has become OF those mighty armies
Nine months have barely passed-and the
broken and wearied remnants Of them are scarce
sufficient TO provoke an occasional skirmlsh al
some point upon our lines, which no longer
causes an alarm bell 10 ring in Richmond. Grant
demands hundred thousand men: and a. for
Butler. now" planting his cabbage at native
Lowell no confederate names himwithouta laugh.
Y ct those commanders aud their hosts seemed
formidable enough to u nine months ago; espe
cially as portrayed to Us in tie eloquent and me
nacing paragraphs of Yankee war correspond
ents. who are really learning to write campaigns
in military slang quite imposing 70 persons in
civil life
Accordingly, in Nav aud June last. many
weak minded citizens were preparing 20 quit
Richmond and Mr.. Memminger. ever mindful OF
the safety OF his interesting Treasury employees.
packed them of 10 COlumhis. Now am / IN
Arden" quoted Touchstone More fool /.
When was at home ] was in better place.
That was indeed one Of the greatest financial
strokes of Mr. MemmingeF
New there is not at this moment much 10
alarm us iu reality there was last May Ii is
true have not 80 manv troops; but neither
has our enemy by great deal. Ga that occasion
too General Butler could and did land his forces
at City Point, without any effort loss; but this
year Sherman mas 10 fight his way through many
a swamp ard take or turn many battery and
leave MANY blue coated corpse behind Mn ere
he can hope 10 see Virginia raj road
Ii is hoped. not without some degree of conf
dence that the president will not this wear re-
ieve Gen. Beauregafd IN the very crisis OF his
campaign. and appoint Gen. Pemberton in his
place With orders 10 the latter 10 slip around 10
Sherman's rear and march awav To Mobile But
barring this, OF some other equally enormous
blunder or crime, il seems evident that Sherman
has before him = much more difficult and peTilous
part OF the grand campaign than Butler had las!
wear And 10 the meantime biz devastating
march through South Carolina is no more con
quering that state than his great raid through
Georgia has converted Georgians to the union. "
Richmond i safe il all parties concerned do
| their duty thar J.. il the new secretary of wsr
Is energetic, and il the new cOmmlssary shall be
| found 20 have some elementary ideas about food
especially if congress proceed az once with sucS
| legislation, for the purpose OF giving General
| Lee control OF large numbers Of negroes as that
| general asks at their hands. Promptitude and
decision are important in this matter; yet j; is
understood that many members have long speech
q 10 make: and one. they saw. has even threat
ened 10 be heard for two days-going down into
the very first principles of society, and soaring
to the sublime future which is reserved for the
destiny of our speces-and the roads almost he
ginning ALREADY to dry under the Winds OF March
/ Two days, Why Sherman can march forty
miles in two days.
Ii this measure is TO be adopted TO incrsa e
orr means of national defense. 1t were well il II
ere done quickly, in order that there may be al
least portion of the new material ready for the
work of the coming struggle In the meantime
! let il not enter the thoughts of any citizen OF
I Richmond that the city il in any greater danger
this spring than il was the spring before There
is the strongest probability, too-ail the onens
indicate-that this will be the last campaign
against the capital OF Virginia