The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-12
One Army Ahead.
The last number of the Army and
Navy Gazette las iue following:

The last number Of the Army and
Navy Gazette bas the following:
Eog that Sherman's unparelled cam
paigu is closed, IL is seen 10 be "a rapid,
dazzling and terrible defeat of the
most promising and dangerous often
a'ye campaign ever undertaken by the
Confidence il was o campaign not
only devised IN Georgia but la Virginia
also, and had the sanction Of Davis
himself, as an able editorial Of a New
York contemporary states.
1T is very eaty % Tevile him now
for the blunlers be has made IN send
Ing Hood toward Shermans rear, and
leaving the road through Georgia open
20 the invader Bat SEE venture to as.
syrt that there was nota single General
ia the Con led aTscy, nor ia there one IN
Europe, who would have imagined, un-
der the circumstance, that Sherman
would do what he bias done, IND, thor.
fore, have taken precautions against II.
The march 10 Savannah, which has 40
precedent m the history of warfare,
aud the inference it suggests Is not that
Davis Is a great fool, bu, that Sherman
Is wha. an English journal recsnuyp pro
uounced him, "the greatest Of living
Captains The passage OF the great
81 Bernard by Napoleon proved not
stupidity or Inoapaclty Of Medals, but
the skill ana auda~ity Of his adversary.
Our own belief Is that Sherman S
great campaign viii be found to have
cut the Gordiln knot OF the war BY
widely dividing his army, and then
whipping has gdygTsaTy's entire force
with one half he has put as 0as ARM
ahead Of the enemy fatal superiority
Of pieces ON the board of war. SO soon
as that terrible discovery was made
known TO the Southern people, the cry
for terms began 20 burst forth II WAS
a splendid stroke, whose influence, we
prophecy, viii yet come 10 be felt as
The master piece, hitherto, Of the
war."
The Army and Navy Gazette is a very
candid sheet, and never overstates the
advantages gained by the Union ar
m,es; and in this instance, we think il
has decidedly moderated them. Il
does not make allowance for the utter
destruction Of Hoods army, which all
know TO have been put practically ous
of the question That circumstance
gives Us t,55 avgis5 ahead Of our adver-
saryi and what is more, the rebels
have bat one army IN the field, and
against that well, IL IS not necessary 70
say how msny troops viii be brought 10
bear, nor from which direction they will
come
II is useless for the rebels TO claim TO
have more than one force in the field
the armies OF Kirby Smith, and Dick
Taylor are not sufficient 70 meet and
check the expeditions Of cavalry men
which can be sent against them. Lee
alone remains with his army the fate
Of the Confsderacy Is inseparably in
tertFined Let Leo be defeated. and
all is gone. the rebellion viii practically
be ended, and civil authority gradually
restored.
The rebellealsrs themselves are full
ly aware OF this; therefore every exer-
ton viii be made by them to save the
army Of Virginia How far they viii
be successful, s. few months, at farthest
will determine
By the dispatches found elsewhere.
10 is evident That the masses OF the peo.
pie are longing for peace, The Rich
mond IaIers are expecting a speedy
evaporation OF the enthusiasrn of the
people, which they aatter themselves
has arisen since the failure Of the peace
All we have to do, is to CT up armies,
md show 10 the world we are nos