The weekly union record., 1865-03-25
Sherman's Successes.

Ihe New York papers received By the last
steamer contain details of the fall of Charleston
and comments upon Shermans successes since
Tribune says:
Never was the value OF time so clearly dem
oustrated. There are troops enough 10 the
South to make a respectable army, were they
only united into one coherent force. or had
General Sherman only delayed bis advance till
the scattered divisions of Hood aud Taylor, and
the rest, had been able TO reach the Eastern
battle ground-bu. General Sherman would
Got delay. He has swept through Carolina as
if he were running q race rather than conquer
ing State, and il Is the unparalleled celebrity
of his movement which, at this moment, makes
him the uncontrolled master of North and
South Carolina together. Let Beauregard and
Lee strain every nerve-they cannot regain the
time they have lost, and Sherman is the last
man in the world to lose what be has gained.
The Times draws the following inferences
from the news:
l. That Beauregards force was utterly inca
pable of doing anything against Sherman. II
be could not defend the line of the Edisto. or
the line OF the Congaree-if be could not defend
Branchville or Columbia-what cau he defend,
or what is there worth defending in the State
of South Carolina?
,. That Shermans maneusers prevented
Beauregard retreating 10 any direction other
than noriheasterly; and, as Hardee's only line
of retreat from Charleston was toward Florence,
it will be impossible for these two rebel forces
to effect a junction, unless one or the other
should make an immense circuit round the
entire State Of North Carolina.
3. That it will be impossible now for the
remnant of Hoods army to join the main Con
federae body on the Atlantic slope. The
small rebel forces that may be at Augusta or
elsewhere throughout Georgia, or anywhere
west of the Savannah river cannot henceiorth
take effective part in the great drama.
f. That the whole railroad system of the
State, as well as its slave system, and its entire
surface and all its cities, are now under the
control of General Sherman.
The Evening Post says:
The rebels have run away in the night from
many pIaces-from Bowling Green. from Fort
Donelson, from Nashville, from Columbus, from
Memphis. from Corinth, from New Orleans,
from Gettysburg, from Atlanta, from Savannah.
They have tried 10 run away from some others,
as Vicksburg and Port Hudson But they
always solemnly vowed not to leave Charleston;
never, never never, Nor would they have
left it, n all likelihood, bad it it not become
dangerous to stay there. They may plead with
some reason that when they selected Charles
ton as their favorite dying place. their chosen
part of the last ditch they did not know that
Sherman was coming in that direction.
The Herald says:
The fall of Charleston. in military and n
a moral view, will be hailed in the North, will
be felt in the South, and will be recognized in
Europe, as the most impressive and potential
triumph of this war.
The Daily News Peace Democratc) stands
up for its Southern brethren in this sturdy
fashion
With the fall Of Charleston commences the
tug of war The conflict is about to assume
its fercest, bloodiest, deadliest phase. There
is no longer any doubt as to the temper of the
South. In the ashes of the doomed city the
retiring footsteps of its brave defenders traced
their determination TO conquer independence
whatever might be the sacrifice of comfort,
property or life. Charleston was to the Caro-.
linians what Moscow was to the Russians.
The News could not say however, that
Charleston was to Sherman what Moscow was
TO Napoleon; for, while the latter retrcatcd
from the burning Russian Capital through the
snow and ice of Russian winter, sacrificing
the lives of thousands Of bis men ; Sherman,
leaving the cradle of the rebellion" in the
possession Of an ample force, pursues his tri
umphant march through the Confederacy, to
co operate in the capture of the last stronghold
of rebeldom.