New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-25
Letter From, the Rebel Gen. John ter,
WHY HE SURRENDERED MS Any.
The Charlotte On. CO. Demceras Of May

The Charlotte On. c. Demc6ras Of May
Is. says:
We Inv before our readers .he folowi1: letter from
Gen. Joseph f. Johnston eating the eau es which IN
duced him to rsxe terds 81 surrender with Gcn Sher-
man We believe Con. J,hnstons conduct. ard bis re-
fnsa 10 continue the afc al hope OF success was
vain generally approved; hut n any one has doap'
nm This pont the reasons set forth by Gn Johnston
will clearly show that b. acted directly ana wssy
Having made Convention with Na1orGea. shei'
man n terminate ostnes In North and south caro-.
lima Georgia and Florida IL seems ia mepropsritc pu'
htre the people Of those States The condition OF ni
i,,ry affairs which rendered that measure aDsoaey
necessary. -, -, ,,...;,, nv
the returns Of three GENERALS of the Army
Of Tennessee Chat under NY coimand) the nur per o
infantry aad artillery present and absent was .ooiiu
The rot Al present Il 57he effective TOTAL or Bhus
Cn,ee Ili5c On the 7h OF Apr. The date II the las
return an find the effective otsl Of the cavar! VIZ
( 40 lit between the TIA end 10Th of Aprb IL "a'
greatly reduced by svents n 'Hsi"h aie "pP''
In smith carolina We had Youne's Division Of
Cavalry less than ion besides reserves mn -. 3' t.;
itrocus.tocpheT much inferior tn the Union force IN
that state IL Florida We were cs weak In HeoreIh
o"r nndeouatc force had been captured at Macon In
Lieut. Gen. Ta,ors department ucre were DO aohy
lof o,nosins the formidable army under Gen. Canoy'
which had taken Mobile, nor the cavalry unae' Hsn ~,
Wil,oa which had captured every other place oi JIM
portance west al Ansuhlh' A., ..,,is
tcr az we had boen AT Grecnsborougb but ~ dsace
from Aucu IA being less than iai Of our tl"t phcS
wos IL mower To carry The war. therefore We nad
lto denend On the Army vi the Tennessee alone. I've
United states could have brought against twe'e OF
fifteen times is number IN the ARMIES 81 osner4,
. Gram Sherman ald CANDY.
With such odds az iinst u.s. without the means u y y
curing enmuni ion repairing arms, without mono!
or credit 10 nroyide food, il Impossible To con"
the wor c1,spt as rohbsrs. The consequences oi pro-
hanging the Iuggie would only have been the ds'Ic
zion on dsnerson II brave.t men. ana GREAT sunei
inc OF women nnd children by TIC desolsfon ana run
inevitable from the marching ~ two hundred thV.sahu
/. men through the COUNTRY. - ,,.
Having fti.el ~ atteult 10 OBTAIN 'oIms k''bs
sccnity T. citizens ~ vel soldiers bad TO choose
h.tcen w,nty bringing She evils ~ war uno iDo'e
had been chosen o. defend. and avertiDS those cah
lies ,,th the confession that hopes weie dead wich
every linking Sonlbrir man had already lost ifh"fe
fare stunstcd with Gen. sheTp1n icr tn s'enf! %
the brave aud true mon committed 70 me on ~ az
which also terminated hostlliti"s IN all the codHuy
over which ny command extended, ana dNil"'Hs' :.
10 vour Governors ly telegrlph. ae hIb"s;
TIE disaster IN Nfeinin. tie captuIe b' iho en- y
Il all our workshops or tue iTeplfatinh OF hmuIl,
and repairing OF arirs the !mpossihni'y OF f'c'ui'
our little army opposed 90 more tau ten tmrH it
number or Of supplying IL ,cep! by rpbliS "t "'
citizens destroyed all hope Oi successful wee "a
therefore made IA military convection gam h'in. ~,
ShcfnAn g. terminate hosiiics ~ norm 'ho H""'1
I Carolina Georgia nnd Florida ] made tnis con'rn
t,on to spare the blood of THE gallant tis army,
prevent ni her suffering oi tLr pcOpe D! w" uc'
y ton and ruin inevitable nom the mareihg "i 'bn'
lrmies and 10 avoid the cTi ne Of wneinr toif''s
wur ~ l. JOHNSTON.