The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-04
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Tie IaeaH Ta eH3avor %
na ,as dropping gana a hr
SCOTT ~ lsueg lhat y Gea. ies'
us,hAbaa5frI taau5 men, rstrssis
Iaio ils uoamsia regioa q Nor
tbsra Gss.s aad Eastern Tsunes-
see tie Fp. esn b. 3rled and .
the vaf prolarsel @r tsta'y years
Assertion sery similar to tbs Wtre
qsiie rapa. n q lbs South dari1g tae /
eaflr yssr q she var, shen peace /
and independence vsfe consistently .
snper,sl rHhu tiE months bot 's
aoub, yery much i Lees War-aofn
ss,erpn. u To- day ~oaA y pleased
with she prospect q q tWeuiy years
contest n the mountainous region. re- /
ferred Is. lis f.ir 10 suppose thai
many Of ibeae soldiers have wife
.pd eh,,4reu and home somewhere
on The Pl.i0. % ts isf' in the I'n'' Of
foe. ard Il Of ar hQuiriag 'ura Of mind
The, may b, Isd TO wonder what M
.eres. they have 10 the continuance o.
the w.r 10 compensate for the loss Of
these far twenty years a longing
for home aid friends lost sight Of in
the backward marches Of hopeless
eontes, has already, after but four
years Of war, brought on deseriions ~
number almost unparalleled and Il
the editor u the h, q is much Of an
sri,bmssician, b, can easily determine
ho~ many of The hundred thousand
veterans, At the present rate OF de'er.
lion would be lef, TO celebrate on the
submits u the Alleghanies the close
Of Tie t.e0ueth year AZ this move.
ment eoalemplaies an entire sepa'a'
ton oi The army from the rest OF The
world, our eonliiser will be under The
necessity Of estimating ho~ many viii
he required 10 raise crops to feed the
army and v bat proportion OF the whole
force 1ill be left 10 defend the 'As'-
,esse. against the several hundred
,hnusapd Of Lieutenant-Gen. Grant
Men die from natural causes ana
without any battles to deeimaie their
ranks quite a number Of the hundred
thousand might he expected to pass
away during The twenty years Inc
service would not be very popular
aud General Bob would have no eA-
ch,quer 10 draw upon for bouniies'--
The tsme ii service contemplated IS a
long period in the life of man, and 1t
r.norts are to be believed concerning
the age Of many Of the new recruits
before the expiration Of the twenty
wears some Of Lees men viii be yeIe-
rams 81 well nigh a hundred winters
To add to the perplexiiy Of the ques'
ton. the Southern troops have had
possession Of these Nights and have
allowed themselves to be driven from
them 10 tic open plains where they
have experienced their recent dlsas-
tiers By very small portion OF the
force which would be brought agaips'
them 10 the event Of their again retr-
inr thuher. IL the valiant rebel III
London Who catches up the song Of
the las, ditch, when no longer shouted
by the departing rhbels Of the South
had thought twice, be would have ac'
knovledged his scheme TO be quite
imprsclicabIe-
The fact is, this talk about ~Ihe last
ditch" and retiring to the mountains
is, and always has been, the greatest
nonsense that ever entered sane
mind. The last instance Of the kind
uas when, after Sherman bad LEFT Sa
vannah, the Charleston Ncrcirg pro
posed TO MAKE q second Ssrsgossa o
the city. defending every street ans
fighting from every house, leaving on
" ashes and dead bodies 10 the ruth
less invader. Sherman came and th'
Merury establishment from edlio
down to devil, vas the frsi TO skedad
die and the sandal cbieitain march
ed ac,oss the Gery lule State Nithou
50 much as . battle 10 make its sol
historic. The clivslry have made
fools Of themselves quite often enough
and We hope for the sake Ct one com
mon humanity they viii abstain from
any further remarks about the las
ditch.
Petersburg