Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-03
fNGiIsll OPINION OF OUR GEN
ERALS.

English journals used TO heap upon our
Generals and soldiers no longer finds
sacc and some Of them, indeed, have so
tlan-ed theirminds as TO express hearty
sdniraiion Of our military movements.
II the a.t Edinburgh Rcgiem, for instance,
hero is an elaborate dissertation OH the
Blast Campaign in America in which
Il writer gives no msiinted praise to
orr leading generals Referring to the
acrrs with which little minds used TO
peak oi the war in America, he says
rlbcycar has closed upon series of
operation. SO vast in design and so inter
eing in detail that il may be broadly
aselcd .hlt modern warfare affords none
NOR profitable as Il study when viewed
'Mh due reference TO the conditions of
.he Struggle And the main particulars
I'd already made known 10 The world
ihonph reports, public and private, ~
vastly superior in accuracy and clearncss
10 the wild eyirayaganccs which filled the
Aperer journals Of three years since us
WeMu.tons dispatches 70 Napoeons
hullclas The New York weekly paper
named al iln head of this article (the
dpgg osa Nary J0UrHaD, has alone
molc honest and pRnstaking information
|ns totA current campaigns than the
|shOc press Of the North and South con.
.isiei in the days Of 'opeand Mcclellan.
|hc correspondence of one of the chief
sgHtras, Sherman, will certainly bear
'sonpuison with anything of its class
|Fhich modern military literature can
produce, whilst Others are not far behind
|hin.r
0l Grant and the Ncksburg campaign,
/ I'D wuer remarks incidentally:
n\lcmwhie, another and surer path
Ito power in this great contest lay before
Elermn and his chief in tho West. Tho
lsHord Of victory which Grant waved over
'YCksburg was destined to win him
.hhmphs before the year should close,
'ind 10 give him the unchallenged position
III the first soldier of the Union. His
|hte campaign had shown well planned
alRtegy triumphing over great natural |
IaihCulics and elaborate deiences by the
Ach execution of his march upon the
neuys rear, and Ills after patient watsh-
ang His next WAS TO prove him tho
leaty general who, at close distance, can
sepf j out tho weak points of his cnomy's
poflon and use his own forces, with
'actlca! dcXlcrityi to pierce them a
period Oh enforced retirement from
Peserg. accident passed. by and found him
Re1lored TO 'luty at amost critical iuncturc
d the war"
Again Of Grants campaign at Chatta-
aooga he 5ays.
Whe next SIX weeks Of the campaign
NJ chattanooga are, however, of moro
nieesl hy fan than our readers would
peIpgle acknowledge on their present
Qlermoton, We would say, therefore,
l.a the surprise of the river passage near
1ftg5' centre by Smith, and the man
k'sn'rIug by which the Confederate lines
mi forced by Grant u month later at
ps baitlo of Chattanooga, are, as tactical
fheycments, far filter to be classed with
ynebesl ieutS of Napoleon and Wellington
#an any advantage won hy 1t European
faeml since the day Of those giants Of
Haf We assert tlis without fear of any
pnhadciion from those who examine
we subject with care and give their
9srdiN with candor They will find in
WY FeII prepared aud thoroughly execu-
lea detail, Of these affairs none of the
PUNE, uncertain striking which won the
Pine anu Magenta
throughout the article, indeed, the
Pgnt, praise is given to Grant and
1ae'nan, and We commend the whole of
n 70 our readers MS interesting in itself,
slgu Of the Progress Of opinion abroad,
P'rcGlarly among observant and think
Agnnds
TllE WAR AND IT'S RESULTS.
Ile following letter from Gen. Sherman
Pa becn published
N''Ps' ARitE' MIL Diy.orr MISSISSIPPI, }
]" me llELn, rear Marietta, Ga.,
June so, 1864.
~ -lH1a Giinsga B0,g.a Baltimore, Wl..
DfAR MADAM Your welcome letter
sple 18th came to NE here amid the
fsAu OF battle, and, as YOU say, little did
QHam, when know you playing as
foooI-girl on Sulliyan's Island beach,
f@ should control vast army, point
asE llAe The swarm Of Alarc, toward the
Rslas OF tho South. Why, oh why is
ulA II know my own heart, it beats
n warmly as ever toward those kind and
SsaefoHs Iomilies that greeted us with
fusn warm hospitality in days long past
Zsstiil present in memory, and o.day,
bsse bDs Frank and Mrs Porcher and Eliza
pnaen' 6,' ana Mary Lamb, and Margaret
,'aAe' Inc Barksdales, the Quashis, the
\, f,gers, indeed any and all Of our cherished
iu'e' lhelr children, OF even their chill
Hieus children, to come to ME as of old,
IVY Gerh feelings Of duty and conviction
0os'a melt as snow before the genial sun,
~ oelleye | would strip my own chill
Esa 'hat they might be sheltered and
iney call ME barbarian, vandal and
Vnsler and oil the epithets that language
EssRVcnt that are significant of malignity
" ns'e' All pretend 10 say, on earth
~ ~ heaven, man must submit TO some
Xp'er' lie must not throw of his
taanco to his Government or his God
9ent Just reason and cause. The
ySN RS mad no cause-not even pretext
Eu'sd, by her uniustiliable course, she
brown away the proud history Of the
Rs S.', and lad open her fair country to
ps Sead Of devastating war. She ban.
Ivy ana builied us TO the conflict. Had
a. ~ uscIned battle, America would hayo
N AVE- p@ei, coward and craven, meritinr
~ eentempt of all mankind AS nation.
" c' NeTe forced to accept battle, and that
Ss Sass pegun. it has gone on till the war
- - Il isGmed proportions at which even
W w y The hurly-burly, sometimes stand
4 is41. ~ 7 lwould not subjugato the South
sosls y '1s sense so Extensively assumed, but ]
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