The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-07
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~ find the following summary Of the
,ampaign OF our Western Armies and re-
s,s,,s of the military situation, by L. d
M.ns6sld, in the las: Cincinnati Gazette :;
n.,.rsl Shermans Christmas present TO
~. Nation was intended 10 be New
v.sr;s eift: bat General Hardee, no. think
-. !. 6est 10 have his army surrender
@;sh savannah. made advent OF its capture
y faw davs earlier than was anticipated.
| usrdee's escape could not have been made
4 week later, and therefore he Judged
Sightly in going while ne could. New
years Will be enjoyed by our men in a
/ eisv whose sunny cline makes the shade
a ia beautiful trees, ever at this season,
| nleasant sherman has reached there As
n,- readers know, with no great surprise
~ ,,s. but certainly with a d;seciness and
nromptness, and small cost, which conters
.npou his campaign the credit OF great and
remarkable sgccess-a success Wnlcn Will
y - better understood and appreciated in
Enrope than i is here. In our opinion,
r. stated in a former article Il must have
6oep successful under any circumstances,
ei1w Hood, under Davis advice conclu-
20 10 leave Sherman unoppOsed, and pro-
Seed to Nashville That Sherman was
wholly unopposed by any considerable
! fbrce. We owe TO the military sballowness
of Nr. Jefferson Davis, who is shallow
soough in all things, but especially shal.
! Elow in military movements. II Hood had
no power 10 stay on the communications
E0ith Chattanooga, what could he accom-
splish? And, if he undertook to march on
! ne Muscle Shoals and cross the Tennessee,
f.Vhat possible good could he do in Georgia?
nut this is answered by those silliest of all
military critics (the Richmond edito-s) by
/ he assertion that Hood would do more
harm in Tennessee than Sherman in Geor-
IL. What could he do? Suppose Thomas
bad but one-fcur.h the army he had even
| vile. In fne, the rebel plan devised by
Davis was weak, shallow and ineffective
rs the last degree But, could they have
1one anything better? Nothing better
nan the defensive plan which Johnson
pursued from Chattanooga to Atlanta. II
Id true, this would have been unavaihng
In the end. 1t would simply delay the
ahe fierce, restless and impatient spirits Of
Tie rebel chiefs who boasted Of their
strength, their courage and independence,
70 assure which they are in habit Of pass
ing daily resolution in the rebel Con-
Rress! But il matters not. What they
might have done they can dono more. The
march Of Sherman, unopposed by any
army, cutting broad swa.he through the
heart of Georgia, living on their Christmas
the c:tiea and railroads Of the South, is
convincing proof 20 all candid observers,
i. that the SQu.h is fast sinking into the con-
dition Of q conquered country. Slavery
II gone. strength is dying, and indepen-
6l0ce mere dream. They know it, and
~ it, as every voice from Richmond, or
! nom their public men, declares in unm;s-
hkatle terms. The North Carolina Legss-
hture barely rejects propositions of peace.
NcMullen, IN tie rebel Congress, proposes
- I'D Com missicneys, and Foote leaves
thepi, with prediction Of utter ruin, pur-
loeing to dnd some place Of retreat, while
- enemies Of Davis attack him with the
s1ercenees Of hyenae. The whole rebel
,egew hate, snarl and howl at each other. "a
II - have oeen serpents in some cave, hiss
1 ~, twisting and biting at each o;ner,
Niih the demoniac hate Of devils.
Such is the outward representation OF
that hell to which the rebel leaders haze re-
!. duced the South. The wsr vii be prolong-
I'd nom this time only by that pride which
rrofdses 10 acknowledge defeat. This is.
however, natural, and it is sad TO think
sS1ot this common sin OF our nature will add
stvAen all hope ofsuccess is gomez 20 much
0AegYeat volume of ruin and misery now
evuspreading that unhappy land. The
2t e~y. Aa0y O0 PiOAonkeu, 1ey 0vexI
Nquire another summer. What, then, will
Uoefman do next? We doubt whether
Gen. Grant knows, because the commander
efaSreat army on a distant field must
Aave much discretion. The general tenden-
Y 0f f6hcrman's army must be towards
Hchmond, but II must not have any power
great mischief behind it. It's shortest
Wy TO Richmond is not by water, ~ the
nnh suppose, but by seizing all depots,
comou.ieations and supplies BY which de-
Slee q Richmond can be maintained.-
Only one point-on the road through Au-
Hueta, &c.,-is necessary to be held, and
taat may D. at Augusta, Branchyille, or
~ point On the line between Charleston
= ~ mountains. This he can do, let
~ choose what point he pleases. The
.4voonAh n river is navigable, especially at
ume, BY large steamers, to Augusta !;
- nour war steamers pass up, as they
90 %. to Augusta, the severance Of Geor.
4 nom the Eastern States will be com.
sDe.ta. The same thing is accomplished by
y eeeng TO Branchville by land unless Sher-
"a thinks that his destruction Of the Au-
y Qs'A road ives. is sufficient. Butwhateyer
! necessary to attain that end, we may be
ssuIed will do. This done, will he attack
CnarlestOnf We cannot tell. But the
oarch through the heart Of tho South for
ever three hundred miles, uninterruptedly.
81 uAcient PROOF tn0t ne can march from
Sa present position to any otherpoint; and
I oce, II direct attack on Richmond be
e immediate object, then, by far the
Aost effective course is to contin-
- Inc march through South Carolina
- North Caroline, destroying all
4 Smmunications, till he reaches Danviile
me Roanoke, where all communicates
som Richmond south will be destroyed;
~ continue the march TO Burkville, the
nc!aon Of tho Danville q Lynchburg
-. Then the work will be done. All
interior Of the South will be, for all
@.a1evy purposes, destroyed. The grand
I 49, SSssA OF the Western Army will be COM
4 ssa commencing Its career in the North
gathering up its forces from farm and
\ 80 Wrestling from rebel hordes the Mis-
pPls The Cumberland, the Tennessee,
= pasee9 of the mountains, the sunny
OF the South, the Oconee, the Oxe-
me savannah, tho Santee, and the
3 VIII have reached the red lands or
lnIa and terminated the rebellion on
snses where the rebel demons hare 20