The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-29
tlNDlCATl0A OF DAylSAlLrTARI
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Cm1'med tioshta, rtk.
Johnston dghtg IfIc has abandon
,bc strong potutain positions, ,wAcq
in command oGsn army Of 10000
pea What prospect las he of 7loeesy
witha depleted @Dsy in nlhc opcur
plain? WhqtNiIl inspire hiln-~,.is
Gle confidence peco@ary to dqGyeH
battle for The delcnco Of Atlanta ?
And tle defence OF Atlanta was ON
politieaI, grounds Of vital Importance
Glayeand serious complaints were
being made that tue Executive if-
tendcdto abandon Georgia without
a battle. InIuentiel and prominent
men already lhodtcd the question Of
Fpssata,ststs action, aass by thc
of of the Confederate Con
Stitution, The State Of Gcorgin had
the pndoubted ght to take sopcrate
State action. If she did so, the ter
lftoiial vmfy sofath6 Confcderacy
was rent III twain, the armies 81 the
Mi$issippiwere separated from the
brmies aftbc East,
On other grojfnls It was impera-
tive that htlahta should be dctcd-
det to the last. The Presidential
contest IL ,fhe United States op-
pf6ach6d its cutmination. Tho con
vi;tiop was strongin the South That
II Mcclellan waB elected, terms a.
vantagepiis 70 The South might be
had, ,If Mr, Lipcpln was elected,
the var sw2piJ go9n, with all IL
accommodating horrors and .hardships
The fall Of Atlapta and the Niccess
Of sherman itYas confidently bcliev-
ed, would SECURE the election ofMr.
Lincol,l;; apd, even attho risk Of an
unguesesFfsl lattsit was believed,
on political grounds, wiscst that bat
tie should. he delivered, IA Would
Johnston deliver il? Under iar
more, promising nauepices, with q
powerful srpNhe bad again dcclih-
ed. M. Dasiswagunable to obtain
lrpm4lim angacl@rRnd distinct e&-
preston ,oflis determination and
jast at hissjtmetpro, General Jobif-
.si9laaispsts l,edlatoMr. Dayibf thai
ahespfQtRsed to place the militia o
GeDlaia,hiside the fortiicatiopy u
sAelantnl ID order that the army
5~s.s.r rs "a VA az
Asnigft. .liSvs greater freedom ofmoyc.
trnenh TlIis Mr.. Davis regarded a
an cvidcdcc tliat General Johnston
intended tcthfowthc responsibility
t'df tic loss ofktl1nta on the militia
and did liot ihttnl TO fgHt, and Ii
removed General Johnston.
Tbcatnaf6f ofthe army requir
ed 'tllata successor should be iwmc
diatcly appointed. llar,loc, ,th'
nextrsnkiDgsol6eer, hads in some
what similar, though By no tfeai
trying scjreupstapccs, declined I'M
command-ih chief Of the nrnry
LicuIcpast 'GencrallIcod, in tlwor
dor Of successipns was naturally Sc
/ s,krted for the command, nor wcr
his autecedaats such as could rendc
Tbs Gtnefs tor tiliaresponsiblcipo
ton doubtful. A graduate Of Wes
BPoiut, be left the army of the Unitc'
States as q First Lieutenant of cav
airy, who had seen several years
service on, the frontier, to accept tn
same position III the Coniederatt
army. Commanding the Virgins
\ cayalry uhdet Maggfuder, At York.
\ town, he Won llIs 'tfst laurcls on tn
retreat, q Jphist0R from Yorktown
after attacking, With bis Tcxana
Fradkha' corps at West Pointyloa
w. Smith, bis corps commanderre
ports offftf, aHobtl has immortal
lied Himself. fif hckson's lepor
of tie Battle ofGahics' Mil, hesavs
~IIood, III the leal With Ills Texans
was the fist 70 pierce the Fines 0
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