The New York herald., 1862-10-29

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TIE advance under General Burnside Of the
lci wing oil our grsud Army OF tho Potomac
across that river. below IIarper's Ferry, ard oa
tie eastern side Of the Blae tE,;.Ssse near Lees
burg s? as IS % hea1 on The rebel ARMY should It
.-smpt TO pass ovcr Che ridge from the Shenan
doah valley in that direction, gives universe
satisfaction. With the first information OF the
movement OF Gen Jo Johnston from Wncles-
Ter, via Front Royal, for Manassas in July. 1861,
had Gen. Patterson moved down his army by
way of Harpers Ferry and Lcesburg. he would
have secured a Union victory at Bull run. which
would have resulted in the suppression of Ills
rebellion year ago.
We see, however, that Gen. Mcclellan does not
intend that Lee shall repeat with mpunity the
lesson Of 10. johnston, II Mcclellan, with his
whole force, were TO push after Lee to Winches-
ter. and thence to Front Royal. Lee could dash
over the mountain. and down upon Manassas.
and perhaps into Alexandria, and or again,
before he could be overtaken, orippiing us iu
the meantime to the extent Of millions of dol
lars. But as Lee moves up the Shenandoah
valley, on the western side Of the Blue Ridge
chain of mountains, for a crossing place, Nc
Clellan vii! m9ye along the eastern side; and,
as the advance OF our army must be ADAPTED to
the movements Of the enemy, it is impossible to
| tell when this forward march Of General Burn
side will be resumed. The game of Lee is to
| get out of the Shenandoah valley and back
| again to Richmond, having had enough of the
| liberation of Maryland; and the game of Nc
! Clellan is to head him of. Lee however, must
ce, back very soon to the defence of Richmond
or he nay be too late. lie is aware Of this, and
hence we expect within few days 10 hear Of
very active s.-~my movements in Virginia, on
both sides Of the G,uo Ridge.
But these impeN ding operations in Virginia,
although they appea." to monopolise the public
interest and impasic. zee, constitute but an
item in the combinations of the new campaign
which, we think, is about - be opened against
the enemy East and West, North and South,
by land and water. We have soldiers and
sailors and vessels sufficient for Nall a dozen
enterprises at the same tiIAeJ AKA whlie
nearly the whole of the armed forces OF the
rebellion arc in the armies of Lee, in Nort> >1ern
Virginia; Bragg, in Fast Tennessee, and PeAa-
bertorf. Lowell and Price, in Northeftf Misssl !,
Dupont and 5ierman to Port Royal, incTadng /
a few iron-clad gunboats may walk into |
Charleston, Savannah and Mobile
We do not pretend to know what are txe |
plans of the government bus we are pretty |
confident that while Lee is yA't mauGuvring to
get safely within reach Of Ridllmpnd he will be l
startled by apparitions Of danger in other quar-
ers, of which he little dreams at present. In
he beginning Of the war the rebellion had the
advantage of us in the number of itsasoldiers in
he field. East aud West. Hence the rebel vic
ories from Bulb run to Springfield, insMissouri,
diversified only by our seaboard exeedisions
md MoClellan's victories ins Western Virginia,
rom July to December, 1861. Then, on our
side with new army Of six hundred thousand
men, and our new light draft gunboats began i
a series Of victories by land and water, in II
cludng Somerset, Roanoke ISLAND, Forts.Hemy
and Doneson, Newborn, Shsloh, Fort Futaskl II
Fort Macon, Pensacola, New Orleans Mem-
pns, Norfolk, &C., ending at Richmond in<July-
Then, our enlistments having been suspended,
and our armies being reduced to mere skeleton
armies, while she rebels had collectedsby a..
sweeping conscription new troops to the oxtent
of three or foar hundred thousand men, there
began another chapter Of rebel successes, which
came very near the oaptare Of Washington.
But meantime, our government having made
two calls upon our loyal States for reinforce
menis, embracing six hundred thousand men,
we we're enabled TO check the victorious march
Of Lee in front Of Washington, and soon after to
expel him from Maryland. Thus commenced
another series Of Union victories, which will
continue until this rebellion is extinguished
for, while the government and our legal States
are just developing their strength, the rebel
armies in every quarter are betrayng the un-
mistalab,e symptoms OF rags. hunger, exhaus-
ton, despair aud dissolution. Clearly the re-
bellioa is now within our grasp, and there is !
every reason to believe that active operations |
In the field will render tho emancipation pro-
clamation Of President Lincoln practically a
dead letter, from the timely submission Of our
revolted States.
PERSONALITIES or PARTY PoLITIos.-We had
hoped that the wretched practice Of mean aud
paltry personalities in the discussion Of the
great questions Of the day would be avoided
on all sides in this canvass, But in this expec-
tation we have fallen! very wide Of the mark
For example, Prance John Van Buren makes
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