The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-10-03
From the E.ynchhurg Eirginiaa.
GaaEaarSh E1aafa GSrfptS~E,

ST SEASE a. Z GE
We publish to-day from the Richmond En-
quirer clear and satisfactory exposition Of
General Lees plans and purposes in the con
duct of the war, from the time Of the battles
before Richmond MP to the close Of the cam
paign which resulted in the captlre Of IIar-
per's Ferry. If there we're any who doubted
the wisdom of tic movements made by this
accomplished general and c.,.ivalled military
leader, their doubt must be setsat rest by this
apparently a9thpritatiye explanation Of them
from a paper Of the w.l-known reliability Of
the Enquirer.
1t is undoubtedly tr9s, as is here asserted
that it is Of the utmost importance that the
purposes Of q ,sYandins General should BE.
kept conceded from the pubic. Oar own
people may thereby sometimes be deoeivea.
but it is of Far more coiisetiaaf!ec that The
enemy be kept in issHarat.ee1 AZ has been tie
case in two s,Qtahis instances of ire SIMMER
campaign. The famous rad Of General Jack
son down The Valley We haze reason ty Be
licve was Planned hy erai Lee. .causiullss.
The eHelay p mass a large arh1y m -siE!afd
which otherwise would have reinforced Nc
Clellan on the Feainsula-aad as soon as
this was done, Jackson suddenly turns up IN
the rear.0f Meglellan, while the enen:5 were
preparing to meet HIN N tie S4sGisnt7aal!
Valley. Then=agsin the threatening Of WASH
ington and Baltimore, and the appearance of
a proposed ltlgaalee into pennsy lyilnia divert
cd the.tttenti6n Of tie oaetg's from Has 5erss
Ferry, ..g,d euabIcd Us &c capture that isl;ace
with the splendia resats ia4s i,riseaers. arms,
and supplies. with tic particulars d .,ilieh
the reader already fsn,ilitI.
These thiaga should teach Us 10 be cautions
in our criticisms Of military movements, and
increase cur faitllin our military leaders
If General Lee cannot be trusted, then there
is no man in cur army VINO can &c. The man
to whom General Scott gave the credit Of
planning al the battles whics, he fought in
his victorious march from Vera Cruz to the
city Of. Mq..ico-the ensgittessi who pinned
tie offences of Charleston and Savannah, SO
that, after months Of trial, tho enemy has
had TO retire from the attempt &c carry tIleia
and the leader and director Of al those
military conatinati0ns by which two separate
armies which heleagaered Richmond have
been driven back upon Washington is
the soldier who new controls our field opera
tiens, and has shown himself the greatest
Military genius Of the age. There is nothing
ZIP any European canapaisn, Of which We
read in history, that snrpasses the brilliant
results-of the last three months opes atoms in
Virginia.
From. ,slc Richmond Eaquircr.
Military operations are not conducted on
abaphazard. chance: nor do generals march |
their armies about 'slike roaring lions, seeking
whom they may sdeyour;o bntacconplish their
purposes by nre-arlanged campaigns, having |
certain and well defined objects. GcnLee |
did ret n1tfcll out Of Richmond towards the
sources of the Gilickahonainy seeking an en-
envy; bit knowing the position Of his enemy, /
he performed those celebrated manoeuvres# by
a previously arranged plan; nor did he move
his army to Piedmont Virginia. without first
determining what would be his course upon
reaching the theatre of war. Soalso assto his
march into Nary Wand that, too, had an OBJ
jeet and parpose. being different from what
tie enemy supposed, as we'll as what our peo-
pie believed
= ftswas not step towards invading Penn I
sylvania, nor yet was it made only to raise
Maryland. Tie real Objects v ere tie capture
of the Yankee force at Hafper's Ferry and /
and Incidentally tie rausiag of Maryland.-j
Willie his proclamation to fhe people Of Ma
rylaaJ deceived his emmy and manifested to
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