Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-01
4ilcbmon0 Enqurrrr.
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 81, 1862.
The ARMIES
BY TYLER, WISE & ALLEGRE.

Tie ;nGu:r:: is frequently made, what are
II. .,eat armies about Mcclellan and Lee
he East. Buell. and Bragg in the West
ri..t are they all doing
lie! Us be patient. The clouds must have
5,lav 10 gather before WE can have rain. As
IL Mcclellan, il is easy to account for his
euictuic. \ wise little man, who had learned
TIC rule ci proportion, once reasoned in this
wise: Ii by taking run..imy start of three
yards, can leap an obstacle one yard high, a
yanring'Start Of three miles will take Inc over
au.oUatain mile high. The arithmetic of
aS argument was, indeed, faultlcss; but the
PRACTICAL application proved friure; for
when ouT logical Napoleon" reached the
ta,c cl III. mountain. where the leap was to
te .cY. the toll and roughness Of the road
lsd t-kea away all his wind and strength.
Mcclellan is in similar dilemma, in his
ei5r; 10 take Richmond. He took running
star, ei twelcs months. He made Lincoln s
treasury bleed in manner delightful to every
tue rebel. He ciphered out his success Us a
perfect certainty. There was no roam for a
.ylie. ur got4in sight of ne,
:0o, troke aomn, aud now lies painting and sN-
hsuSied, musing about anacondas.
Mcclellan must not blame figures for lii,
n:;;ak.. They worked out true result, but
.. I'D not understand it rightly. The true
e..teuleny Of the proposition would be some
Via, ai;cr this Sort: II Mcdowell, in two
nauli.s, could march tweuty-Seven rnilcs and
.e whipped, Mcclellan in twelve months
gtuti march one hundred and siXty-Sevcn
4iI,s end be whipped. 1t is not necessary
. "a: that in the actual result, arithmetic Is
Is; ;ingllarlF vindicate'l a. one Of The exact
-crsrr"
Ne presume that all the great cnlnnlan-
,e7, On both sides will he heard from as soon
: il.eY can src favorable opportunity to
,tTlke; and that meanwhile they will very
42senl;' watch each other. The present
s2mPa IN is much more than half gonc.-
August is at the door, and autumn trcads
i!oa It's heels. IF a grand movement is to be
made it must he made quickly. Let US be
gaiicrt
Meanwhile, series ofmos, gallant and sue
e'>>ial enterprises on the part of our soldicry
ate cT:pping the enemy, robbing him OF his
coalueStS and inspiring our own army. For
T~.t IN Tennesse and Morgan in kentucky,
..f'e lone Euch to retrieve the disasters that
ut rs parts 5i both Of those States and to-
IL; Sc record brilliant dash in the noun
! ',:!.s OF Virginia, which will cause men to re-
@lIa'.er hereafter, who Major Baily Is.
In short. prospects are bright and hopeful,
All all looks pleasing save the dark pail Of
1ItaFian oppression which has settled down
i!on 9ar fellow citizens beyond the enemy's
i'7c'. We ardently long to see the day Of
.elTcrancc come 10 them. We console our
"'rS with the hope that it draws nigh !!
Lct @nr whole Confederacy maintain a
'4IeIl'ii courage, and manifest a whole
5ol'ed and universal patriotism.
The enemy is frantic, and IS making his
';~atiY-sirugsles-let us meet him as duty de-
! Irais, and the result is not doubtful. God
will syo us the victory, and enable US to vim
f"a:e that separation from the North, which
II: maEifestly ordained Of Providence
iaare vas divinity that shaped our ends,
All We will not be deserted In the crisis
Hiich resulted