The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-30
Public OpIniOn-.-An Immediate Advance
Upon the Rebel Aamy Of Virginia.
IPFom the New York HaKaIdl

Public OpIHion..-An Immediate Advance
Upon the Rebel Aamy Of Virginia.
lPromtH New York HerAld.l
The pablo opinion Of our loyal States
expect aud demands nm immediate ad-
vance by General MCCLELLAN, in full
strength, upon the great rebel army OF
Virginia. The season and the ,oads In
that quarter are now the most favorable
of a the year for active military opera.
tions. Our troops from the victorious
fields OF South MOuntAih aud Autieiann.
are esgsr for the 6nti settlement with
General Lee, and they are believed to be
sufficiently strong in numbers. with their
ia.s re.eu'forcemsuts. t'imaIch upon him
at once and put him TO flight.
Th,re iss general apprehension, on the
uther hand. that our army may linger q,
Iarpcr's Ferry until compelled there TO
20 into winter quarters, aud thus our si..
uatiou in Virginia will in Nay, 1868. b.
pretty much as it was IN May. 1852
when by vigorous ac'ion now the great
work before US may b. substantially &C.
comrlished before Christmas. The rebels
"a the West have been beaten baak flom
Missouri. aud from the line Of tie Ohio
river, and are now in full fight from + en-
tucky tOulhward Trey have been cu
to pieces at Co'irth. and ignomrniously J
routed Near Nashville. Their whole
scheme Of opAralions in The West ha;
betn DESTROY cd and I'll that onr vicloriout
troops. under their able leaders, ,hav" now
To do IN that quarter, from K.ntucky ,c
; the Gulf of N-xico. is to gather up lh'
fragments of the rebel armies which the J
hav- broken up and dispersed. Hence
with the universal idea of the superiority
Of McClellsn's army. the general belief il
r that decisive victc-y over the army o
9 Virginia at this time would be tie dealt
4 blow 10 the rebellion. .-.t..
Why then does Lot tn army o. Gener
:, al Nc Clellan alvance? We are iafDrmet
= th't his soildirrs ars sadly in want U
1 shoes. and II At until they are supplied
, with sho's some other essential arti
, cles OF winter clothing they cannot ad
vance Bur who sre r.sponis 10 Tor lhes
dslicienries2 1t is ,he business Of ih
Secretary Of War 10 know. and 70 call III
b guilty parties 10 account. and scs tha
these wants Of our lroops are ut once sup
/ piled Ont loyal pc 'plc will scprpt NJ
2allry xGuse- 'or these DELAYS in the for
y ward mcv mpns OF our armi & II tnns
' all the gr-a' advantages we have lstrl,
q game ov,r the enemy are 10 bo l"S'. ant
all our present opp"r unilies Tor dcciSiv,
acl;on by land apd ssA.
The people Of PennsJ lvania, Ohio ant
Indiana have declared in favor oi vigor
ous prose- ion Of the war not for tn,
neg, O. nor Tor Abolition. bat for the Union
They have Pronounced against our aboli
licn disorgsniEers, and IN favor Of Presi
! den, Lincoln's conservative course, and il
fav Of postponing the settlement Of th'
qnps ion of ,Afiecon Slavery until we shal
have settled with tie armies Of this re
bellion And this will bs the voice o
New Yo,k: and it 10 the general belief. too
, Of our loyal States, tia, with an immediate
sdvans upon the rebel army Of Virginia
our Secession disunionists Of the Soul
and our Abuliion dsunionists Of The
North will speedily bo put down and b
burieI 10 TIE same grave.