The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-05-14
ttaat lady has notai appeArsd sfastJ,e
last Two ss ssPasQns, dit m2Y ! naturally ,be


cxpp'ee'cted pp'e' this year m, view. Of. this,
state 81. wet!.established facts. q far. far
seeiiag Gsehsral Woadid tr7 Is avaif ti .he
consequences. IT N6rt SICK ii& I, arm 4. a Be
5mafchsd so,ithward' to the Cuff Shore
during thessiekly yainoiths, and, shoafa
there zbesattacked 'bysa malaAlac' foe
and cut off by sickness trepica al
emu, the the exeeratiousa OF sa;,1.arien,
wopld bs vented & m upon.a q General fhp
would thus expose his troops, Hence
It becomes necessary TO do what, is Ia
be done ii tie extreme az South 4arl 4eaarrlyy vi ii
.theyear.sts sEN ssys ,ot.xs'a d I3fss l'aftastl
Ttie Southern Atiah,iea ,so;ast.a '4he
I lGnlf Statessands b ssontlIsweA senausr be
'oN<rruntd dining % seasoh loffiI cosnpmn-
tiXath haaltt}eass. ri eAslIlo,l tpns15be
crushed out and rebel troops driyen
baek s'sto 70 | Tbs cooler regions pf thepoqn
sfl'l', tains q, North e Carelina, estern
Tenressee, and Southern Virgyiiniia 4
during that season When nature + IS + II
favor fof instead IF againstt,a ii1nhas,tta an exotic
army; then, once hemmed in byGari
overpowering force,t the reHemys mus,
|ffaH-+its Ids iaeyitable.Tq Now, . iundei,
these eienmstanees,sitzi is. nQtahardo to
see Why atskillfnl Commandertinrchie
should exc exert, limselfeto. retain, the
bulk of the enemy's army. in position
where he can, at the sr5 l;roper s tine Tine,
strike 4 death blow the j more SURELY
I little flower of The rsbsl 5'ariny BE
FcoaxedetoFremain at Manassas or north
of Richmand, so much of its strength
ls Wastad; our armies inthe West and
South haye the less IT, contend against
anyd, "a, our, victories IS are the more GER
Etain. :,
1.-THE Western 'a army clears laas the he.,s gre ,, at
Valley oof the Mississippi of Secession;
the Gulf squadron re,establish Is the
Constitution in the popuk,us q cities Of
[the'South ;@thes Roano oak and Beaufort
forces are pushing inward and north
ward and next iautamn, when the
|sickly season, approaches, all, cenjoint,
ly, are driving the rebels back to, the
locality where q fresh army Of loyal
men are waiting to, receive them, in q
country where Southron Has no aadvan,::
tageover Northman. Then comes tie
great decisive act of the carnpaign.
The Union troops, flushed with con-
slant victory, meet those sdispirited by
constant reverses. s,aWhoa can doubt
| thet result ~ On the. ether hand, we
will, suppose that the Commanding
general and the War: Department
yield TO the clamor of thsss who only
1seek for usrnage, regardless Of conse,
enence, sand order an advance upon
Manassas or Richmond. -'5ippo tasE3 a1D
| "The result would be-, simply to
drive the' rebels, away to some other
lpoint, where they would make d sec.
|ond stand, and third Cor fourth, each
timesleading the federaftroops sfarthe,
and farther away f, ON: the localities
Of their: aec1imation, and into more
sare and terrible mortality. No; clel
Mcclellan work. Let Il him. keen tbs
rebels concentrated as far :, north as
possible, and SO keep, rebel forces
fio,n coming farther south, 4" and @ne,xit!
summer Or early IN the Autumn 4 de
nouncemantsw viii come which will JUS
tify the sprescntapparent inactivity 'jo'
the army aefethesaP p Posomac:4a IF the
enemy shall retreat. let General Nc
Clellan advance to :theif ii. position i; j,
not let biz hin remain in statu Qpso until y
he IS ready to make every shot tell III
most against treason .'''-1.Ne,o' Yor1
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