The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-01
Getting Ready.

The general lull in military operations all along
the line is indicative, we trust and believe, of
a state Of preparation for vigorous movements
against the enemy to be made as soon as our new
troops more generally get into the field. In Ma
ryland Gen. McClellan's army appears to be esab-
fishing its base of operations at Harpers Ferry,
and on the Maryland side of the Potomac in that
immediate vicinity. From this position it can move
against the rebels in Virginia wherever they may
choose to make stand We have no means of
knowing how large McCle!lan's army is, but we
cannot doubt that it will be equal to the work it
is expected to do The public have been disap-
pointed that the complete victory" of Antietam
has not been more rapidly and sharply followed
up, out We suppose military reasons deemed sufi-
Glen. by those in command have made the delay
imperatively necessary and the week or more
since that battle must have put the army into
condition vaty superior 20 what it was when tie
battles of Antietam and South Mountain were
fought.
In Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, along the
Mississippi river, and at New Orleans our forces
are mainly acting on the defensive, though in the
border states named they seem to be getting
their strength together for decisive operations
which shall relieve not only Cincinnati and Lou
isvil.e from chronic apprehensors Of danger, but
Kentucky and Tennessee. We ought soon to
have an army Of at least 100000 men west of the
Allegheny Mountains ready for offensive demon
trations, and we hope to hear that fighting Joe
Hooker " or some other fighting general, is
put IN command. We may then expect that the
raids Of the rebel Morgan, the marches OF Bragg,
and the predatory excursions of Kirby Smith and
Humphrey Marshall will come to an end on the
sol Of Kentucky
Along the coast there is the same apparent in
activity, which We interpret as only evidence
that the state of preparation is not yet quite over
How soon this quiet will be broken by the re-
newed sounds of battle, is of course only matter
ofspeculaton. We know that there is no cessa-
ton IN the work OF preparation. The new troops
are being hurried forward as fas; as they can be
2uUOOdlS
viii now be launched every week, to take part in
attack upon Savannah, Charleston, Mobile, and
Vicksburgh, and to move again up the pavigable
rivers, that open such thoroughfares into the rebel
territories. A few days, or weeks at far.hes,,
mus. make this preparation so complete, that the
offensive can again be everywhere resumed by our
ar'n.ss safely and with every promise Of success.
AnG as 5000 as this movement comes we shall
look for the word forward" all along the frontier
and wherever we have armies on the land or fleets
or the water. The advance cannot and should
not De delayed one hour beyond that time. We
have already spent more time and money and men
than, properly used, would have crushed the re-
bellion utterly Hereafter we mus, not waste
time or opportunities, if we would ever succeed
This fall and the early winter ought to be suftic
ent Tor the labor of practically putting an end tc
the rebellion, and we look forward with hope tc
zee The work accomplished.