Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-12
FROM lIiE NOnTH.

The main features OF the contained inlthe
Northern journals Of the sth instant received by nag
of truce at City Point have been anticipated by cle
graph; bu. the extracts append will be found inter
esug in view of tue rapid approach of exciting events
ON the Rappahannock and elsewhere The New York
Herald continues to speak in the sanguine manner
of speedy crushing of the rebellion, deemng it next
to impossible that the mighty Abolition hosts meet
with serious opposition in their onward march through
the South;
THE WINTER CAMPAIGN ~ THE EAST AND wEsr-DEcsIyE
OPERATIONS ANTICIPATED
We are assured that the fullest confidence exists at
Washington that the land aud naval forces of the Union
now in the field only competent to put down the
armed forces OF the rebellion East aud West but that
the work will be done in this winters campaign. With
an army in round numbers, OF million OF men thus
engaged and with cooperating naval force chiefly of
ironclld gunboais equal dare say TO another army
Of half million Of men against rebel army which
can hardly eNccehal million there would seem TO be
no ground for a reasonable doubt upon the subject.
The organization, equipment and distribution of these
overwhelming wsrte forces of the Union are believed
o be such as TO render their ne vltGbe in every
quarter and against all possible contingeociesia the
of buuders opposition accidents disasters' 10 The
Fast il il thought that the army OF ten. Burnside
Is of itself equd the enterprise of lighting its way
successfully into the rebel capital bat II, az we
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10 advance upon gchmondby way Of the York James
river with feet Of glnboats, while burnside moves
down upon the devoted city overland from the north If Is
difficult TO imagine any chain of mistakes and m-ortunes
that can prevent the destruction complete dispersion
I of the great rebel army of Virginia. .
The army of Burnside ia chiefly army of veterans
L. ia under tried experienced able and successful com
mander and he appears fully to inherit that unqualified
confidence and affection of his troops which Gen McCle
Ian 80 remarkably Sscd General Banks, too has
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which he has been tested military leader and he has
been exposed 10 trials and dangers before which any
other than sklfu courageous COOL and sefpossessed
commander would have been captured or destroyed.-
And then both Burnside and Banks have not only the
valuable experience of Mcclellan guide them, but some
very important practical advantages resulting nm his
neninsuar campaign including the possession OF ork'
town and s forthcations and the command OF the river
on both sides Of the peninsula was recently said by
Washington contemporary that the army on the Hap
pahanno.k would win Richmond but that the army oithe
James would occupy the city. However this may be,
the means for the end in view appear to be ample aud
admirably bcstOwed and therefore, within few weeks
We NAV anticipate the occupation o!tho rebel capital 10y
the Union forces assigned TO the task.
With the fall of Richmond involving the defeat and
decentralization OF the main army OF JEFF Davis. the re
beion in the East wi be substantially suppressed for
We shall have gained the thing waited TO put an cod
to all Southern dreams of Earopcnn intervention and all
homes of the ultimate redemption of Confederate scrip
If dy dollars of that scrip required to pay for
good pair OF boots in Richmond five hundred dollars
in Memmingers treasury vii hardly get the boots
anywhere il the South with the Confederate rebel capl-
| tai in possession OF the Union army
Thus much for the propects OF the CRANE Union WIN
ter campaign now afoOt la the East. Meantime IN the
West where the rebellion has already been thrown of It's
feet system of military combinations Is in motion cal
culated TO sweep oil the of the rebel armies
in that quarter to the Gulf of Mexico The gunboat
| dotla OF Admiral Porter, with the cooperating
army of General McClernand, will more down the
Mississippi river together, while inland, through
| tho State of the same name, and Alabama, fol-
| lowing I'D the rebel forces Of Bragg, penibsrton,
and others the powerful and victorious armies Of Rose
cranz and Grant will advance simultaneously therefore
or soon after the overthrow Of the great rebc army OF
the East and the capture Of Richmond We may expect
TO hear of the and dispersion OF The last remaining
rebel armies OF the West any moment, ard the cap
ture of vicksburg and Mobile With these great results
achieved Fast anu West the conquest OF tbs remaining
sronghods of the rebellion will be so easy that except
ing Charleston, we may expect them to fall without
serious resistance ~
Such are the general designs and movements OF the
present winter campaign aud such the great results
expected. We may say, TOO, that II, with million OF
the finest and best armed troops in the world and with
cooperating navy sufficient demoish that OF Great
Britain within the next three or four months
put down the armed forces of this rebellion, may
can only be- however through succession Of the most
stupid bunders and unforeseen disasters that the Union
f.ees and combinations of this grand aud overstsln.
int campaign can possibly fail. .zafa so.T az "A
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