New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-03
What She Army is Waiting for-rmrnediate
Obiects-The Change OF Situation since
Burnside reached the RnpPnhannocL
Rc-enforccmenfs-Fee OF the Troops
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aboHr the coming Campaign.
TEorl Our Special Couespondent ,
DARK, lowering clouds forewarn of muddy roads.
The air is freighiei with white snow-hakes, and
chill shivering prophecies Of Winter. Still we rest
and are likely to rest for days 10 come.
"whs, lie the army waiting for ~ ssks the coun.
Try winch has sacrificed much, and felt 70 long tie
hope deferred which msketh the heart sick.
Attempting to answer, violate official conf
denees, for 1 am the depository Of none. give no
information the Rebels for only cite facts which
they know a. well a. we.
To capture Richmond, to possess East Tennessee
and cut It's great railroad artery 20 open the Mis-
sissppi and clear its valley are obviously tie keys
10 success the immediate aims Of the Government.
Preparations for the two latter movements are
nearly complete, under Rosecrans, Grant, McCler-
nand, and Porter-men in the habit OF accomplishing
what they undertake.
Richmond, however triAing its mere military
value, las been SO long objective point that it
is an absolute political necessity. And its attain
ynent il morally certain TO accomplish orr prime
military object the defeat and destruction Of the
Rebel army.
1t is vitally important that when the columns
move they all move Ia concert. Press the enemy
simultaneously at every point. Sinke all the blows
at once. Give Pemberton 10 leisure TO strengthen
Bragg-Bragg no time to reinforce Lee
Onr Western columns are not quite ready neither
IL the Army Of the Potomac
Had IL been possible Burnside would have pushed
forward instantly when We arrived here. The
Rebel army was divided and scattered We bad
the interior line, ana would have fought it III detail
or reached Richmond before II.
Now IL IL cOneecrtt d on our front, all the
ubiquitous Stonewal jackson. The main force Of
the enemy, his veteran troops, his largest, most
reliable army IL within striking distance Of the
Rappahannock, Oh our road 10 Richmond.
That road will be difficult enough ~ best. We
shall have mud 70 contend with, lines % keep open,
and streams TO cross, In the face OF an enemy-the
most formidable undertaking OF war; Every mile
will take Us further from our base and carry the
Rebels nearer theirs.
Sicel with the Grand Reserve IN left behind out
of striking distance Without hin this army is
much smaller than the popular estimate o. it, much
smaller than that with which Mcclellan went 10
the Peninsula. The country says with Napoleon,
" Ask me for anything but time We Delay here
that we may not lose time hereafter. A great dig
aster to the Army Of the Potomac would cost months
20 repair it.
We wait, then, for re-enforcemen,s. Without
rsks We cannot have war IA truth which the late
commander with all his military knowledge, never
1earnedl, bat we cannot afford any unnecessary haz
ard When We do advance we must be able 10
move "in the order Of an army ana wlth the weight
ola nation" Like the old Roman legion, If onr
Arst line is shattered aud our secoGd driven back,
We must have third hue that Il invlnclble, 10 turn
She tide.
Our force must be large enough TO carry for;ifca-
tions, not by siege but by storm; not 10 outDa-
newer the enemy, to fight him in detail, or to fight
dRwn baule-but 70 crush him, 10 defeat and all
nihNte bnn, To roll through and over him, into
Richmond by its momentum.
The army cannot believe thai we are 10 repeat the
old DISASTROUS folly Of dividing our forces instead OF
concentrating them, oi sending OF detached e1pe-
ditIons 10 unmportant points before the immediate
vital object If this army il accomplished of making
arrangements for the enemy to beat Us again IN de.
tail, through celebrity Of movement upon interior
hnes.
IL 10 doubtless settled that 10 receive reJn-
iOrcernents. In Gods name give US men enough.
The volunteers and their officers sick aud weary
vi strategy and profound military Combinations. la
view VI tie Pe1insular campaign, the siege Of
CoIinth, and tie general experience OF the war,
they believe with Macaulay " that the military art
II nO very profound mystery; thai Its principles are
the principles ol PLAN good seDsei that quick eye
Il COO head and u sioux hesIt viii DO more 10 make
Il General than all the diagrams Of Jomri."
They have "a commander who, like Grant, hae
been successful, perhaps because, Ike Grant, his
SDy lOl1y has been 10 move the enemy's works,
70 ain by prompt, hard, decisive hgDting. Ia
sDito Of handful Of nlaiignaDts, who praised
AcClellan's energy" for eighteen MONTHS and
began 10 talk about Burnsdes " sOwness" before
he had been in command eighteen Lours they
have iull confidence IN bIn.
Give them numbers enough to inspire confidence
~ snls.selves and you shall see march to Rich.
Dsas Which will spitonizs in angle mouth all the