Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-17
Rebel View Of the Proposed Attack
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The Richmond Examiner, Of November 2lih.
says:
Appeafances have been 80 f,r strengthen VI bs
tie dev eiopment oi new facts. that ~e are just
bed su fesariing the seuetst the NsrtherD|
army on Fredericksburg a. Indicative ~ ser Gus
intention To direct he samnailn against Rich
mond from that quarter Nome but tie Adolf
tioni-t Generels how in command. ignor,nt of
tie ceuBsFy. ana sTurred fer~aryi t,y their &c
peated promise TO take Richmond out ri hand IN
ten days. could have luna ginei such plan. They
have determined 20 enter Richmond by the air
line railroad. from Washington. The route by
Aqua Creek and fredericksburg is certainly the
shortest way between the two cities. IL i. in
fact, the mail r0uIe. Ii Is even shorter than the
Manassas track: aud it Is far ShDrer ut least in
miles. than AcCieIlaD's down the Poto
mac, into the bay. aud up the York. But, short
a. IL appears on the map and by the Surveyors
tape, II may be safely assumed that it will be
more painful pilgrimage than the longest OF all
the WAYS around.
Before Burnside gets very Ear he win find that
there are lons 10 his patent path There i bO
point on that road where troops canunt con-
centrate more rapidly than he can advance he
Federal Gov eraIneht aud Generals seem 10 have
supposed that they would With oppo-i
ton I'LL they reached Hanover Junction, and
have doubtless felt some confusion of mind at
t<ct otiotC tbcHi ~ h~oht- fHtf
have stopped a week near that helpless aud indie
feasible village; and ii they get into it. they will
Ind il harVler To leave than To enter. They have
arranged IN the Cabinet that there you'd be no
battle TILL their army reached Hano> sr; but they
NAV find the plains around fredericksburg, the
highlands in front and the river in their back the
prettiest place Ia be drubbed in that Yankees
saw. The whole scheme. now freely displayed
by their journals, in the confidence of success. j.
all creation. They are undoubtedly an ingenious
people. ba; prone, as ingenious people frequently
are. to the pleasing delusion that all others but
themselves are imbeciles and idiots
Neither Scott nor Mcclellan, nor any other
competent military leader. would ever counsel or
undertake march on Richmond by the lines OF
the railroads. These were highly favorable TO
the drummers OF the great manufacturing powers.
but less to those who walk at the bead of heavily
armed regiments The vulnerable side of Rich
mond is sill what military inteleen and expe
rience for a hundred wears have pointed out, her
river The British got here that way without
much difficulty. Mcclellan attempted to follow
their track with one hundred and fifty thousand
men, and would have got here, too. but for
"Chickahominy," Fortunate for us il is that he
found that warder at our gates. The interview
with that parsonage and his greeting blood and
mud. appear To have given the Yankees 50 great
a disgust for the York an d the James. and The
pleasant swamps betw cen, that thec utterly re
fuse To 20 there any more.
1t appears indeed that they have determined
To give the mail line trial: and should not
really credit Il cir bOlduess but for the great ca
prcity they p0S>ess thi, time to fiji the field
The new lew, even ii il has not actually reac hed
the six hundred thousand demanded in july, has
certainly brought prodigious number of mes,
under arms MasSed with their old troops the
United States cannot have less than eight hun
bred thousand men in their army at this moment
Abstracing from this huge host NIL that the most
extrava giant calculation pretend for the armies
of the West. and GUARD at Washngton the
Northern Government have still some four hun
dred thousand men TO throw at Richmond; AMI
however much the superior valor of men WIN
hght for arts ct iOcis may Go, when guided by the
ADLER Generals OF the South. while holding the
vantage ground OF position, there are limits be
yond which the weight of numbers will tell IL
il on their overw helming numbers that the North
are now determined Ia rely Believing that all
depends on the immediate destruction OF the Con
Tolerate organization, hich might he eflected by
the capture of Richmond ana the conquest of
Virginia. they have deter mued To rush stIaig ht
forward to he prize with all their force. But
should facts place this view beyond doubt let H.
hope that the Government is prepared concen
traie, in defense OF the Capital, numbers equal to
anN army Oh 4 ihkte~ HkttA 10 itdCt tlii~ nei.n
borhood after the depletion OF the battles and the
march they must first accomplish.
Events indicate the approach of another Girls S
in our aifurs. A people who have passed through,
trial To their fUrtItude and energy such aS We
have once had To endure, eht be excused for
hoping and believing that tley would never know
another like il Those who lived IN Richmond
last June and -till lived in July. m eht reasona
by suppose that the bitterness 81 death hal passed
Il.
to raise ewes To see the balloons of the enemy
watching Us from the sky. In sight of our
steepes, only four miles from our doors. an army
of hundred ana fifty thousand men formed y
vast half moon before and around us No man
knew the day would pass wthount the commence
ment of business that might briefly end in The
assault. sack and conha.ration of the town
words which We DO not To define and vivify
los anal, sis aud detail This lasted for months.
and when we remember il, we cannot refrain
from wonder while recoecting the courage aud
comp0sure amounting almost 10 Indifference with
which the population supported it Few would
believe i'm defeat, and still fewer were frightened.
That noble confidence in tod and the arms of
the South was well rev arIel. For one dav saw
that vast host dissolve like cloud before the
shock of thunder bleeding. manged mass
crouching safety ia the of the river was
all that then remained of the most splendid mill.
tary array of the age Our DANGER had gone lke
an evil dream nightmare. and those who
awakened in security might be pauiOned for
believing that il could never return. 1t requires
some effort tn brace the nerves for n similar and
perhaps "a more terrible ordeal Let ~ hope that
those who were once abe To confront death with
dignity can again look with 4 steady glance on
the direlul han;om with which they then gained
acquaintance and have still the hand of iron to
grasp the hand OF bone.
The Last shadow of Doubt Removed.