Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-26
TIE CAMPAIGN OF LEE.

nounyc on tic SuitableneSs of the MEANS
Some of tire Confederate newspapers write aS
if they h:.d expected the cavalry advance into
Penn. rirauia to haze been at once let loose
upon q general plundcr.ng expedition. But
Independently Of the fact that nothing 'dlsor-
game troops and renders them useless Ike
indis :rin:n,:e p!undcr it is well to rccollcct
that it may he absolutely necessary to the gen
: eral plan 10 keep that cavalry force well i'll
hand. SO as to cover othor movements Of the
main 3taiy On the great chess-board Of war
, therelis mighty :garncin progress; and neither
We nj home, nor Hooker, the opposite player
himself, has vet OWNED the nature Of General
ices combinations. 1t istrue that Confedcrates
Owe no consideration or forbearance to their
enemies. 1t is true, further, that our Gthcrals
owe it to their own people TO visit Il terrible
devastation and havoc upon the enemy coun-
try. whenever they have the means i'll their
hands TO do so effcctualv, and on grand
scale. But this is not yet the case. General
Hooker. with vast army. is still to be dis
posed Of, and every movement of each com
mand must, doubtless he calculated with 4
view to this necdful preliminary business. Ii
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of-that is, iorbcaring from plumber now, on
the very threshold of the expedition. In order
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yortoo norors ,hout nr;vat. nronertv hrnr
,;.,a..o, rolno.rod .nd n,r,ncrt ,nodc IN Con.
f,5oro,o mi. C.r,,;,ly # ,be oxnadi,;on Of
Goncr,l Loo wore toeuS 50. # NJ the very mo
mont whom bord.s Of Yankee briropds arc
burn;ne and nlpnder;pr FIR and wide over our
country uot anlv ste,I;nr al they can lov their
hands nnoo, I'm. lct,nr loose bands Of nc-roes
,v;,h bayopots IN ono hand and torches in thc
o,ho. ,, H.. ,yorl- IF ;ud;s.~,,i,,to ou,r,rc
and G.v.s,o,:,.n our army in PENNSYLVANIA
xroro ?, ,,o~,h ,bro,rh rho country inst os r :,
WA, orr o,y,. ,st;rr nor,n;sy;or Of Dutcb
farmers ~ !r,w wafer =, rbo;r VOLS. n,css;no
tbo;r ,.,..o,, on ,,,c .,u;;,r storcl.crcrs and
,,xin.. .,.ao, IN The host and only kind
nj r,,.v ,rc cv., 500 -. bo,,n ,rd
sbor,d rct,-, 6, amid sbc condiments of rho
Peonsv,ya,,;ans. and their heartily .cxnresscd
wishe, snon 10 sce again amongst them such
courf.o,,s aud .l;hcrsl ncnflcmcn--;n that I'M.
heard Of and unsuno.al,1c case the whole
world would LAUGH IL 10 scoru. it would DO
said 20 amount 20 an admission that We do, in
deed f.,ai o,,r,rlycs 10 bn in uninstif,l,c rr.
bcliiou ana have no right to presume to deal
wit, orr enemies a ;ley'may deal with u.s.
Itwuo, e, -, NJ .hc cause: formally sur
rendering our people throvc huut every State
to p,!iagc and expressions; inviting continu-
ance IN: a::srarat;on of all the evils Of inva-
sion, ami virtually Offering the nccks of our
rinclea le.s 10 the h.ns.na;l.
This is so horrible to think of that we NAV
sof.,v conclude il is NOT The intention Of the
great ci,icftajn to whom 50 mighty = task has
been entrusted by the President and who has
unto this davdischarrcl his task 50 noblv. His
operations for the present We take to be wholly
strategical He may purposely iorbear to alarm
the hostile ponulations, and Give them warning
to runef their herds and Aock$, so as to lcave
the country waste before him, until, Hooker
once well cleared out Of his path, he can throw
the whole Confederate army into Pennsylvania
wide-wnged, far-stretching. in one vast CON-
bined movement, envelopins Washington on
the one side Harrisburg on the other, and so
forward. forward. till our red hattlc-imr 70.
fleets itself in the Delaware.
Evor :, ,b;s ,ottor c,so- c,.o,, 6 Coro-o,
Ice DESIGNS 70 mako pennsrlran;o rho saot of
war. and to make tho war sppnort rbe war
We presume That no would M. ,,;rc his troons
a general license to n;llorc Uc ,o,ld rro-
bob,v order cocb M,;nr-Canoro1 % o,u -,
him tho sbcr;ff If eoch co,,t,. ~, HI. liz. ~
,;,;o, ond No smou n-or;s;o,, 81 ,.a 49,
borses clothing silver and rold nj, 10 no lo,;,.-
erea at Given .noints nj piven ho,rs. With tho
alternative of seeing the defaultinr comfy,
"a :, r,,.9 ,,;ro,, ovor IN socl ond ,ons,.s