Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-08
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rs Vtrglnla 20 be Deserted

Will there be, another battle in Virginia2
Are the rebels preparing to evaeuate that
Slater Has Lee already sent away to the
farther South an important part Of the mae
lterial accumulated in Richmond Does
Davis mean 40 to maneuvFe rs OF most 70
hold Virginia till winter sets in and mud
holds il for him2 sfsaf .asxsi,I
When men look on too closely at great
events their eyes are 80 taken up with de-
tails that they lose the, general effect For.
two weeks past the press Of the North has
been disputing over theauestIons, whether
Burnside did his duty, whether ROseeFans
is worthy OF confidence, whether reinforce
ments ought 70 have been sent to him long
ago, whether the battle Of ChiekamaugP
was blunder or n victory; and in the
meantime We have not taken in the grand
effect of this severe struggle. But now
that We know Barnside to have followed
to the letter the instructions of Roseerans
himself; now that We know RoseeFaus 70
be safely and adyantageOusly posted; now
that his eeinforcements have reached him,
and reached him in time, thus proving
neither the War Department nor any Gen
eral TO be at fault-nOW, at last, We may
leave details, and begin to study the gen
ersl effect.
We know now that the task set for Bragg,
in the battles Of Chickamauga, was the
entire destruction of the Army of the
Cumberland. For this end he was rein:
forced by a roundabout way from Virginia.
Bot he failed of his object and was so
badly crippled in the attempt as to have
lain still since, BE yet has ROsecrBps be-
fore him, and before he dares attack him
again he must be once more reinforced.
THAT is to say, Lee must send more men
to Bragg, The first instRlment, Of Long
street and Hood, did not suffice. Win a
second prove enough It cannot be sup
posed that hereafter Roseerans wall be left
the weaker already he is the stronger,
without doubt, and be stands upon the
defensive. What then? Can the rebel
leaders give up the contest there2 Not |
unless they are ready to give up Virginia |
too for they. cannot live In Richmond
without the grain, the pork and beef, and |
the ready communication, which they had |
from and by way Of East Tennessee. YiE-
ginia is ruined she can NO louger support
an army she could scarcely support her
own population, if she were today aban-
dOued by the conteudiug armies. Davis,
cannot give up the battle At
without giving up Virginia. -
He must send reinfOFcements to Bragg
while he has them-he must concentrate
near Chattanooga every soldier he has, If
no less number will suffice to surely defeat
ROsecr9ns. ll.,l
But If he does this he evacuates Virgin
Ia. He cannot maintain himself in that
State without large armed force. he
iares not leave the cannon foundries of
Richmond aud the other depots unguArded.
He must remove everything OF value before
be removes the troops, Is he perhaps se-
creily doing this now Z II is reported
from Washington that Gsneral Lee is en-
his front by throwing up works
1t every one of the Rapiian fordB. Is this |
10 cover and make strong weakened line
These are merely speculations, Of course,
sud even If they are correct, We should
not expect 70 hear of the abandonment of
Virginia for weeks to come. We may, be
Iurs that Davis VIII stay there as long as
40 can and that even when he flies away |
o the South himself, he will not openly
give up the State until It is taken from
him. But let the Union men of Virginia
Keep their eyes and ears open; let them
prepare; for the day may not be far of
when they will see the rebel hosts disap-
bearing from the State they have so long
obbed and insulted, and abandoning to
heir fate, with careless self shness, the
planters they have ruined.