Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-08
TIE ROAD 10 PEACE.

iilE kUAD ~ IEASE.
Tie approaching session Of the United
Safes Congress will be one Of no ordinary
interest. During its deliheration the PreSi.
deu,a! campaign of lSG4 Yill be marked out
r,iitic;.I parties will, in the next session oi
Congress, arrange the platform OF principles
rha, each will advocate before the people, rs
we'll as unmaSk the gross corruptions that the
war tas produced. The contest Tor the Speak
crslip oi tie House Of Representatives will
be vne ri great excitement ii the Democia':
are successful, their Speaker will lave the Al
fausemcnt and appointment Of tue various
committees which prepare business for tho
II ,usc, is well as OF all those Investigating
Committees Oh the conduct uf the War. the
cyrfuptiva Of contracts, the suppression Of
newspapers, and the arrest and Imprisonment,
u: Individuals.
The reports of these committees will form
the gtounLw jrk Of the next Presidential cam
ra;.n. Should Meade be driven into Wash
.insioa, and the capital of the United State.
be bcIcasurcd Dy the Confederate Army, the
conduct Of the war will receive blow from
which neither Vicksburg nor Port Hudson car
relieve it. If the administration should fnt
army in the third year Of the war shut W
IN Washington, Mr.. Lincoln's message will
be deprived of all its gloriGcation over the
summers campaign. His management Of
military affairs will stand u confessed failure,
andhs unftncSs for the position Of Com.
maaler-ia- Chief, will become patent to every
man. Of what avail will the capture oi
T.cs.burg and Port Hudson, the repulse at
Gettysburg and the siege Of Charleston prove
ii Meade, driven into Washington, is una
BE to rescue the capital from the insults Of Il
beea.nering army: In vain will Iallcck
p,in, to Grant, Banks and Gilmore, if the
army Of the Potomac is forced to crouch un'
der the Qualifications of Washington and cover
before the advanoe of Lee. The friends OF
Mcclellan will assail the administration for
more shameful failures than those for which
he was dismissed; they will point to the be-
sesing army, and ask for the proofs of the
victory Il: Gettysburg; they will in
quirc into the escape" Of Lee; aud
paradins the Administration papers accounts
of the battle of Gettysburg, ask why Lee was
not tassed? Meade beseged IA Washing.
ton will be incon,rovertible evidence OF the
fll,ehools perpetrated upon the public
Should General Lee cross into MARYLAND
the embarrassments of Lincoln would in.
crease: his victorious" army, unable to take
the field and attempt the repetition of Sharps.
burg and Gettysburg, would be compelled tt
rc.nain in Washington, while General Lee
marched whithersoercr he wished in Mary
land or Pennsylvania.
The successSf the Democratic party would
Re no longer doubtful should General Lee
once more advance on Meade. Parties in the
United States are so nearly balanced that the
least advantage thrown in favor of one will
insure. its success. Should the Confederate
army remain quicseent on the banks of the
Eappahannoek, the boastful braggadocio Of
Yankee reports will 'be confirmed, and Lin;
coln and Ilalleck will point in triumph to the
crippled condition of the Confederate army
as confirmation of the great victory won in
Pennsylvania. The Democrats, unable to
gansay such evidence, will be constrained to
enter the contest for the Speakership shorn OF
;hc principal part of their strength-the
dissraccful mismanagement and conduct Of
the war
Gen. Lee must turn politician as we'll as
warrior, and we believe that he will prove
the most successful politician the Confedera-
ry,as ever produced. He may so move and
direct his army as to produce political results
which, in their bearing upon this war, will
prove more eficctual than the bloodiest ricto.
s'eS Let him drive Meade into Washington,
and he will again raise the spirits of the
Democrats, confirm their ti1lid, and give con-
Hence 10 their wavering. lie will embolden
The Peace party should he again cross the
1omac, for he will show the people of Penn
sFf'ora Tow little security they have from
ltmat;sts not whether the advance be made
''' purposes Of permanent occupation, or
simply ior grand raid it will demonstrate
'na'' in the third year Of the war, they are
solar from the sutjugation of the Confederate
s'a'es that the defence of Maryland and
'nASyivanla has not yet been secured.
A iaII campaign into Pennsylvania, ,ciM
Ne y, hands Of our soldiers united, not for in
discriminate plunder-demoralizin and un-
N'%'piininS the army-but campaign for a
systematic and organized retaliation and nun
.,Dnent' would arouse the popular mind to
we uncertainty and insecurity of Pennsylva.
MA This would react upon the representa-
ives IN Congress. Strengthening the Demo.
.,ass .. and modifying even to the hard she'll
@ 'anaticism itself.
as Damages which the last campaign in.