Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-21
From the Daily Herald of May go.
The Richmond Enquirer ON the Ma.
tional War Policy.

the outskirts Of rebeldom. As the matter
has been managed, this scattering policy
has doubtless hitherto been attended with
much evil. These detached armies have
not been in the habit of acting in concert
They have not been won't to move as the
different parts Of one grand machine, sim.
uitaneously and combinedly. As conse-
quence, the rebels, acting on the interior
and defensive, have been enabled to mass
their forces against each separate advance
on the part of any fragment of our forces
But if we may Judge from present indica.
tions, this want ofcombined action, at least
is being remedied, and with the happiest
results. The important points of rebeldom
are being threatened simultaneously: Rich
mond for example, in two directions, by
way of Fredericksburg and the Peninsula
Charleston by Dupont and Hunter; Port
Hudson by Farragut and Banks; vicks-
burg by Grant; while the rebel forces in
Tennessee are attended to by Rosecraus,
&c. The rbels 'are forced to look to all
these points at once. Their armies are
divided and their attention distracted.
Auxiliary to this is the splendid work done
by our cavalry raids in breaking up the
main channels of rebel communication,
further insuring the isolation of the differ
snt portions of the rebel army. That the
rebels understand and appreciate these
(to us) very encouraging indications is
made evident by the remarkable and des-
pondent editorial of the Richmond En-
quirer, which We copy below.
Another important fact alluded to in the
Enquirer's article, is the one that the lapse
of time now entirely favors our side.
Until all the seeded states were by fair or
foul means rushed out of the Union, and
the rebellion was fully organized, we know
that every days delay added strength to
them. The reverse is now admitted to be
the case by the Enquirer. With their able
bodied men exhausted by repeated con-
scrlptons, their armies can never again be
as large as now; while northern con-
scription has not yet begun. With the
wearing away of their present armies.
wanes their nope of success. The loss of
= Thousand men to them, it therefore sub
s,antially confesses, is more telling upon
the tinal result than the loss of five times
that number to US. This matter we have
before referred TO, and briefly stated some
Of the reasons why, notwithstanding, the
1ealing Of swift and vigorous blows o:...,,,,
the rebel armies should be the policy of
the government. We mention it again be-
cause so plainly acknowledged in the arti
20 below The Richmond Enquirer of the
18th inst. saws:
m here is evidently to be an active
--n1mer campaign. The plan of the en-
envy seems to be 10 keep our attention
excited at every point at once,
so that no part of our whole width Of from
.ier may be- freed from the urgent immedi,
ste apprehension of attack. Then thew
'an strike where they think our line is the
weakest or where our defenders are least
and if repulsed, they can retire
and direct blow at some other quarter.
In the meantime they can bag much plun-
Ter and cause much sorrow and hear.
break to our people by expeditions through
hlnly peopled regions, destitute OF ,roons
They can also force more and more on our
people within their lines the hated oath for
quiet life and to save their property from
'ontiscatlon. Thus they can both demo-
allze us and rob us within our own bor-
Iers, preparing all tbs while for serious
ssauits and delivsclng them lust when
hey are ready and where they choose. II
nara 70 say at what point they are most
'cIiV'o Just now. If one looks south west
ward, it would sefm that the State of Mis-.
,issipp is the region of most extensive op-
srations. Immense armies are gathering
around Vlcksburg, and while preparations
Ire in progress for new assault upon that
,lace, the back country is devastated and
he people plundred by cavalry ra ds; but
1t the very same moment Charleston is
Kept on the qui uiUe by energetic prepa-
rations for another attack, by sea or land,
Or both at once. The object may be only
to prevent General Beauregard from send
Ing away any of his troops which now de-
fend Charleston.
At the same instant General Burnside
East Tennessee, and Gen. Hook
er, largely reinforced, is expected to cross
the Rappahannock somewhere or any,
where from Culpepper to Port ROYAL to
keep some of our forces employed in the
defence of Richmond. Reinforcements are
sent to Fortress Monroe. The gunboats
are harassing North Carolina. In the Ra-
leigh Progress of the 18th we read: The
gunbos Is continue to prowl up and down