East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-05-05
|, GEN. HOOKER,s ARMY.


At this moment there is more intense
interest felt for the army of the Poto.
mac than ever before. 1t is known that
tia in motion On what precise line
the operations are being carried on, has
not been made public, but che fact that
this army is again on its march to try
the fortunes of war in another cam.
paign against Richmond, is sufficient Of
itself to cause every ear TO listen with
eager anxiety to the first intimation of
.. news from that quarter.
: 1t is said by every officer from Gen
Hooker, who commands, Gown to the
lowest subaltern, that it is " the FIRST
army on-the planet" That it is thor.
oughly drilled aud equipped, and pro.
vided with everything essential to 80.
cure triumphant victory is universally
conceded. Geo. Hooker ought to sue.
coed, and il the earnest prayers Of the
millions who are watching him and his
army with painful anxiety, would aid
HIM, bis march from tue Rappahannock
TO Richmond would be one continued
series of trnmpbs. He has had moro
experience than any man who has pre-.
ceeded him He knows more of the
enemy and their resources, more of tho
time he is to occupy, has a larger army,
and above all, knows, or thinks he
knows, when and how Mcclellan and
Pope and Burnside failed. lie has also
what neither Of these Generals had, the
Unconditional support of the Admins.
tration. Ii he succeeds he does no
more than others might do under the
like circumstances If ho fails, II will
be the darkest day of sorrow the nation
has ever Witnessed The New York
Herald, in speaking on this subject,
pointedly aud Faithfully says, that his
testimony before the Committee on the
Conduct of tho War, places him in a
position of extraordinary responsibility. |
AFTER deliberately undertaking TO
show that the failure of the Richmond |
campaign last summer was the result of |
tho want of genel alship on the part of
Mcclellan; that such veteran soldiers as
Sumner aud Heintzleman may be class
cd as old women; that Burnside, with |
hls extreme rashness, wss as mucl. at |
fault at Fredericksburg as was McClel.
Ian vt Yorktown, with his extreme eau
ton; that General Hooker, in tho su
preme command, could have marched |
into Richmond on dozen different oc.
casions without difficulty; could have
captured the heights OF Fredericksburg
without much loss, and bagged or de.
stroyed the whole rebel army at Aut;e-
tam-after all these declarations as a
responsible officer, we may truly say
That Gen. Hooker has now 40 alterna.
tive before him but victory or death
death in the field, or death 10 his rcpu.
tation as a military leader
"Ile has voluntarily set himself up as
tho superior of Mcclellan aud Burn.
side, and he must make his pretensions
good or sink into irretrievable public
disgrace. Let bin defe at the enemy,
lisp utlng his way to Richmond, expel
the rebel government from that city aud
occupy II, and tho country will cheer.
fully admit his claims to Distinction
But, should be fail, his own evidence
before the war committee will rise up
IN Judment against him from every nook
and corner of the continent.
"We have no doubt that General
Hooker is aware Of all this, aud that
With his magnificent army be goes for.
ward with his plans so carefully consid-
Fred, and with such resolution to sue
coed, that he cannot fail, especially as
ne will be less embarrassed by the
iuterlerences of the War
Office than any Of his predecessors in
charge of the noble army Of the Poto.
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