The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-03

oar deapatches night before iost o. ?
n3unced to rs that Richmond papers
o the 30th admitted that Grant had
been moderated and that they enter
tanned fears that Lee would be unable
to withstand his advance. We have
eyefy reason to believe they have en-
tertainsd such apprehensions from the
beginning, though they did their best
10 conceal them. The himsey attempt
Of the Examiner Of the 9th to prove
that Grant was retreating i'll conceal
ed the fears Of the editor Of the Journ-
al indeed his special pleading upon
the subject. was almost as plain an adj
mission Of his fears, as an open contes-
sion would have been.
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 9th,
also took a hopeful view Of the stu
alton, but admitted the rebels might be
defeated It said:
Considering the whole facts we think
The time has come when CoDfederstes
may exchange congratulations. No re-
hecting man can doubt that the general
sihlqfi5H Is very much improred since the
qqy lehen CRAM crossed the RQpidau and
Butler iaJ.ded at Bermuda Hundred, That
scqs i,ldsed critical moment The Con
federate government has been we'll
warned Of the concentration against
Richmond 1t was half convinced Of
its reality But il was only half belief;
an idea rather theoretical than practice
Il was just enough moved to render it
active IN recruiting the divisions which
Lee had with him on the Rapidan. 1t
was not 50 satisfied Of the truth as to
collect ali the divisions OF Lees army
in their place, or even in the State. 1t
made no unussl collection Of material
in Virginia But throughout he sci1tcr
the enema naarcked up his men from
s0erg quarter of the United yStates II
The O1tte1. lines of Virginia. Fully deter
mined 10 make tie 6io1 decisive he spared
10 cost or means-acted a0ithoH regard 70
future comyaigns Uninterrupted BY
any disturbing cause, he placed
his armies in position whence
they could be brought upon
vital points Of attack in a few hours of
movement. When all was quite ready,
and the roads entirely dry, the signal
was given, and the two masses of des-
tructive material struck us, warned. bat
i'll prepared, at the same instant. That
was indeed a critical moment But the
ship had an original strength sufficient
10 stand the fshock Lees thin army
beat the chief force of the enemy in the
Wilderness; the second blow was dead
ened by the Notifications near Drury
Every moment since elapsed has been
gain to US Time was all we wanted to
bring up Beanregard, and we got time
When he forced the enemy from his
intrenchments and reOpened communi-
cations, and when Lee had given final
answer TO the question whether he was
able to stand up against the full weight
of Grant, the chief danger, the danger
of being crushed under the rush of an
avalanche, ceased to exist It's 5ue
that The change Of battle may get, some da1,
fall against as but it is certainly far
less probable now than then; and,
we think there is convincing,
solid reason to believe that the military
situation at this rooment is much more
favorable to us than when Grant crossed |
the Rapidan.
1t is hardly worthwhile, however, to
speculate upon the probabilities OF the
situation, in the vicinity of Richmond.
1t changes daily, and hourly; and we
hope to be able, within a month, to
the fact that the Stars and |
Stripes once more wave over the city.