The New York herald., 1864-12-02

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lDAY. oDEJEMBER 2 iSt
| Tae Richmond Erdminr Of the 36tbvand Of the
2etb xlIords remarkable contrast in their
| opipio~. On the 2Slh 10 Thought that n Sher-
.oan sbould reach Beaufort he "wilI have
I severed every railroad between Georgia and
virginis;" and Stat, operating from Beau sOst,
he could destroy those rosds repeatedly. =
ooseluded thence that 1t WIS ''highly impor~
tant that Sherman should never take Augusta
or reach Beaufort" On the 18th, it thought
that he could only march aorcss the country,
and could do absolutely nothing" but that
that would not iajure the country, and that II
was not worth while to disturb .Lee's army,
or any other army, on Sherman's account"
It is very evident that the Richmond papers
hardly know what to make OF it grlI
The War-Fresident LincOin'e Imms-
diate Duty-More Soldiers. Cd y
How goes the wsrf The prospect is encour-
aging. Our armies are still advancing, still
pressing upon the strongholds Of the enemy,
and still winning victories. General Thomas
has just administered sound thrashing I'd
Hosd in Tennessee, FROM which we have reason
to anticipate the most importsnt results;
General Sherman, brushing saway all i'm
pediments before him, is moving steadily
on to the Atlantic seaboard; General Rose
Grams has swept Price and his army Of twenty
thousand border ruffans from Missouri, and dis
pepsed them in Arkansas; Generai Candy is
proftably at work smong the guerillas Of Lou
isiana and Mississippi; but still the rebel
army Of Lee, the main stay of JEFF Davis, holds
fast to Richmond and Petersburg, and battles
all the movements of General Grant. Fk
How is this? Why is 1t that Gen. Grant still
fingers before the triple lines OF Qualifications
which protect the rebel capital, We know
that with the dislodgement defeat and disper-
sion Of Lees army, the Davis confederacy will
collapse and fall to pieces, and we know that
until we shall have demolished that army the
war will go on; and why, then, Is it that Gene
raj Grant delays the decisive blow There
can be but one answer to this question. He
delays the decisive blow suggested because he
has not men enough to justify either general
assault upon the enemys elaborate works, or
| another flank movement, which would cut off
! Lees remaining lines Of subsistence and cap
ture his army. This is the secret of General
| Grants delay. He wants more men to accom-
plish this final blow, and while waiting
| for them the best that he can do is to
| hold the ground he has gained, and watch
| his opportunity to strike. II we are not
| u staken he distinctly intimated some two
months ago that if he could be strengthened
to the extent of fifty thousand men the cap
ture Of Richmond and the capture or disper-
sion of Lees army would become simple and
| easy task. All that Grant would have to do.
! if strengthened as proposed, would be to move
! column Of ffty thousand men upon Lees re-
naming lines Of communication, and hold them.
Thus Lee would speedily be compelled to
abandon his defences e secure supplies and
in abandoning his fortihcassons nnthin2 but
mastery withdrawal and retreat under cover
! Of the night would save himAfrom swift de-
struction. A Atas
| Why is It, then. that after two ,msnths
notice General Grant has not been furnished
with those fifty thousand men? We can only
suppose that At the time this hint was
thrown out by General Grant the political
business Of the Presidential election stood in
his way. But as that business is now satisfao-
toriiy settled, this excuse is no longer avail
able. President Lincoln, on the other hand,
has been emphatcally instructed, in the popu-
n verdict Of the late election, TO push (er.
ward .ns war with energy, and to cali upon
The LOYAL Sites, without mincing The matter,
for sA the mef;, money and means required to
bring the war to SPEEDY conclusion. JEFF.
Davis having declared repeatedly during the
late Presidential canvass that hiS nltimatum
was Southern independents or subjd9ation,
she people Of the loyal States have, with an
uAmistakabse voice, reitsratea their determi-
nasion that he and his rebel armies shall be
subdued. Ms, Lfncols has thus been reelected
upon the promise or carrying out the popular
will in vigorous prosecution of the war.
The first duty, then, devolving upon the ad-
minisiration is tho reinforscment Of our armies,
and especially the army in front Of Richmond
ard Petersburg. But all enr armies, East and
West, should be at once heavily strengthened,
not only 10 fiil M their losses from battles and
disease, but in order that tSe war may be
pushed forward without relaxesion to the end
Il is prooahle that our armies ae tbey stand are
strong enonxh to overthrow JEFF. Davis if we
give them time enough. But why should the
war thus be permitted, ''ike wounded snake,
to drag lie slow length alongn for another
year, when IL may be finished in six months or,