The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-09-14

fepetition OF the stale promise OF hfy o
ninety days, for the recruitment OF one ar
my alone 10 the extent of another hundTeC
thousand
Bui what feature of the field gives the
desperate fanatics VINO rule the hour, jus
tiicstioE for this promise of fifty day
The Times which repeats glib assurances
of success now, was equally easy of prom
ises al the opening oi the campaign. Or
the 9th OF May last that journal laid on the
rose color in these words I: "Eyery thing
which promises success is more q; hand
J with US now filan in July, 1863 Our ar
mics were never as large, nor under such
com % anders and officers. The apparent
plan OF a cooperative movement in over
1 vhelming force against the vital points OF
the Coniederacy promises the most assured
Suecess.p The call for hundred thousand
men now, is a confession that the assu-
| RANGES OF The Times then, have all mis-
! carried; aud constitutes, therefore, good
reason for placing heavy discount on lis
promises OF To-day "We have now"
that journal said on the 9th of May, s'reach-
ed the time when the last Strain is put up
J on the powers OF each party )" and yet II
has the audacity TO ask men 10 put on the
| North further strain, that, sven considers
ed The firSt, would be absolutely astound-
ing.
! General Grants promises are, we know,
! not more worthy OF implicit faith than are
lhose of The Times. He has not even
fulfilled his pledge, with all Northern Vir-
I ginia open TO i'm. 10 flight it out on this
! line." Besides, he is personally interested
| in endeavoring 10 sustain himself where he
| is; for he can only return from the jam es
a pricked b ubbe. His promises fnding
| very little ground of belief in his perfor m
ances, ard their utterance referable, very
! naturally, 10 his self love, we cannot at
| zach much faith TO his assurance of crush
| ing the rebellion in fifty days.
| Grants demand for another hundred d thou
sand of our sons and brothers ought not 10
| have been made hastily. He should be
| first called 10 strict account for The two hun
drsd tho nssnd he had been entrusted with
for the capture of Richmond. The exhi-
bition of his weakness in the last conflict
al Reams Station gives point TO such an in
! quiry. corps had, in the meagreness of
I his force, been run imm ediately before
that engagement from left 10 right and
again run from right 10 left. The scan
tiness of his numbers was sill further re-
Yealed in the rushing from flank 10 flank OF
/ the troops at Reams, to meet an overwhel-
ming attack while they were allowed to be
crushed in fight of several hours, with
! oct man to spare for their assistance
The feeblsness of his army is still furlhe
seen 10 the fact that, while a whole corps
was Withdrawn from the force holding Pc
lersbUTg, he did not dare to relieve the
pressure upon Hancock by even a feint at
any point of his line, upon Lees works
All this shows conclusively that of the
splendid army with which he marched
across the Rapid an, aud of all the admira
. Bile re-enforceDents which have been add
7 ed 10 it since, Giant now commands but
I the meresi wreck
II the Fede raj general on the Potomac
! be so weak as the battle of Reams Station
sd ows hi IA 10 be, people ought 10 demand
some satisfactory explanation OF the fate oil
the residue Of iaeir two hundred thousand
men. If he has less than fifty thousand
Ground him COW, as the last conflict leads
us 10 suspect, what work has be accom-
p!ished with the one hundred and fifty
mind you men-soDs, brothers, fathers,
thousand of those that all OF us hold dear
and n sar-whom he has lostl Surely he
ought 10 bs abis to make some showing ol
Uork done at cost so fearful aud certain
ly cannot expect, before he does so to the
satisfaction Of the public, to have his
drafts houored for a hundred thousand
more.
Re-enforcements, il is true, are ne cesssTy
10 save Grant if he be allowed TO remain
where he is. Lee has shown a disposition
TO take the offensive and he certainty has
so far found ample encouragement tor do
/ ing SO in the exhibition made by the battle
/ of Reans Station, Of Grants weakness.
/ But must Grant remain before Petersburg?
! He has already done so long enough We
have shown satisfactorily that, SC far as he
is likely 10 crush Lees lines by remaining
there, he might as we'll be firing Demo
! cratic guns in The Park. What can we sx
/ pect from an additional hundred :housand
/ men that might not have been acccmplishe d
/ with the original two hundred thousand
! What can we look for, from the next
! fifty days that might not have been effected
/ during the past one hundred and twenty?
The hundred thousand asked for can't be
obtained. No one looks even to an eniorc-
ed draft for any considerable addition 10 the
army. Even If obtained, ii would be not
( 8 whit less than actual murder 10 put them
: into battle, raw recruits, 10 storm works
J held by the splendid infantry OF Lee. And
lhsn the climate The tide water region
OF Virginia is known TO be one of the most
/ fatal districts of this continent 10 Au iumn.
( Ii Grant be allowed to remain passively
| behind his works for two months longer ms
will not have twenty thousand effective
men OF his present force leh Is ii not,
| therefore, better on all hands-on even the
| ground OF MIR. LIncoln's political ambition
AID of General Grants personal pride-
that rather than be exposed 10 disease and
| capture they be placed at once on the Pc,
| tomac to save the fields asd cities of Penn.
| sylvania from the brand of retaliation?
| The removal of the army now on the
| James 10 the Potomac will meet the COM
mendatien OF the country. II the hundred
thousan men asked for By The Times be
required after that movement, they may
| perhaps be obtained for the defense OF
| Pennsylvania. In view OF the pending
| Trial OF the question Of peace or war, and
he evident srrsy of large masses OF men
against the policy of the Administration,
may We not expect, that unless for defense,
we be not called on at this moment for an-
other man. Grants return 10 the line of the
Potomac may, however, save Us from the
necessity OF this constant demand for flesh
and blood bY furnishing a graceful Oppor-