The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-05
IN 1880 oN RIcHMoNn.

Az ADVANCE OK RICHMOND.
slue i has become apparei that
Gen. Grant intends As soen a posi-
t'e 20 rut the Army Of the Potomac
n motion. and attempt to capture
Richmond, come military critics have
revived the argamrnis advanced at
AZ earlier Stage &c The war, 10 prove
thag oar movements should be made
in tie West and lba, the rebels should
be ailou . 10 remain ID Virginia as
long A. iliey Gnd Il poss ble. The re-
mogal o. troops from tie Fast and The
eoge nltalon Of great armies 10 the
Wet, vas pefhaps The true rolicy
while lhe Mississippi vas unopened
end Chattanooga and East Tennessee
were stll 10 the possession Of the
rctels bot i may we'll be doubted II,
With those lines secure 10 our grasp,
the arguments which then established
tie wisdom Of lta' policy do no; lose
their force II was 2culhcss more
important 10 obtain possession Of The
great nasigable river that separates
one bali o. the territory which the
rebels depended upon for suppiies
from tie scene Of their army opera
tons, than il was to capture even the
rebel capital. II was evidently better
TO possess ourselves Of Chattanooga
ard deprive Inc rebels 81 The great
central state Of Tonne see, rich III
every production needed to supply
their wants, lhan to drive them from
barren territory and a city which
derived rs principal importance from
tie fact that il was tie capital. But
after these two great objects haye
been attained, il is not likely thu
movements in ihe West viii result ID
nug uti'taty autal',-e .Lat --iH DO
so beneficial 10 the nation as the great
moral effects that viii follow The cap.
tnre 81 Richmond.
Tie dag when ec waited in breath
less suspense the arrival Of news from
Europe has gone by, but il is sill pro.
per 70 take into account the effect
which our successes may have upon
foreign nations with whom we sustain
intimate relations. The capture Of
Richmond would undoubtedly 20 far.
tier towards impressing Eupropean
nations with q belief 10 the certainty
Of our triumph than any other event,
In Europe the capital is everything.
Among the French !, Is a maxim that
whoever controls Paris controls
France. Ii European warfare the
great object Of campaigning is to gain
possession q Tie enemy's capital
Napoleon at Moscow was willing to
ran any risk 10 reach ST. Petersburg,
aud never seemed 10 doubt but that,
once there, be could dictate terms "a
Alexander. Frederick The Great
wlo Ike our Grant, fought against AL
mIsiorlunes aid won victories after all
hope seemed gone,appearsto be The only
European monarch who ever thought
ofsuecessfal warfare with bis capital il
the hand. Of The enemy as possible
Wheo The Allies gained Paris, the
reign Of Napoleon was Al IN end. Had
ie Kept possession Of b.s capital, Ia
would probably have saved his en-
pire. Such being lhe war of thing
IN Europe, The people there, proven
bially ignorant Of American affairs
can not b. made 10 understand that i
i different with Us. The rebels har,
always acted upon ibis view. The,
have made their most strenuous effort
20 gain possession OF Washington, risk
iag two perlous ii,yasions 70 gain thu
ead. They kaew very well that Ii,
loss 81 Washington would not weaker
the real power ol tie North al ail. bu
they knew that ID Europe il woali b
regarded as aboa, tie end Of tie con
test and secure their immediate recag
milton. II Europeans regarded then
a. party ia a civil contest. tie,
voall argue lhal tie possession Of th
national capital made them ihe dom
nani and ruling party in The country
If il.ey considered them a. one na,io
fighting agsiass another they woal
iaink Eaai the possession Of the enemy
eapiial enabled them 70 establish
peace upon iheir own terms Fo'
eign organs row speak of tie South 9
aAiioa and Richmond as is cap
iial and Il We iake Richmond, The
viii conclude thai he new @natien
which co noi keep is capital Is "a