The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-29

Ano Ohiem ma Oh the Republican Jour
nais-Rac hmond-The Necessity Of Con-
centrasion.
The rep ublican journals have one more ad-
vance against Richmond under consideration;
but they are very un certain what to say about
It. They hardly know whether to urge or to
oppose the advance Of Grant against that city.
They are in an awkward dilemma but their
trouble Is not so much over the city that is to
be taken az over the man who Is to take 1t. II
Grant should advance and fail, they under
stand that such failure would we'll nigh ruiz
the country, and, Of course, the republican
party; while, II Grant should succeed, they un-
derstand quite as clearly that such a success
would be at least equally disastrous to the
political sharpers and intriguers who manage
that party, and whose interests the journals in
question particularly look after Seeing doubt
and danger on every hand, they touch the SUBJ
ject cautiously-as the Tribune did yesterday
and seem to utter the "Me miserable, which
way shall fly" Of Millions Internal and
broken spirited hero.
But our armies are now in the hands Of q man
whose actions will, we may suppose, be entire
ly irrespective of what course these journals
may eventually take on this question; and the
Secretary of War, we are informed and believe,
will. for the first time in his life, honestly and
earnestly do all that is in his power to carry
out the plans of the commander of our armies.
With General Grant at the head Of affairs, and
with the Secretary of War determined to sup
port him to the utmost, We believe that the
campaign upon which We are about to enter
will be the most remarkable OF the war. Gene
raj Grant In the West practised with glorious
success the strategy of concentration, and he
will not be likely to do otherwise now. By
rebels out West more men than they had
in the armies with which they drove Pope to
Washington, more men than were in the army
that beat Hooker ct Charlottesville, and more
men than the rebels had at Gett ysburg. Lin
coin had little army at Baltimore, little
army on the Eastern shore in Maryland, and a
little army at Harper's Ferry; be had an army
at Washington, another at Front Royal, another
at Fredericksburg, and another on the PENN.
sula, in front Of Richmond; he had little
army at Fortress Monroe, a little army at Nor
folk, little army at Newbern, in North Caro-
lima, and a little army at Port Royal
in South Carolina, aud, with his little
armies thus scattered over the whole
face of the country, he was beaten
everywhere. Grant, with one army in the
West by keeping that one army together, went
on from victory to victory. His operations
against Vicksburg illustrate his whole career.
Johnston, Pemberton and Gardner had between
them an army equal to that under Grant.
Concentrated, they could have fought him on
equal terms; but his army was . unit, while
the rebel forces were scattered at Vicks-
burg, Jackson and Port Hudson. And, though
Johnston saw how necessary II was to con-
centrate, Grant was always In the way. He
kept his own men together; he kept those of
the enemy apart; and in that way he won the
series Of battles that led him up to Vicksburg,
and finally captured that city.
We need not characterize further the distiac-
ton between the strategy Of Lincoln and that
OF Grant. There is every reason to hope that
the plans of the soldier are to prevail In the
campaigns Of this summer, and II they are fol-
lowed We cannot doubt that our efforts will be
crowned with success. Let the politicians OF
the government relinquish for little their in
trigues, and the trickery of nominating con-
ventions, and attend to their proper business;
let the Tribune and kindred prints lay aside
for time their hatred Of Mcclellan, and their
beastly doctrine Of miscegenation, and sup
port Grant earnestly; let the whole people
rally on this one point, and the rebellion must
be crushed in the next campaign.