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rxsB mrLITAnx BTTUAT1on.
From reliable sources Of Information Nc
ire satlsned of the truth ,of certain leading
facta bearing on the present prospects Of
Grant against Lee, which are fnll Of styuln
cance and hope Tbs eject OF the punish.
ment which Grant gave tbs rebel armies IN
ihc battles Of the Wilderness, has been mads
moro and more apparent'i in every encounter
since. The rebcls no longerseek tho bAtt1s
with their former. eagerness, NOR nght1
with their former confidence and araoE.
That battle proved the fact that the Army Of
the Potomac under Grant was fully able to
vhjn tho rebel army undero Let Ii any en- 4
counter, snd both Grant :sand Lee have Aimee
conducted their operations NTH reference tod
that one, leading and ali important fact: +
Grant ate1dl1y, boldly, with q grand and lin
prcsstve courage and confidence Il at are cub /
lime, mores his army from point to point, Il;
ways inviting battle; Lee followa him, always
declining to secept save where the superior.
lty Of the ground will mako up for that Fela.
tive infe1iority IL his army, which The great
ten days battle IN the Wilderness ms'ic man
Hest Every new point to which Grant |
moves Is more dangerous to -Rtchmond, aud
renders It more and mora seemingly lmpera-
tive on Lee to nseume the offensive, which /
Lee a constantly declines to do, or IL 80 |
easily worsted in the attempt, that it amounts |
only to A reconnaissance. -.
At spottsylrania LIE put forth, with hia !
most fierJ and vehement energy, and his
most desperate and persistent determination
The utmost lighting stsength Of his army.
He left no point Of assault untried to obtain
the prestige Of victory in that t1rst great cor
nict with tho ready, fertile, obstinate, per-
seycring and previously victorious Grant l
But Grant held his position, and Lee, who
had been obliged to retreat from his en-
t1cnchnents on the ,Rapidan to: meet Grant
on the Ps, could barely hold his own In d
conflict In which he either must drire Grant
back to Culpepper from whence he started,
or concedo his own defeat. Before Lees
a.1oy had rested from this nrss severe failRre,
Grant hanked tibet spottsylvanla entrench~
ncnts, and Lee retired to the North Anna,
With but feeble attempt to aszail Grant in
h,s new position. Immediately Grant danks,
the North Anna By crossing the Pamnnkey,
AuQ Leo AEhu IEk41E1s BILL tEA*'"s''8 "s+-
feeble efforts, no where marked BY the detpe-
rate courage and confidence, displayed, At.
,spottsylvania, The attempt to drive Grant from
bis new poalti<n- .f-
expected to take Richmond from the. north
side. There was, howeter, one contingency
which would hare rendered it possible
Could he have induced Lee to haEo divided
his army between the north and south sides
Of the ChickAhominy, as Mcclellan did fo7
months, Grant could have axsallcd 1t In detail
despite any strength Of position, and crushed
it into Richmond. The battle Of Coal Har~
Dor was reconnaissance by Grant to ascer-
tain whether his efforts to accomplish this
had succeeded. Ten minutes fighting, how
ever, proved that Lee had not committed the
error. 81. =.
Had Grant succeeded in driving the rebel
army through Richmond, leaving their, re.
treat open to the west and south however.
It would not have accomplished Ill at which
he aimed, and might still have involved 4
lengthy and indecitive campaign, Lee could
have retired to Lynchhurr or into North Car
olinn, where Grant could not as well. per
him up, or capture or annihilate his entirs
army - 1t Richmond, where Grant threat
ers wholly to sever Lees communications
without eDdangering his own. We lool
with much greater confidence to hi1 presen
plan Of attacking Richmond from the soutl
and southwest BY cutting or Lees com
munications, 1t will 80 endauser Ills supple
az to compel Lee to assume tho offensive, t
fight and beat OF Grant BY throwing hts ow
army against Grants entronchments. 3
cutting OF Lees line Of retrest twill, ~ I
tho cases OF Donelson and Yicksbn7E. leAv
no other resort to Lee but absolute victor
over Grants army, OF the unconditional sul
cndcr and ann1hil1tion of his own. Go1
that Grant has moved to the south and res
Of Richmond It Is plain to Ill, that In no VA
but by such = strategic plan could the rcso
of Grants campaign be made SO ove1Theln
ltgly decisiv sa'if successful:
We are uoW no longer In f:4s Of Richuor
being reinfo1ced. from Johnston's 3 nrmy,
Johnston from Richmond Grant is now b
tween Johnston and Lee, IS At Vlcksburg
was between Johnston and Pemberto
Ths Immediately future movements
Gen G1ls Gssa} wsppr ppr,1ff 1ffonbi5a}ess b. direct!
the cnntrnl nf the Southern and Westc
communications Of Richmond. By his II
movement the Petersburg and Weldon RI
road WAS efectu.l1y serered.' When he sh
have c1IectuallJ cut off the Richmond a
Danrille Railroad, and the James Ri,
Canal, Richmond viii be, rs was vicksbnl
cut off from the f.st Of the Contedera<
Lee will be, ~ IVES Pembcrton. confront
by starvation II he rests, and by defeat If
fights, with no alter native but to attaek
ste defenses, and defeat sxpeEior for
which has already demonstrated It's superb
itJ in every battle from the Wilderness
Petersburg, or surTcnder "by force Of c
cumstances." Such Is Grants obyions p!,
It's enccess viii be deciAive-endins the
bel1ion. Ih filurt would be dangerous
the pcrpetuity Of the Union. It can ol
fail for want Of msn. Grant cAn only y.
men because the Government can not
them. The Government can only get I'll
by the repeal OF the three hundred dol
clause. That repeal can only be preYcn
by the votea OF profesaedly Union ner
Congress Dare they vote for Iees II
let them vote for Grant! -
GALL FOR LznooLN.n -
Every Union psper In the United Sta
published In the English lancnage, ",
las yet declared itself on the Presiden
question, Is for Liucoln and Johnson. e.
psper Nhith eustasns the war is for Line
and johnson, except only An ephoucral p
odical c1lli1g Itself the lN<ss -sasso7 whic
owned By Fremont rad edited by onr OF
EtatT. The New York Rer1;d either Gust.
the war nor anything else, except James
don Bennett, Mrs. Jane. Gordon Benz
and James Gordon Bennett, Junior, nnd
far 1t has not damaged Mr.. Linco