Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-07-15
sRAnr,s pusIrIuN-puIN1s GAINED.

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A correspondent writing in reference to
Grants campaign thus sums up the value ot
the present position:
And now assuming, that affairs have work
ed so far in accordance with the programme
| laid down, what is the value of our present
position, and how does the military situation
now compare with that which existed previous
to the opening Of the campaign? In the first
place, let it be admitted that the enemy in our
front has position Of great strength, nd one
from which it will require immense exertions
to dislodge him. But he had one equally
strong on the Rapidan, and one from which
had we driven him be could have fallen back
on another few miles to the rear, the only eE-
feet being TO draw us further frem our base OF
supplies, aud increase our difficulties 10 keep
ing open our line Of communication
Now his position is such that he cannot re.
tire to the South without losing Richmond,
nor to the North without entirely losing his
main line Of communication with the South
Again in our former position we had sixty
miles Of railroad to guard, and the enemy with
about three hundred men, under Mosby, kept
employed an entire corps of our troops in
guarding our communications from Bull Rur
Bridge and the front. Now we have practic-
ally no communication to guard We are Sc
cure and as much at home at City Point aud
Bermuda Hundreds as at Alexandria, while
the communications OF the enemy are compar-
atively at cur mercy.
Either he must keep employed on his rail
roads thousands of men, who under other cir
cumstances we should have in our front or our
L i F.
repair them. and at length compel him to re-
linquish Richmond, and retire toward the
source Of his supplies to escape starvation
This completely turns tables on the rebsl Gen
eral, and taking into the account the troops
we gain for effective field service, and those
the enemy losses, is equivalent TO an increase
of our army to the extent of twenty-five thous.
and men.
The ease, then, is simply this: We are now
IN position to work economically, position
where victories will bear frnit to repay the
cost Of winning them. We have bard fight
ing to do, but it is only necessary to call into
rsquisition now that superiority of resources /
on which we base our calculations for success, |
and now is the time for it te be done.
LINCOLN'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
The following is President Lincoln's letter
accepting the nomination of the Baltimore
Convention --...it. @ s -a
EXECUTIVE MANSION, I
WASHINGTON, June 27. 1864. !
Hon. Wns. Dernison and others, Com
nalttee of the National Union ConUen-
ton:
Gentlemen Your letter OF the 18th inst.
ormally notifying me that | had been nomi-
lated by the Convention you represent for
he Presidency OF the United States for four
7earS, from the 4th OF March next has been
eceived. The nomination Is gratefully ac-
'epted, and the resolutions OF the Convention,
'ali0d the platform, are heartily approved
While the resolution in regard to the sup
PLANTING Of republican Governments upon the !
Western COntinert is fully concurred in
here might be misunderstanding were l not
o say that the position Of the government in a
eIatlon to the action Of France 10 Mexico, as
ssuued through the State Department, and Z
ndorsed by the Convention, among the meas i
res and acts of the Executive, will be faith
ally maintained so long as the state Of facts c
hall leave that position pertinent and appli- 8
able. ..- -.. :
am especially gratifed that the soldiers
nd seamen we're not forgotten by the Con- n
entlon, as they forever should and will be
'membered by the grateful country for whose u
aviation they devote their lives.
Thanking you for the kind and compliments
terms in which you communicated the re- =
and other proceedings of the
onVention, subscribe myself
Your obedient servant,
C ABRAHAM LINCOLN.