Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-23
Nm IN Richmond.

On TO Richmond.
II is now eighteen days suce sfaas crossed the kap
dan with the "dnest AMY OF the planet" at his back
eighteen days since Ee setOut the career which was
70 carry him over the waves Of victory, rgat into the
Confederate Captal-egh,esn days since the Army OF
ths Potomac educated 70 disaster and defeat, com
menced taking lessons under new Instructor who was
90 teach is nosang bas glory and success Many atme
bsore thiI unor, innate and fugaecOs army had heeP
assured ha. is last defeat bad been met that its last
retreat had been made; that Mcclellan vas TO the
shame Of Ball Run that Pope was TO repair the errors
of Mcclellan; that Burnside to avoid the faults Of
Pope; that Hooker was to chain triumph the Yankee
standard that Meade hero Of Gettysburg, paragon Of
Yankees, was 70 accomplish the grand achievement,
scatter Lses Amy the winds, and wind up the Con
fsdersey BY the speedy capture of Richmond. /.
would be- reasonable 90 imagine shat after the repeated
failure of such Eredieols after the inVaEia6le collapse
of the exavagant hopes preceding every fresh asteDp
of their army the Yankees would least have learned
70 be modest in their drafts upon fortune and discreet
in their representations. Blu quite the contrary.
Nsve. has there been striking example OF Ileu'
a non luesRdo.
Il u uus that each consecutive general after
irving his luck and failing in his efforts, falls
aenunSistion prOgoriona,s to the sAeEy and sdnra-
ton which had previously been laVishsd on him; but
the army, which has never Jet won decided Neor!'
seem, In Yankee estimation, to approach nearer to IN
Vlo biilt the oftensr il defeated. The army which
has been trying for three years to taxa Richmond, and
has been disAstrOusJ repused At every attempt, Is
nov to sue ,eed in many weeks. The otIsnerscoo'
Qusred The more il deserves to be called uneonquer-
Nothing can sand against ils mAtehless Nbor;
no one can equal the skill Of lis unparalleled leader
Tue amy Is 6ed TO the General, and the General SIT
tsi to the army Is fAred indeed thA. the Oonieeef
foross viii not ta1Ie 70 Try the chance o. battle u
she sons Of victory will trenble before the children
defeat; tina. chmond viii bs taken without struggle,
aud that Lee nay, by prseiPtae retrsa t. manage 60
save 4 troublesome remnant Of hs followers BY tskf
refuge in the sWAmIS the mountains Of North
Carolina Newspapers announce predetermined VIC
tories and correspondents eat anticipated dinners a.
the s5osEood House. Everything goes on brsve!y
and surely up u toe moment Of the conaics. AM
then Like novice With gun who shuts Dis eles, pulls
tie gSer and msgnes hs has bis the mark, the Yam
KEGS anu. both their eyes aud their ears aud launch
f,rh their iuvncOls army and their unparalleled Grant
Aad iasis. shat Lee i beaten the Confederate army
Every day brings battle and every battle is victory.
Grant advancing oa The road be had marked out for
him el and Lee ia retceatng On she road which hSi
ssen marked GU, for MIN. Tnrs i. has been going or
flr eighteen days. Surely, Richmond must by tai
time, be reached; susey ths rebel army mus BY tbs
tine be destroyed. Tue distance s not 60 very gTeA;
but KY miles from the Rlpdln. preciptataSrs-
treat s0d vigorous pursuit must overcome this Little
space in very shoEt tne and for days aud days Lee
has been p-eep,asely retres,ng aud GIANT vigorously
pursuing The Herald says SO; the Times says SO; The
Tribas says 30; Stanton ssTs 50; Grant himself tse
unparalleled Grant, says so; Lnconssys so, and lEsnls
Heaven for il, Aad CALI all the world 10 thark
Heaven for g.; the pOpulies believe il tie bsoGsrs be
Eeve is the spectators believe II; gold, the IN
oreiulOas, scepieal gold, believes it. Was ever any
thing more absu,di Was anything more Yankee
lksi Burnt children dread the ERE simply bsc&use
they don't like 70 be burnt Some might think that de-
iudsd Yankees, once, twice, thrice deuded Yankees
would not easily be again deceived Cute the rsverse
Nothing pleasss them muoh self deluson, s1oeps
70 deuds o,herA Being No longer able to cheat ssy-
body else, they compelled, BY way Of compensation,
70 cheat themselves.
How much longer can the delusiOn last That is the
psTaly charging toe rebel army" in company with che
solitary comp mon with whom he promises to keep up
the 6ghs tor Richmond Th,re is certainly nothing N
history not even in Yankee history, 80 equal the mag
n6cent sEinds On themselves 10 which The YSnkes
on has been engaged since Grant crossed the Rapdau.
At every movement the Federal army has been con
frouted By the Confederate army. Every assault the
OOnedsrats lines has been met and repealed with ext
ordinary slaughter. Thousands Of the witnesses
Of defeat hAvscOvered the ground thick as aatumnal
leaves that ss5eW the brooks in YAlAmbrosa tens of
thousands Of the MANNED victims Of the s.upenduous
cheat have given t-sir testimony the CHASTITY sWuele
muhtuies Of frightened fogitive5 from the battle fields
have offered their evidence to dsprove the lying bulletins
Of Grant and Santon but still the grim farce kept go
ing sill the deludsd populAcs baW their hoArse plaUdt
a. unconscious Of the terrible and fatal hA;
il approaching. Perhaps il Is better thus. Perhaps
we're Grant as tmorouI as Mcclellan, easily dis
oouraRsd As Burnside or Hooker, be might ma1sg9 as
they d 70 ave his amy. But continue as he has
began, 10 SIGHT on Without result yet always with the
confidence Of ultimate success 20 be defeated every
day, and yet to claim Zach def az victory to oas
asy or Sky thousand men in iuilsss assaults and still
more frutess msDGuV'es viii not surely bring Grant to
Redmond, bat 1t just surely lead him to irrsPar-
able destruction Then the farce win be "Payed cut;
the dSlusOn viii come to end. The desolators will
be desOlAts; the victim ErI VotmEed Calmly reliant
on the VAOr Of amy and the skin Of its glorious
isadsr, We can patiently tai confidently, await the IN
gviiabls result