The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-28
esfue Az MosNlsos 49,.
~ Campaign.


aa4un Az MORNING. MAI -. ise
~ cansssgn.
rna movemcats oft3rAnt will be found re
.oraed Ia the news columns Of This day's +
sea he he certainly taken the rad Z, th
psnlnsa.a, following Ia the fco,steps Of BIZ
iIfastnous predecessor Mcclellan, to whoe'
sagacity Ia taking that route he therefyfss
the hiehest tribute. and to whom ne uas
thus Afforded great aud signal '''a'np'
over his enemies and detrae.ess 10 Tue f'ess,
In Congress, and In the Cabioes' ~ ~"",o
have been dlfncult for Grant 20 n'se maue
. moro iutolllcihle confession q o.'sa', '.
to have given the lie more pa'pao'y alo
mora directly 20 the bulletins which his
v.sitv and van. of principle Induced
hin IN nsue from Spotsylvania-
Afke, a .eries Of defeats, the bloodtest and
mpst tsrr,b,s Of the whole war, he cid not
heeita,c 60 proclaim himself the victor IN
syerv engagement, sod declared his deter
minssion s.to Bght II out ON this line," Uhe
nne Of the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Railroad,) "if II took him the whole sum-
nsr." In spite Of this maufal declaration
he has bsen compelled to absndon that line
and to take u? another. With different
bse, which he could have assumed without
the loss Of single man. Hs has thrown
away seventy thousand men, as though
they were of no more ya'uc than
90 much trash, and has gained no'hirg
whatever by the operation. He has gotten
his soldiers whipped, killed elf BY tens o:
Thousands, and cowsd to the ISIS: degree.
without having inflicted any comparative
damage on his adversary. in tie vain attempt
70 reach Richmond by the direct roa;e !; and
now rather than meet Lee again IL battle hc
least one happy man in Yankeedcm to-nigh',
ana that is George B. Mcclellan.
What viii Grant do next? Will lie trans
fer his whole army to the Southside, unite
with Butler, aud endeavor to Stare Rich
mond out, by sending bis cavalry to cut tie
railroads It various pointss This would be
to maneuvre as We would wish him. viii
he follow closely 10 Nee CLANS footsteps,
and making the York lis base, advance di
rectly upon Richmond by tho line OF the
By pursuing this course he vi l
c ame full in front upon our system q fer
tiOcstious, the most tremendous this side Of
which even in their imperfect
state proved too hard for Mcclellan. Will
he tny the James river as base, leaving
Butler on the other side ;or will he bring
that hero over to this! These are Questions
which, no doubt, have already suggested
to his mind, and which We have
lust - little doubt he is as unable to answer
Is We ara His game is = very difficult one
10 play at best, and it Is rendered still more
difficult than it would otherwise have been,
BY the tremendous checks which he received
u it, very outset.
While the whole world will hear with
not unmingled with derlsiop,
that this General, vino but few weeks ago
promised to march through aud over ell OBJ |
position into Richmond, has already been /
compelled to chang his base, after sustain. |
Ing seriss Of defeats, there will be but cue |
opiaiou snd one vow with regard to his illus |
trious adversary. We doubt whether III the |
whole history Of war there was ever o more |
brilliant series Of manGuvres than that by
which Gen. Lee bsf1cd and almost annihii: /: |
Tod the army Of Grant in Spotsylvania. We
NO confident that no other living General
would ever have conceived them, nor, lcav-
ing Napoleon out Of the question, are
no altogether certain that they could
have been devised and executed by
my other that ever lived. We have
not room to describe them ns they
deserve, nor do We believe that we. or any
body not military by education aud habit, Is
capable Of doing justioe to them. Expert
sucs has not failed to produ &c beneficial
s6est syen upon Gen. Lee. His first cam
palgn was . most brilliant lrst campaign;
bat We doubt whether even he, In 1852. was
squal to thu grand conceptions which ere
70 peculiarly characteristic of this short
With regard to General Johuston's cam
paign In Northern Georgia, VIC know no
more than the telegraph hiss made US &C.
Quxiutsd with. We would observe, how
vvsr, that Nc see no reason for the uIeasi-
ness which 20 many persons bersabou.s ex-
press, but which the Georgians do not ap-
pear to feel Gen Johnston has fallen back,
not because he has been beaten, but appa.
rsutly upon well considered and well ma.
tured plan. Doubtless he will give The eI-
amy battle, aud, We believe, beat him, too,
st tho proper time and place. Patience,
good friends patience and courage!