Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-08
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ARsbeI View OF the Coming Cam
Prom the Rlchmond Dfspatch. Mnrch I

from the Richmond Dispatch, March
Although we are decidedly of the opin-
ion that events, SO far, have been such as
to give us great hopes for the, future, we
would not have our people grow over
coufideut from our partial successes so far
as to relax anything whatever of the ener-
,gy adapted to the occasion, OF to hope for
my easy task in the coming campaign
The atfAirc in which our troops have been
engaged have resulted happily; but it
must be recollecled that they have been
merely partial. In the majority of in
stances they appear, indeed, to have been
mere Reconnaissance, pushed forward by
the enemy to ascertain our strength aud
position previously to more decided
movement in advance. Such was the fact
with regard to the advance of Meade, who
had been informed by deserters, escaped
''contra bands" and the Yankee uswspa.
ipers, that Lees army was in the lines
aroundRichmoud;t that the people were in
aGstAte of starvation; that the troops were
mutinous, and that all parties were anx-
iOus to get rid of jeff Davis and the Con.
tederate Government. Such WAS the case
with respect to the advance of Graut. who
aud been informed, through the same
veracious and mighty oracle, that Gen.
eral johnson had sent the larger portion
of his troops to resist the enterprise of
Sherman; that those who remained were
destitute, dowucast, despairiug of the
cause, and ready TO abandon it upon the
slightest prospect of making good terms for
themselves, aud that nothing was wanting
bnt determined. advance 10 reap the full
fruits of the victory of November. Such
wssiths case in Florida, where no opposi.
tiOn was expected, aud where the addition.
al inducement was held out of converting
the State into Yankee State, prepared to
vote for Lincoln next Fall. Such was the
case with the advance upon Johns Island
aud other points in the South aud South.
west. The Yankees, in word have been
feeling our strength all around, from the
Potomac to the Gulf, preparatory to open
ing their campaign, and although they can
hardly have derived much comfort from the
experiments thus tar made, it is well for US
to remember that these movements have
been merely premonitory, and that the real
campaign is yet to come.
That the campaign will ba fierce, bloody
and ardnOus. all indications seem to de-
care. That we have any reason to fear
the issue, provided only We be true to our.
selves, we do not see any reason to be.
lieVe. 1t is not for fear of this that we
would impress upon the minds of our
people the danger Of overweaning conf
.dence. 1t is because we believe that it
can be lost only by indulgence in that
confidence to the neglect of the necessary
precautions. These being taken, we may,
we think, dismiss all, fears of every kind
whatever. Provided they be not neglect.
ed, we care not how buoyant may be the
hopes, how confident the expectations of
our troops, our general, and our popula-
ton: The spirit prevailing iu our armies
marks, we think the proper limits within
which our confidence should be confined
They know they have before them task
of great difficulty. Yet they are not ouly
willing but anxious to enter upon il. They
arelfull OF courage, but it is u calm, de-
liberate courage, which has weighed the
danger, and will not shrink from it. They
are full of enthusiasm; but is OF that deep
seated enthusiasm, which will neither be
abashed by obstacles not diss'pated by the
appearance OF danger. They are buoyant
with hope; but it. is hope fortified by
knowledge, and sustained by the high and
holy Promptings OF religion and patriot
ism. They regard the results of the late
engagements as auguries of the future,
and taken in tina. light they will prove of
immense service in stimulating their ex-
'ersions, and firing up their valor. They
have learned how to endure as we'll az to
light, and they are prepared for any issue
save that of giving up theecanse.
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