Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-20
10Th 0otobsr.
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Mrneulou.ly Erea. m-G--ASt ns0dsrGtsy great men
Iks Wash gon Lse, and Others Of Ins same esIiore-
bu, your p,Odg.Oualy PrePOndsEA.lng, oVSrWhslG'
insy omnous sFzingy Antagonisdc, pr postsron-'
" uorsnsOls SrOas men Ike UysSs sJPhA1 Grant, are
sv.,, ,uperssous; or if Jhsy not thsir admirers
Ar. ,uDsrSOus for tAsm, which We hold TO be pretty
ruoh the uAus thing, or indeed TS.hT m0rs 90. The
ssursr, Of The Arss Napoleon, iOr instance, and
.v.n ,oms Who did nos admire hun As az, tnsstsd
mon II that be had s.rOng belief In bin star until
General GOuEEGud pas AAaishsE % NE Story ~ az
olsruR thai Is al fabrication ron beginning 70 sna'
So IAS admirers Of UyDsss viii have thm ne oeheSss
IA lucky dayS and strangely enough one OF 'nsse aAsr
40 Be nArkss forever wish white ssoa'' eonssp0naed
Win tas aay iussS Of Ihs Yankee nAaon- foksnurS
,urreudsrsd 70 Grant on ths = JAY, ne ssf'ndsr
,Asr,of having chosen that day for the oaPtulAhon
IN the hops that IhSFsupoa the eouqlsiefs heart might
IA more Open frem The combined Lhlenooa Of PAsr0,-
ian ana rot gas WhiSksy, 70 the misery Of ns eAPA's'
ara TIA, he niEht grant him more tAVoraSls tsrmA-
Ru, Mn adnlrsrs 80 no. view is In that hgat' Tney
re,erVs mysterious connection between me destiny
ssts, aEs Ulysses and The destiny Of the greA Yankee
,,puhBc Of which bis Iucoess uPon thAs day u tie
vatehvora and Vsble Sign. They Of course expected
Forups 70 emile upon him ocoe more upon shs succeed
,nz fourth on Whch day he VA 20 walk uninU1ed n1o
Al xOod,y city Of Richmond Cromwell defeated
David Leslie on the third day Of one September, and
P,ne. Charles on The third Of Ssptsmoer. Crom-
vail vaS q man Of destiny, and that vas the reason
~ this particular day Of the month Wa assigned Tor
hs Working ais allotted works, which ne in fact finished
by DIVING ths same Gay Of the same month some yeAa
ahsr. Nov Grant, too, ID man OF destiny, aud there
for. argued the Estuss Yankee The fourth Of July Il biz
S,y. The reasoning Vas good bus il failed. Never
Mind. .aid his friends, be will make up for IL De
viu sussr Richmond on the 10 OF Oeooer That Is
more ElOricui anniversary, even, Than the 4:a OF
Jnlv OornUAHl surrendered on that day, sghsJthrs
war, ago, and on that day next coming, Grant will
Nan, th. sDrsAd-Elgl and play Hal Columbia on the
CapitOl Square. Bas We suppose ala destiny broke
Aop fer ne didn't eeme and his admirers have TO LOOK
out for Auo.tSr day.
70 IA .,rloss-5O fsr from CON ny tbs 18Th (ysI-
,a,d,,l q. see no: III, rsaees. PrOspCci hat he viii
ava, Get here a. all unless he shoald come Is prison
Ar Of which, 70 admit there is not much prospect a.
ths present tune. Ths impression which has prevailed
abroad far seine tine that the city Is in imminent dan
,.r In entirely vi hoG. foundation. The campaign CT
Gran. from the day he crossed tse Rap'dAu 70 thS
Dressn. boar, has been = cSn2s failure, and shat,
a., ons of Ins mos dGASIous allres OF which there
a, A, Aeooult H. Lot only la sooou gisbed not
I,R tut he is il nc siJuaucn 10 accomplish ANYTHING
No, attack &c hsy made BIS been repUlsj, and IN
sv.ry Ip1.aues WITH . saugh.eC unpas- Held In any
o,hs than Iha ssuguiu.Iy ca piga. Oa' troops, il
dss Apcs II oormenc.d, h.vl pesa SO much in the
h BID OF sl.uSbt ring to Yankees thai they hAriy
Al r H,r il - o. suy lumber short OF thcu'snd
are S,c 6oed Worg5y Of noac5 AZ all U! the eff r Of
d week 'os instance, s-el hey usds attack
NM g.. cal sd's division On he ,rbysosn road
,sy oTee'y spoks a. all. A-d ye., n,iderrg the
oontrAc,sd 'front.' aud tie quail numb OF mac g3ge6
thsrs va a 3ls Of slaughtered LUCE sIocgh TO hsv,
struck N 4 Fsench or Els. ish tOlt3E WITH AN
man A, o4er piss IN, enemy hVs
been rcpuss3 u.;a p .o2os.ora carnage Whsney- Z
thsv hsVs sJseked Ia the battle OF T., ~ week they
ware utterly routed. TEo Ines Of their Oreas work
were taken, With several hundred prisoners. and, ou
for mistake made by some oti,er, the ThOls Yankee
S,rO, engaged would have been utterly de
s.roysd. As it vas, they were As decidedly
rou,sd as the Frsueh troops we're at Ws.erloo-
Ys, Gran: had the oaIsness to telegraph shat he had
CAMEL victory the offset being, no doubt, to irau-
snos the elections in Pennsylvania and Olia AID THE
has bssn the obec Of ell the lies that have been trans
ntsd IRON the n-lds OF oaIte, oon here ana 10 Geor
KiA. The Yankees were made 10 believe that they
are triumphant everywhere, hso,nipOini OF fact hey
have everywhere bean defeated sIeps in the Valley OF
Virginia Il Ia this belief that renders them eager
20 conti 4, the Wsr.
But lot the truth bsgn to dawn, and We shall see =
change at once. Lss il De knOWa tina. the position of
Sherman psrlous in the sIIsme-that Grant iS doing
nothing here bst getting himself defeated week,
IN partial sfflFs, with slaughter large enough for
pitched tAtslS-and Ws shall see What change there
vii b.. Toe destruction Of SleImAn'S army WCud
make the whole Yankee nation cry out 70; peace. The
destruction Of both Grants Aad SlsrmRls would force
peace. Neither If these events Is impossible in she
present situation Of Iflirs, and both might happen.
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