The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-11-11
TIE FrrLD WITH WHICH LINCOLN COMMENCES HIS
SECOND TERN

TIE F1rLp WITH WHICH LINCOLN COMMENCES HIS
SECOND TERN.
| The second tern Of Abraham lincoln dcss M.
| commence with that favorable military situation
which he would desire, and yet tha picture il q
valuable ons for t is ths reflection CT that which
vii ba presented at the beginning OF his third term
four years hence, except that tho woods will be led
with more graves. and there will b. more s.United
States National Cemeteries seattarai over land
His nart reign, too, viii be little different from his
last. The Yankees viii have the same .ersalas,
proclamations the grand preparations, to end
In defeat; and the same list of "h:t.a jokes in
tersErsed here and there With wholesale order. for
more collins .or those same voters who depo.ited
their ballots on Tuesday for Lincoln and john
son." The New York World has an editorial ON
the Results of the last campaign contrasting its ex
peatatians and its results. 1t says:
1t is clear that the campaign against R;chrnon5
begun on tue 7th OF May and continued tlro1igh -
months, has ended IN failure. II Gcnaral Urant
dared not hsaaru battle last Friday in positian
CT his own ChOosing III front OF th. enemy'S ,co-,
ne VIII not run the risk OF attacking than j.: their
WoI~s IL Is Plaln, then, that he cannot take Pc
tersoarg-wheh these works dstand-much le.s
Ricbnonti. 49,
However it may be with other military iudces
General Grant has been disa pponted When he
set out on his campaign by the overland route h.
expected to encounter and defeat General Lee on
the way, and then, by a vigorous pursuit follow
Lees shattered dimy into Richmond His check
on the third day. convinced him that the canraiyn
"sud be longer than he had anticipated but i did
not daunt hiIi. . shall HyAt 1t Mro4gA on tA.,
!tnS n Il fakes all samster was his reslute Lam
eua8s TO the War Department. Ii shows that he |
Lad no expectation that the campaign could IN any
event outisst tho samner. Bur winter approaches |!
and RlobHond Is not taken The movement last /
Thursday proves that it cannot be taken tai. year
II is therefore entirely safe say that whatever
othsr mlhtary judges may havs thought, General /
Grant has been disappointed
Mr Lincoln Ii reported 10 have SAT- that AFTER /
TIE battle u tlo Wilderness any other general IN
the army would haya ratres,t--i. Whether retreat:
ar that POINT of the campaign, would have been
wise. depends upon whathDr the army could have
been employed, daring the long summer and au-
tnmn, to better advantage than IN its actual epe-.
tlons. This Is a question Tor military men Which |
wo cannot presume 70 decide. What IA certain is |
that the enormous losses ninoss incurred have pro-
duced - solid advantage.
The Operations III Western Virginia and ths She |
nandoah Valley must De estimAteia as part of GsI-
sral Grants campaign. Those GpeI ahona considered
as Whole do not reeTe ths campaign oi its general
aspect OF failure. or the three successive coIl1and
ers--Sigel Hunter, Sheridan, the two first sdS
united failures; the admission corsisung IN the facr
that they discarded altar defeat Shstiisn has
won an enviahle repltariou but il must 10 borne
III mind that with Iefersce 70 the s.ssssss u thu
campaign. his OPERATIONS are defensive. Why Is he
In the Valley Al al Oily bscauso Lee, bssidss de-
fsnding Eichmond against Grant ha3 troops tospare
toJnenace Washington in that direction. The feteis
had full Possession Of the Valley during the harvest
season; and its annual esops are tbs only military
sdvsBtage il yield than Their outposts for tie
daShnce Of Richmond, on the northwest are Cor
ionsvlle and L;nehbnrR; bat there is exreets- |
ton Of capturing thoss place.. General Shssidsns
success is only IN dafensiye operstions--i
Essn his last battle brought by attack Of
the enemy, which cGIno near bsiiis sues--fs It's
plain that tha rebellion can never he suodnsd By de-
iensive operations With tha South, sacaszzfll de-
Ienee Is erant,sal Independence. But. aide.
successful daience. and nothing mofe. IL complete
failure.
In the hsaviest campaign Of the present rear We
have bean successful sHiy defiance far Gen.
asal Grants campaign was offensive, 10 has accom-.
pEshed none u its proposed objects. IL