Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-24
Grants Plans.


Our far aud goodiy house Of Rchuond is much be-
ssI For three l,rg years h'ge band OF ORGANIZED
bur.ars have b.on attempting violen; entrance, and
so far al their forts have falSj. I WSre idle TO re-
conn all tbess Efforts By every entrance, from, eide
and rcar TIE burglars have made their vain aS'auts-
Sly that the from. 5o5r cPens toward Manassas tna'
wal trsd to 10 purpose by Mcdowell laiu n, he sac
and back doors lave bean assasd and al fer Wtatf-
To no other end than tbs FepUle Of tbs sssAilAnts
Cant. advancing to yards tae front door, hss T.ed
hard 10 practise ruse by (which the side door VIA
Fredericksburg night be gained. Simultaneously But
ss placed ais bulky ous ieet3 croWbar ssanstt oAe-
door. Both have, up to this time, been foed igoo-
miniousy. The shame Of their defeated efforts might
easily be borne tie hiatus il their exhausted ranks
could be filed and the loss Of their bugArous nstru-
mats could be replaced Ba. neither the one hiDGror
the oher can be done. Ia despair, the two burglars
haze decided to JON their foFoss and make 'nt as
saul, probably by way of the Peninsula Mcclellan has
Alresdy tried that approach; with what results the
world is well aware.
4; is not certain that Grant vii continue his sde-ong
movement until he reaches the hadWsters OF the York
Nor IL it certain hat he has made Port Royal and Tap
pAhannoek the new basis for his renewed efOr- This
- bus COZ eture Of the correspondent OF the Press
A,soe alton, who oilers only as ruuor. few days
will develop Grants plans.
There are rsa OILS why tha Butcher Of the Wilderness
would object 70 10 ng junction with Butler at the
White House or West Point Ia she 6rss Pllce, he
Wou b iadisposed 20 attemp. Jhs bia;en track on
which McCelaa was fol d. Again, be would prefer to
astemp. the cap ure Of Hanover Junction, which would
give him possession Of the greater part Of Virginia
n0r.h Of tie james yer, 10 butt bis bull head IN
msiatey against the offences Of Richmond on the side
which looks toE4Id the Pnasua Nevertheless, if his
army be as reduced a. cu accounts eorrOborated b.
those Of the N2rhsn papers would lead "a to infer he
will be compelled 10 call Builer 10 his aid. In that
event bis left wing would have TO be ended low down
the Mat.apony 70 facilitate BaLer's junction Yet #
hs aim be Hanover Junction, must suppose il TO
be- i, IS not easy TO perceive ShT advantage be HOuld
gln By making Port Royal base ia preference 10 the
Waite House. TAppahannoek would DO still more GU;
Of the question: since wouli subj him 10 needless
trouble in tr4nspo,aiiO,.
very ies d-ys, perhaps few hours, will disclose
the whole game. It matters little what door the bur
glars may sci ct in their next assault SO long
fAthfll sentinel Lee, remains at his post Hi
cE4lry uSy fail TO give him timely notice OF the NOV
msnts OF the foe AID temporary advantage may seem
be gained By thea; but night two Of energy aad
rapid marchGs places him in the right position TIE
Indications are that be has already paced himset
aihEatt the path Of tee obbsr and is prepared to foil
him in Hanover precisely be DID in SpOtsylvalis IT.
undr cover o; furious Smelling Of tie woods below
Olzfios BsH Bler pushes his in aniry across to tie
White House, MAJ be sure ttas Buffers sgl1 op-
ponsns will no. be slow 10 follow. join aurssard 10
Lee-unite the greatest military genius to the most solid
military 'sl5n. in the Cont dsrsey-and the issBe
hardly be doubtful.
Ballsr will keep garrison a. Bermuda Hundred, I'D
viii probably send Sheridan to Gu. the Petersburg AID
Weldon road; bus all diversions however trouble.
sons to us serve only weaken tbs enemy while they
do not all prevent from prosecuting the main PUG
pose Of the campaign. The enemy ain do welt to
Sect that t has not been for the Of mastery
binAt that bis designs Richmond have fai,d. His
piAos have not bsen III coae-iV5d lave Lis armies
ben i1sdsqlaie SO far IS numbers are concerned,
the task OF executing these conceptions The figuy
has consisted in the presence Of Confederate amy
Whiea blocked up The path TO Richmond, and Ieu Ell
% te driven from il.
That difficulty still exists. Many altea pts eiude
this amy BY means of euuniDgly devised raids AID
crsd msnts Of sg3 forces have alike failed. Ths
mlLy mede Of b6s ing cbStaels OF the path has
also been attempted and with better success. II the
enemy eannO: dodge Les army and cannot dsfsa; it,
We are a. a loss 20 see how be vii succeed. He will
exhaust al bis mental and ysal resources in the eff
fOrs. OF that We are sbundAny sure. But the eIpe-
risnee Of the past rcres t. believe s1meWhat firmly
shat strength and cunning will al ke fail for the sul.
&c ent reason lhs. Redmond is not hsed to fell.