The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-24
The Situation at Richmond.

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The n. Y. Herald Of the Goth has a
long article on the situation, which so
fully comedies with our views, that we
publish it in full, in our editorial col
umns. It says that, although the an
nouncement Of the fall of Petersburg
was premature, the early capture Ct
that place is absolutely certain. Our
army has already had desperate fight
in front Of il, as viii be seen by our
special dispatches to-day, in which we
stormed and carried line Of intrench-
ments mounted with artillery. The
hand to hand fight on this occasion was
perhaps the most terrible Of the war
General 6RASrs announcement that he
had surprised the enemys rear at
Petersburg necessarily implies that
there was no considerable force from
LEEs army there at the time of his ar
rival; and as the enemy's precipitste
abandonment Of his position in front
of Gen. B0TLER enabled that command
eF to seize the railroad and plank road
running TO Richmond, Petersburg is
cut of from Richmond, IS both places
are from the general territory of the
Confederaey Petersburg is therefore
not at present held by Lee, but only by
the force under BrAUREoARD, which
fights hard in the hope to hold the
place until Lee can reseh it. This force
cannot hold the place many hours
against GRAST The Richmond papers
report our cavalry on the road to Dan
vile
With Petersburg in his possession
General GRAxT win be established on
magnificent base, st exactly the same
distance from Richmond that he was
ct White House. But the immense adj I
vantages Of this new base are that it IS /
In the enemy's rear, II is on the enemys |
line Of communication, and it perfectly
isolates LKE' poorly supplied army from
fhsother armies Of the Confederaey
and from al possibility Of junction
with JoHNsToS army as a last despe-
rate resource General GRAxT is pos
sesscd ola kind ofInilitary genius that
is the sublimity Of common sense, and,
acting upon its dictates, he must inevi-
tably destroy LESS army. LESS dies.
tFuction may be assumed as certain
within a very limited space Of time.
He is, by 6RAxr's position, positively
counted out Of the struggle; and, with
the destructionof JoaSsToN's army by
SHERMAN, we may announce to the
world thai we have put down the great
slavebolders' rebellion. So gloomy are
the prospects for the DAVIS kingdom
just now
1t viii be peculiarly rare intellectual
treat 70 note what wiz be said about all
this by the Southern papers and by the
secession press in Europe Indeed,
next TO the pleasure Of hearing of a
real good Union victory is the pleasure
Of reading the articles about il in the
Richmond and London papers. We
sFe delighted TO disgust John Bull Of
course; and as for the Southern papers,
We suppose it is only human TO take
pleasure in seeing ones enemy writhe
Grants advance from the RapidAn 20
the Chickshominy was broadly de
elared by the whole Southern press to
be one continuous defeat He vas
beaten, they said, on the Rapidan
Then he went some twenty miles near
er 70 Richmond, and was beaten again
He went twenty miles nearer STILL and
wa beaten for . third time. Next he
went 50 near 70 the rebel capital that
every cannon fred was heard in its
streets, and he was. Of course, beaten
again. Now all his defeats suddenly
culminAte in the practical fan Of the
rebel capital and the destruction OF
Lees army. What can tie Richmond
papers say 70 this7 is.s b
Bat we might unaetssand this course
IN the Southern press The Southern
writers never reason With view .
truth. They speak in the blind fury Of