Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-06-09
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1864.
The Campaign.

present campaign, he had earned The rep
utation of being wonderfully hard and
persistent fighter He had displayed
brilliant qualities as strategist Also
in his movement upon the rear of Vicks-
burr as well as at Chattanooga, But
there was some disposition TO question
his ability TO cope with the willy rebel
general Lee in strategical operations and
combinations, and in the rapid and skill
full handling ofhuge armies. This doubt
ing comparison of Grant with Lee must
have been wholly done away, by the oper-
ations and movements of the army of
the Potomac since the great battle of
the Wilderness. The grand army has
been thrown from point to point with
the precision and rapidity with which a
good officer would move single regi-
ment; Lee has been ousted out of his
chosen and strongly fortified defensive
positions by intellectual rather than ply
steal force. Grant has outgeneraled the
great and hitherto unequalled rebel COM
mander. There seems no room left, then,
to doubt the final result. Our armies
0utnumber the rebel armies. Our re-
sources are vastly superior. Our gener-
ais are certainly not surpassed. And
when it comes to hard pounding
again, our brave soldiers can give it,
and if need be endure it longer without
finching than any other soldiers under
heaven. But we labor under one great
disadvantage; we are fighting in the
enemys country. An army like Lees
under q general like him, on its own
ground and fighting on the defensive, is
not to be destroyed in a single day by
any human power. Gen. Grant, with his
other good qualities, shows an ability
to shift his base of supplies from point
. 10 point, as he advances, without delay
ing his own movements, and in this way
partially, at least, overcomes the great
difficulty of penetrating the rebel coun-
try with his large army with his sur
passing generalship now fully demon
strated, and his well known fighting
qualities, obstinate and persistent
enough to wear anybody and everybody
else out, he is the man, as the whole
country is now steadfastly confident, tc
destroy the power of the rebellion, and
10 inf iS
we'll to bear in mind that task of such
magnitude Is work of time, though
p we hope it may be a short one. Upon
this point the last number of the Army
and Navy Journal, in a calm view of the
military prospects in Virginia, says:
1t will be well, therefore, to dispose
ourselves to longer and harder cam
paign this summer than the popular de.
sire would wish. The farther we ad
vance into Virginia, the more difficult
will operations become, and the longer
our line of communications, provided
the enemy falls back in full strength
Some annoying reverses must be con
templated-some weak link in the chain
like Sigels-some temporary severing OF
communication doubtful days OF
battle like those in the Wilderness.
II, also, the suspicion should steal over
the enemy, that fierce attack weakens
him in disastrous proportion to the in.
jury he inflicts on us, his aim will be to
protract our conquest, though he yield
its necessity. He will seek to gain time
hoping that some new shift in the wheel
of fortune may be more favorable. He
will at least exchange Richmond, if ii
must be yielded up, for the delay of a
long and hard summers campaign
/ While, therefore, the enemy may at any
time break suddenly down from appa-
rent vigor to exhaustion, the true temper
for the North is to act as if there were
many days and weeks of labor yet before
us. Our confidence does not rest on the
issue of any brilliant day, but on that Of
many days conjoined."
While, therefore, Gen. Grant progress
has thus far been unchecked by single
reverse; while he has by terrible fight
o ing and irresistible generalship driver
Lee from all his lines of defense into The
very fortincations OF the rebel capital
while we hope he may now be able tt
cut off Lees remaining avenues of retreat
southwark and westward, and soon fight
or starve the rebel army into surrender
or humiliation; while everything looks
gloriously hopeful and promising o
speedy and complete success, let us a
the same time make up our minds, as
people, to weeks and months, if need be
of steadfast confidence and unfalterin.
trust, while our brave army and its un
yielding general are pursuing and bat
ting with the hosts of rebeldom.
GEN. BuTLER.-The charges of tn
New York Evening Post having becom
known to Gen. Butler he wrote to hi
subordinate, Gen. Gilmore, demandin
if the latter authorized the statemer
that he advised him tGen, Butler) t