, 1864-05-26
. fatally wrong: but he Ia mot of that

ore fatally wrong: but he Ia mot Of that
mind.
Our primary aim should not seem to b.
the ckpture of Richmond. Certainly We
should not hope to capture It, without first,
after much strenuous e1ertton, dealing AT
length the coup Dc grces to the army Of GEE.
Lee. There need be no latteSinE hope TO
cozen the rebels ont OF. their capital By some
hloedless game Of ,stratcgy, such as might
pins for coll and men. The true plan con-
templates such work u he dreams Of Who
sleeTe In bivouac.
Tie disposition Of the enemy was notlong
since as aggressive as our own: He chaied
ct being On the defensive, regarding the new
Union leader % only another candidate for
repulse md discontinue. It was once all
Mcdowell. It was Mcclellan, it was Pope, it
vas BuEnaide, It was Hooker, It Was Grant
It tcds Grant, indeed-a strong man. Lees
Intent to attack did not disconcert an oppo-
nent disposed for; an extreme trial Of arms.
General Grant did not hunt long for bis OBJ
jecttye. -He found It the day sitter crossing
the Rapidan. It was = movable one; and,
whether 1t 60 to Richmond or Southwestern
virginia, It WILL find the Union leader on Its
Remembering, therefore, the thoroughuess
proposed In this latest and most comprehen-
elve campaign against the rebellion, let us
not exhibit undue impatience ut its continu-
ance. General Grant has sufficiently estao-
lishcd his military character for r@pldity of
execution. TWAS already established indeed
at cbickamanga. But General Grant strikes
not only at Richmond, but at the rebellion.
Ills momentous game this military chess
champion plays By exchanging man for man,
confident that with the surplus Of pawns and
pieces, be may give pawn for pawn, piece for
piece, I'LL the adyerBe player is reduced to
sinking weakness. Then, indeed, may We
look for the loss to fall all on the weaker
side; but not till then Il there any doubt
which Of the two armies will find its re-
sonrces soonest drained?
It Will be we'll, therefore, to dispose our-
selves to longer and harder campaign this
summer than the popular desire would wish.
The farther We advance into Virginia, the
more difficult will operations become, aud
the longer our line Of COMMUNICATIONS, pro-
vided the enemy falls back In full strength.
Some annoying reyerses must be contem-
Sigeps Some temporary severing OF commu-
nications-soue doubtful days Of battle, ike
those in the Wilderness.
If, also, the suspicion should steal over the
enemy, that fierce attack Weakens him In dis
astrous proportion to the injury be in1icts
on re, his aim will be to protract our con-
guest, though he yield Its necessity. He will
seek to gain time, hoping that some new
shift in the wheel Of fortune may be more fa-
vorahle He will at least exchange Rich
mond, If It must be yielded up. for the delay
of long and hard Summers campaign.
While, therefore. the enemy may at any time
break suddenly down from apparent vlgot to
exhaustion, the true temper for the North ID
to act ss If there were many days aud weeks
Of labor yet before 1t. Our confidence does
not rest on the Issue Of any brilliant day, but
on that Of many days contoined-
PATRIOTIC Dn1NKIN9.-A s'loyar' man
came to town the other day, got little hes
W about the head, aud fearing he might be
suspected of drinking too freely, apologized
to crowd Of bystanders In the following
eloquent and patriotic language:
"Now ] ax you felleTs whose the best cttl'
zen, him as supports thegoyernment, or him
as Doesn't! Why him as does, in course. !
supports government, fellers- every man as
drinks supports government. That Is, If he
drinks taxed lfckers. Every blessed drop ot
licker hc swallers is taxed to pay the salnriez
OF them big officers at Washington. and sup
port the war. '5pose all was 10 quit drink.
Ing, why the War must stop. and the govern
mtnt fal1-it cou dn't help 1t no how. That's
the VERY reason drinks. don't like grog
--1tmortally hates it. If I 1ol1ered my own
inclernation, I'd rather drink butter-m1lk, OF
gine er-pop, or soda.water. But lickers 70,
tEo good Of my country, to set an example oi
loyalty, wittuouB sclf.denial to the rising
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