Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-07
IFr0m them. 7 Independent.I
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON, June 27, 1864.


A friend asks me why doubt the result
of the present campaign in Virginia, and
suggests that the expression of such doubts
on my part tends to discourage my readers.
This is not my conviction. 1t seems to me
that half our troubles since the war began
have their origin in the vanity of our lead
ers. Mr. Seward has been too ready to pre-
dict the close of the war in three months or
year. Mr.. Stanton has at times been too
willing to conceal our losses, our repulses
and defeats. The naked truth should be
told to men, that they may make the nee
essary sacrifices for the occasion. In this
corrncpondence 1 have always endeayored
to tell the truth, and, however pleasant it
may have been at times to claim victories
where they were not won, it has seemed to
me better to adhere closely to facts, and
not to indulge in boasting in reference to
the future. So, then, 1 say to the reader,
be not too certain of immediate success. 1t
grows less probable that Gen. Grant will
succeed in driving Lee from Virginia this
summer.
If the people will give the President three
hundred thousand men in July and August
(Which he will probably call for), then
decisive victory in the fall campaign can be
confidently expected. Without such rein
forcements great victory is still possible,
but zoe hare no right to erpect it. lHAPPEN TO
KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE VIEWS OF THE
PRESIDENT, as expressed to friend few
days ago. OF the end he is perfectly conf
dent, but he expects that the war will wage
furiously for at least one year more. Let
us prepare for it then. Another army must
be raised. Congress must refuse all unnec-
essary appropriations. Mr.. Chase will have
to raise at least one thousand millions more
A nan nj Dl uril no
done. But they never will if the facts of
our situation are concealed. D. w. b.
This testimony from Bartlett confirms
the statement of the editor of The Euening
Journal in his correspondence from Wash
ington. With three or four hundred thou
sand more men ready to take the field by
the first of August, the rebels could be
forced to succumb, or be annihilated by the
first of January. Without such an acces-
sion, the war will inevitably pass over to
next summer"
Alas! alas! says The Rochester Union how
often have we been todd that if the radical
managers at Washington were only given
''three or four hundred thousand more"
would be suppressed instanter? Yet, al
though they have been furnished with men
to the number of between two and three
millions-three times as many fighting men
as Mr.. Raymond argues can be found in the
whole Southern Confederacy-we are now
told that the war is failure and that ''an-
other army must be raised"
"Then," we are told, tive may expect de-
cisive victory!" True, we may expect it
if we are tools and have not profitted by
experience, but no man living will see
decisive victory so long as Abraham Lin
coin is in power and the policy of his adj
ministration is sought to be enforced. Still,
Abraham Lincoln is held as candidate to
curse us for another four years! He is sup
ported by all the office-holders, cotton con-
tractors and stipendiary papers in the coun-
try. viii the people lend themselves to
the use of such an imbecile leader and cor
rupt followers by giving their support to
Lincoln for reelection?