Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-20

Shirt Of the Morning Prssa


Spirit Of the Morning Press
9ss ss.tiasl ,akes view Of the situation, and s7ss
pa.spv urOsDecs for our cause. Whether We ccnsem-
pe the attitude or the promise Of the war, ve have At
thls tine sbund nj reason for tRpkfunssI and hops.
Tbe S.nsiusl now considers al the election returns
o,p,ipus 70 present more favorable aspect to MeCel
ns psrsy and 50 far from being SiTptitsd BY the re-
sulss they seem to be borrowing addition lea haenee.
Prices movements IN Missouri SorOly 81 inssLi.
Esros Of the Ssniiasl a. In TIE Abs' - # any az
counts Of ca own il admits thai il not Understand
them The nrss Obsst OF Price, she SCI IN Prssun o.
b The recruiting Of his army. VERY uuE AS Missouri
the material OF . largo amy with hs elf II Vs
could hold Missouri to-day, Ihe oCud snroW into or
armies force Of upwards Of $50 900 nsH, Who Wouli
show themselves In every way worthy Of their brethren
Of ths South.
TIE Esasainsr says that the fell campaign Of Grant
Against Redmond presents many striking points of con
rat With that Of the Spring This campaign, Is Is no.
Gesabs has been eiFsd On according 70 The long re-
Jso.sd plan Of Mcclellan. II thiS can IE'rd 'ny COM
for, 10 MsCsAs, he must feel VindloStd - Grant haI
exhausted an STsy 4 SsaIy 800 900 men, and hssinS
tbs slnpaga anew With l'ss ShSn halt lhai nuSS'F.
Net Only has The sinpSigu NsVsn v,'''ly SsoF'iVs,
bus al il auxiliary noVsnsois haze fsd, - ,hsir pre-
asessors Old 10 tie Eprl0g; Graz. b reduced 10 lSs
necessity OF AklnE Richmond By dhNes approach In
front or Of falling altogether. Grant, SsrhHps, rsiss
NON the numerical VesknssB Of the CoueStra,s army;
BAT she EzGH says he may rss assured tha'A' great
dssppols u Ia for bin nov - vas hSeH6hi
home to him in the early Sumner.
Al LIST every ore, says The EraHfHsT seems 70 10
aware thA. We have nc efficient cavalry and What tsy
n, a. want Is new oIgNliE,:ioa, di and discipline
=, vel Is arms both tfsoisOt and uniform; ba. the
mos grisvous want Of all il good cfhCsrI. Whls Is is
soutuhst lac 10 begin 70 think If radical reform In
The organ sltoa Of cur mounted troops, ys the Esa
inss insists hat the thing be done. The ensmy
on the other hand are Keeping the advantage Of perisc.
orSani.lliOn and strict discipline; and The Tanses
not ban hopss man Ike he SOalhsrnsr-iI rspdly
growing stronger and moro formidable In cavalry.
tbe Esaasinsr thinks that Ne had taken ore half the
mains in ,hs matter that OR enemies hSVS lksD South
srn bOrsensn would long ago have ridtsa down all
the moun.ed rubbish Of the YnkIs nation.
Toe Enq.rsy reviews The military situation, pArticu
lsrly A. regards movements in Georgia and 1t thinks
shat tie BIS, policy for Hood is to avoid fSht Gld to
harass tie enemy, sKaAus. hiS supplies aud demora
his army. While two Armss Of the enemy are On
deavoring to pull down the "PiuAr Of the
COnfsderacy" ia VrSuA the only thing cit for Us to
do il 10. 10 allow the winter pass without Increasing
the army TO larger numbers Tran ever before. To DO
this # susy, tie E"S insists that We must put
the negroes in the ranks to present TO the enemy
the strong fons Of pSEeEfal army ic the Spring Of
1888.
The Dispatch sAyS the Wing "oln SEQ no dhsrence
bgueeu the Istsrs Of Mr. Johnson az hose Of Aes5rs
B,owa, s splsnS and Boyoa." Toe Vhig did not cay
ID bu. ,ha. it could not zee tbs "S:risng contrast"
aoolren. 10 tha cp &c O. the Dispatch Tbs later con-
tnuss 10 discern "a great 6fsrence," tu. points 10
pyhngm more than the fae: that Hr tnaou distinct,
dsclares hat this il 10 time 70 n.ks PrcP1SsOna" M
one OF the other gentlemen advises propositions
at "a time" They al expressly, or by iuPl on len
admit that posAing caz b. done With tie present Ad-
uinisraton. b. NJ BCy5s ihLks l. might have =
good CT If tn President uOsd respond to toe prep
oation Of tle kcOl-Iaa men, with the assurance thai
sLold hey cary she sisO,i1n AMI ak for ConV'n-
,i,u is woul3 not be denied yten. Whore g abe great
difference ?" The DiIpateh ADDS:
We are free say hoseVsr, tia. Ne have Les an IT.
ference be d-swi isom our lsncu5ge which Nc cid
not intend and watch overlooked in the halte OF
writing. We did not mean, rOs 40 ~ think, toSi |
Nsssrs B-eUa Stephens ard Boycs CSl berstsy AIN 81
r,e,rssruoion. Wat dss'g1ed 20 impress vas, |
that the policy thew rssoamegd must inevitably Leaf 70
ira. ip.re; nor do see hog It cG2 II iucceSsiu Et.
suli in Any tlrg slne.