Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-16
,HTCOEsTIFUTIOH-sTLTH EISHL s:
RICHMOND WHIG.
-.uRsDaY MORNING., JUNE Is, Iss4.
rha Iata.t Change Of BaIe.

Th0 Latest VI ooNo-
"a. u,ost remarkable change Of base" yet made BY
Gran, "a reported in the dispatch OF Gen. Lee which We
,,hr.h this morning lie has abandoned his position
20, AZ Richmond, broken up his depot at the White
uonss and lodged himself at WestOver, on James river
IAN Mills BY an air line and 6fseeD, A. the roads run
further from Richmond than be was four days ago. he
.dbrOusht engines bridge timeers and railroad iron 10
the White House, showing that be intended to make
that place his base Of supplies and the York River rail-
,o.d bis channel Of communication. Al these be re
novss and beAkes himself bag and baggage, TO West.
over the exact point the reaching Of which BY Nc
C.n,D satisfied HAeek aud Lincoln that his campaign
vas failure, shat the cbAnes Of taking Richmond VAS
l,st-apd induced them 10 recall him with his army 10
Washington. Il Grant Voluntarily or under orders,
.boulto 20 in the sans direction portion OF his
force has taken shipping aud gone down York river
For What destnAtiOnS
Perhaps to eircumn4Vgass the Peninsula and to jon
ths remnant Of Buffers forces At Bermuda Hundred
Perhaps to disembaik auth of the AlpomAtto1, aud
20 make another attempt Petersburg, with view OF
mailing some practical progress in the standing Yam
kse programme Of cutting oF cur communications a
b,sesipg Richmond Is Is true that Grant has sgnaly
Allied a. the successor Of Mcclellan and Pope and
Burma de ard Booker; that the IN fortune Of those IN
luely commanders hAs logged bis footsteps, and that
the North side has been to him, A. to 9th r
Yankee Genersls productive Of unrelisVSd disAs er
But he might perhaps, have better fortune the sue
esssOr of Butler aud Kauz On the shores Of the APP
pOmAttO1 be may 6nd fruit which will no. turn 10
bitter aches on biz lips. he may succeed in getting
iatO Petersburg, even though he could not get into
Richmond 1.-The cln'G take a big tOun, perhaps be
may take H.tls one This nay be the scheme Of the
Yankee Lieutenant General; and, indeed, bis recent
movements appear TO involve other reasonable IL
depreciation.
The approach to Richmond BY the South sde
has not yet been effectively tried. Buffers expert
msoL, threatening though Is looked for the mOmen',
could not have been intended cor more than diver
1n in favor Of the main PrOjscs Of the mighty Grant,
destined perhaps, 10 BE- converted into serious Ad-
vance should the OOniedsrAlsS exhibit uneGPec ed
weakness on that side But the lAlaFS Of the
Massachusetts, rogAtherium vas quite a. con-
SoicuOus as the faseO Of the illinois elephant
Each one found lion in bis path. Butler Wa driven
iSaominOusy TO Lis landing place and the protection
Of bis gunboAts At Bermuda, where he treubles ard
covers before bis IOrdly antagonist; and Grant
ksh turning and twisting AlOOg . line Of sixty
nike frantic With Inc cluAl rage and desperate HON
fruiIless effort 70 break through trAnpls doNn tie
Confederate forces ahieh Perssently barred bis path
70 Richmond Before Cold HArbOr the desperate let
tain called his defeated Leutenan! 70 bis Asi-tAnee
but here, as eLeWnsrs, he found Lee prepared T.
eeive him, aud mOrSShAn capable Of rePulHing him
few days Of quiet digging and Transparent
ing eOnViCOed him that further attempts on this line
would only result in still emphatic dsCOmd uS
and sill more conspicuous failure Another change OF
bAss becomes necessary.
The Grazing of the Yankee mind foe The s,iinu .
lus Of untried experiment. must be satisfied OF
the unparalleled, the invineibls Grant will d.
generate into q mere reproduction OF the con euRed
Mcclellan, or the dsrided Pore The man on horse
back will be thrown from his saddle, and illus
tfAte the VAultBg ambition which O'ereAps itself
Consequently cannot be supposed that Grant intends
to sic down quietly at WestOV.r. He would new be
forgiven By Lincoln and StlntOn and H4leck aud q .
shriekng oc1locracy Of Black RSpubEeAnism If he
were 70 adopt MJOlslAh'J pAls; and especially the
IlAns which Mcclellan Was forced 10 AdOP. after
uninermsted defeat had driven him from bis cherished
positions on the 0hekabOminy. Il Is therefore likely
that Grant Is nov going 70 give bis undivided attention
70 the hitherto rejected SOuthside 0lo good
turn surely deserves another. Butler 70 him; lie
wi now go to Butler. But their united forces
b.ied and deea ed on this side Of the james il there
any reason to suppose th,tthey will meet With any bet
ter success on the other sdsi II they could nOs drive
Lee from positions defended by simple field works,
thrown up 10 a night By the lAbO; Of pOOBz ID army
can they drive him from positions deliberately fortified
uuder the direction Of skiul engineers and protected
BY works which are the rtsul Of the labor Of many
mOnthsi We certainly do not begrudge the Yankee
commander the thOIt By all means, let him make it.
The more plans be adopts the failures be will meal
WITH the more conspicuous will be his final dsoOmn'urei
the more rretrisVAbe will be his eliminating Disaster
the louder and more hOpers5 viii the howl Of disap
pointed rage and unqualified VndOtVeness which will
an and thrill the air Of uniVeral YankeedOm.