Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-08-30

I,:a coLasE;rat.t;t u "a t.,wtr'"l ri u,i 81
1i,gii.;,aG -, ,!2 t.tnn.c, j. "i:e Il the uiJEt
r.:nli military su3oasHaa Of dur great Lee. AZ
The yarg ;:.ne ti.a, 81 Iaakscdam listened
..gc,:r -, The i6rg promised news OF the ta!e
81 t;:raa.;j;,!, wien Mr.. L;roalu n;orsd hes-
7na ARD ca.;n L. secure triur,Ihs that might
s.t. > ,,.s s,oatirn, ahd 1Aan Europe Was 0.ale
more alJ iieUtiy 7aaui@d that The iea5;i@n
w. At los! !rukou. ,aoSa=ha co:utan ia SELL
i ;i.S=;i. th.eAts!.a Washinatvu AID Ea!l!-
nnrc. ...:L "%eoi's with ;in;uuitr thiut:Eh tho
a..1s c2aEtFy .rG.ua The SCAT * g"Sesnh:ert
N't.e s"rr1mo c1ntsnrt u Grants numatrs
49,. G,aat'p famed skill cur olmni anGer rein
;,rvna t!ia culumn trdm The troops in his
'tivEt, aud thus o1Inpeis hlE, bf d maLCuvTe,
81 Id 81 Il IL tti:lisnt. u change Tie theatre
ii las "j,lTa;iyhs lntS moro. and 10 culTey TIE
tYia IL :,:s army fun tho waters u The James
& ;i.lrc .: tha rv,omaI. Military ulitirs. wa
prsl:2l 5cJ.i;!antly. viii lp.k dp3a the move
a. :, j:i,i,au. proc: ii Gen. Lee'r strategy
:eii tine 40 e..:use will DO attempted even
~ Gsal.: his chenuo Of base, utterly unforo.
seer. - IN involuntary Ole, forccd by tho Eu'
rer:0. grn!a IF bio adversary. 1t couipil:
ala. g ab.nIon tia siege of Richraond by
va ii Petersburg; il wolves the final ruin
g: lis SurlI..ar's campaign, and lcsss him tho
r:sa;isN tha; made hinl Lieutenant General,
q rann"t h"rs 'ant L.S troops. dC;ima.od iii
s7cr; aE:ca.1:sr ~.'h uGr army, Wrrn out ~
:s;i%u2 .:ri !tgar, a.! ,:!sri,i,'i ~ nn un-
IL ;"r "".i"s Il failures and re:rrsa' wi!
D5.c : L.. .o'i a.n:a. l..,r.tu, iu'!r.nu na,:
ma ;,.ras de3a.ya them; they bare icit lie
r,:.r n1i Jni!i.,ry rr1wees Of Stubborn ar
:r,sa. 20 y3! q cur men ia still iii their eara,
a7t 20 AoUr:y, co whiskey, no hope Of rrrousS
Ca .."e them ;le pluck they never mad, or the
c,&.."te they cacs ielt in their numbers.
o.. 3.u. Oh tho other band, il immense
Leaving einpio forces behind to confno tho
enesny within tie liH.its 81 tho narrow neck
Of ja:,,l, whore no swei:trs aud shiv-rs b9
turns, large bodies hhra gane to l!,s abn"d'm
resi,aa Il the Valley, Itch in pGovis,~n5 81
evorr kidd. and richer still in bright M ITO
res ); ,,nn,ortal tams. Under tho yu,annIa
0f oaa GA whoa tho mantle Of The GREAT Jack
s,H has woTlh.ly ,hllsn, they Sec there Tie vs=t
beo1 occurred TO ,Le ConfedsraeY; they hear
the aacoun.s .: now victories won they read
ga every hi. tho reo0r,l Of former glorious tr,
uirrhs from atar; arross the broad Potomac
ro.nes 10 them tie wall Of frightened nsn and
the smoke Of burning towns. Guarding the
frsa. gao Of the old Commonwealth stIongh
that i.au;,lul Valley. they move with quick
Iess thar detisi eli the ehsDJ's guestts, and
by ttosa opns;an; changes of position, hbd,
apparently, dssullCry MOVEMENTS. Keep him
cSrr engaged and ever fearful. la vain docs
b:aSE will it dash with. lghtnns's speed o,,
tho Capital, and carry il by coup de main.
wall It reaoh auross aud lend helping hand
to tho impatient friends in Baltimore, or will
1t stretch its leugthsnsd o0umns far iato
Pennsylvania, and firing town after town,
tbander S, the very gates C the Empire City,
Nothing ia too bold, nothing too great, that
the frightened minds Of the North do not fear
from TOO mysterious columns which s.e, to.
day, high up Ia the Valley, or On the morrow
Ut, heard ct at the Ferry or some opul:nt
town OF Pennsylvania.
We ourselves ask each other, if at last the
defensive policy Of the Government may not
have been abandoned. We have learnt full
wall how much easier ii is to maintain what
80 have than to gain nsw eonqussts. The
susny lave taught US BIZ thor rsversas the
sia,!9Ia of not moving TOO fsr froz, the base Of !
operations. Even the dangers thres'oning the
ncra's Of cur tro5pa. in tie enemy's country.
Ave Seen aIduced as motive in fnvor Of
naiu,li"ing tho defensive. But We sre ali
Icsr;ily tired of the heavy claims it makes on