Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-13

Vouesh,ag Exciting Soon.
II 10 claimed BY those who pretend 10
understand somewhat Of the plans Of
the present military campaign, that the
a.v and hour 10 near At hand when the
grand army OF the Potomac will move
forward 70 engage the main body Of the
Southern army which lies IN front Of
our lines.
What truth there may be in these as
sertiops 10, of course, not for us to say,
vat IL we can form any opinion from the
principal movements, both by sea and
BY land, the conclusion that something
exciting, if not decisive, is very soon TO
greet our longing ears.
It has long since been apparent tha'
!. -e,o . n.eless waste Of time to at
tempt to Garry on defensive war,
q, even an offensive one in the face OF
the enemy. Notwithstanding our force
ia vastly superior to that Of the rebels
the plan of crowding their army by main
force back from its present position with
ont concurrent operations upon their
rear has been abandoned. The late ma
val movement throws a very strong
light upon the future course OF TIC
Government. II is evident that the ma
val expedition has already obtained
strong foothold upon the soil Of South
Carolina. The force already there Is
very soou to be swelled to such mag
nitude As to enable the Federal forces to
make most disastrous inroads upon tho
South. and necessarily attract large
share of attention to points tar 10 the
rear of the main army. This once &c
complished, behold the next movement.
While the one branch Of the Federal
army is engaged in teaching the rebels
Of the Gulf States q serious lesson, the
Grand Army of the Potomac will move
forward and attack tho main dcfences OF
the rebel army, and cooperate with the
above mentioned force in obtaining most
decisive victories. Within a few weeks
we look to see Gen. Mcclellan move
forward, Tho cool winter weather will
instiI fresh vigor into the troops OF the
North and victory is almost certain To
be with them.
In the West, likewise, there will DC
made the most strenuous efforts to gain
a foothoId in the South, 1t cannot be
possible that troops are to be accumuIa
ted at Cairo and Birds Point merely to-
defensive operations, or that an army o
fifty thousand men is to be kept maj ch
ing to aud fro over the State of Missouri
without once moving into the Southern
States and attacking the rebels in thel
homes. We look with confidence to SCI
the Federal arms successful in Missouri
and for our army there, as well as q
Cairo and Birds Point, to make its wa,
into the very heart of the rebel country
and even to New Orleans, before the com
Can the North Hold a Unitod South 4.
Subsection
The opinion We have fifteen expressed
that the North could not hold 10 subjec-
ton united South, is fully warranted
by all it's history. On this point thu
London Times correspondent, Russell
writes:
In a former letter l expressed al
opinion, which nothing have seen OF
heard has induced me to alter or modify
that the North could, if it put forth it.
strength, overrun the South. 1t ha.
never occurred to me for one mement
that the North could hold the South al
a military province If the people IN the
Obnfedsrass States ,oere as unaninaou.
in their resistance after their armies
,eers ovsrthro,on as they are at present
The intensity Of feeling iu the South il
described to be greater than ever.
That is 1t exactly. Thus far the
Southern leaders have shown great tact
and skill in keeping up semblance Of
absolute unanimity. But victory OH on,
side, followed up by wise civil policy,
would inevitably destroy that unanimi-
ty; and with it would fall the formida-
bic looking fabric of Southern Power
Our first great aim should be to divide
the Southern people 10 respect to the
policy of continuing the rebellion +; and
the shortest as also tho surest way to
effect that object is to beat the Southern
army in general battle. But tie diff
Guilty is to win general battle! 1t is
to be hoped, however, that the difficulty
will soon be overcome.
California Telegraph Tariff.