Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-30
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From the Clncinnati Commercial
THE MILITARY POLICY OF JEFF. DAVIS
WHY lie MAY ATTACK WASHINGTON
his oPPoRTUNITY-THE POSI-
BILITIES OF PEACE.

Imnrobable as II may appear, there is reason to
ho;ovs that the President othe Confederate States
is entertaining the idea OF taking possession oi
Washington City. and is preparing iorm'daOie
military force with view to an expedition having
that purpose The Southern press abounds win
threats and insn uatons to this effect DAVIS MN
self has repeatedly given strong Suggestions o.
sucb a design; and those who know him, know
that he would be exceedingly glad to dFise hla per-
.onal enemy. Gen. ScogT, out of the District of
Columbia. il is very possible that be greauy
eyerrates his power. but 1t would be unwise IN us
10 undorrate it, or fail to understand the adVanta
ees of his position. lie is the military Dictator OIL
ssyen States; and oil the slave States are full oil
uympa,hizers with him. The machinery of bis
Governmeut works in silence and secrecy Ho
knows all that transpires at Washington, while
the authorities there know nothing that is done IN
Montgomery, except that which the authorities IN
that place see proper to permit the world to know
DAVIS stands in the dark and looks upon the Fed
eral Governments, which is in tho broad hight he
has the advantage shat the savage has, "ho' iurk-
ing in the gloom, glares upon his foes at their
camp 6re DAVIS learns all tina: the reporters TOR
tho press at Washington can ascertain, by daily
inquiry at all the Departments, by bribing Clerks
by freuuentng the White House; and all tina:
special spies can pick up in New York, and other
Northern cities. But there are no New York re-
porters at Montgomery, prying uto official secrets
Tksy would be hanged as spies if caught pursuing
their ordinary business there.
The French Press is perfectly free in compari-
eon with that of the Cotton States. The mails
are respected by the Federal Government, but not
by the Confederates. WHAT'S the sacredness OF
wafer or little paste, or the inyolability OF an
enyolop. in q case of Southern rights A letter
franked By JErF. DAVIS, would be as safe in a
Northern mail bag, as any other mans letter.
letter franked by ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and address
ed to some one in the Cotton States, would never
be delivered up by the Postmaster, according to
the superseripton, without an UNDERSTANDING as to
its contents. Certainly the Cabinet at MOntgom'
cry is not ignorant of anything in the Southern
mails. aud on the Southern telegraph wires, thai
it wishes to know. The experience of Secretary
Dix, in attempting to communicate with his ageD
at New Orleans, is conclusive on that point. Nc
Constitutional restransts are placed upon the EN-
ployment of the military forces of the confeder
ate States; and DAVIS commando all the resources
of those States, which are by no means insigni6
cant in population and wealth, and in which the
military spirit has been long and assiduOusly eultt
waited. 1es
lie could quietly concentrate along the railroads
NOT fifty thousand men, as the New York Her
aid says-but, say fifteen thousand, who are now
completely armed and are being thoroughly drill
ed and instructed in the duties Of actual military
service He could start them all toward Washing
ton by q word. But the moment it is proposed tt
put the Federal Goyernmest 10 condition Il
make it capable Of defending itself, there is hid
eous hullabalo North as wall as South about thu
dangers of coercion. and The horrors Of war, as
,he way to keep tse peace was to be pusillanimOu
in spirit, and in fact unable to make yourself re
spseted. So Congress adj0urns, without dOiDl
anything to strengthen the Government, and leave
it in a helpless condition. The force of one thou
sand Federal iroops at Washington, which va
absolutely necessary to the peaeeabIe inauguration
Of the constitutionAllI elected President. is al
that is at hand to support the dignity or the de
oslcy of the Government, and all the tories in th
land have rOared With pain and indignation to 90
Federal troops in tbs Federal city. How 500
shall We have Indignation meetings of thieves i
our streets because We keep a police force w
are coming to the point When anarchy will be ~
permOst everywhere, Or the Government must b
supported by the employment Of force. The d,
morAliIatiOn already effected by the southern re,
olution, is wonderful and alarming,