Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-27
The Plan Of the CamPaisn Of she FesdIss



Thursdays New York TSmes observes; 3
Every day that is wasted now will cost
the nation 81, OO0, 900 and 1000 lives.
The military observer has been puzzled BY
what he has seen during the week, but the
news Just received that the Pennsylvania
troops have been recalled from Cockeysville,
no longer puzzles, but amazes. There might
have been some doubt what plan 70 adopt
under the supposition that Maryland would
prove loyal; but the instant her reasonable
purposes were known, the plan Of the cam
psign no longer presented an alternative.
What spectacle isnow presented, 20, 900
OF people ofthe highest intelligence, courage
and wealth, can only receive news from their
Capital at intervals Of many days, and then
only through the struggling travellers Not
moment is to be lost. The entire force OF
Pennsly should at once be thrown into
Maryland, for the twoiold purpose of threat
enibg Baltimore, and protecting the commu-
picstiop with Ohio and the West. BY the
unaccountable blunder OF sending the Penn
sylvania forces to swell unnecessarily the
leRioDs of New York and the Eastern States,
the rebels are left unmolested, and at liberty
not only to cut off the great highway to the
Capital, but also to interfere with the pre-
carious route over Annapolis.
The Government must ct once change its
tactics and adopt plan of campaign, worthy
of the power aud resources of the Republic.
Dispatch 5000 Pennsylvanians instantly to
Havre de- Grace to hold that place firmly,
and gradually re-establish the communication
with Baltimore; march the remainder of the
Pennsylvania contingent, say 10000 men,
on Baltimore and the extreme western part
Of Maryland, for the purpose before men,
toned. This done, the rebels of Maryland
will be obliged to desist from annoying the
lie hwro
The half disciplined, but loyal, brave and
willing men, that we have Just seen pass
through our streets, should be employed in
guarding this indispensable Communication
with the Capital. Such service these men
could perform as well as troops of better dis
cipline, and, while thus occupied, they
would learn their duties s soldiers.
Deplete our State armory, if necessary, of
their artillery, to defend the most dangerous
places on the Annapolis Road, for now the
honor of the country depends upon keeping
this communication open. OF course, every
regiment sufficiently drilled should pass on
toIhe defense of the Capital. A telegraph
between Annapolis and Washington should
be established--and could be established
within forty eight hours. A dozen of our
swift river steamers Of light draft, should at
once be sent to Chesapeake Bay, to keep up
constant communication between Havre-
de- Grace and Annapolis. In this manner,
| we should, by means of the telegraph, be
within seven hours distance of the Capital.
The present state of things is intolerable
and disgraceful. 90
The report that Washington stands in need
of provisions is of painful import. The want
should be attended to by employing every
available coastiDg steamer to carry pro-
visions to Annapolis, and by dispatching q
| few hundred freight cars with locomotive
engines to the Annapolis road. These pre-
liminary measures admit not Of a moments
delay. In good time Maryland will be 10 our
hands, and the refractory rebels at Baltimore
| put down, and our forces from the West will
pour into Washington by the line of the
Potomac. The great question, how to deal
with our Southern foes, may then be decided
and the battle ground carried over the Po.
tomac. But at this moment the nations
honor and safety demands our attsntion
nearer home.