, 1861-07-31

With the 1rEt hoets Of Autumn he would hare "a
ken column Of 5000 ,weu .dieeip1Ined troops,
down the Aistissippi.- and taken every, impar-
tant point On thst river, New Orleans Included.
Il ettld hapt bssn doNe Ae said 4olM greater ease,
so3dh l<ss loss oY lfz, md with far rsors Inpos-
tnf rssulks than seould attend tho nad'eAin2 afan
o,zRy to Richmond. At eight points the river
would probably have been defended, and eight
battles would have been necessary; but in every
one Of them success ooold hayo t,oen made certain
70. us. The Mississippi md the Atlantic once
ou1s, tbs Southern States would have bean com
PEELED, by the natural and inevitable pressure OF
ersnts, to seek, BY return to- the Union, escape,
f,orn the ruin that would speedily overwhelm them i
out ofN. a1his," eaid he. a. seas my plaa.''
So it appears that Gen. Scott was hos
tile to forward movement TO- Richmond
at any time. We have been severely as-
sailed for advocating premature advance
Of the Grand Army on Richmond. What
will our assai|ants cay now? They, too,
advocated ,the occupation Of the Confede.
rate capital, but differed with US as to the
proper time to commence the march. But
it comes out, that Gen. Scott never wanted
10 be ready. He was opposed to invading
1be" sacred soil and taking Richmond at
any period Of the war. =.
THIS revelation made by Mr.. Raymond,
is vastly important 1t is = key which
will open doors and let light illuminate
things which have heretofore been dark,
and puzzling to the country to under
stand. . It is admitted by HI. Raymond
thai, $50 tar as the preparation Of Tho army
for tie spee;ol serpiee assigned It il con-
"ce,ned,it it Is undoubtedly true that GeHsraz
!" Scott did hazs full control"
The country can now comprehend why
all cavalry force was rejected, why 80 little
artillery was employed, why hundreds
Of regiments rendered to the War Depart
ment were refused, as unnecessary. flour
amy was beaten because not strong
enough to cope with the rebel force, who
j. mostly TO blames
Tie reason for Gen. SCOTS repugnance
to carrying the war into Virginia, will be
vaziously Interpreted: One thing is true,
that had his plnna been adopted, Western
Virginia would be in the hands Of the
rebels, from Wheeling to the Cumberland
mountains.- .--
The credit and Honor Of saving to the
Union all Of Virginia West Of the Alleghe:
MES must belong to the Presidentand Cabi-
netwhom it. allied ged, ,ozcr7uled the Lieut.
General. We think the verdict Of the
county will be, that Lincoln was right and
Scott wrong The. Presidents plan
seems to be, to take all he can of the '"sa~
cred soil" and keep all he can get
Suppose the President and Cabinet had
adopted Gen. Scott's plan. and had collect
cd at Washington only soldiers enough for,
The =" defense Of the capital and had gath,
cred at Cairo or ST. Louis an army Of. 3d.
COO men, and with the ffosts Of November
ordered it to commence its descent down
the Mississippi. To arrest its progress ~.
whole available strength Of the Confeder-
a,es would be transferred to the meuaced
-nacImond being no longer in
langer: An army >of $50, 900 men 1 would
quickly be encamped at Memphis. Would
net every league Of the distance from Co
lImbus to New 0rlesns be made to bristle
with batteries p Would not every deten-
sive spot be ;e1aborately 1entrenched- and
fortified? Would the entire route have
10 be won By a:series OF bloody battles9
Gen. Scott says there would be "eight bat
tles." Might there not be eighty before
the Crescent City would be ours2 It. to
qujres but little OF the spirit Of prophecy
to foretell the fate Of that campaign. :
Would it not be wiser plan to collect
an s11ny at Washington strong enough to
force its way to Richmondf And another
at Cniro strong enough 10 move down the
M'ssissippi?. T. And TO .placen third army
on ship board TO sail to Chnrlestonp The
rebels would lot then he at liberty to con-
centrate their whole force against one col
umn Of The Grand Army. This is Gen.
BGnks' plan, Of which more hereafter.
An army at Washington strong enough
to protect Maryland against invasion and
the Capital from bombardment would al
most he able to put the rebels On the de-
fensive, and to march on Richmond. II
the Capital, of Vizginin was in the posses.
s,on Of the Federal troops, the rebel flag
would wave defiance but little longer il
the Old Dominion. Our Southern boun.
dary would be pushed from the Potomac
~down1o the; Roanoke, and from thence
to tug Savannah. the Appalachicola, thu
Mobile and ethe Msssigsipppi. : II the: Ma
tionA forces afe unable to take Richmond
the Government cannot put down the re:
be1l:on.:~ The country may as well know
this now Is later : Richmond IS the rebel
Headquarters. Virginia il altogether the
most important 1state ii the secession cen.
fede1acy. When She Is ;wrested from the
hands Of JEFF Davis his kingdom is over
thrown and his.crown is forever lost.