Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-19

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How tho War will .Ioe Conducted
The border States 10 he the Thea
tre OF IL la part, If they Sccede--NOt
TO be1 u they relnntll lOyRl. z5.
From the My. Commercial dvorttser.l
A glance ut the relative situations and
conditions Of the coutending parties will
afford n probable solution Of the mode in
(which the controversy can be carried on /.
Between the positively loya! aud the posi-
tivcly disloYal States OCcurs the lebntnble
section known as VirginiI, North Carolina.
Kentucky, Tennessee, aud Arkansas. Az
| TO Maryland, Delaware and Missouri. We
consider that in no event could 1t majority
OF their citizens be induced to allay thcm-
selves with the revolted confederacy. Pos
stbly we may err in chasing Kentucky,
North Carolina and Tennessee with tho
doubtful States; but our object is To take
tile least favorable view of tho field before
us. This section, then, forms IL sort of
cushion between the two extremes. All
its interests are in favor of peace. Itsin-
h06itnnts, IN the main, desire earnestly that
it should in no event become tho Flanders,
which would be rIvaged by tho operations
+ of ac0ntcnding hosts.
We're the centraI States, therefore, to
preserve u strict neutrality, operations
would be carried on exclusively 6y sea-
= AAASuE 0FTtEA IuG
strength OF the enemy, we think the task
Of blockhding every port in the seeded
States would be by no means Formidable.
The sea is To thsNOrthern people, ,;Nvllat it
WAS to the AthenianS. when opposed to
the Spartaus; to the Dutch and English.
when warring with the Spdniarris, Or to
the modern Greeks, when engaged in their
conflict withsthe Turks. FortLe conqncr-
ing ofN speedy and enduring peace. there
tsfh!Fact hdtdly a limit 70 our FesOuFees.A
We can make every pound of cotton or rice
exported pass through and pty tribute 10
tue centrals aud Northern States; We can
OpRnzrnrresponding channels for imports,
and we can enclose those hot beds of in
Observation-Disclosures GSav1nnah, Pensn-
cola, Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, and
other places OF less nOte-as efTectnaIly ms
ifthcy, were in the heart OF the AIlcghu.
mics. Within one month vessels carryi ing
over ohesthonsund guns will will nrobalIfy
have b.enplaced along the Southern coaaf;
and this force may be. doubled, if neces-
Isary, lly the mouth OF August. Making
due allowance for floating batteries bull
or to be built, vessels of war seized !. and
mere hant vessels to be fitted up. by the
rebels, we think they must Llielns settles feel
clnsulons of! their utter inability TO cope
with the federal government At seas 81
Bnt Northern commerce, we are aware,
is Threatened With privdtters, to be fitted
ont at Northern ports, and made to prey
upon Calitornia steamers and other vessels
carrying Sat0ab ablc,cargoeS. AdmittingI6at
such cliss Of vessels couli succeed in
nlakin:S, a few prizes, where are these TO be
carried! They will hardly be allowed to
enter either Northern or Southern ports,
and they cannot by the law of nations
euter those of powers with which We are
at peace. The King of Dahomy might
admit them, OF possibly some pirate leader
in the East Indian islands, but the IIar-
bors Of every civilized community will be
shut against them. Besides. tie Federal
Government has a ten-fold greater power
Of retaliation for such proceeding, anl i'm
HiSttng damage.
These remarks are based on the supp5-
sition that the bordettStntes viii remain
neural In the event OF their secession,
howeserI is would be necessary occupy
isSltimDIe ada Washing ION with POW etifil
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