Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
The PIaps q ths Campaign Against sur
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Inc NV YORK INNtg
'iv while the particulars q thp p~lppsrof We
Administration, and the exact time When
any special movement 10 70 be- undertaken,
ars very properly vailed ID profound setrtcy,
the general Character Of the measures IN ooas
temptation and in progress may really BE-
teen by the statements which are daf after
day published Of the position OF the Northern
troops. All Of the slave States, except Mis-
toufi, Kentucky, North-w western Virginia
Maryland, and Delaware, are in an attitude
Of open and undiFguised rebellion, and 1t
win be the mission of our soldiers to sup
press IL as speedily as possible. To accom-.
plsh this end, we have at our disposal the
means for establishing an effective and thor
ouRh blockade along the whole Southern
coast, and this will undoubtedly exercise a
powerful effect in erippling she resources Of
the rebellious States and rendering the pop.
ulation disconnected and dissatisfied with
the desperate movement in which they have
embarked. gt
We not only prevent them from finding
an outlet for their productions, but render
II difficult, II not impossible, for them 20 in.
port from abroad, either the numerous arti-
cles Of foreign growth and manufacture 70
which they have become accustomed, or the
arms and munitions Of war, without which
they can mot easily prolong this contest.
Northern industry is so varied, and our peo-
pie SO well able TO supply all their real
wants by their labors, that a blockade
of ionr ports would be q matter Of compare
tive Indifference to us, and no great amount
Of suffering would necessarily ensue7 IL we
were entirely cut off from ali intercourse
with foreign nations. All her Industrial
energies are confined TO a few avocations,
and TO the growth Of a few products, and
she has always relied upon the exchanges Of
commerce for the supply Of a very large
proportion of her wants.
The feet which we employ to establish a
blockade win not only serve for that pur.
pose but it will constantly threaten her
whole coast with q force which, can at q
moment attack, and, if desirable, gain pos.
session Of any Of her seaboard towns which
are not well protected. We felt the full
force of this peril during the war of 1912,
when Great Britain kept our whole country
in a state of alarm by threatening, il turn,
nearly all its principal cities, and actually
capturing and destroying our capital, and
attacking Baltimore and New Orleans. We
still hold the most important keys to the
Southern coast, Notwithstanding the rob
berries ofthe traitors; for Fort PickenS Key
West and Fortress Monroe are in our pos
session, and so well defended that they can
not be successfully assailed.
At the latter point a large force is now
being concentrated under command of Gen
eTal Butler, and il will probably assume
offensive operations AZ an early day, and very
likely acquire possession of Norfolk aud
Portsmouth. Our operations by land will
evidently be conducted on an extensive
scale. The Federal capital is on the frontier
of what has now become a hostile country,
and while there is some disadvantage 10 this
fact, arising from its liability to capture, on
the other hand our Government has, by its
proximity 10 the scene of the rebellion, SUI
perior opportunities for Obtaining reliable
information of its extent and character, and
for efficiently directing operations against il.
We have now fortunately opened lines Of
communication between the loyal North and
Washington, which can scarcely be broken
in any future contingency; and, sustained
by immense camps in the rear, with thou
sands of Northern troops rapidly preparing
for service, who are eagerly anxious to enter
upon active duty, it will probably be made
the bose of operations for an advance into
that part Of Virginia which lies Immediately
south Of it and an opportunity will thus be
given to the loyal portions of the,,population
of the Old Dominion to rally round our
standard for protection, if they desire to de
so, while the traitor armies will either be
obliged TO retreat, or to give battle to our
brave soldiers. In that region, both parties
seem for the present to have made their
greatest concentration Of troops, and there is
apparently q stronger probability of a grea,
1OaNA Vi NSh NAhl
in any other quarter. u..r
Another point of concentration for the
traitors is Harpers Ferry, which is to them
a very important position for several pur.
poses. Its natural location is such that il
might be defended against a greatly superior
force. The traitors are anxious to obtain
possession of all the machinery of the ma
tional armory, formerly located there, and ia
make it as available as possible in the manu-.
facture of arms in future. 1t is also q con
venient place from which to dispatch troops
either TO attack Wheeling, aud to invadl
Western Virginia, as q punishment for he
patriotic devotion TO the Union, or TO senC
northward detaehments into Maryland anC
Pennsylvania, or, if any disaster should
happen to cur forces in or south Of Washing
ton, to cut off our communications with tina
city, and endanger the rear of the advance
guard Of our army. All these difficulties
however, will probably be fully guardel
sgainst, not only by the troops now en-
camped at York and Gettysburg, at Balti
more and the Relay House, but by other
sent forward TO strengthen them, and by tn
large forces which Ohio is preparing, !
l advance into north western Virginia, and t
enter upon any other important service tia
may be assigned to them. 1...2 -sT
|, Meanwhile, the Indiana and Illinois troop
l will render Cairo im~pregnable, and th
! promptness of the friends of the Union in S
Louis, and other parts of Missouri vii
probably, with the aid of the Goyernmen
be as successful in e-establishingher loyalt
! as the occupation of Baltimore, and ia
reconstruction of the bridges in Maryland
have been in crushing out rebellion in tha
} State. /. re l aE. 5...
ID Thus, along our whole frontier line, bYse
t and by land, W. are rapidly closing in upo
1 the traitors; and of our triumph there can B
: no serious doubts among those who conside
| the resources, character and condition of th
respective combatRnts. What we PARTICULAR
needaat present is time to fully drill, equil
a and arm our gallant regiments, and to o.
? gahize our oommissariat, SO thoroughly an
. effectively that there viii be no serious eau!
. for complaint among our soldiers. Our trooI
!, should march on to their future achievement
: with all the skill and confidence of veteran
/, and with all the appliances and ~equipmen
. OF a thoroughly organized modern army,