, 1861-05-04

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|frEsa .he fhtis5 d tlphis North III, Ans,te.p,1
PLAN Or -gHEt g Cl4mPA1aH.-The plan: Of ia
ta@Rale4 iAERr .ad ually unfolding ~. our ma
nntasMSgnyeln ne'at clears- away the, debris
pares for act' on OF late thass his BEEN Tary y;
Mncn lmpo Aende and dissatinaotion nj tha
NoIt1. me people of which section arc cbatng
naoer inc humiliation and diegrace inflicted
aRTaS !39ss. h8xg.fa goTes11a sntb
" %ih him su d impanaty But the mastery genius
aasst Of Mexico ia now preparing the greatest
:16 6ff11la1t career; kG tMhen aaiiff arcn.
m A1ated years his sun Of LIFE shall set, it shall
ave beh)sid u 10 halo Of npeRashah}e renoWn.
Smaller minds, like T8tggs snd bis host Of
associatse deaer ers, accepted the rebellion al
+ an .Ars rscompliehed, revolution, and fed to the
new power at Montgomery, where they hoped
Tor: higher and speedier houots In the service
!" Fl p Eonfsdsraey which BID Ifalr to embrace
/ the whole South, to aheorb. Mexico, and the
West Indies, and to be- euterpzi iBinG, reckless,
land ambitious beyond all precedent. ,But
Scott has set himself to the task OF reconstruct
ing the Union, net by compromises, not by q
| surrender ut dignity, not BY concessions, but
solely: by demonstrating is naatchleas YiRor
I andponer. ;.'- :. ~,:;4.:>.:<.
{:::.@Under previous administration the old hero
hEa to couteud with timid secretaries or i'm
practicable Congresses, who, not laboring un-
i der any great necessity, could not seeehow
they were throwing open the future to some
trouble such as has now happened, Now the
case is changed. Tie Administration is COM
| posed OF mon who have unboundfd confidence
Ia; tho veteran cEief, and who are, andyirg for
i the Onion. They are ready to assume any
| responsibility, and make every sacrifice to con.
the case with tie President and Secretary Of
| War, who are. men Of bold, firm, and decided
i character, fearing no opposition. and daring to
take any steps demanded by the interests OF
| TIE HecountTy. From the ohjurgations OF the
, SsT , Yofk PEes., i right hs. inferred that
and inacti,n, Wheu tie case is directly the re.
t-verse. In order to throw little light On
| tbs entject, let Us cell attention to = few
thlngs. -.
t. W. yesterday dwelt at some length upon
the cord tioa Ct aExils at Fort PicRena. sand
showed that tbs preparations are such as to
| bid fair to- convert the siege into sone of the
most memorable In: the history Of America,
| Already the rebels think 1t will require six
months to take IT, In our Judgment they will
1 not be abla to take i at all Pensacola is CON
| sidered the daest haIbor in the Gulf Of Mexico.
| and 1t would held all our navy with case:
| Whether we hold or finally make peace with
the seeded States, the possession Of tina. point
Is Of the highest conseqHenee: We want PEN,
forts we're really made to reinforce Fort Sam
ter, It. was, in point Of fact, only to take away
| the attention Of the rebels from the main point
Of attack, which was-Fort Pickens. The for
| mieapie fleet supposed to have bsen sent to
t,a Eort @am5sr, ~ ana portion Of which did ally
Plckens, As bad been intended by the long
heads in the War Department WRen The On
erattons get fairly under way there, their vast
| Importance viii be seen. Already Gen. Bragg
dcsVairs of success. New positions, he SEES,
sent ont from New York are provided with
ver5thiog requisite for gigantic preparations.
They carry ont all the requisites for a siege.
from which It ia Inferred that military forces
will ultimately be landed to beeieEe tie rebel
Qualifications. There is q great quantity Of
and building entranchments..
nor can The enemy abandon the Siege. Il
must be carried on, fer If the army Of Bragg
be Withdra"n, Al the forts, navy yard aud
PENSACOLA Imm diately fall Into the hands OF
the government, and the place will become SO
formidable military depot as to threaten the
Wholo Gull, coast Nay, with such base Of
operations, an invasion would be at nuce
prosecuted, and in q day the army would be-
sitgs JEFF Davis In his capital at Montgomery,
1or fensscola: is the nearest and most practi-
cable point from which to aim blow at the
rebel capital. What, then, Is the inference
IRON thies Why, that as s5on as the rapidly
aecGmulattug government forces assume tho
oHsnsive, the danger will be seen at Mont
g9nary, and instead Of menaelng Washington,
larga army will be sent to hid Bragg. Every
aTallable man and quo will probably take that
direction, and the resources Of the rebn}s In
msu, -monty and munitions Of war, Wlll be:
Taxed to the utmost. -:
:Taia siege Will serve double purpose to fhe
government At Washington Oar army there
men, and cur feet to such numbers Is to
/, swarm all over the Cult, making Fort Pickens
naval renaszv6us. Ii ths manner the block
ade Of IN. Gulf coast will be strictly maintain.
ed, tne sea cleared Of priga1eers, sad the south !
cut of from access to Europe Tor provisions I
and naval and military stores. Ihere may ibe
many, hatslss fought on: the mainland, as it III !
very possible for the government to place q
}arga army in the rear Of Bragg,s forces, and
thus cut them of entirely. a.
Whil5 this siege g3es On, It might, u there
we're nothing e.se to attract the a5tzntion ofthe
rebels, concentrate large fosre from the cot
ton Btatee. Blu. to praveat this. in ugreatmea..
ure, the expedition to Texas has bsen phnued,
By Th1cha considerable f5rce- viii b5 landad
and g! to operate on The frontier ofthaI State
=, II Texa5 has men to spare from the ordinary
Pursuits Of business. these troops of oars will !
give .them employment nt;home, and test her
teanclal means also. If she does not have to !
seall loudly on she rebels of Louisiana, 4zkan-
aas aad Mississippi for aid It will ba singular.
Heuston. If he his but the spirit CT q man may |
easily recover possession OF -the State BIZ tue !,
aid Of these troops: Another. highly impb1- |
tant Offset will be aecoppnshedS By thu ex: I
p3disiol. II will checkn1ate the designs Of |
the rebels npoa Ihe Indian; territory west oI- |
aud Arizona, and. more especially, put an end !
TO the hezare Of any Of the northern States OF !
Mexico. Should this expedition be Increased |
to 20 900 m6n. it woa1d exhaust Texas to on.
lonoelaey5 cutting them off from iii territorial
:aggraadtzsm At the same time it would |
give Us In Indianola very vsluable naval de- |
pot to aas1st fa.dontnating this Gulf, clearing j
the coast of Prtvateers,- and keeping up, the |
blockadc. The importance Of doing this, In |
orde. to command The access to this MISSISSIPPI I
pi, cannot be oyerrnted
: :. Snail We beable to maintain THU. + thousand
men at Pensacola and tweaty thcusaId In Tex-
Is? Beyond a1 question TIE calls made
1o1't1oOP5 feHo0 U46 AHH1fe4t and Hty.ttg1t
thousand men, and 80 great is the excess OF
applicants that the whole force Will reach two
hundred Thousand: Fifty Thousand taken
from this #ould still leave us In 'command Of
ona huadred aud t1fty Thousand. In Ill
probability thts 10 but 1ha beginning, ~ the Sec
retary o. War has called the Inst eighty three
thousand men for three and five years Most l.
ofthe first aeventy. five athongard are embodied. I
equipped and uniformed. and as soon Is these
o. the second draft are thus furnished, fhere
will probably be third : sill Glarger demand. |.
rhe south has neTer Jet felt the power Of the I:
great North, but 1t will soon do 50. We shall
khoH the the conspiIatora that when oncs fair
u reused we can "stamp armies out OF the
earth and ooniu1e mp vast feeta to bear our
tag to victory, -" - = - !.
: at the vest . centre If miHtary operstaons
has been established At Uairs, Illinois, at the
Junction OF the Ohio and Mississippi rtyers. /
where the commerce Of the western waterais
all d comma.d. Vessels are now brought to
and searched, to prevent the South rom
drawing its munitions Of war from the North. /,
A. thla :polHt can ha Concentrated al tha !;
troops from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minneso- i
ia, and Wsconsin, ,and q ferce can be thus
raised snfacisntly large to mal1tain possession
Of the Mississippi, Onio and Missouri. II faI
naval aeet ware cEartered aud kept navigating t.