The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-16
.',EJUNEs.f 1889.
RnOm WASHINGTON.


To- Fh0M WARRINGTON.
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| WAeHiNsfOE, Nov. s, 1861.
I The Fremoat case is az last AZ an end, so fal
De the action Of the President Is concerned
The order to Fremont, requiring him TO transfel
his com.hand to Gen. Hunter. and TO repair "a
Washington in order that bis affairs may be
settled there, was sent to Missouri by trusty
messenger some days ago.. tF the messenger has
not been stepped at st. Louis, or In some other
part Of Missouri, it hasreeched Fremont's hands
before now. Il is absolute Nnd unconditional,
the Presidents forbearsnce having been now exI
ercised till the very lstsstpossible moment. II
now remains to be seen Whether Fremont vii
treat this order Of the President with the same
contempt he has two former ones There are
those here who think he will, and who Will NOT
be surprised 10 hear that Fremont hes set up o1
his own hook In Missouri. If he does, it will
only BE- an additionalstest Of the strength and
power Of the Federal Government and of Mr..
\ Liucoln's ability to meet emergencies OF thiS
| kind. aiu satisfied that both will stand the
test II we're better Tor Fremont to dash hi !
self between the upper ara the neither millstoneS
than to array himself assi,lss the present Ad.
ministration a6
| Inm glad to see that the Times has such con.
fdence in the abilities OF the new Commanders
in.Chief. That confidence is not misplaced, al
the events OF the Lext few months vii! show. II
there were ever any grbnids Tor apprehension
| that the army Of the Potomac would go into
winter asarters at Washington, they exist nd
longer There is now nothing 20 in EIDE the
/, progress of Gen. MeCieia,,s plan--no,hing, ex.
cept to repair the grave error that was com.
misted when 80 600 OF his hest troops were with.
drawn for service in Kentucky and Oh the Naval
expedition That is beiru speedily ACCOMPLISH.
/ ed Two weeks at farth,..s will see the army OF
| the Potomac again up to its full standard. and
thsn the world may hold It's breath to listen For
in that time, unless all signs fail the world will
ring with the din of combat that has had no
| pai aliel since the wars OF Napoleon. There il
reason to believe thar, Ecfore the end of the
| present month"; the great battle before Washing.
ton, so long impending, will be fought. It will
result in tine complete roat of one army or the
| other Which it will be, no man living an tell.
l am not SO sanguine rs to believe that the
victory will certainly be ours There is good
! reason to hope that it will be; and every pa.
LflOb tTuSLS t0at VlCLOrN VIII percn upon our
banners but know too we'll the strength of
the Coufederates to think that they can be easily
defeated The par ty who is attacked in this
battle will have the advantage of position; and
il is a great advantage on either side. The
Conederates will not make the attack: there.
fore this advantage is tiei:s to begin with )1cUn
les, we press their long line ut all points at
once or else make feints .t various points nil
along its wh0lez extent (snhes Gfty 6IiIesA shey
Can concentrate superior force to ours, wher-
ever We do make the tick, Ard III we con.
centrate most of our force tone point, and that
at some distance from th.' capital, and make the
grand attack there (say, for instance, at Goose
Greek, where their line Is apparently the weak.
est), what is to prevent Johnston from attacking
our rear fro,n Fairfax, and cutting us off from
| the capital; while Beauiegard crosses the Po-
tomae at the mouth of ,he 0ccoquan, and makes
dash on Washington from its weakest side
All these questions, and scores of others like
them, have been studied by the COMMANDMENTS
Chief with all the aids of military science and q
thorough knowledge nf the country. At the
right time, ami in the right place, he will strike
the decisive blow, and thrn God defend the
right q (
Ii we gain that battle, and take Manassas, we
only break the first line OF the defent es Of Rich
mond 10 take Richmond will require another
Confederates succeed Qor they will not succeed
without killing McC eian ;,nI annihiiating our
army, Washington falls ii!to their hands, with
all its vast accumulation 0i military stores, navy
yard and horses to say nothing OF the Capital
and the national archives But such an event,
while not impossible, Is rot probable. We
tW!li probably whip the : oBsedera.es In this
ff5attie. 10 !
The new CommandeE.ip.Chi will, in a very
few days give tangible evidence that be already
grssps the reins OF power with steady hand,
and that it Is by no means his intention to con-
fine his operations to the Immediate vicinity of
Washington. There are fiye other military de.
partments which require and will receive his
Immediate attention These are: lst, Kentucky :;
20, Missouri Sd, South. western Virginia 4th
Fortress Monroe; and G;h, Northern Virginia.
There is no truth in the report that he will leave
the tremendous interests Involved in the first
three, aud the highly inpIrssnt ones involved
in the last two, to the Secretary Of War, "or
any other man, He will iniuss into each de-
partnent portion Of his energy, and will
require from the ohcer IN command Of each the
most rigid accountability.
kentucky Is lost to the Union unless her case
II taken in hand at once. The highest authority
in the army, the Acjutait General, ssys, after
beiEg on the ground aud N king himself master
VI 'oe Stuatiol, that 50 ucSisFate Is me position
OF affairs there thatit wliregdiIe 200,0oO troops
to exprl the Confederate $ a;id keep them out Of
tue State, and that al OF this force must come
from other States. US ti.e yniing and active men
OF Aentucky are all IN the secession army, and
the od men will not fight ainst them. When
tie answer 10 the Weli-xDown question, "What
constitutes State !" is remembered, the posi-.
t'on oil the State OF Kentucky becomes strange
indeed. But 1t the men OF Kentucky have sue
ceeded IN such large numbers, the soil of Ken
tucky, consecrated by the ashes of Henry Clay
and the blood of the carly settlers reInains in
the Union, aud it will be ken: in.
: The Union cause ree!a and totters in Missouri
through the shameful m;smanagement of Ere.
mont It is hoped at the clements required to
save that STATE exist wi,hi i;s own borders, ard
that. when once that department has suitable
head land General Hunter il believed to be the
righ: man, the clouds tha; HOW lower ever that
State will be dispelled Ia this department.. as
in the former, the measures adopted will be quick
and decisive, though they may be sharp.
As long as the Virginia ard Tennessee Rail.
road remains in running order, the Confederate
arne. in Virginia can be supplied in abundance