The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-07-04

or n good cause, or decent excuse, to
sustain it, must recodo constantly, and
speedily perish. In this way the fool
hardy insolence Of the minority section
will be robuked, its crop Of traitOrOus
politicians deprived Of their ability to
be mischievous, and the Union restored
in les integrity. Everything goes to
show that these are ideas Of Gen. Scott.
The feet that he opposes the enlist
ment Of large force Of cavalry, is in
itself proof lie don't want many regi-
monts Of horsemen, because he does not
intend that the war shall be one of head
long forays and destructive collisions
but that on the part of the Government,
its power shall be gradually and ire
sishbly developed, as superior to that
Of the conspiracy by which it is threat.
enod
But slow as Gen. Scott moves, he un-
derstands that his tardincss is more
conspicuous and seems more romarka-
bic now than it will presently. He ox.
poets to crowd the Confedorates out Of
Richmond within a few weeks. He eX-
poets to see them slowly and sullouly
backing out with their masked bate
ries, and falling before the steady, sys.
tematio and overwhelming advance Of
the army Of tho Union, whose momon-
tum must dsmolish all opposition.
Gen. Scott must be dealt with de-
cidedly He must be entrusted with
the entire control Of operations, or all
responsibility for them must be with
drawn from him.
The President has determined to
trust him in war matters implicitly; and
though a great deal may be done with
Mr. Lincoln, aud sometimes by person
al Importantly, he is the most obstinate
Of men when he is convinced that he is
right; and he would not bulge an inch
if the whole country should howl, and
even the Chicago Platform give forth
symptoms Of decay and suffering.
GEN. SCOTS PLAN OF OPERATIONS.
Tt has been insinuated in some quar-
ters that the President and Cabinet
were losing confidence in Gen. Scott.
| know that is not true. With perhaps
the exception Of one Cabinet officer
CMr. BIair) their opinion is embodied
in the following words, which we're en-
plOyed within the last week by one of
them: at is perfectly certain that Gen.
Scott's plan will be successful. The
only objection is that it takes an enor-
nous force, and more time than the
country is willing to spare, The
Lieut., Genera Is anaconda will do his
work. The only objection is it eats too
much. Some other plan might have
been more speedy in execution. None
other would have been 50 certainly
executed"
SCOTS system Of wearing out and
crushing down the Southern rebels is,
beyond doubt, precisely the sort Of war
fare that they hold most heartily in de
tcstation If they could have a wild
spree Of campaign, full of encounters
aud adventure, they might get along
with it, with somo spirit and cheerful
ness, But to be slowly pulverized uu-
der a weight they are incapable of lift
ing, is intolerable. They feel that be-
tween the blockade and the Federal
army they are in a mill that, though it
grinds slow, makes fine work; and they
are becoming desperate.
As to the effect of this slow campaign
abroad it is not feared. The friendly
assurances of foreign powers arc more
emphatic from week to week. Even
Lord Lyons has become polite and de-
ferential, and is no longer disposed to
snub Cabinet officers and make himself
disagrceable, England is in fix about
cotton, to be sure, but she sees now
that the quickest way to open the mar
ket is to put down the Cotton State re-
bellion. If she tenders her services in
any capacity, or exhibits an influential
bias either way, it will be on the side of
the preservation of law and order in
the Republic. France and the other
great continental Powers are very de-
cdcd already in thoir expressions of
sympathy with our Government. There
is no shadow Of danger that any Euro
pean Power will recognize the confoder-
ocy of conspirators.
The knowledge of these facts has
quite recently been simmering in the
minds Of the Southern leaders. They
have met with, and are just fully con-
scous Of their second great disappoint-
ment They expected, in the first place,
a divided North and complete revo.
luton. In the second place, they ex.
pected prompt recognition at the hands
of European Powers. So they have
had, staring them in the face the grim
alternative of striking boldly for life, or
dying painfully by inches-in other
words, of making a grand demonstra.
ton upon Washington, or falling back
hopelossly beyond Richmond. Beau
regard is said to have been for a march
upon Washington last week, and the
Secessionists, privately advised, it is
thought, were hopefully awaiting his ar
riying Thursday and Friday nights
they expected to hear the roar Of his
cannon over the river, aud many sat up
all night, listening eagerly But tho
wheels Of the chariots tarry, jeff Da-
Wis, it is said, forbid him to make the
threatened advance, and it required
the exortion of all his personal influence
to cause his authority to DO respected,
But it is very evident that JeF's policy
in this is that of tomporizer he could
take Washington, the stores of proyis-
ions and war material here would en-
rich him, and the possession of the seat
of government give him recognition
abroad. If he can Z take Washington,