The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-30
THE SITUATION IN gKENTUCKY.
Ssfength and Position OF lhe Iaebels-Du.
ga " Of Loyal Kentuck1ans. - II, -

The force of the enemy upon our own soil il
nearly, if not quite, equal to ours. II 10 in thret
Eprincipal divisions, disposed intercommunicably
| reibforcable from each other ct short notice
Il being in railroad and telegraphic communities
ton besides, with large contingent reserves in
the drill camps of Tennessee, and quite accessi
BILE from leading entrepots of the South, Rich
| mcnd, Nashville, Memphis,. etc. The head Of
the wedge, and by far the most positive and
powerful division and position Of the three is at
Bowling Green This is, the Confederate aad-
vance-the outpost of their conquest. Here,
We are informed, it is the "6xed purpose" of the
Confederate war jobbers to make desperate
| stand" Besides, Gen. Buckner ia evidently
emulous of Gen. Beauregard, and very willing
to take lessons from "his magnificent strategic
genius" Gen. Buckner is understood to have
studied the Manassas Notifications in person,
and to be thoroughly acquainted with the min
ut'oe of the matter. He is said to have taken
certain quiet hints from masked batteries and
curvilipear earthworks," and to be setting very
clear imitation of the "Bull Run trap at Bowl
ing Green. Twenty or, thirty splendid guns"
are said to be already in position, and other de-
fences are actively completing, which, in seces-
sion parlance, will render Bowling Green per-
fectly impregnabe." And into this second
Manassas" of his, Gen. Buckner will, if he can,
draw as many of his late friends aud fellow citi-
Gems as do not choose to submit to his treacher.
Gus usurpations and accommodate them all with
immediate, wholesome extirpation, and gratu-
tous graves. Brave and hospitable Kentuckisn!
We have much confidence in our information
when we say that the present force at thst point
does not exceed twenty thousand-most of them
comfortably encamped, but many Of the regi-
ments raw, indifferently armed and equipped,
and in poor fighting order open, stand.up-and-
M. .Of Yhouv douh
be capable of very good conduct and execution
behind breastworks. The artillery consists of
i've effective feld-batteries, there being two 81
Founders well rifed and of creditsble mecban-
ism, but good artillerists are scarce. Buckner's
plan of campaign Is to crouch, mask, and get
ready-his favorite scheme is to allure AcCook
into his fine ambuscade, annihilate him, and then
suddenly take the offensive, but AcCook is
careful, knows with whom he has to deal, and,
we predict, will prove himself the man and the
mettle for any Of Buckner's emergencies.
Now, if two lines be drawn from Bowling
Green, one to Columbus and the other to the
Gap, tho triangle formed by those lines in con.
necti0n with the base or Southern border line of
the State, is almost completely in the possession
Of the invaders, and may as well be inscribed
'steiugated." until they are all compelled to
point their toes for good towards Tennessee
Who does not see and know that? 1t is impos-
sible to resist the conviction that too many of
us-by far too many of us-are merely idle
spectators Of this tragic and startling situation.
Too many business men entirely out of business,
too many merchants, mechanics, clerks, profes.
sonal men, agr;culturists, and day laborers, are
now looking on with shrugged shoulders and
pocketed hands, and waiting for the hot work to
be done for them. This is all wrong-fatally
wrong shall have no thrift nor shift-no
business, peace, nor pleasure until the people
rise. aud 30 forth in their might, to drive out
the invaders Louisville Journal, 10th.