The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-09

The WashinEto Setioaat ii-'ei'igeaccr con-
iains the following article the necessity CT
prosecuting vigorous war IN the West
The proper lions which tire war is now tax
'lg utscioss 10 Inc piaisrst mind 10" Ela@ni
tuor oi the military operations that mus for
zee t,iSur1 engage the attention Of She IA
,ional GJNegument. The rutirp frontier
which divides the loyal from Tie 6isi0yaI
so res, extending tf,m Missouri TO Maryland.
= hiistiiHg Win IN" payoaets Of tbe contend
ing arn,irs. Particular POINTS afopg tbis line
naturally coaccntIate "A larger or srallGnr
| sha" Of pnbiie curiosity, according 70 t8s
cone -ived tfniGinence or inIport.u.s az thc
iSSttcs depending on the awards OF batt.e
Ihe city af Washington. as the s"gt of he
Natiohil ioYerEmcut, Is one of these points
whose security becomes Of primary iI0por-
ttnce IN the eyes OF al loyal citiz~fls unless
indeed i he tflle, as some have not hcsitata6
70 tnsInnttef that nothing but the f.ll Of the
Capital could rouse the nation 80 iee fnll
sense Of the danger impending iro1n the ex-
tent and the desp rltioH q he gurs..rIcy
against the Gcyutumeut.
Next to the city oI Washington the states
ut Missouri aEG Kentucky engage. as tnty
deserve TO engage, tie deepest lnterf - al ali
ioNal citizens wfo alive 10 tne iGnr,or-
UnCP, both civil and mill 'arv, OF the atti uda
hey hold in the present crisis B,itsg slay.
holding SstfeS, they sJInt3, IL e.Y9u4 on ssithz
loyal Mary land and Delaware. a- so IN ny IN
d!spu ta Bile witu"sses 70 tin nation4iity Of the
| contest in which the Government is el-
E2ged-2 contest yIelblE w1Ced. not agains:
- tho Institutions of any State" hut for the
maintenance OF those constitutional T1cf,<s
which are common TO all the States alike
whether slave holding ~ non -siaveho ldipg-
The loss of Missouri aud kentucky bv to-.
SnbIuSation with which tneY are now M
n1ced, would mtiict 1A lpCUrthip wound a..
the prestige Of the NItiorai Governments.
which would thus he shown uEabie tC
give 10 these States that protection from
in Jernai revolt and external violence which
l. due no less 70 its own obligation
th3n 10 She great majority of loyal citizens
call Il bpi
Government. And, aS has been well said by
an eloquent defender of the Union cause, the
var Of invasion and subjugatiOn now waged
by the toEfeGeratcs in Missouri and Ken
tucky, and with which Maryland is threat
eEed. Woula become u war OF devastation ii
carried beyond the boundaries of these States
,dto the cGufiues of the non -sldyehoiGing
States OF The nion
1t is in the light of these considerations, amt
III view ot the desperate ends and aims un-
doubtcdly proposed to themselves by the mill
Itary and political leaders of the Con !elerate
States, that the i'm Importance of defending the
loyal status main tanned hy the great IN jority
of the people of Missouri and Kentucky be-
comes apparent To every rejecting mind, and
We doubt not the Government will instantly
bend It's best efforts 10 the rescue of the former
and 10 tue preservation of the latter from the
calamities by which they are both enyironed
Their cond}iiOn calls tor the most prompt and
vigorous action.