Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-06
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The euage of war having been offered by
the Confederate States, and promptly &C
cepted by the United States Government, it
only remains to end the contest by the most
desperate and fatal agencies Of destruction
that the respective parties can command. 1t
is one of the triumphs of art and civilization,
that while they have not the power to change
the nature of man, and eradicate his pas
sions, they give to his passions such formid-
able instruments of destruction that wars
can not be lingering. 1
We are now at war with the Confederate
States. They have seized the Federal prop
ertyj they have defied the Federal laws;
they have attacked the National forts; pill-
aged the arsenals and treasures; insulted the
Nations flag; stoned and murdered its
soldiers and are now seeking to capture the
Federal Capital and depose the constitution
ally-eleoted officers of the Government. Not
stopping at attacks on Federal property
they have set the example of seizure and con-
fscation Of private property, under circum-
stances Of wrong not recognized by rules Of
honorable war for no proclamation Of hos
tilities preceded the seizure and confscation.
And as the erownipg act of injury, the per-
soDs in revolt against Government and 80.
ciety, have seized and now hold as prisoners
citizens of the United States, and next pro
pose TO arm lawless corsairs, and turn them
as only pirates do. H....
So far, the United States Government have
been submissive and apologetic only. They
have carried the mails for those who rifed
them at will. They have paid salaries to
those who were seeking the Governments
overthrow. They have parleyed aud expos
tulated with rebels in arms, and Stunned the
national highway with their troops, march
ing under the nations ensign, as if it were a
taio haap haln Il
that needed to hide itself in the corners aud
by.ways of the land.
But now, with Gods help, the tables will
be turned, and war must become game for
two to play at. How shall the United States
Government wage the WARP In mercy, both
to winner and loser, let it be short. II it is
to cost 500, 1000 900 or 5000 900, 900, let every
dollar be spent in ninety days Whoever
has to die, it is better to die by the guillotine
than by q cancer. Then up with the ak, and
down with the head, and let the slide fall
How stands the combat2 Washington is
secure from the South. But it is not secure
from the West nor from the North. Virginia
has seven thousand troops gathered at Har-
per's Ferry, and she can, in two weeks,
gather there twenty thousand men from the
Valley of Virginia, and throw them forward
to Annapolis junction, there TO join the mob
of Baltimore, and threaten Washington in
and Ohio Canal, following down the Potomac
Valley, and on that line of transportation
can gather and bring forward a formidable
force to assail the Capital from the West.
This attack, and the one from the North, will
be more than General Scott can attend to, in
addition to. his main work of beating off
General (late ColoneD Lee, who will threaten
him from the South.
What then2 General Scott must be left
wit IN nkxyA 4
soldiers, to keep Washington. General Pat
te1son must have ten thousand men, with
which to advance upon Frederick, and take
possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, so as to prevent the advance of troops
from Harper's Ferry upon Washington. The
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal might be cut,
and the waters permitted to escape. General
Butler might remain at Annapolis with ten
thousand men, to keep open that commune
cation with the Capital, and to hold the Balti-
more mob in check, if they should attempt
to march upon Washington. And Fort Nc
Henry should be directed to lombard and
burn down Baltimore and its shipping, the
moment demonstration shall be made by
itt population against the Federal Consttu.
tion and laws OF the land.
Thus we have occupied thirty-five thous.
| and men, made Washington safe and put
MaTyIand in chains. Mr.. Lincoln has still
| forty thousand volunteers at his command
Let him divide these into two armies ol
twenty thousand each, charter ships in Bos-
ton and New York, and embark them to such
points on the Southern coast as may be
selected as the scene of operation.
| Ifseventy- FIVE thousand volunteers, already
called out be not sufficient for this pro.
gramme of war, let the number be doubled
and if one hundred and fifty thousand be moi
sufficient, let it be doubled again. And il
tbreeI hundred thousand be not enough, lei
five hundred thousand be called, and they
will come, and the work will be done, and
"nobody hurt"