The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-12-26
The Arm Raised for the Fatal Blow.

The Arm RAISED for the Fatal Blow.
The landing of the advanced column
of Gen. Buffers expedition at Ship Is
land, is another leading act in the war
programme. 1t completes a design
that has been apparent, to him in the
rebellion. The Mississippi expedition,
in preparation at Cairo and st. Louis,
threatens New Orleans from the north,
sweeping through the rebellious region
IN West Tennessee on its passage down,
and presenting the golden moment for
Gen. rBuel with his 100000. men. to
move in from the east, and form a Juno
ton with the loyal people of that Sec
ton of the State. A part of Gen.
Buel's force, satisfied by the loyal pop.
ulations, could protect our rear. tits not
unlikely that the department of Kansas
will also become the means, and is ulti-
inately intended for the redemption of
Texas, assisted from the safe base of
operation at Ship Island, where Bntler
will soon be in. command of %, 900
men,. So much for the Western as
pect. Where Gen. Burnside's expedi-
ton, of formidable proposition, is to
strike, we know not. sze s5isl.
What has been done at Port Royal
and Hatteras We know, and our foot
hold at Fort Pickens we know. Thus
We have the Southern base of opera
tons on the East, with Fortress Mon;
roe at the North, ready to aid any oper-
alton that may reclaim Virginia, and
prepared to cooperate with our army
on the Potomac, giving us as whole a
situation just analogous to that we, have
at the West. In the meantime our
columns on the Potomac detain the very
flower of the Southern army, leaving
comparatively open field to prosecute
our operations in the two extremes of
tho Southern coast. Besides this, we
have victorious army in Western Vir-
ginia, ready to sweep down the Allegha-
MES, and form a,junction with General
Banks, coming down upon Manassas
from the rear, perhaps, according to
the original plan, or perhaps to coop
crate with Gen. Mcclellan in some
movement for thanking the enemy, not
yet disclosed. l.s.. ..,.l .,S.a..l /,
1t will be seen from this hasty sketch
which we could make more complete
if we knew the precise nature of Gen.
Burnside's proposed operations-that
the rebellion is hemmed in by our arm
les, and when simultaneous move
ment commences closing in like the
walls of the tabled chamber shutting
the victims in death, the days of the
rebellion will be numbered. 80
All this time internal agencies in the
rebellious States are aiding u.s. Conf
merce, manufactures and mechanic arts
languish. Prices are high, and since
the slave outbreak in Charleston, social
interests insecure; and here and there,
as in East Tennessee, North Carolina,
and the Union plot in New Orleans,
sporadic cause of discomfort appear.
The South has relied upon its cotton,
but where that is near the seaboard it
is being consumed, to prevent it from
falling into our hands, and where it is
in the interior it is useless. This di-
minishes the available as well as pros
pective capital of the enemy, und SO
far weakens him, rendering him less
able to resist our advance.
Thus stands the rebellion to-day. 1t
will be seen thatth heaviest blows are
yet to be struck, but Thrust be remem-
bersd that every preliminary has been
successful. s Ourariny on The Potomac
is in splendid condition: On the coast
the rebels have nothing to compare
with the value Of our possession OF
Fortress Monroe. At Hatsersss and
Port Royal we have effected supstaii-
tial foothold. The late contest at Fort
Pickens serves to confirm our power
there. Ship Island we have, and Cairo
we have, impregnably fortified. We
have fine army in Kentucky, and the
confidence of the people in the integ-
rity of the Government and their abil-
ity to suppress the rebellion, is unim-
paired-in short we have dUthe cOndi-
tons OF success. That success itself will
follow, and that speedily, we have no
doubt.-Det. Tribune.
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