Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-11
w. D. WALLACH.



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rHE soRrHsRy srRArBGIcAL LINE.
The following Ia from the Frankfort (Ky.)
Ysoman, Aug. y, an influential rebel organ !:
We conceive the strategical line from which
70 make successful development Of military
force sgsinst the South, Is that which will run
from Cum heriand Gap to Chattanooga, Tenn !;
and its occupancy by force unassailable from
its strength, is the prime object Of the Federal
government. III e..- -
Richmond was never a point of military I'm
portance, further than that, in the poss sssion
of the Federal power, 1t would no longer men
ace the lines Of railway converging upon East
Tennessee. Manassas Junction was on the line
from Tennessee to Washington, and was, there
fore, to some extent, necessity, in approach
ing the basis strstegical line which covers the
whole field. The columns of Mccall and Of
Cox in the valley Of the Kanawha were each
destined to reach different points on the same
line from w Washington to East Tennessee, with
the view OF acquiring access to the line We
have indicated as the great line Of strategical
development. Foiled at Manassas, Scott will
now organize the armies Of the Potomac, the
Shenandoah, the Kanawha and the Cumbe
land, TO renew attempts to gain possession of
this great line. It Is to the last named army
that Gen. Robt. Anderson (the gallant Major
Anderson, Of Fort Sumter fame) is assigned,
with his headquarters at Louisville, Ky. II is
for the use Of Anderson's column that muskets,
artillery and munitions Of war are new pouring
into Kentucky over the railroads converging
from Covington AVID Louisville; it is for this
that camps are commenced at Hoskins' and
Crab Orchard, and elsewhere; for this that Ros-
seau's brigade has moved from Indiana into
Kentucky; for this that Green Adams is at
tempting by speeches to rouse the people Of
the mountains; for this that Lieutenant Nell
If -. IL G.
duty, to distribute arms In Kentucky, and thus
by all these means, by q march through Ken
tucky, sustained by the Union party Of Ken
tucky, march offedsral troops from the north,
protected in their rear by encampments in Ken
lucky composed nominally, if not fully, of Ken
tuckians, that the federal government expects
Gen. Anderson to achieve the object of obtain
ing possession of the great line in question.
That would be sore calamity to the South,
and, in the end, to the North also; for it would
only result in prolonging the war for the pre-
tended but unattainable object Of reconstruct
ing q shattered Union. 1t is asked why the
possession Of this line from Cumberland Gap
Is of such strategieal Importance? We answer,
because 1t divides the connections Of the parts
OF the South from each other, separates the
Carolinas from Tennessee, Virginia from Ten
nessee and the southwestern States, and rem
ders the Confederate States into bundles of
not one of which could support or
sustain the other, and Of which each, in its
turn, may be overwhelmed by avastly sups-
rior force to any it can, by its own resources,
command.
With that line In possession, the Federal
hope 10 that Bast Tennessee will revolt
against the State government and the Confed-
crate States; and in that event the game Of
John Csrlile d Co., played in Western Vir-
ginia, Of setting sp bogus State government,
would be played out on q second theater, ins-
vitably causing civil war in Tennessee, and
giving to Scott's basis line and depot of mu-
nitions OF war all the support deriyable from
q people as thoroughly subjugated as he could
desire. If he can occupy that line he can
strike each slave State east Of the Mississippi
on both tanks at the same time. With East
Tennessee in hand, he can command column
upon Nashville or Memphis by the navigation
Of the Cumberland or Mississippi, and at the
same time by rail to Clsrksville, and to Nash
vile itself from several directions.
WILL THERE Bs A REBEL ADVANCED
Especial Correspondence New Orleans Delta
Will there be an advance is the question
which engages all minds. At present the Lin
coin Govefnment is on the defensive. 1t ex-
periences great difficulty in raising troops.
The money is more easily raised than the
troops. The relation Of the two belligerents is
now completely reversed. Mcclellan IS ez-
ereESERg all ms gsatuS and sxhaUst,ng the
resources of the Government to hoLI Wash
IngtoH aud baltimore, a0ltlLs our gorsrn
D1ept IS an condition TO G2TGHce and Griue
ktn1 yo1rd the Maryland line. OF the prac-
tioability Of this there is little doubt, the only
discussion Is as to its expediency. Those who
advocate the advance beyond the Potomac
justly and forcibly csntend that ii would never
do to keep the army We now have in the field
unemployed and exposed to the hardships of q
winter in the fields and under tents; that a
large city liks Baltimore tciH BE- n eded 10
secure shelter and supplies for so large a
fores; that zoe Que IL to Maryland to eupanet-
pate her treeDte's from the degrading tyranny
of the YaHkees, and ahordithem an opportuni-
" Of Determining TO which eenfederaey she
will attach herself; that Virginis and the Con-
federate States can never be safe from attack
and danger 90 long as the enemy holds Wash
ington city, where troops and munitions,
in any number and quality, can be so rap
idly concentrated that o bold advance
against q dispirited and demoralized foe is al
ways the most effective mode Of ending a war
and securing satisfactory peace. We have
no aggressive and ambitious views, but we
want peace and our independence. Will we
never receive these from the present fanatical
and maddened party Of the North until We
drive them into their own borders, and then,
with bristling and menscing front, demsnd
guarantees that they will stay within those
limits; that they will make a fair division of
the asserts Of the old Union, and will hence
forth refrain from intermeddling with the
rights and property Of our citizens? The 'sshot,
sharp, decisive war policy is now ours. That
policy demands the advance to Mason and
Dixion's line.
On the other hand there are those who think
that delay Of q few weeks will produce a
peaceful and satisfactory settlement Of this
controversy without further blooashed; that
the Intervention Of the European powers, the
uprising Of peace party Of the North, win ef.
feet this result; that the northern people, new
languid and discontsnted In regard TO this war
might be arOufsd to gigantic efforts by a amovs.
ment which, though not aggressive in fact,
they would % represent to their people, and
perhaps excite war frensy surprising that
which followed the downfall Of Fort Sumter
These are the principal grounds Of the tvo
parties in regard 30 our war pslicy. Tho pro-
found secresy which envelopes all the transac-
tons of the cabinet defes the most sagacious,
and cannot say or even guess to which Of
these views the governmental inclines; but there
can be little doubt that the army, our generals
and all our officers and soldiers, and great
majority Of the people are strongly In favor of
the forward movement s-
REBEL POSITION AT AQUA CREEK.
At Aqua Greek End the batteries in adml-
rabls condition, well posted, and altogether