Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-06-06
How the War is to be Prosecuted.

The New York Tribune, in an article
under the caption of 1.-The Salient Features
of the War;" lets us know something of the
plans of the North in their war of Southern
subjugation. We give the following, being
the points Of interest in the article:
We are determined on restoring the Fed
eral authority in all the rebellious States,
and have started to carry our national flag
in triumph from the Potomac and the Ohio
southwark to the Gulf, and westward to the
Rio Grande-detcrmine that if the people
now dwelling in those States will not return
to their allegiance, another race shall be
planted there arho loiU respect the Constitu-
ton of our fathers.
This contest is destined to be moro pro-
tracted than was generally anticipated at its
commencement. Though the South is in
ferior 70 the North 10 some important par
tieulars, and especially IN money md credit,
md shes,-ts l.-ss l
lures. are slender. yet she abounds ih sbrava
men, accustomed to the use Of weapons, and
reckless of life She has some of the best
military engineers in the country, and some
of the ablest officers who have led our troops
in recent wars. Though cut off from her
usual supplies in the North. and hemmed in
on her sea coast, she will, by cultivating
self-reliancc, make desperate excrtions to
supply these serious Deficiencies Rely up
on it. the naughty, imperious, impassioned
South will hold out in this contest to the
last extremity.
Hence the struggle on her part will be
desperate, having no parallel in any war on
the American continent during this century
Having staked all upon the hazard of the
die, her statesmen and captains cannot af-
ford to be beaten. Davis, Toombs Rhett
Yancey, Mason, Stephens, Cobb, Letcher,
Hunter, Benjamin. Pickens, and civilians
of that class, and Twiggs. Bragg, Beaure~
gard, Lee, Johnston, Magruder, Pillow,
and soldiers like them, with thousands Of
other men ofhigh rcpute and great influence,
must succeed in this rebellion, or either sue
for pardon, or be put to death as traitors,
or flee from their native land forever They
will struggle for victory with the energy of
despair. Though they are destined to be
overthrown in the end, yet let the North
not beguile itself with the delusion that they
will not fall with harness on their backs,
and with their faces to the foe. Unless wc
beat an inglorious retreat, there is serious
work before us.
During the coming summer our troops
will doubtless be chiefly employed in hold
ing the forts, navy yards, and arsenals now
in our possession in the seeded States in
fortifying and protecting the national capi-
tai; in looking sharply to affairs in Mary
land, Kentucky and Missouri, and being
prepared to protect loyal and punish rebel
lious citizens in those States in sustaining
the Union cause in Western Virginia, crush
ing the rebels in the Eastern counties, re-
taking Harper's Ferry, and subduing Nor
folk and Richmond; and in clearing the
banks and the channel Of the upper Missis-
sippi of traitors and pirates. This may be
done in the hot months without impairiDg
the health of our troops, provided the Com
missariat and the Hospital are properly
managed. Then, when autumn shall usher
in invigorating breezes, heavy columns will
descend into the rebel territories, in the
east. the centre. and the west nor stay their
march till our flag waves in triumph over
Charleston, Montgomery, and New Orleans
Thanks to Heaven, the names of the brave
men who pant for this service are Legion
Let US, then, strike in our might, doing
the work thoroughly as we go, knowing that
the heavier the blows and the more rapidly
they fall the sooner the contest will be ended
EB- Grief murmurs; anger roars i'm
patience frets: but happiness, like calm