Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-08-08
GOV. BANKS PLAN FOR SUPPRESS.
ING THE REBELLION.

Early in May last, Hon. n. p Banks, then
residing IN this city, came into the Tribune
sanctum 10 see our night dispatches In the
course OF conversation, which turned on the
rebellion, Mr.. Banks expressed himself sub
stantlally as follows This rebellion cannot
be put down by the force which the govern
ment has now called out. Seventy-fiye thou
sand militia will prove wholly inadequate to
restore peace to the country.
The government, and he feared the people,
of the LOYAL states, immensely moderated the
strength and means which the rebel chiefs can
command. This is rebellion Of the slave
power against a republican form OF govern
ment That political element which has been
strong enough to rule the nation Tor fifty
wears, cannot be reduced TO subsection TO the
constitution by few regiments OF militia. Be
fore this gigantic shareholders conspiracy can
be crushed il will tax 10 the utmost the power
and endurance Of the nation. The people
will have TO put forth an effort which has no
uarsllel in modern times. He regarded this
as the most formidable as well atrocIons
rebellion which has occurred since the middle
ages. The Sepoy Instruction was no cir
cumstance TO It, either in strength or wIcke d.
ness. The Sepoys did not revolt for the pur-
pose OF stranghng free governments and set
ling up slave despotisn, a the authors Of
the secession belion has done. The SepOys
were reduced TO obedience in lew months
by less than eighty thousand British troops.
-Four times that many will not suffice t. crush
out the shareholders revolt against the Union.
II he was at the head Of public affairs, he
would call out five hundred thousand meu Tor
the war He would charter every merchant
steamer and ship fit for naval service, A.
soon as the army was equipped and pre- AIRED
10 march he would start one column Of one
hundred and fifty thousand men form Wash
ington 10 Richmond. simultaneously be would
move another column OF one hundred thOus-
and western men down the Mississippi 10
reach Memphis by the time the eastern army
GOT TO Richmond. lie would send division
OF ffty thousand men from Louisville TO Nash
vile 10 support and protect the Union men oi
Central and Eastern tennessee and the noun
tam country OF Georgia, Alabama and North
Carolina Before these columns moved be
would lit out an expedition By sea, and place
fifty thousand soldiers aboard the fleet, 10 hO-
yer along the southern coast from Chrrles on
TO Galveston. This would keep the rebels Al
home III the coast States, as they would be II
constant dread OF a visit st every port, not
knowing where the fleet might land the army
This force on shipboard, Mr.. Banks thought
would compel 10 remain in their own State:
four times the men in the expedition. Ii
weuld be a movable column, which, by IN,
aid OF wind anu steam, mI4nf bee of Charles
ton to-day, and land a. Savannah tomorrow
Hence It's lower anu efficiency.
The remaining 100000 he would distribute
In divisions at Washington, New York, 81
Louis, Baltimore and other points, to act a
reserves and supports wherever the exigencie
of the campaign might most need them. Ill
would keep recruiting offices open wherever
| regiment mad been raised, to fill up the yacsn
cies in the ranks caused by battle or sickness
! He would call on the people to organize
| National Home Guard Of half a million men
| 10 take care of traitors in their midst, and 4
| put their shoulders TO the wheel for fina
effort, If it were found that the first half mil
| lion were not aOle 10 crush out the foul re
bellion.
He calculated that Richmond, Nashville
and Memphis could b. occupied before tn
frosts Of autumn, and that during the white
campaign the two main armies would NOV
southwark, one along the Atlantic slope, an,
the other down the Mississippi. By mex
spring, he thought, the stars and stripes Nigh
be waving over the Crescent City and eve
Montgomery-the then capital OF the rebel
When asked how he would procure til
A40A0| MY 'So'A " NdNiP az SuPPO4' 81 va
an army, he promptly replied: Open a n;
tional loan as the Emperor Napoleon did, an
) appeal to the patriotism OF the whole people
;, take all sums offered, from the widows init
up to Astor's millions. The tresuIy would /
abundantly supplied by the subscriptions
the masses. Only let the people see that Il
= government is in real earnest in Its purpo
: to pit down the rebellion, and ii will not ca
f on Hercules for help in vain.
= Such is a brief outline of the plan sugges
4 ed in our hearing by Major General \.
2 Banks, for the suppression OF the slavehol
7 erS' rebellion Chicago Tribune.