The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-06-06
Salient Features Of the War.
TErom thA n v. Trihnns


The war has commenced in good car
nest. Gus ships blockade the ports Q
the rebels; our armies are eucamred OF
their soil The loyal States should clear
ly understand and fully appreciate ,hs
herculean work they have undertaken,
and the consequences which are to result
from it.
l. We are crushing q rebellion in near
ly one half the States of the Uuion.--
Though hundreds Of thousands Of citi
xeus, scattered all through those States
are at heart loyal to the Federal Gov
ernment, the prestige Of local authori
ty, aud the relentless arm of power, are
on the si6 of tie traitors.
II. We are determined on restoring
the Federal authority in all the rebel
lious States, and have started to carry
our national flag in triumph from the
Potomac aud the Ohio Southwark to the
Gulf, aud Westward to the Rio Grande
determined that if the people now
dwelling in those States will not retutu
to their allegiance, another race shall be
planted there who will respec ct the Con.
stitution of our fathers.
Ill. This contest is destined to be
more protracted than was generally anti.
clpated at its commencement. Though
the South is inferior to the North in some
important particulars, and especially in
money and credit, aud though her mar
atime resources, her mechanical applian
ces, and her manufactures are slender
yet she abouuds in brave men, accus.
toned to the use Of weapons, and rcck-
less of life. She has some of the bes,
military engineers IN the country, ant
some of the ablcst officers who have lea,
our troops in recent wars. Though Gu
off from her usual supplies in the North
and hemmed in on the sea. coast, she WI!
by cultivating sc!f-rcliaucc, make dcspe
rate exertions to supply these serious de
ticiencies. Rely upon it, the naughty
imperious. impassionsd South will hold
out in this contest to the last extrem
ity.
". Hence the struggle on her part
will be desperate, having no parallel in
any war on the american continent du.
ring this century. Having stsked all up,
on the hazard of the die, her statesmen
and captains cannot afford to be beaten.
Davis, Toombs, Rhett, Yancey, Mason,
Stephens, Cobb, Letcher, Hunter, Ben
jamin, Pickens, and civilians Of that
class, and Twiggs, Bragg, Beauregard
Lee, johnson, Magruder, Pillow, aud sol
diers like them, with thousands of othe
men of high repute and great influence
must succeed in this rebellion, or eithe,
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
with the deiusion that thcv; VIII not + ,hf ;t
with harness on their backs, and with
!heir iaces to the foe. Unless me beat an
,ng'orlous retreta, there is serious work
be fore us.
'. During the coming summer our
troops will doubtless be chiefly s,nnloved
In holding the forts, navy yards, and ar.
senals now in our possession, in the "a.
ceded States; in fortifying and protect.
ing the national Capitol; in looking
sharply to affairs in Maryland, Kentuckv
md Missouri, and being prepared to pro.
ect loyal and punish rebelIious cit;zens
n these States; in sustaining the Union
'ause IN Western Virginia. crushing the
ebels IN the Eastern counties, rctakinc
Ferry, and subduing Norfolk
nd hichmond; and in clearing tho
anks ana the channel of the Upper Mis-
'ssioht e dohe Il IN TIE not mouths without i'm
airing the health of onr troops, provid-
d the Commisariat and the Hospital are
roperly managed Then, when Autumn
hall usher in invi gorating breezes, heavy
olumns will descend into the rebel ter
itories, in the east, the centre, and the
vest, nor stay their march till our flag
waves in triumph over Charleston, Mont
,omery and New Orleans. Thanks to
Heaven, the name of the brave men who
,ant for service is Legion.
vi. The maratime feature of the con-
est will be more prominent that was at
irst anticipated Beside the large fotil-
a required to blockade the coast from
he Chesapeake to the Brazos, the quail
led recognition of the validity of JEFF.
Dayis's letters of marque by some Euro
pean nations will neccssitatc the fitting
out of a considerable armed marine to
protect our commerce, aud sweep pestl-
lent pirates from the seas. But we
have ships aud sailors in abundance
to meet these extraordinary eAigencies.
VII Slavery, the prime cause of the
contest, may embarrass us, unless its re-
lations to the struggle are precisely de-
fined and scrupulously regarded. This
war is not waged either to overthrow or
to protect slavery; either to exite servile
instructions ia the Rebel States or to
suppress instructions should they occur;
either to entice negroes to escape from
their masters, or to return them should
they take it into their heads to run oh
with their own heels. 1t is the uprising
Of loyal citizens en- masse for the nalnts
nance of the Federal Union and the su
premacy of the Federal laws in all ths
States, and not for the enforcement o'
the peculiar local policy Of any singh
State or class of States. In Gne, so far a
Slavery is concerned, i: is war Of non
Intervention.
VIII. business win necessarily sune
from this imbroglio, but not SO ser'ousl
as has been Imagined. The war 'tse
will furnish employment for large nun
bers Of men, horses, cattle, ships, an
steamers munitions Of every variety II
land and sea forces will be in consta'