Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-10-12
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itia dangerous policy 10 andertate sn
aassfaagr. and Il Z saaAii, raipoas % esva.
slslmAt shs ssrshRth 81 ones ohh sitaatlbh.
RON Is sanasbesspsss Of thls ~. the
Esssh So ualessats6 the ,trsnsab o. shis
rsbsliab ID aAs bossbs AID IL South h.s
skef-esII massd ker osh ssfsngilA i.iston-
patea s. those who know, .ha. there are tive
hanarea thossaaa irseps now 10 Maryland
and opposite Washington. on tbe Potomac
Large naval ssess, md issgs bodies % armed
men, are ibeHseiag Inc Atlaatle and Gulf
coasts At every peiat, intending general ~.
tack, aed ,sharesss 81 ssposFd poiat insisss
aaeh. ~ stack, Glstke belly 81 troops win -
landed, There are saEsats. hss s,heasaaAt
Federal tfoopsiu Missouri, and on thar march
e the STATE. There IRE afsy thousand 10
possession Of North tFssssrn Virginia, and
skess holy one third OF Ne tefritory 81 that
State, There will soon be ena Aanasss
thousand Aesivsly smpleyed In Ksusaasyi aad
before Christmas, one hundred thoasaAd
tsoops, with corresponding numbef Of Gun
Boats ana sseemers, vii attempt The deasent
Of tbe Mississippi Every day Of drill md
discipline adds 10 the ssiieieaey Of ihese large
armiss; snd ~ the winter se,s 10, Ihes will
betoms Formidable engines Tor sgstessirs ole.
rations. The loud boastings Of i,npraaehs
men In the South, saeA ss that one Southern
man eau Whip Eve Yankees, have sirrady
planted 4 sting ia the. North and North
var fsvsr; sad we may expect change IN
the popular temper of the North, iha. win
produce an nsiy change Ia the results upon
the field Already the North Ia sending forth
men, aud all manner Of material for war pnI-
poses, with = profa slan that astonlshes even
military men Who have seen them Asa
single instance Of the magnitude Of the prep
erations Of the Federal Government, they
have procured no less than oss AHadsed fhoss.
aad horses and mules, for transportation, AZ
ti,IeEy and easalt? service, since the battle OF
Manassas Her Naval preparations are on an
equally stupendons scale. She has Az ua-
limitSd amount OF money, and her people are
unit In prosecuting the war. Well may the
Richmond Bsa@saes present this view Of the
subject 1855
II cannot he aaiei thd their naval preparations arr
likewise ssappndous scir The cessation af o. IN.
ha. plasss at their diszSal nambeg u vsasls
such never hrfofe awaited fe call u JeSeFnnient
The auseEnmeHts Accommodations e material CIR
ants years past lying in the afsshas and navy.
yards a. the Nsath In a,nt commensurate with the
EniEae al the sAtirs Ssess PURPOSES thrt Ia
tsaiisl 10 sala ben crusader the sh0nsahes
0f this material the rxIsut II the shipping tbs
service II the 6rseftrn the unlImted Capacity af the
NuFtl kr the SSsIc tin ~ bta tsRaiihhs and shipping
and tho pt0EHnd fesug Il Vlhsctiysas.ss With uheh
they sctuat tsvRtps the suHh. folly SOald BE-
great infa II 80 di rot pare ff most farfaiatis
series AZ naval DEMONSTRATORS alsng tar absaFl
hlie pretsfatss May he capable a Tefssliiag
foFnhlable hayA dennFlstrathns against Mehsis, OF
brunswick, IN ntFgia WHin Staa ia Nsrth Carolina
kckn,ana ~ Way II the ftHk James rivers yet
there ntriiigeat wo viii say that these places
safe fa approach by esInliped naval and nlltary
force such ~ the North Hght Bend by taxing he
capabilities 10 their nimast e1tsst
very heavy aba t,sce such Che Meth h abs 20
set ON tsot. mighs be pushed ute Northwest Virginia
inm Psfnsy iyshiz aud Ohio and might approach within
I'VE days mareh Of stsSnisn o. ehstianiars wltheut
hrtag gaa- esndaed aelspnstFatiaa u sssh Erce
ffuti Wetera Virginia. of MeCrlians army Mari.
land and a an tanenss naval AMI land force ffan the
aiFeciioa u uba Point cSnfr would many brsts
70 papiats IN this e4e,tal which tie lsSey u
the Yankee With great lsvity.