, 1861-06-28
GEN. 8C0TTss POLLOK.
Defence Of tho Old Generals Plan OF
the Campaign.

ole Of bearing arms and getting away
TOM home, and are degouring the substance
II the State, Ills believed that for the pre-
:ent the Confederate forces are about equal to
he Federal forces, in and bearing upon Vir-
5inia. But this cannot last. The Confederate
horde :must soon advance or fall back If it |
advances, 1t is upon destruction. If It retreats,
The decentralization and dIsintegration Of the
1ny fellows as matter Of course. The fatal
1ogma OF Secession will have It's way with the
confederates. Once roll back the Confederate
army even beyond the Rappahannock. and 1t
must rcn the rest Of the way to the Gulf with
constantly aece1e1atlng, velocity. Suppose
ourg, and occupy the Railroad there, which
IS the spinal cord of the Confedcracy, long
enough to render It unavailable, and should
20 as far as Knoxville, Tennessee, where there
Is . powerful Union sentiment only line
Lhe ghsstly woods Of North Carolina. ~;
The Federal force here Is very great, as it.
appears to us. To look; ut 1t, 1t seems compe.
tent for any military exploit And yet, the
Confederate armies iaVirginia doubtless seem
to the people Of that State as atundantly able
nsy be mustered. So let Us dispassionately
examine the resources OF the parties in this
conttst.
For the present, the Southern army Is tole-
rally well clothed and fed; but the men are
wealing their old clothes and shoes, md are
1tG n5 1uahtIe eAuANst1sc !es4es uPou tnt eues
rounding country, by eating the cattle and
the grain, the pigs and poultry, by wholesale,
This cannot last The Old clothes will wear I
Ont, and the South has not cloth to: make
new. The old shoes will :Wea1 out, and the |
South has no shoe1nakers. We often hear, in |!
or without proper shoes, for q few days. How
must it be IN the South, where there Is little
leather, and no mechanics to work it into
ehoes? Our soldiers complain OF improper
and insufficient food, though the granar1es Of
Illinois, and the pork Of Ohio and Indiana are
behind u.s.
What must be the case in the South, where
meat and meal is habitua1ly. bought for the
labo.irg population? Our surgical depart
n1cnts are said to he defective, and our medi
cal stores wanting in some necessarles. How
is it at The South, whose medicines, with the
exception Of "1oots and yurbs," can be had
only By purchase in the North? Our troops
complain Of not being well armed; yet we
Eave the best rifle manufactory in the world
{that Of Sptjrgfeld), which turns out RIMS for
aregiment eyery week We have indeed all
the mechanical genius as well rs machinery
adapted to the construction Of arms de prteis-
ion, which exist upon the continent, and VIC
bave besides the market Of the old world open
to us. The rebels have only the regulation
arms they have stolen, and miscellany Of
pistols, shot guns and bowie-kuiEes not OF
much service. Floyd, the great guu-s stealeE,
his ntightors. The man who robbed Dur ar-:
sena1s Of tens Of thousands of new muskets,
| asks fer sbot-guns to defend his home.
| The more the situation Of the hostile Sec
| uons is studied, the more certain it appears
/! that the rebellious section Is the weaker, and
| must 60 10 the wall-and that while the mill
| tary power Of the North will become greater
every week from this moment until tic war
cloEee, the South Is now displaying O greater
! force tEan she can month Or even q fort
night herce. Il this be true, the North gains
by wsitiDg-and delay is death to the South.
but We are told the war mnst be short +
| will not be short, in the sense that it will
only last fen weeks Or month or two.
We may as well make up our minds that 1t
LII d., e s.asess 1T %s Ra sa eeafSas o hS
! tillties for year signifies. But commerce,
manufacture, trade will be prostrated! 70
| be sure. We st>make up our minds to
that: Snail We. not be Us resdy to make
tac!iflces to maintain the Republic, the
It. Why, the Southern men Of substance ere
now, In thousands Of instances, being drained
Of their resources to the bitter drags Of poE-
ersy, to feed the army that represents the IN
science and violence Of their Panpered local
prepared to make sacrifices, it should abandon
the contest and the hope Of preserving the
| Union. The power Of tho loyal section of
the Union, is vastly greater than that Of the
disloyal eec:icn, md set the preponderance Il
not 50 sfgnM thst the loyallsts will yindicate
the Government without protracted and We
hement exertions. The North must put forth
it's strength, not in spasm, but with iron
handed and enduring power.
Ger. Scott bases his Wnr policy upon thres
considerations. In the first place the States
that entered into the secession conspiracy
had for some time been talking Of Ear sni
} | preparing for 1t. THEY were therefore In t
better condition to make dashiug fight thai
the loyal StAtee, which were not a. all In war
like condition. The wonder Is, that with ths
forwa.dness Of their warlike preparations, tht
conspi1ators did rot daeh upon Washington
and take it right away after the bombardIncn
Of Sumter. In the second place, some troop
| fight best when behind deftnses, sud the Ia
!; vasion Of Virginia with the design Of carrying
the State by storm, would be giving Its de
Tenders an undue advantage; aud there woul'
. that at Great Bethel and Vienna, on
I larger ecale. In the third place, consider
9 ations Of humanity. The. General believe
! the rebellion can be crushed T1thou
filling the land with widows and Of
0 1st the army enlisted for three years or th
w.r, be placed In the highest efficiency, atme'
!. with the best weapons, and the rebellio.
I which is an affair Of couepirators and cre1
. ture OF the passions, without the resources 9
: nation or good cause, or decent excuse, 7
III
. Ily perish. In this way the foo:.hardy inso
7 lence OF the minority section will be rebuked
i its crop Of traitorons politicians deprived {
. their ability to be mischieyous, and the Unio
restored In its integrity. Everything goes t
l. show that these are the ideas Of Gensr'
d ment of large force Of cavalry, is in itse
8 proof Hc don't want many regiments {
i horbemen, because he does notinteud that tt
Y war shall be one Of headlong forays aud u
), etrCctiye collisions-but that on tue part
l. the Government, it's power shall be gEadas,l :,
d Of the conspiracy By which it is Threatened.
8 But slowly as Gen. Scott moves, he unde
t, stands that his tardiuess Is more conspicuo1
q and seems more remarkable nov than 1t vi
r N p1esentJy. He expects to crowd the !Conted
10 rates ont Of Richmond within few week
: he expects to see them slowly and suleo
l. backing out with their masked batteries, al
II falling before the steady, Systematic and ovt
Eheluipg advance OF the army of the U1l0
whose momentum must demolish all oppo
3, tion. :,
Gen. Scott must be dealt with decided
he must be entrusted with the entire cont1
" Of operations, or all responsibility for the
~ must be Withdrawn from him.
oi The President has determined to trust h
=, d. dess j nav ~ be done With IL. Lincoln, snd son
=. ~ times by personal importantly, he u the M
p obstinate of men when ho ia convinced II
50 he is right; and he would not budge an IN
1s If the Nhcle country should howl, and even
2 Chicago Platform give forth symptoms OF
" csy aud suffering.
ed Il has been nsinuated In some quart.
d. that the President and Cabinet were losi
. confidence in Gen. Scott ] }uow that IS I
~ true. With perhaps the exception q {
Is Cabinet officer {MT: B!air} t1eir opinion
= y embodied In the following words, which Fl
u employed within the last week b. one
ae thtm; sit Is perfectly certain that Gene
;t1 ;as ecotts plan will be successful. The only
sn lection Is TINT 1t takes an enormous force, {
", moro time than tie country Is willing
70 70 epare, The Lieut. Generals nlaconda will
.o1 his wcrk. The only object.cn Is IT eats
re, much. Some other plan might have b
mSas hsYs bfen bggaqs % @ cerainiy executed"
). Scotte system Of wearing ouI aea crush
down the Southern rebels Is, beyond do'
nal precisely the sort Of warfare that they b
bsn most heartily In detestntion. u they g
- have a wild spree Of campaign, ioA o.
no counters and adventure, they might get u
% o%1. With it, with some spirit and chee1iuln
,9 'og But to be slowly pulyerixed under . Wei
~ they are incapable Of lifting, Is fntolera
They feel that between tho blockade and
Federal army they are In mill that, thong
crjnds SLOW, makes fee work; and they
8. becoming deuperate-
of As to the effect OF this sloW ea1np'
18th abroad, it Is not feared. The friendly as
ancet Of foreign powers are more empn
.om from week to week Even Lof1 Lyons