Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-13
PROUABBE CHANGE INTHR FEDE-
RAJ PR0GRAMNE.

RAJ PROGRAMME.
The present situation Of the military chess
board strengthens us in the conviction to which
we gave expression about thirty days since-that
an important change has heen made inthe plan OF
the Federal campaign. Our attention Is again
drawn TO the subject By the following paragraph
which we End in the st. Louis Republican Of the
I'll inst:
l.sports accumulate that the campaign Of the
arl4y OF the Potomac IN front of Washington Is
until spring At least, TO be Of comparative mae
Ion. ItisSaid thar except a demonstration upon
me enemv's right flank, which IS thought TO be
now in contemplation, there viii be no move
ments ina that quarter during the winter. but that
the army viii remain in a fortified camp until an
other season
In other words, whilst a competent force viii
be kept 10 defend Washington City, the seat or
active war will be transferred tot the West and to
the southern seab0aTd. The defense OF the cap
itsi has been rendered impregnable, and as Il IS
believed that whatever designs the have existed
among the Confederate generals 70 capture II
have been abandoned, attention can now be
turned more z~salOusly TO offensive movements
where the enemy is least prepared for them
Win Washington secure, the Federal lines IN
Missouri extended to the Arkansas border, and
the gates Of Western Virginia closed, an over
wh-imiug force can BE- thrown into Southern
Kentucky. and still leave ample numbers 10 ope-
rate bv combined naval aud land expeditions
upon he stronghold Of rebellion on the coast.
There are indications leading to the supposiuon
that some such plan Of the campaign has been
resolved upon.
The original design Of the enemy was TO de-
stroy the prestige Of the Confederate States, as
s. recognized beIigereut power, by moving on
The city o. Richmond, where our national Con,
gross was assembled, and dispensing that deib-
erative body as CROMWELL did the British Par.
lament during the great revolution Of 1858 il
England. Their plan was q good one, esnbrac'
ing tour different moveIneDts-no doubt the re
sulr Of Gen SCoTT's superior counsels-one BY
Mcdowell upon Manassas, another by But.
LEB upou Yorktown, a third by PATTERSON
upon Winchester, and still another by MCCLEL-
Ian through Western Virginia upon Staunton.
All these forces were to surround the C0nteder-
are army IN the Old Dominion, and crush it ont
rs the anaconda does the victim held within is
deadly coil But BUTLER had his Bethel, and
Mcdowell bis Bull Ran and the other heroes
wo- not overly anxious 10 mouopoiize
tar glory OF the achievement by themselves.
A.tsr snndrv changes Of commaudant5 at va
nols posts. and d proiTactcd council Of the
Washington wig-wam, il has evidently been de-
tsrminod. as suggested by this abolition organ,
to make the campaign Of the Federal army on
the Potomac one Of comparative i~uaction,
and transfer the theater Of active h]ostlities TO
the Mississippi valley and The coast. They
expect in this manner to. crush 0Ur Young but
giant Confederacy between he uppor and neither
miIsrones Of a great land and naval expedition,
simultaneously executed. Their aotlls, with a
force Of not less than twenty thousand men, is
70 move from point to point along the seabosrd,
threatening all our coast cities, keeping cur
forces divided, and ready to assault us 10 our
most vulnerable and vital parts.
At the same time, by preeoncerted~ arrangement,
a vast army IS gathering upon cur Western ron
tier, ready to press down upon rs at the first
evidence OF weakness or absence O.. the utmost
vigilance. These hordes are appearing in mum
bers on both sides Of the Mississippi river-in
Kentucky and Missouri, and doubtless have in
view the invasion OF Arkansas and Tennessee.
ALr aENtnL ANU n ialA NluA tpi4lAlIA1 vas TIC
lnitiatory step 10 this movement, and the disas-
nous check encountered there by he enemy may
arrest temporarily any attempt at its repetition.
But the invasion Of East Tennessee Will GER
tainly receive encouragement from the i~nsurrec-
tionsrv movement which has recently manifested
itself in the burning OF several railroad bridges
bv the traitors Of that disafected region. II nee
essay. Western Virginia will BE- given up Il
this project, toe success Of which
would strike a heavier blow to our cause than 1
has received since The inception Of the war
Communication by railroad between the armie
Of the Mississippi and the Potomac must be KEEP
open at every hazard. and SO with that between
he border States and the coast. The eneml
know this, and are straining every nerve 10 inter
rupt il. Hence the necessity Of guarding thl
entrances al every available poiut, and at tn
same time of sweeping the turbulent conspira
TOTS and fncendiay followers Of JOHNSON sn'
NaYEARBf from the State as with 8 bosom Of De
s,ruciou, showing them no quarter.
Under these circumstances it is quite probs
BIZ that our generals upon the Potomac VIII re
AL4AA-I al AI'AAA VI bNNtE AhI N-1ANN 80
ssrs, as it was supposed they would do thirty
DAYS since. The Federal force around Wash.
inetou city is understood 20 have been recently
diminished by heavy drafts upon it for the prose
cuton Of the naval expedition and the cam
psieu IN the West 50 long as the Federal
capital was threatened, no force could be spared
from that vicinity, but as soon as a policy oil
mastery inactivity was spoken Of as determined
on for the future, this important change Of pro-
gramme was Immediately made.
We trust that its results, as al present seen in
movements along our frontier, may induce q
speedy transit across the Potomac into Mary
land. which viii be followed mp by vigorous az
rressive operations. This policy viii evidently
40 more than anything else 10 Parslyze the en-
ergie Of the Washington Rump, and embara~s
The rrogress Of Us projected programme.
"a note from MI T.. Sbumate, OF New
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