New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-27
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE WAR.


are encamped on their soil. The loyal States
should clearly understand and fully appreciate
the hercuean work they have undertaken, and
the consequences which ere to result from it.
/. We are crushing q rebellion in nearly one
half the States Of tho Union. Though hundreds
of thousands Of citizens, scattered all through
those States are at heart loyal to the Federal
Government, the prestige of local authority, and
tho relentless arm Of power, are on the sido OF
the traitors.
III. We are determined on restoring the Federal
authority in all the rebcllious States aud have
started b. carry our national flag in triumph from
the Potomac and the Ohio Southward to the
Gulf, ard Westward TO the Rio Granle--deter-
mined that if the people now dwelling IN those
States will not return TO their allegiance anoth'
or race shall be planted there who will respect
the Constitution of our fathers.
III. Ills contest is destined to be more pro-
tractcd than was generally anticipated st it'
commencement. Though the South is Inferior to
the North in some important particulars, aud
especially in mo5ey aud credit, aud though her
maritime resources, her mechanical appliances,
| and her manufactures, are slender, yet eho
| abounds in brave men, accustomed 10 the use Of
weapons. and reckless of life. She has some Of
/ the best military engineers ID the country ana
some of the ablest officers who have led our troops
in recent wars Though cut off from her usual
suppes in tie North, and heInmcd in On her
sea coast, she Hill, by cultiyatDg selt-reliance
make desperate exeriionS to supply these serious
Deficiencies Rely upon it the naughty, imperi-
ous. inpsssioned South viii hold out in this con-
/ test to the last extremity.
". Hence the struggle on her part VIII be
desperate, having no parallel in any war on the
American continent during this century. lia'ng
stakcd all upon the hazard Of the die, Ter states
men and captains cannot afford To be beaten.
| Davis Toombs, Rhett, Yancey, Mason, Stephens,
| Cobb, Letcher, Hunter, Benjamin, PicSens, aud
civilians Of that closs, and Twgg,, Bragg, Beau
regard, Lee, Johnston, Msgruder, Pillow, aud
sDldiers Ike them, with thousands Of other men
Of high repute and great influence, must succeed
in this rebellion or either sue for pardon, or be
put TO death as traitors, or fee from theiF na'
tive land forever. They will struggle for victory
with the energy Of despair. Though they ore
destined 20 be- oyerthrown in the end, yet let
the North not bcguile itself with the deiuslon
that they will not fall with harness on their
back, and with their faces 10 the foe. Unless
We beat an inglorious retreat, there 10 serious
work before us.
V. During Tue coming Summer our troops Wal
doubtless be chiefly employed IN holding tue iofts'
navy ya'd.. aud arsenal, now in oar possession
in tie seeded States; in foniping and protect
ipg the national Cspi'al in locking sharply to
Affairs in Maryland, Kentucky and ai'S,ouTi, aud
being prepared TO protect loyal and punish rebel
lious citizens in those States in sustaining the
| Union cause in Western Virginia, cru'hiug the
rebels in the Eastern counties, retaking Herper's
J Ferry, and subiuins Ne'alk and Richmond and
in clearing rne banks ard tie channel Of tLo Up
Per Mississippi of traitors ard pirates. Ihs nay
bc done in the hot months witbou. inpiirIog the
health Of our troops, provided the Conmisaria'
aud the Hospital properly managed. Then,
when Autumn shall usher in iuygorating breezes,
| heavy columns will descend into ihe rebel tefri-
tories, in the east the center, and the West, nor
| stay their march I'll our flag waves IN triumph
owe, Charleston. Montgomery, and Naw.Orleans.
Thanks 10 Heaven, tho names OF the brave men
who pant for thi, scryiee are Legion.
VI. Tho lpSrtime feature Of the contest viii be-
more prominent thac was at first anticipated. Be-
side the large 6ollli required to blockade the coast
from the Chesapeake to tho Brazos, the qualified
recognition Of the validity or JEFF. Days's letters of
marque by some European nations will necessitate
the fitting out of Il considerable armed marine to
project our commerce and sweep pestilcGt pirates
from the seas. But we have ships and sailors in
abundance 10 meet these extraordinary exigencies.
VII. Slavery, the prime cause of all our troubles,
may embarrass u.s. unless its relations to tho strug
gle are precisely defined and scupulously regarded.
This war is not waged either 10 overthrow OF to
protect Slavery; either TO excite seryile insurec-
tons in the Rebel States to suppress Instructions
should they occur either to entice negroes to ca
cape from their masters or TO return them should
they take it into their heads TO run off with their
own heels. 1t i- the uprising of loyal citizens en-
masse for the maintenance of the Federal Union
and he supremacy of the Federal laws in nll the
States, and uot for the enforcement of the peculiar
local poity Of any single State or class Of States
In fine, so far as Slavery is concerned, it is war
of Hon-iaterpfntioa.
VIII. Business will necessarily suffer from this
imbroglo, but not so seriously as has been i'm
agined. The war itself will furnish employment
for largo numbers Of mep, horses, cattle, ships,
and steamers; munitions Of oyery variety for land
aud sea forces viii be- in constant demands; the |
Of tha c.ld nd fba Lsbn h.