Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-04-24

Row THE WAR MAY BE CON.
gFw. QUOTED.
a NoRqHERN VsEw % THE QUESTION.
Prom ths EeN XeEk Commercial Advertised
A glance at The relative situations and con.
ditsons OF the contending parties will afford a
probable solution Of The mode ln which fs
controversy can be carried on. Bstweep tbe
positively loyal and The positively dlsloysl
states occur TIE dsbatstle section known a.
Virgins North Carolina, Kentucky, Tonnes
see and ATkaasas. Al to MARYLAND. DeIa-
ware and Missouri, We consider fhst N NJ
event could a majority or their citizens Be In.
duesd to ally themselves with the revoIted
CoDfederaeY. Possibly we may err in class
ing Kentucky, North Carolina and Tsnnssses
With the doubtful States; but our object IL to
take the least favorable view Of the field be-
fore rs. This section, then, forms a sort Of
cushion between the two extremes. All it's
interests are in favor Of peace. It's inhabl-
tants, IN he main, desire earnestly that it
should in no event become the Flanders, which
would be ravaged by the operations Of con-
tending hosts.
Were the central States, therefore, to pre-
serve a strict neutrality, operations would be
carried on exclusively by sea. Without any
design Of dispaFaginE the strength Of the enc
my, We think the task Of bloekading every
port In the seeded States would be bv no
AA1nNH y AAAAANNA@s Inv sfh IH TO the northern
people what It Was to the Athenians when on
posed 10 the Spsftans 70 the Dutch and En-
glisb, when warning with the Spanisrds or to
the modern Greeks, when engaged in their
conflict with the Turks. For the eobquering
OF e speedy and enduring peace, there Is In
fact hardly a limit to our resources. We can
make every pound Of cotton OF rice exported,
pass through and pay tribute 10 The central and
Northern States We can open corresponding
I ahannnNa NaH aHawNw mAI - a.
hot-beds OF nsurTectiOn-Chsrlest0n Savan-
nab, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans, Gal
weston, and other places Of less note-as efsc-
tually az II they were in the heart Of the ALLIE
ghanles. Within one mouth vessels carving
over one thousand guns will probably have
been placed along the southern coast and this
force may be doubled, II necessary, BY the
month Of August. Making due allowance for
floating batteries built or 10 be built, vessels Of
war seized, and merchant vessels to be fitted
up by the rebels, we think they must them
selves feel conscious of their utter inability to
cope with the Federal Government at sea.
But northern commerce, we are aware, is
threatened with privateers, to be fitted out at
northern ports, and made to prey upon Califor-
MIA steamers and other vessels carrying valHs-
BILE caTgoes. Admitting such a class Of YES
sells could succeed in making a few prizes,
where are these to be carried? They viii
hardly be allowed % enter either northern or
southern ports, and they cannot by the law Of
nations, enter those Of powers with which we
are at peace. The king Of Dahomey might
admit them, or possibly SOM pirate leader in
the East India Island, but the haTbors Of every
civilized community will be shut against them.
Besides, the Federal Government has a ten
fold greater power OF retaliation for such pro-
ceediug, and i~Bficting damage.
These remarks are based on the supposition
that the border States will remain neutral. In
event Of their secession, however, it wo1ld be
necessary to occupy Washington and Balti-
more with powerful armies. The line OF The
Potomac river must be strictly guarded. Two
great lines Of railroad frem the South, besides
branches, converge at a point nearly opposite
10 the national capital. They would doubtless
be the media Of transportation toward the city
Of Washington. Below that point no attempt
at crossing the river in the face Of an active
enemy, having a large maritime power, could
be made with safety The Baltimore 4 Ohie
railroad, passing through the loyal portions Of
Maryland ard Virginia, could be made to
Transport men and munitions for the Federal
Government to any point west Of Washington,
in much less time than a rebel army could pro-
coed thither on foot. By glaneing at a map il
will be seen that that great thOroughfsre has
been run on a line 30 well adapted to this pur-
pose, that it would almost seem to have been
planned BY the Federal Government with this
express oblecttn view.
Beyond the mountains there are about half
a dozen leading routes by which an enemy
could enter The free States. The principal Of
these is the Mississippi river, which could be
Dramatically sealed at Cairo, Illinois. The
second and third consist Of the Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers, which discharge their
waters into the Ohio, a short distance above
Cairo. The remain 2 three are railroads,
mostly Of short length and with a small equip
msnt, terminating at the cities Of Msvsyilie,
CoVington and Louisville. a crossing at
either point, in the face Of a moderate land
force and a river squadron, would be impos-
sible. It must be borne in mind, too, that
southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, are
ehequered al over with railroads and tsle-
graphs; and that IL needs but a word from the
President TO concentrate hundreds OF thou
san Is Of militia at The points threatened with
in those States. West Of the MississiDpi the
rebels, we fancy, viii find enough to do at
home.