Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-18
rnE Wan In MISSOURI.

TINE Wan IN MISSOURI.
Military matters In our distracted
sister State have been, 70 iss, extremely
unlortanats-vs may say quite diaas'
tsoos. A noble army Of the sturdy
sons Of the Nosth-wsst has been collect
Cd there, and through the porthern'
southern, eastern aud interior portions,
dstatchmeots Of men, aside from the
main body, have been kept during the
Summer 70 hold the rebels iu check and
support the languishisg Union cause
theresbouts. What has been accom-
plisbedi Doubtless much good hes
been the result, but It surely seems -
though no progress has been made TO-
wards the accomplishment Of the do
sired men. The State Of Missouri is -
full Of rebels to-day % IN egg u OF
meat; they are everywhere to be found,
and vet not to be found when most
sought for. To-day, one.haIf Of Gen.
Prices army may be and probably H.,
scattered about, each man 1t work on
bis farm preparing for Winter. They
Joined Price BY preconoersed arrange
ment, and after marching on Lexington
and accomplishing their object they
left /; and while what few regular SOL
diers Price may have, march south the
Missouri, farmers 60 back, conceal their
rifles and ammunition, dig their potatoes
and arctic oil appearances asgood Union
men a. ever lived. But they are now
holding themselves in readiness to con-
gregate in squads for marraudiog; OF
for the signal Of any rebel General to
rally and rush upon some unprotected
point-upon some greatly inferior force
and crush it out, take their arms and
stores, ransack some village, and then
retire again to their several peaceful
habitatioos, and 60 about their
domestic avocstions with ell the non.
chalance Of honest men engaged in IN
honorable calling. Look for them and
they are not TO be found when least ex-
pected or least wanted they pounce up
on their prey and bear it away scott
free. 1t is nothing more nor less than
downright guerrilla warfare. This is
the style Of the enemy we are called up
on to contend with in Missouri these
are the kind of men which Gen. Ere
mont, at the head Of a. gallant an army
- ever went forth, has gone to look up
He expected to engage them at Lexing
ton, but before be bad fairly started
Lexington was vacated, Price, with q
remnant Of his army was heading south
by brisk marches and the balance
had scattered through several counties
and readily commenced following
the pillow, husking corn and securing sbs
crop generally. Gen. Fremont may
scour that State from centre to circum.
ference and lind nothing upon which te
exhaust q thimble full Of ammunition,
The Government is spending million
there and gets no satisfaction. We car
zee no way but to keep mp the army IN
Missouri, even it it can do nothing but
afford the rebels the benefit of . good
moral example. 1t will not do to leave
the State.
The same condition of affairs will be
inaugurated in Kentucky and in other
States. Nothing short Of carrying the
war right straight into nothing
short Of conquering the rebel army on
the Potomac, taking the Southern cities
md striking treason at its heart, will
ever mend matters. So long as the
heart of secessioudom is unmolested, the
border warfare can but be ruinous to
the Union cause.
ILL. D." RUsseLL is now the subject
Of q disparagiug joke in Washington
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