, 1861-08-02

Where is ILLS septuaGenaf1an traitor
Has he been court-martialed and stricken
;rcm The army list OF is he still drawing
his $500 per annum from the Federal
Treasury?
GkN. BANAs's PLAN.
Since Gen. Scott has made known his
plan for the subjugaslon Of the rebels,
to The editur OF the N. Z. Times, and
through him 10 the country, it may not be
improperro 10y before the public the plan
Of one Of tie ablest men in the nation.
low 5 Major General in the service of the
Onion.
Early IN May last, Hon. N. 2. Banks,
then residing in this city, came into the
TR1BCEE saGctnui to see our night dis
patches. In The course If conversation
which turned on the rebellion, Mr. Banks
expressed himself substantially as follows:
This rebellion cannot be put down BY the
force which the Government has now
called out. seventy-tive thousand militia
will prove wholly inadequate to restore
peace to the country.
The Government, and, he feared, the
people Of the loyal States, immensely un-
ce11ated the strength and means which
the rebel chiefs can command. This is a
rebellion Of the Slave Power against Re-
publican fern Of Governments That DO
1itica1 el<mept which has been strong
enough to rule this nation for. fifty years,
cannot be reduced to subsection to the
Constitution by few regiments Of militia.
Before this gigantic Shareholders conspir.
s:ey can be crushed, it will tax to the ut
moEt The power and endurance Of the
nation. The people will have to put forth
an effort which has no parallel in modern
times. He regarded this as the most for
1nidable as well as satroeious rebellion
which had occurred since the Middle ages
The Eepoy insuI1ection was no circum-
afanee to-it, 7either In st1 eDgth OF wicked
nees. Tie Sepoys did not revolt for the
purpose Of strangliug free governments
end setting up slave despotism as the
authors Of the secession rebellion haye
done. The Sepoys were reduced to obe-
dience in few months by less than 80, 600
British troops. -Four times that many will
not suffice to crush out the shareholders
revolt against the Union. If he was at
:le head Of public affairs, he would call
ont fte hundred tAorsand men for the war.
lie would charter every merchant steamer
and ship fit for naval service. As soon as
The army was equipped and prepared to
march, he would start one column of 15O.-
0e0 men from Washington to Richmond.
simultaneously he would move another
column Of 100000 Western men down the
Mississippi to reach Memphis by the time
the Eastern army got to Richmond. He
would send division Of $4,000 men from
Louisville 10 Nashville, to supportEand
protect The Union men OF Central and
Eastern Tennessee and the mountain
country Of Georgia, Alabama and North
Carolina Before these columns moved he
would fit out an expedition by sea, and
place $4,000 soldiers aboard the fleet, to
hover along the Southern coast from
Charleston TO Galveston. This would
keep the rebels at home IN the coast States,
as they would be in constant dread Of a
visit at every port, not knowing where the
-' aees-ns,s:hI 1anushe army. This force on
shlphoa1d, MIR. Banks Thought, wsuld
compel TO rtmain in their own States, four
lmts the men in the expedition. It would
lie "a movable column which, BY the aid Of
wind and steam, might be off Charleston
to-day and land at Savannah tomorrow.
Hence its power and efficiency:
The remaining 10000 he would distrib-
Ute in divisions at Washington, New York,
1T. Louis, Baltimore and other points, to
act as reserves and supports wherever the
e2igeneiss q tie campaign might most
need ui.m. He would keep recruiting Of.
fces optn wherever regiment had been
1aiEed, 10 fiji up the vacancies in the ranks
caused by battle CT sickness. He would
Gail en- tie people to organize National
Romc Guard Of halt million men, to
take cure Of traitors in their midst, and to
PUT Their shoulders to tho wheel for final
eils'rt, Ii il Were found that, the first half
million Mere not able to crush out the foul
rebellion.
HI calculated that Richmond, Nashville,
and Memphis could be occupied before the
11osts OF autumn, and that during the win
ter caI1Ea'en, the two main armies would
move stuthwaTJ, o1c along the Atlantic
shFc AID the ot.er down the Mississippi
~.
l;y LeSt sr7iDg, he thonGht the Stars and
s'rlris might he waving over the Crescent
City, and even Montgomery-the then
Capital Of the rebels.
Whtn asked low lie would procure the
EeIe! Necessary to equip and support so
vest al amy, he promptly replied: Open
Il National lean as the Emperor Napoleon
did, and appeal to the patriotism If the
whole people; take all sums offered from
the widows mite up to Astor's millions.
Ihe Treasury would be abundantly sup
Pied, s:y tie subscriptions Of the masses.
Only let The people Fee that the Govern
ment IS in real carnestmits purpose, to nut
down tho REBELLION, and it will not cali on
Hercules for help, in vain.
sus:h is brief outline Of the plan sue.
gested IN cur hearing, by Major General n,
T. Banks for the suppression Of the slave
holders rebellion.
We are glad to know, that the Govern
ment i now acting on substantially the
very programme presented to us by Gen.
Banks, last May. The President in his re-