The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-03
Carrying the War into AfriCa-Cheering
Prospects for the Union Cause.

Carrying the War into Africa-Cheering
Prospects for the Union Cause.
The heavy clouds which settled around our
political horizon after The disastrous blnnder at
Manassas are breaking away, and East aud
West and North and South our political skies
are frightening. The late brilliant achieve
ment of Commodore Stringham and General
! Butler on the coast Of North Carolina is a
heavy blow upon the rebels in their rear 1t
cannot fail to call their attention and to divert
q considerable portion of their military forces
| to the deiences of their extensive seacoast.
This is carrying the war into Africa, according
to that mastery policy of Scipio which saved
the city and empire of Rome.
We expect, too, that this policy will be fol-
lowed up without delay in the occupation or
reduction of various other military and Gem
mercial points and places along the seaboard
of the Carolinas and Georgia. Unless speedily
put in good defensive position, the numerous
commercial towns and villages which line the
shores of Albemarle and PamlicO Sounds will
be hencciorward in great danger from our occu
patton of Hatteras Inlet; and the defence of said
towns and villages against our gunboats will
probably require the special attention of
some twenty-five or thirty thousand rebel troops
From this estimate the importance OF this vic
tory and occupation Of Hattcras Inlet may he
understood. Another such victory or two on
the South Carolina and Georgia seacoast will
call for n hundred thousand men from the rebel
forces in Virginia.
General Fremont, meantime, giving free
Interpretation to the late ConliscatiDn act Of
Congress, has proceeded to carry the war into
Africa in another form. He has declared Mis-
souri, under martial law, and that within that
State, while the other property of rebels is con-
! fscaed their slaves are free. This bold stroke
has no doubt created, or will create, an in
| tense sensation, not only in Missouri. but
| throughout the slave States; and doubtless the
| rebel leaders will endeavor to magnify this
! proclamation as applicable to all the Southern
States and that the success OF The government
cause mustinevitably be The abolition OF slavery
| throughout the South. We presume that the
| insidious and industrious secession conspirators
| in loyal Kentucky will at once seize upon this
Cuod vi TicuioHt w uiaS tncu ltIlt Ill tHc
morass of this rebellion. But we have no fear
Of the result. There will DC an end to
| this foolish position of neutrality which
Kentucky has occupied, and, upon the
simple issue between the government
of JEFF Davis and The government OF the United
States, we are quite sure that Kentucky will
vindicate the patriotism and the high character
Of her people for political eaeaciiy and COM
| mon sense.
| 1t has been manifest for some years past that
Union or dsunion, slavery must recede fun
our border slave States before the accuinulat-
ing. overiiowng and irresistible pressure of our
free white labor o, The North. We cannot con-
suit the statistics Of the census from 1880 to
1860 without coming to this conclusion. This
war may precipitate the work of the removal of
slavery from the border slave States. but that i.
all. Under the best conditions Of i reign nf
peace and Union the same result, q few years
more or less, would have been simply matter
Of iimc. BIT ii does not follow that the cotton
States, since this issue of Fremont's proclama.
ton. can save their slaves only in the establish
ment OF an Independent conicdcracy. On the
contrary. we hold that Ihc only chance of safety
TO the institution Of slavery in The cotton
States Is in their return to the Union. and the
| sooner the better. Restored to the Union, their
peculiar institution viii be safe, because they