Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-05

WHY. SMITH, rs.,-
TRAP. JONES, 1dss7s-
JOHN E. HATCHER, Associate Editor.
No. Deaderick street.
SUNDAY. MORNING. MAY s, 1861.
The Plans of the Administration
what we are TO Meet.
go far the South has not desired to invade
the North What may be deemed expedient
hereafter In this particular, time and clrcum-
stances will determine. For the present 1t
IA of the first Importance that the South
should ASCERTAIN as near as may be the plans
and purposes of the North, and prepare to
meet them. Upon this point We have looked
with care to every development calculated
to throw any light upon it, and have arrived
at the following conclusion in respect to the
plans now in progress for the summer and
fall campaigns in the work of subjugatlng
the South. 1t is needless to say that Gen.
Scorr, the ablest military commander in
America, IL at the head of these military
= operations. To carry them forward the Ad-
ministration has already placed at his dispo-
saI Ice. 900 men for land service. and has in
creased the naval service in men to about
Is 900, and in ships to three or four times
the number heretofore employed, including
vast number of transports for war purpo-
ses II IL should bs deemed necessary be-
tween this and the meeting of Congress to
further increase the imposing magnitude of
these forces in either branch of the war ser
vice, it will be promptly done, and when
Congress assemblies it will provide for all
future contingencies by voting the necessary
appropriasions and giving the President
cart. blanche to raise men to an indefinite num-
ber
of the present ultimate objectJOf the Ad-
ministration, which is backed by the North
with singular popular unanimity, we imagine
there can be no question at this hour. on-
ouestionably it is to re-estabiish the Union
by forcing all the States which have ques-
toned its authority into unconditional ooedi-
ence. at the mouth of the cannon and at the
point of the bayonet- To accomplish this re-
.,l, the noliey will be to make the Federal
capital unassailable. This they look upon
"a already accomplished. They will, for this
nnrpose. keep from 10000 to 10000 troops
stationed in Washington, according to cir
cnmstanees. Next is the reduction of Mary
land to subsection by military possession
This they have already partially accomplish
al and will endeavor to complete by taking
nossession of or demolishing Baltimore, ST.
Iencing, banishing or hanging the friends of
che South in the State, and thus freeing them
selves of all apprehension in that quarter
Having reduced Maryland to slavery, they
will then direct their power towards Virgin
la. They will take possession OF the Poto- |
mac river, repossess the navy yard at Nor |
folk and the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, and |
gradually approach Richmond. At Wheel |
ing or some point commanding access to |
Western Virginia they will establish system |
of operations by which they will endeavor to |
separate the State-more by holding out in
ducements than by military force.
simultaneously with these movements We |
shall witness the concentration of large |
force at Cairo, made up of men from States
West of Ohio. An endeayor will be made to
bring st. Louis under the thumb Of the Fed
eral power by whatever means may be ne
c-ssary to that end, and thus hold the State of
Missouri in check, or bring her into complete
.u biectiou 10 the will of the administration
These operations will likewise Be directed /
szsinst Kentucky, and through them che viii |
be forced from her present assumed position
of neutrality, and compelled to take sides
either with the North or the South; or, pessi
bly,, to allow the troops Of the North to pass
through or quarter within her borders.
Whether they will extend their demonstra-
tons down the Mississippi river towards
Memphis or not, will, of course, depend on
circumstances. At all events g yigilant |
lockout will be directed towards Arkansas
and the Western Territories; with Cairo as
base, or some new one established in Kansas
or elsewhere in that region.
In the meantime the blockade of all the |
Atlantic and Gulf coast of the South will be |
prosecuted with the utmost virgor. Fort |
Pickens and the Tortugas will be held as
radiating points for naval operations, and |
will mainly support the blockade of Mobile. |
New Orleans and the Texas coast to the Rio
Grande. From these points force will
likely be precipitated upon Texas, or upon
its Western frontier, which by the assistance
of the Indians, if practicable, will greatly
harrass that region. If successful it is pos
sibIe if not probable that an effort will be
made to raise the siege of Pickens by an at
tack on the besiegers, and to drive them in
land, open Florida to invasion, thus leading
the way to Montgomery, backed by vigorous
demonstrations against Mobile, New Orleans,
Galveston, and the important station Of
Mstagorda Bay.
However visionary these schemes may ap-
pear, we are satisfied that each and all of
them have entered into the calculations of
those who have control of the operations
against the South. If they are not all car
ried out their defeat will be the result simply
of powerful and prompt counter movements
on the part of the South. If they are sue
eessful the final result is plainly visible
With triumphant armies marching from
the several strategetical points on our
tire slave-holding States paralyzed into
or very feeble resistance and |
armies peaetrating from the Southern coast, |
leaving desolatiOn in their wake, they will |
unquestionably overwhelm the whole South, |
during the coming summer and fall. The
diseases incident to the extreme South will |
of course deter the immediate prosecution of |
that important branch of the plan, but its |
Will be no evidence of its aban-
ionment, especially when the intervening
summer months between this and the frosts
If October or November, will be required to
ret the means in readiness for its accomplish