The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-08-17
NEW ARMiEs--THE True PLACE TO
STRIKE.

struggle. The 1iiaes proves beyond per-
adv venture. that the place to strike is on the
coast, with the Navy. In this method of
conducting .he war, We would possess every
advantage over the rebels, while in the plan
hitherto pursued, of operations solely upon
and, the odds are against us. Ia speaking
Of the d hculsies to be experienced in rails.
ing and maintaining land force of suficien,
strength to NEE, the present emergency the
| Times declare, itself s.as willing to be cheer
ed a. nybody can be. by the animated dis
patches that the War Department at Wash
/ ington is sending ous to the coantrv. "A
fresh Army of 0.009 men, from the differ
| en-: States, has been accepted" l, reads
well, but Mr.. Secretary CAMERON might as
well have stated it a little differently. It
IN ght have been SAID tia. eighty tenders of
regiments have been made aud accepted.
| This would have left Il safe margin for the
reasonable discount tia: mus, follow, when
the eighty would be- Colonies of the regi-
ments, who have telegraphed to the Secre,
AIRY of War, come TO muster in their enlist
tnents aud 90 into camp. We know we'll
enough that regiments are not kept organ
tzed in all parts Of the country, and ready
70 march nt days or weeks notice to
| any seat Of war. Some weeks ago, a vast
| number Of regiments were in such for
ward state of organization that they could
have been easily flied up and in a shor,
time in camp at Washington. But the dis
inclination to receive more men discoura.
sed the military spirit Of the country, and
most of the inchoa,e regiments have dis,
banded. In times like these when men are
SO pressed to provide themselves and fam
shes with the necessanes Of living, it is not
easy to keep single company completely
brganized. When it comes to combining
ten such under one head, and iu reiable
complement and uuty,-it is simply impos-
sble.
No doubt eighty new regiments Of voluu-
teers will be obtained by the National Gov
ernment. But they will not come by tele,
graph: nor in one week; nor in two weeks
aor in month. And mos, likely they will
not 60 to Washington under one in ten Of
he self lf-appoin.ed Colonies who have tele-
graphed to the Secretary Of War rendering
heir services. And even when they reach
Washington they will be merely raw recruits,
and will require months of drilling and
camp and field discipline before they will
De fitted TO march into hostile State, and
protect themselves in front and flank ami
rear, and as well from panics as from pow.
elfully intrenehed opposing armies.
We may conclude therefore, that the cam
paign, a. contemplating general advance
nto Virginia, is necessarily suspended until
Fall aud there is time now to review our
position, contrast our strength aud our
weakness with that of the enemy, and 50
prepare 10 make our next blow decisive anu
Illuminating. The FIRST suggestion We wish
20 make in regard to future movements, is
% repeat what we so earnestly insisted on
n the Times, three months ago, to-wit:
That every consideration of military science
requires that We ,hoald use the Navy more
frctive against rebellion; the Southern SEA
toast and Gulf coast is the vulnerable part
II the Confederate States. We have un.
disputed possession Of the waters. and can
make our attacks ou exposed points withou
'orewarnng TO the enemy, and so keep him
n continual doubt and terror; not onl,
demoraizing his forces By preventing then
concentration at any one point where we
could be effectively assailed, but go dis urb
ing the agricultural pursuits of the rebels
as to dishearten them utterly and withdraw
hem from camp to sheir endangered plan
tati0us.
Instead OF this obviously wise policy, .h'
United States have afforded to the rebel
"xactly the theatre and the mode Of war
bat they desired. They have been allowed
10 remove bostiiites from their unhealthy
uu!f Coast aud densly negro-populated
plantations, to the heallhful and bracing
Piedmont regions of Virginia. Iliiher
swarmed their idle and excitement loving
men, all ready made soldiers, with negroes
at home working for them and their fam-
lies, If peace. They are permitted to NEE.
Us on equal terms, or rather with avast al.
vantage over Us, in their fortified camps
and their knowledge of the ground: when
1t has been from the start entirely feasible
for us to have overwhelmtd them With dis
may and ruin, by attac.ing them by sea
and at their extreme points of weakness.
We are sure, if oue-h half of the money .ha,
ha. been spent in organizing land forces to
fEhs Louisianians, Gsorglans and South
Caro!Inians in virginia, in the mlds, of the
terrible batteries of Manassas, had been
employed in fitting out feet. of steam ve.-
sells for effective operations in Southern wa
ters, the Gulf States, which are the real sea, |
Of the diabolical treason that harasses the /
land, would long since have been crushed, |
and crying TO the Union asmIe. for safety. |
And in addition TO the immense advantage
over the enemy of thu. outaanking him and |
turning bis position, We should further |
have been spared tue perp'exing and per.
haps dangerous controversies that are grow |
ing up between the United States and the |
Government Of England, in reference to the |
sliciency of cur blockade. The letter We
have jus, published from our correspondent
at Fort Piekens, dsveiopes, in complete and