The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-04-21

tndefensibIeness OF the south.
Ia spite OF our best efforts We cannot teach
Easlishmen geography. The London 7irae.
admits that We have gained somc successes:
but these. 10 tells as, are upon the exterior
lines of he rebel States; and it then goes on
TO describe the vast and inhospitabie wastes
and pestiferous swamps 10 be trayersed b.
our troops-swamps whose misasmatic va
poE will be fatal 70 them, 20 say nothing OF
the imposslbilily Of dragging over them
hes<f ordnance and trains OF supplies. The
emf - es far on as ever. according 10 this
Journal. Bus the isets are exactly opposed
10 tie arguments and conclusions il draws.
There = no country in the world 30 indefcn
sible as the Southern States, and so easily
o%yeFrnn, taking into consideration the fact
that tie inhabitants Of the mountain districts
are, a great majority OF them, still LOYAL 10
Tie Union. The greater portion OF the
Southern states IS al open, campaign cOun
~, and trayersed ia any direction BY nayi
gable rivers The battle near Corinth, WAS
fought, the first day at least, under the cover
OF our steamboats,, which had transported
our troops to the battle field hundreds Of
miles within rebel territory, and rendered
them Efficient support when assailed. We
are not compelled to traverse extensive dis
trlets by land TO reach the rebel forces but,
having command Of the warehouses;, or be
ins bile To gain command of them by means
Ut our formidable gunboats, ~ which the
rebels can oppose resistance neither BY land
nor water. the whole country, in fact, lies
at our mercy. II requires some time foF
preparation: but when this l. complete, oar
forces move forward into the heart Of the
enemy territory. on vast ~fiotillas, which
transports them, with whatever is necessar,
for active operations in the field. With the
command of the Cumberland River. which
was secured by the fall Of Fort Donelson
the whole OF Central Tennessee submitted e.
our arms without tie loss Of a man. The
army tell back TO another line of defence
approachable by the Tennessee River, which
enabled us, with the greatest case, TO collect
eO,UOO men within a DAYS march of hi,
stronghold. With the Mississippi River I'm
der our control, Arkansas, Mississippi ALI,
Louisiana will be incapable of any furthe
resistance. BY holding this great artery VI
can literally starvo the people ofthoae State
l. into submission They will be alike incapa
BILE of defensive or offensive operations
With the capture OF a few more Southern
, ports Ne can disband the greater portion o
our army. AMI quietly st down to the gam
Of endurance. The rebels will be CAREFUL
hemmed In. and il may be our wisest conrs
20 give them a little experience Of entire Isc
= la'ion, IN which they will have nothing TO d
| but 10 prey upon each other. We shall TAX
: all their outlets, control all tho channels {
their commerce. when We car well afford I
await their return 20 common sense, m
obedience TO laws We 10 rot desire q,
tirpation, but a. w can 10 very well will
" out them. We propose TO put them upon PR
baiion for good conduct, the length Of whic
= " III be for them 20 determine. But wha
ever time they take, We shall all the time
growing stronger. and they the weaker.