, 1862-06-25
Possibilities Of the War

The New York Esning Post discusses the |
situation in we'll considered article, closing |
with the following, which is worth the atten~ I
lion Of the military authorities at Wash
irgton:
But ne must not forget that, while our |
commanders ere carrying ont their plans, tho |
rebels are not idle. They are at Richmond; |
they have given up the Vest, as before they |
gayeup the coast, because they could not help |
Il. They can give up nothing more without |
giving up the ghost They are forced, there |
lore, to assume the offensive, aud, instead OF
awaiting our blows, which are always fatal, to
strike At us. From Richmond they have an
excellent chance 10 Go this. Mcclellan in-
vests them OF the east or water side, HalIeck
and Burnside menace them on the south and
southwest On the west and northwest, how
ever, they are masters, as the raid ct jackson
| nay of GordonEville and Charlottesville, they
| have complete possession OF the country and
| the railroads; and at Staunton they can mass
| any forces they may be able to spare from
| Richmond. These tley can withdraw without
| hindTance from US, as the relntorcementa re-
| ceived by jackson but the other day shon-.
Suppose, now, that III active and desperate
commander, having stored during the last two
months sufficient supplies at Staunton, Cor
| louisville, Charlottesville aud Lynchburg, and
having made all his preparations carefully
during the interval since the evacuation Of
| Yorktown, should rush with 10000 men rap-
idly down the valley toward the Potomac.
It is NIT giving information to tue enemv to
| say that We have not an army there nearly suf-
| 1ieleIt 10 oppose such 3 force. Following
! close upon tie heels of our flying divisions, i
bold general might fairly expect to cross the
Potomac With the greater part Of his army
and once across. he would easily be able to
seize and hold the line Of the Balin4re and
| Ohio Railroad to Baltimore, rousi1g the bitter
seces.ionists Of Maryland to come to his aid.
| But this accomplished and Washington must
fall. Maryland would be occupied BY the enc
my, and Pennsylvania would be exposed to his
raid. The army Oh the cnickahominS gets its
supplies by water. and 30 far would be safe;
but it wonld be left distant from the import
ant point OF action; aud the attempt to folloE
the enemy overland, or even to leave the lines
before Richmond, he would take care to make
very difficult By breaking up the roads and
guarding the key points making desperate
fight at every step with that part of his army
remaining 1T Richmond for that purpose.
Tic rebels might, indeed, count on two
weeks during which we could not bring
against them any army at present organized
!, Banks and Fremont would be crushed; Hal
lec1z would be further away than Mcclellan.
and would perhaps have his hands full
r This theory OF the enemy's plan may seem
too wild to be entertained; but nothing is toe
wild for desperate men. The rebels have
, open TO them only movement like this, or a
| | retreat from Richmond over lines the mosl
| important Of which nc can easily cut. Thefl
retreat virtually puts an end to the rebellion
l it is confession Of final defeat. An attach
, such as We have supposed holds out hope; i
I grto eus1; ~ ~ .nS .., sH1a ~ "
, supplies; and abroad 1t would give then
! new prestige.
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c suEsae - "nu ustsaiIu tt, LII HHeises "
n alo" " us s1plo!s =. I'LL niutseiL !. out :
auuates mstG .Ses s'i.a ay .mGy ne' ~ ann,
ate as the struggle might be, and great q
q | wou1d he the in3nrv and disrroce intficte
!: 11or nc raho1 49, narth ~ ~ Pa+omo
= cdnld not We be]infe. save itself from 11tts
. and speedy destruction; Inc "nole countr
10 Honld be aroused; and the enemy would fin
Y that Pennsylvania, New jersey, New Yor
= and New England have still arms enough an
b. r,en III and r,adv 10 me Their, tn crnsI, i
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Ill o'n''' ano VIII ~ 'ne .eoeuoA .''s.+ r,
Cnr1onsly enough the ratlocinatiOns Of Il
Post, dove-ta1 with IN article from Il
i'd f'lenmoho 17a"'ae,' "mch NE reproduce
j. another column, and which We commend
= the attention OF such Of our readers as
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last week, seems to have had some trouh
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gather INN lne 1dssHe' He lake sne 1olto
10 ing as the hnal minute OF the P1esoJtery
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bv Rvrxny m srss,o,r At K4rK.KEx.
ro- f. KA.kAKEE, Ill, june Is, 1862