Newbern weekly progress., 1862-10-04
The fticshnOmd Examiners POsicj
of the War and Invasion of
the North.

We copy below an article taken from
the Richmond Examiner of the 10th,
giving lis policy of tha, war, invasion,
&c, OF Maryland, Pennsylvania, New
York, and Ohio, and even upon its
Immaeination places the marching COL
umn of the Southern army in the cas-
tern States. But probably, ere this,
the Examiner has learned of its grand
army retr ating from even little Mary
land into Virginia, down the Shenan-
doah Valley toward Richmond, placing
itself along its old line Of defence in
front Of its own city. The Southern
army never has done anything which
will have the desired effect of closing
the present war more than its raid into
Maryland. We'only wish they would
have went farther, They have un.
doubtedy checked the necessity Of
drafting in the North. The whole
Moth has now awoke from its peaceful
slumbers, and with determination and
will they have resolved to put an end
to this rebellious var. They are now
unit,
at would seem that Northwest Vir.
ginia would soon become strategic
theatre OF the war; The possession OF
that extreme portion OF this Common
wealth would give control of all but
one of the great lines of railway con.
meeting the Noithw estern States with
the seat Of government and the States
Of the East. The occupation OF that
country would enable us TO cut these
lines of communication, and would
place US in close contact with Lake
Erie. A march of fifty mIless,of a
string of fortified CAMPS couinial Hing
this ln;ernal OF space, Would put the
south IN contact With Canada, whose
ports are not and cannot be blockaded.
The occupation OF such line would be
worthy OF grea. effort. The capture
Of Cleaveland and the possession Of ii
line OF railroad IRON that city TO Par
kersburg. Virginia, would accomplish
great political aud commercial results.
Poltlcally,I 1t would sunder the North
western States from the residue of the
abolition domain. aud virtually over
throw The hump of the so.called United
States. Cur government would then
cease to dignity Llncoln's government
as a legal establishment; and, denour
cing it AS rump aud usurpatlon, pro-
ceed to treat Tor peace individually with
the Northwestern States. There can
really he no peace until the Lincoln es-
tab'Ishmenl, claiming 10 he the govern
ment Of the United States. shall have
been Oyerthrown. That coucern is u
mere usurpa,ion, that has revolutionized
the old government, upset the Conslltu
ton. and assumed an illegal Dictator
ship over the Northern Stales. There
Is no longer United States, or Uni
ted States Government. Llncolns gov
ernment Can only exist while the war Is
prolonged. The moment that the
people are free TO look into IFS action
and TO punish its Inlquitles. that mo-
ment will It fail TO the ground. 10
expect that government 10 treat. is to
expect it TO perform an act OF abdlca-
non. With that concern, to make
peace is to die. To treat would be an
act of suicide, and suicides are unhcard
of among rel ling powers.
The only mode ui obtaining peace is
by breaking down the Lincoln Govern
ment. This may be done by Isolatmg
the States from the government, and
establishing peace with them IN detail
If we penetrate the narrow belt OF
Northern territory TO Lake Erie, we
cut the North in two; we sunder The
wasp at the waist; we seperatc the
States which supply the only fighting
troops, from the Yankee States proper ;
and we thereby destroy the efficiency
oi the Northern armies.
Commercially. we should gain "a
great advantage by penetrating to
Cleveland and liking permanent pos
session of that harhor on Lake Erie.
We should then have port that could
not lie hIockdded we should be able
thence to obtain all neediul goods OF
European production IN spite of the
blockade ; and we should be able also
to send off by that route much of our
cotton to exchange for gold in Europe.
1t is. possibly, with some reference
to great strategic object like this that
our armies of the East and West art
pursuing direction looking, in both
instances, towards Cleveland. In this
point OF view Harrisburg and West
Pennsy ylvania are far more important tC
us than Washington and Baltimore"