Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-27

UeJeeTW MC SssssU~ 80" -
Beausegayd ~ . Wee - an Ag,
o,essi,e War Policy Reeo"'n'e"aed
Reutucky to BE- the Starting Point.
The following significant article, from
The Richmond Examiner OF the 10Th
inst. shows that the rebels are uncom'
orta5ly oppressed by the view Of their
present situation:
- "whiIe the political lead
IN of the South isve teen 'ePos'"R IN
dreams Of appr, aching psace,and while
our accomplished captains OF engineers
nave been expending their remarkable
scientific ingenuity in the erection OF
sork, as wonderful and a'most ~ extcn-
,ive and quite as valuable as the Chinese
wall, to resist Invading forces from
given direction, the enemy have gradu-
ally and ut leisure gathered up their I'M
mense resources and concentrated Their
tremendous energies to enveloP the Con
tederacy with their armies and neets'
and to penetrate the interior from some
Of many alternate points.
"Aithougn they can now DO notn'og'
they have their general programme ~
perfect order for execution when the
weather changes in the ordinary course
Of the earth around the sun. AT this
moment We fiod ourselves in the face OF
superior forces wherever we look, wheth
.r to the north, the east, or the west, or
the South ITSELF General Sydney John
son has to strain every nerve to proven,
the military as well as the geographical
heart of the country from slipping out
Of his grasp. General Joseph Johnston
aud Beaurega,d are held by Mcclellan
on the Potomac as in vice. A gigan-
tic armament is ready to attempt the de-
cent Of the Mississippi, and their feet
on the Atlantic sea coast and the Gulf
are too freshly before the attention to re-
qnire remembrance. Such areth fruits
Of policy purely defensive. Without
even the hesi,ancy which would come OF
a possible interruption, the enemy have
thus surrounded the Southern Confedc-
racy and, if permitted to repeat as Of
ten as may be desired their efforts to
penetrate it's heart, they will necessarily
attain the place and the time where sue
cess awaits them.
"There is now but one chance Of sue
cess from the net that has been coolly
drawn around US it is to concentrate
our energy en- one point, and cut 1t
through to convert our defensive into
an offensive war, and transfer the scene
of at least part Of these hostilities to
the enemy's own country. Situated as
we are, it is only possible at one point,
and that is Kentucky. If the forces that
we are dispensing TO the four corners OF
the continent every day to meet new
menaces we're collected under the hand
Of General sydney Johnston, till a COL
umn was formed sufficient 10 enable him
to man1uvre with some possibility Of
.uccess over the plains of that region, be
might hurl back the array in front OF
him at present and penetrate the State
of Ohio. The attainment OF this OF ject
would render worthless all the plans OF
the enemy. The circle Of armies would
be in the condition Of the constructor
whose back has been broken, the scene
of war would be transferred to his own
Territory, and every one who has wit
messed the ravages OF armies in any OF
the invaded districts of Virginia, knows
what precious blessing Is designated in
that brief phrase. He would be at
tackled beyond his deences. The alarm
and confusion of the United States would
paralyz re its Government and its Gener-
ais, and the entire arrangement by
which we suffer now and dread great
disasters in future, would be immediate.
ly reversed.
I'VE have pointed to the General
commanding the Confederate forces in
Kentucky Is the person to whom this
busin. IS shond Lc intrusted, because he
10 the only person in position ut this
point Of the game TO undertake an ad.
vance on the enemy with probabilities OF
success, even if sufficient forces could be
.llotted to the others. No natural OBJ.
) acles incunber hts path, as in tie case
Of Polk and Beaurtgard. A concentra-
lion If troops where no vital blow can
be either given or received, is all that is
necessary to him for effsc,iog this grea,
end. To form such q concentration it
~,ll be necessary to leave some portions
OF the frontier without other protection
than the ,nh abitsots Of the neighboring
country can afford but this ~ill,in most
cases, be found more than sufficient
against attacks that were only intended
to withdraw our troops from real points
Of strategy and, even if otherwise, they
must, for a brief time, be left to take
their chance till tho blow that viii re.
lieve them, with the whole Confederacy,
ian be struck where only it can be de.
livered.
AT present, Gen. Johnston confronts
superior forces OF the enemy under Bnell,
one Of the most cautious, paiostaking
and sble Generals on the other eide.
Gen. Buell. has nov, Immediately in front
Of Johnston, an army Of seventy-.ix
thousand men. and can bring to bear on
US, ut other gwen pointr, thirty thousand
more. Whist the Confederate comman
Ter has may not be stated, but it is
probably enough to hold his present
strong position against anv numbers that
NAV attack bin there. But the enemv
has hi. choice 10 attack him there, or TO
pas him on either side, get to bis rear
and cut of his suppl'rs. This he can
do by leaving a sufficient army in front
OF Gen. Johnston. while he can Ell
send upon the right or left flank force
as Ia'ge as he leaves behind. That
| lhia il tho a,lan Of Rn. II II NOM r a lonnn.