Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-05
From tie Nsn York Times.
nUR PLAN ms CAMPAIGN.

OUR PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
An arc,J from De BoS RoV'sS has been recently re-
published IN psr, our columns which seems TO us 10
present carefully considered opinions with regard
% the Southern campaign than that has yet APPEAR
3D. The reader VII remember that the Article urged
s.-oCgly offensive policy the part o. tue South and
the danger % carving the campaign n.o Mary Ane thai
Southern victories gained IN that State wond ohly
arouse tue North 10 eI,riOus aud more desperate
s1orr- While defeat would b. almost fis with an i'm
o,ss able river in the z, The true policy the writer
aimed uss fer the UOnfedcTaie army, 1t forced from
heir strong position at MAJ assas TO sioWy retreat
through tue South thus collecting all their supplies from
ready COUNTRY, while the enemy would be forced TO
On serve very oug and difcGl, Lines OF communication
,h the NORTH weakening their forces, and render
80 them T. bic he beaten in detail or 20 De weakened
nom want OF supplies. Toe reviewer urged very
sr.wd that defeat alone would never break down the
North but ths, . lougFrOrLcted and extensive cam
paisu night effect this with armies gradually du!Id ng
rom wlut OF food si1 kuess. Our campaign WAS COM
n,red 70 that % Napoleon entering Russia aud Ike dis
lgsrs and srfsripgs predicted to the invaders
.Iropean writer's and reviewers, regarding our immense
yparse Of surface have frequently made the same con-
Iarison
Tnere would be, no doub much trush in these views,
II We we're penetrating the vast region Of the South,
40 or three colGmus eli marching IN one direction and
III having lorg ana parallel lines OF communication
Bat this evidently is not the psag OF the campaign.
ether is there behind the rebel armies vast and safe
sga1ae Of resources sush the great plains OF lnte-
-ilr ku,,iA supplied " her armies. II Napoleon bad
en able 20 penetrate Russia from three or four sides
II ore, cutting or lines OF communication occupying
ne N est fertile dis rcs and thus brCsSug the Empire
ia two the clses SOali have bson more nearly parallel
II Gen McilsIl4g ~ skiful sIrs sgic combinations,
should he able 20 force BesIregArd from hs intrenca
aelt- tie lst-r uUs. retrea probably through North
aroana HIS suppcs could not be drawn 10 any great
It,lt from that ale, buy b. obtained from Tea
assae and Georgia Bl, these lUks are becoming daily
1ora urcertau II Generals b.. l5 and HIlecSs com
,inatops shCri b, slccp their forces would speed
y conto' the Virginia and EIs. Tennessee Railroad,
.sd thus break oar goat artery o. supply. Burnsd
,,urn on "a, E.st, and shtrmans on the South, We
,y suPpo@e would soon cRt - IaaL! sources OIL ISou
n BsaGrs,as. -hoalG make his retreat among the
roeq.srs apart from me l;ul.y OF transit and sup
port he would &c among comparatively uaiHendy
5pulto1 as nearly al the mountain Inhabitants OF the
SJuth are VIGOROUSLY Uaicnis,s IN sentiment. II his
jr=e b, near t'e seab1Ard, our lines OF communicA-
don o1a De easily ljs wish tie Indeed IA not
1-Jnsos in any case, thai he GrLd Army OF the North
you'll drpsua son the long uys Vt INSTRUMENTATION
f5- aurpE- hu. volII cO1ueC. directly Si,h our fleet
,d lrllsDor-s n the southern ports Furthermore, in
,las Of the success Ggn B-sis forces, there would
., An .rlv o. 10000 men 10 BsauregaTds rear VITO
night eser he mountains mo Virginia or, II bis
trel. we're co .aalsi yOld TIA. SAFE could az once
l1rh Into Geo ga, snis lppo, themselves on her rich
grain dis.s-z t--en;eUng tie rebel army in front
.4Irsr Dlaur ..Is tms Gec. Ha!ecks army o.
200 90 men would have been attempting the perious
.tsx O: c5..uss.rr ths M.ssss PIP. Valley. With this
,-co urs-rt h., ou.d b. prepared, from New O.!eaEs
ta bl.e ~ uarch h's army through tbs GIi States,
lrd i,a the other victorious cOl1mls IN some central
point in Georgia or Sou Carohua
Tlis skec- Of campaign is OF course outlined on
the supposuon tha each column Il TO be suecessiuAn
10 Ee- hard probable But supposing disaster In
n one Of the AK aud movements; that Hals,S,
r Instance j. unable 10 force the batteries on tue Ai's
rsnn or that S.eimln i desiled in his work Of
&c ess and rvers OF BlrDsii' Is defeated, sill have
he tgl gr,a couvergrg columns OF Mcclellan aud Blu
u for il iii lt 20 believe that either OF those armies
IAN beaten even 70 tor TINS hsli 10 check, sni these
o1e o. either onr ought to be able 70 settle toe guts-
,or and ord the war We are SblntAntly aware a. the
many difficulties in Southern oampAgn-Ine miry roAcs,
want OF lrovsiuu-, the occasional severity OF the
,a'bcr aud toe swamps and torrents which shlrd such
ample protection for small bodies OF inca; bu: all thee
%. acss With the exception Of the ltsf will tell upon
ne euemy quite a. mucl as upon ourselves. For the
ls.t,r aud for the guerilla warfare threatened BY
he South the answer Il, that large masses OF men,
.iyAncng oy dfere"- CC mas, are not muCh
NEEDED by such opposition. deru warfare IS not de-
dsi o. skim shiug, bat 10y ~ movements aud the
cover OF artillery Bs-ije- who xnOE the SoI b.
o-i-rs b,st believe tha' they not hircd well TO sus
siI retreat, AID from the peculiar nature and origin
o. hr they think /; not impossible that the whole
,Soion, under disasters, may collapse as rapidly as it
sss t.ged.
Takug all these pAlp1ble considerations into view We
ink il no: impTub able that three mOlths hence may
ace a: sas the Lsok Of tue rebellion brokrl and pOss
tly a complete yC.ory vi cJur-e, misiortures may
cJms. Clmplig1s uncertain things. Our past e1'
1arisrcs has been OF little but disasters, We pre-
,iei os vet oinsrs b. whatever happens the North
.en leople have taken up tho sword and, With Gods
help they will never lay i, down I'LL L,W, berty aud
Government are established every acre OF this
bsoad land