The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-01-09
Yror1 rhe s.. Louis westlIek Pos.
Concerning the Em Of the
War md the Means There's.

Nearly year since we devoted spac in your
columns to consideration of some of tb' import
antstrategetieaI relations of the Northwnt Thes
image ofour present condition was the clearly
before o eye many unbelievers to the ontrary,
Notwithstanding. Time has justified ogr2ropOsi.S
itions made at that time, and we theteore beg
leave to communicate our views of to.dg' through
your columns
Those who believe that this will emf in ten
days or in @ few weeks or months las his been
ave red by authority ,are given up to ansgregiods
Huston. We aver that the war will deveope itself
thoroughly next spring
When we look over results thus far ,oretact be-
comes clear and that ia, that this trading Repub
lie was destitute of every real military 1rlanlza
tiol and the people were so ine1periencsdin car;
rying on war, and managing the army, Inst they
now have to acquire it acknowledgements losses.
1t was as ifthe people had lulled; hemselyss into
the Utopia tof,oterpal peace of Kant & his asspci-
ates, and that that war with the degenerate1 Mex
lean race was the quiutessence of Military great
ness and wisdom To-day we have to suffer for
both. ..,. ..... ....'... ... II
The obvious consequence of this thorough neg
lect Of the Military character in .speof the exPe-
rence of the past and the present example Of that
emnently waelike Swiss Republic-the obvious
CONSEQUENCE we say, consists in the inability 70
operate with large masses. There stands an'army
Of 500 900 men, bit no one understands how to
handle that immense mass. and in pDportoni as
the army grows, the greater become the difficult
lies 10 handle it, The parts. Of The machine pre-
there. but the Master is wanting to put them TO.
gether, so as to gan. the object demanded Let US
accuse no one on. til account. La us not RE-
proach on that account. Have we MT the exam
ple of Napoleon Ia military genius hat appears
once in a,thousand years-he :?ho, hal a number
of the most admirableunde -ipchiet,
n Marshals and Major Generals 3 which we have
7-if it was hard for him to nova and direct
mass eqnal to that which we have IN foot here,
how should we dare to expect, IN the lace 81 thai
fact, that Napoeons should appear here ,llke eggs
in the mark ct Yea, he who has studied his Rus
sian canapa gn closely and compares it with his
Italian and German campaigns discovers that
part OF his m isfortunes besides tie climatic cen
aiderations, may be traced to the unwieldhnesa Of
the colossal masses A prompt accurate c3ope
ration of the columns of the Army on particular
point to a particular object, we have missed TO
tally. Think Of Bakers end the Bull Kun, Bel
mont and other undertakings The plans, as o
great whole, appear very well, but there is lack
in the calculation Of details, and without consider
ing and calculating the chances of retreat. dom,
col A. General must be able to calculate with great
numbers and to make plans cooperation with them
but he must to use comparison have the elements
out Of which Logarithms are fo' med in his mind
I eye. The way our war has hitherto been carried
on is neither Guerrilla war nor war OF masses
and it ia theref re without results as tmust have
either one or the other characteristic. ",.,z,
We said in the beginning that we wereconvinc
ed that the war would not be closed soon for which
various reasons can be given. Let US give some
prominent unes Pride and Interest will not allow
the Rebels to give up Pride in that they are 81
stubborn as to consider return to their allegiance
as bjugaton-interest, because they see tina
slavery will 90 down aud with it their arstocratiC
inclinations their inactive eisuTe; the gratifca
ton of their love of power loss of greater per
ton of their property, and their customary slug
gish industry They will defend themselves like
fanatics Slave instructions will notforee them t.
Weld bur drive them to more desperate efforts
] hey know well enough that fthelr'saves becom
tinctured with Rebellion, it cannot be eradicate
again and last. though not least, the halter whic
the traitor ices in the backgroun H.! The ability Q
some of their ambitious Generals cannot be denied
They consider thems elves endowed far above thos
Of the North, and viii do what they can toward
, Z Z, - I'll -,
der Illusions, but lot us look at these facts as the
really are. Let commence to carry on the wa
energeticay, so as to cometo the end. If We cor
tinue to operate os we have hitherto, then We ca
rest assured that the s Outh will fortify places G
retreat az they have already done on the MlssssI
nj, the Green River, the Potomac &c, and max
desperate attempts to, break the Ohio line, and
over to the offensive. '.'' -s'''., ~.e'I >'s
We have carefully eqamined historical example
We have the operations ofthe Romans in Teutonl
Asia and Africa we hay g the conduct OF Cromwell
in the Royalist districts we have the pacflcatlo
of the Vendee and Bretagne, at the time offrenc
Republic the civil war in SPAIN the conquerin
of Algiers and the Cabiieby the French; wehav
at last given the Russian advance in, the Caucas
sus. a thorough examination These data, com
pared with each other, and applied (cum grano 50
hs) to our condition, and We End that a, remark
able red thread runsahr ugh them, and one AM
the same grand ideas were made practical :" 4
In all the above wariike undert akings, a doubl
object was the issue-to close in DE enemy and
have OH hand and use along with tne blockade, tn
most effecTual means OF attack. ~ .s..
Look at your ruined Missouri. We advance
the enemy withdraws. with or without battle w
draw back and he again advances In this march
ing forward and back, the country is made a DIES
ert by friend and foe. The, only choice Of thu
friends of the Union is, to leave their houses and
lands, or throw. themselves into the arms OF til
rebels or at last to become double tongued and b.
now Unionist and now Rebel and Herewith e
life, property morality and patriotism to ruin.
Those who, in revolutionary times, have no
the courage 10 use revolutionary means, damsg
the country mD,re than open traitors; and Macau
ley says, with justice, in his examipation of Hal
fam's Constitutional Lib1rty--" If there is an,
truth established by the universal experience q
Nations, it is this-that to carry, the spirit o
Peace into War, is weak and cruel policy. Ian
guild war is to save blnod and money, but to squan
der it, If we now fix our minds eye upon tn
manner in which the above named Nations carrie,
III war in the eemy's country, we find that the.
kept lFelr troops in fixed fortified quarters, which
we're connec' ed together by patrols, outpcsts, 0
smaller bodies of troops, SO that they could Civ
reciprocal aid. and should the enemy break thro
their lines to operate in their rear, which woul'
be impossible for large army, they would clos
concentrlcaily in upon them from all sides, an'
destroy them or force them to retreat, and viii
| that the following advantages were obtained. Th
soldiers were employed in throwing up fortified
| tons, bearing wood building roads and bridges
lin his country the fugitive slaves could be pu
to this excellent useJ instead Of lying idle in thsi
quarters. Being employed, they become delight
| ed with and love their ayocation, and becom
thorough, war experienced pioneers and pontoon
ers, that know how to help themselves admhabl
everywhere. These fortified quarters become til
depots for recruits ana their drill. Out of thee
depots the decimated bodies Of troops Legion
Regiments, &c,) were filed up. These fixed, for