The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-31
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3 We do not desire to circulate funoss or fears
that will cause excitement, or incPease the fes.
ing Of unrest uhioh hes taken posseaaion Of %
many Of our beat citisens Bat facts are devel-
oping, which Ahow thst the traitors are, deter
mined g carry out, - far - possible. their deli
belatsly copcpcted plans p keep the scatof var
Thdx has been from the Hrst the leading object
Of the sSEtbsrn traitors Hho lead the van IL the
traitorouss ,sttenpt 70 oYertnrn ths Government
and break up the Union. ,roiled 10, their earlier
attempts to carry out this darling object, new
plans were recently formed, and AL the energies
Of the traitors are expected 20 carry these plans
into operation partially, If not thoroughly
The measures recently adopted by the traitors,
and which they are endeavoring, to carry ont,
may be stated thus: tass.' -, "a
+ i. Withdraw all the forces from, the Virgins
and North Carolina coasts, and concentrate them
at some central point In Virginia. These forces
TO form one wing Of the rebel army, 70 be
placed under the command Of Joseph E. John
ston, and to move in the direction Of Pitts,
bufgh, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of invading
that State .fais5T a2ssg RGi G@lifii9 2.lit 's'T
81. Withdraw all forces from the COSTS Of
South Carolina and Georgia, and concentrate
them st Chattanooga, or some sdjacent point!
This division 70 form another wing of the rebel
army, under command Of Rob. E. Lee and to
move in the direction Of Louisville, for the pur-
pose Of invading Kentucky and Ohio.
/ 8. Withdraw the forces from the coast of
Florida and Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas and Arkansas, and concentrate them 1t
Corinth. This wing to be commanded, BY 9.
T. Beauregard, and to move in the direction Of
Paducah, with the intent Of invading Illinois
and Indiana. ssasi5a siatalisilc9 lEs
This plan WAS formed by full council of
leading traitors. It is unnecessary for us 70
give the source Of our information. SUFFICE :,
that our informant obtained It from . native of
this State now resident Of another State, and
whose name bss ofsen been given ii the news.
papers in the Southern States as q trusted and
con6ded agent of the traitors sgaInst the Union
Socially and politically be stood among the most
prominent before the rebellion. sag U.s. biz.
3 The objects to be gained in carrying out the
plan was, first, to secure subsistence, -of which
there is none, at least but very little, in the
South-not enough to supply 1.-THE Of the or
dinary demand and secondly, TO force into their
armies all the fighting men. The seversl com.
manders we're to push forward their forces with
All possible dispatch, and possess themselves Of
all the important military posts on the rivers
and in the loyal States, before these posts could
be occupied the posts of importance in the
States in rebellion; the forces of the traitors
ouy1uSS mtO su0 very uceEs u suo CUuusSy. !, "A
We think the reader will agree with us, that
the recent movements of the forces Of the trait
ors show that this development of their plan is
correct It Is true that their attempt in form.
ing the middle wing under Lee, At Chattinooga,
has been at least for the present foiled, by the
Of Mcclellan. But news from West
ern Virginia shows that Jo E. Johnston is con !.
all the forces he can bring against
Fremont's command in that direction-leading
directly toward Pittsburgh. And the evidence
is overwhelming that all the forces from these
States to constitute Beauregard's army at Cor
inth, are concentrating there rapidly, with the
design and hope of overpoweriDg Gen. Halleck's
army, and if successful in the object ;:then
moving according to their plan. They will, by
this means, cause the Federal authorities to
move an army in that direction to meet thema
during which time the traitors will rally by per-
suasion, impressment, and under their conscrip.
ton law, to their army every traitor and rebel
in Tennessee and Kentucky. aY.a b. an +.