New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-27

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TETPsDAY HosNMG, MARCH 9, lsea.
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sUERRILLA ssARFA a RE- s
Is conquer "a Invading army, II y not necessary
i " dsfeet u npon The field Of battle. We may
49,, & naans NE - sfectually BY depriving him
1 II ,icod, " By plungmg dagner into his heart.
\ IL snsfny has given indications Of his purpose
&o sbsndsR III present positions IN the West, ana
novtidfward into the interior. We are confident
shat W have force enough in front to check and
defeat this army, wherever It may appear-but 70
make assurance doubly sure, we ought at once te
Organize corps of guerras, to hang on the rear 81
ne Invaders, cut Off their supply trains, their 8
xaRs wagons and their ammunition, and tbds sever
~ main arteries which supply the to the
! whdfs sysfem of invasion.
What may be done III this way has been shown
Is IN HsninauiA Of Virginia, in Kentucky IN Ten
~ Y. and in Missouri. We see the heroic
dksn, with one hundred men Ct his baek'
kespmg the invaders in constant terror, kiIang
and capturing the enemy's pickets, destroying
thsir1neans Of transpor alton, and harassng tnem
Al every conceivable way. We zee Je1f. Inonp.
sor Iii Missouri engaged ID The same business. In
y like manner Col John Sect, when 10 virginia,
aooA after The war commenced, worried the Fed
rsli IN ne Peninsula BY killing their pckets, and
soapturing them when opportunity offered, nntil
they were IN constant terror Of his surprises and
attAcks. We see It stated, also, that they have
4 lot fuur Hnndrad pickets IN the neighborhood Of
Nashville III Tho brief time they have occupied that
~ i " much - q mans life ID worth to send
IN out slone on picket duty for, some daring
partisan % our side creeps up him in the silent
watches 81 the night, and quietly puts . bullet
through liz head. II 5s,3
A Rs believe that We now have IN Tennessee from
erHce they could be better put to, in our opinion,
thansin getting around and behind the enemy as
sg2ley adsenos, and cut Of. their supplies Of food
IA ammunition. There Is SCOTS Louisiana Reg
tmsnt, Col. Writ Adams Mississippi regiment, q
sbattai lion from Arkansas and Regiment from Ten
snenseA; And fhere ii more than another Regiment
from Afissisnppi about to % Into service. These
m know d. and probably there are others. In
zI6RQ Oh GOuHnIM8 kA6M " TUE iiAeS q OuE army,
IL sssn1s to ~ it would 10 good plan 70 turn them
Ieose, viii special Instructions to hang on the
jensrnF Il rear, and capture and destroy their
agons N provisions, baggage and ammunition.
sReing mounted, they could easily get out Of the
May of i superior force and, even in case Of bat.
sale between tho main bodies Of the opposing
arriss they could render more effective service in
ssae IssAx of the enemy than in their front.
+ No must, to as great an extent ~ possible,
adcpt fhe guerrilla system 6f warfare against the
ssnenny rho have come TO invade our homes. Let
them know that behind every tree there turks q
fos that every rock and thicket shelters patriot
with his trnsty rifle who will make the invaders
bite The dust. Thus did the numerically inferior
Tsxans drive the MsucaDs from their soil and se-
curs their independence. John Morgan, with his
little baud Of one hundred men, has already killed
~ eausl number Of the enemy at least, and cap
tnred many more. The time has come for US to
discard dilettanteism In this war. We are not re-
sponaible fol Il, and we must have blood for an
atonement. Surprise them, capture them, kill
them, ii every possible way this is now the duty
III the South.