The New York herald., 1863-04-07

b II not possible that the cold, calculating and
intensely selfish policy Of England and the rest
les ambition Of Louis Napoleon may b
brought to some agreement of armed intervsa-
ton In order to establish helpless Southern
oonfederaoy and to destroy this overshadowing
republic, and with it the cause Of popular inst-
tutions throughout the world!
We think the danger indicated cannot be too
seriously considered by the administration, and
we think that the only way to avert this danger
Ia by crushing campaign against the armies
and strongholds Of the rebellion during the
present spring and the approaching summer
What is the prospect! Active operations against
Charleston, it appears, have at length been COM
menced, and the best results are expected. But
in the meantime General Grant and Admiral
Porter have been bafled in all their strategical
movements against vicksburg. and seem to be
debating what next to do; while General Banks,
confessedly too weak to advance, unsupported,
upon the rear of Port Hudson, is awaiting the
upshot of the struggle at Vicksburg. General
Burnside has relieved Kentucky for the pre-
sent of her rebel invaders, and no fears
are entertained Of any further danger
In that quarter, except in the event Of some
great disaster to General Rosscrans in Ten
nessee. We are assured, however, that he is we'll
posted and fully prepared to meet any move
ments of the enemy against him while awaiting
the signal for an advance.
General Hooker, who boasts, and justly, no
doubt, that he has "the finest army ON the pla-
net" remains stationary along the windy hills
and muddy lewlands of the Rappahannock.
He has done nothing a. yet in the way of active
operations, excepting the arrest and expulsion
of an unfortunate Newspaper correspondent
from his lines for presuming to osuppose that our
army would shortly move. upon the enemy-an
item of news which, from the beginning Of the
war. has been the Cheshire cheese of all news
paper army correspondents. But let "Fighting
Joe" move upon the enemy, rout him, and march
onward for Richmond, andlet General Sherman
atone for his disastrous defeat at Vicksburg, and
we dare say that neither of them hereafter will
have any occasion to complain of newspaper
correspondents. The country demands that our
armies in every quarter shall move upon the
enemy, and we must again admonish the ad-
ministration of the dangers of wasting delays.
The armies and the people of the rebellious
States are now suffering severely from the
want of subsistence. But from and after the
middle Of June their growing wheat crop will
be gathered for their relief, and with the return
Of autumn they will have the supplies Of an
unusually large Indian corn crop, for which
they are now, over large surface, engaged in
planting and in preparations for planting
The present, therefore, IL the golden opportu-
nifty for action on our part. We presume that
the disasters resulting from their past military
blunders have not been lost upon the authori-
ties at Washington. We take it for granted that
they have learned some useful lessons from ex-
perience, and have shaped their military COM
binations accordingly. We only urge upon the
government that as the rebel armies are now
in men and horses, weaker than they will be
month hence, if we remain idle, while ours are
stronger, and that, considering the snmity Of
England and the ambition of Louis Napoleon,
now is the time for vigorous and decisive mill
tary operations. Charleston we accept a. q
good beginning; but Virginia is the particular
field in which the present is the golden oppor-
tunity.
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