Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-02

MISTER eo0paigs osse dtsssted, drove
bae0po oomsl lnlnen(lom Daltoa -
pa1alfss( bos N SIths intsssst q d
Cunt - q a il whom % |ch
rs,&n6e = b yed. These three y.
= ~. t6s i,{athfnilss Of vhish Dol
one, except NJ. Lincoln and his parts.
sus, Will stssmpt 70 deny, ore 1rgsd By
NJ. Davis fsiesds - cosclusive evidence
Of the power Of the South 70 undertake
- isvaeien IT he nosthssa soii and 70
dictate terms Of peace on some Northern
battle field.
Should the President Of the Confsds-
saay yielA n ~ sataaaaiss ri his fsiseds
and % iovasion 81 Che North be resolved
upon, the plan to be followed 10 the sx-
seatios Of that project wonld not, -
f6rstot6ss, ~ 1h1ated to the invasion Of
= nipple poiske pur frontier, but would
enbsacs Z ~ system Of operation BY
Whseh fous 0ouoos would be either threat.
ened or invaded.
In view Of this emergency, never en-
tirely abandoned BY tho rebels, the army
Of Gsaseal Lee hes hssn iooreesed 80
uopssce .sstsd figure md me- 81 ut
BY n The wesns which militatJ zee
cso afford. That army, which now 166n-
bers bstwseo sixty and SEVENTY thoue6ad
men, has . two-told object 10 view-first
to resnt General Grants advance upon
Richmond second, to march upon our
line and threaten Maryland and Penn
syivania. This last movement will not
however, take place. except 10 the event
Of General Grants defeat, or in the more
probable curreoce Of General Long.
street add Brcckinridgs's advance upoo
Kentucky aud Ohio. As SON - their
advance upon these two States shall have
been resolved upon, then the plan Of Lee
is, l understand, to abandon HE present
line Of Operations and march ct fall speed
upon Harrisburg, and thus slake strong
diversion in favor Of bis too lieotenasts,
to whom he will leave the doubtful hon
or and profit OF invading the West and
Of attempting to provoke . revolutlon
among ito inhsbitaots, represented - be-
ing, If not disloyal, at least 10 hostile TO
the present administration ~ to prefer TO
live under jeff Davis than under Lin
ooln's rule. OF course this dernonstra-
ton Of General Lee upon our frontiers
will open ~ the way to Richmond, and
expose the city to . certain loss. But
- General Lee does not intend to occupy
either Maryland Or Pennsy lvanis, and
viii move on these States simplv to a..
sist Longstreet 10 his march through
Kentucky, and Breckenridge in his
march Though Ohio. he will be Away .
uesr enough the capital of the rebellion
to fall back upon bis own line of defence
and cone to ito rescue. Besides, Rich
mond's fortifcstions are such 90 to res
move in the minds Of the rebels any fear
Of ,ts being taken without long siege.
which would require al the materials
the federal government can dispose Of.
The rebels are also Of the opinion that
the advance Of General Lee upon
our lines would be Immediately attended
by q similar movement on the part of
Gen. Grant, aud that the battle would,
like Antietain and Get sburg, be fought
on Northern soil and far from the vici q.
ity Of their beloved city.
What still adds to the plausibility ol
this plan. which believe to be now I'M
der consideration OF the military author.
tiles Of Richmond, IL the strong desire
manifested 10 ali classes Of southern
soc,ety to see the ext, eme South re-
lieved from the pressure Of the North
ern armies. This part of the South il
now the agricultural and manuiaoturiug
district Of the Coeiederacy. In it arc
produced the food which supports il,
armies and the cloth which covers it
There is not farm, . garden, or plan
tation which has not been devoted to
the cultivation Of cereals, not house
which has not its loom, hand cards, and
spinning wheel. Hence the desire o.
tie rebels to remove from that preciou.
spot all menaces Of danger. 1t is their
hope that by hurling Longstreet's corps
against the North, he will be followed
there by most Of the troops located in
the South; that Sherman, McPhersou
aud Hurlbu, would follow bis track, free
the extreme South, from their presence,
and operate thorough revolution io the
military occupation Of the Southern
States.
Such are at present the projects,
might say the illusions of the Southern
people. Whether they will come to b
eAer realized or laid aside IS many otbe,
schemes born from the evanescent effer.
vescencs Of popular passion, is not fol
me to decide. / allude to them here u
. glazing symptom Of public opinion ia
the South; a. an expression Of senti
ment to be met among oil classes; and