Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-20
TIE WEALTH OF THE NORTH 70 BE LAID rsDta

THE WEALTH OF THE NORTH TO LAID USDER
CONTRIBUTION.
The vast political and strategic advantages
which the Coniederales expect to gain from
campaign carried on on northern soil mu<t not
keen out OF sight the economic advantages which
thev have In view, and which with them will be
the fret consideration IN point Of time. The
large army with which General Johnston moves
sill be su5sisted entirely on the country through
which II passes after once Tennessee IS left be-
hind The vast agricultural and meat-producing
resources Of Kentucky are a. vet almost entirely
untouched IL all be the first object OF General
Johnston to gather up a. much OF the grain.
-four. and provisions. IN that State a possible,
aud IN send il, under strong escort. back into
Georgia. accompanied By all the horses. cattle
and hogs that can be made available in this way.
IL canno, be doubied that in this manner vast
amount of the agricultural productions. and a
large number OF the animals seized in Kentucky
will find their way into Georgia. The same
course will be pursued in OHIO and Indiana; al
though the bulk of what il Obtained in this man
ner i'm these two States will probably he retained
until the rebel army marches back to Georgia
THE coxFEDEEATEs EXPECT PENINSULA CAMPAIGN
AGAINST RICHMOND.
In regard to operations in the East. the Con
feder,fe military leaders are c0nvnced that Gen.
Grant has no intention OF making campaign
AGAINST Richmond overland. and that he will not
do 90 in any event The more apparent prepara-
tons that are made for an overland campaign-
the more we fortify Culpepper and repair the
railroads between that point and " ashington.
the more satisfied will the rebel leaders be that
il is all done to blind them to our real Intentions.
| What they expect and look for from Gen. Grant
il, the adoption of General McClellan's plans.
-. a
commenced Just where Mcclellan left off. name
| w. Harrison's Landing. with the James river as
a base. OF the preparations which they have
made to defend Richmond against another PENN
sula campaign | must defer speaking at present
| Ii j. enough now to say that they consider them
ample To secure the safety OF their capital Ii.
/ against his better judgment. Gen. Grant should
/ be compelled To make an overland campaign
against Richmond. they would only laugh at
what they would consider his stuDidltv. and
would depend. tor the defeat of his army upon
the same strategy and tactics By the use of which
they have defeated successfully Mcdowell, Pope
| Burnside, Hooker. and Meade.
PLAN FOR GENERAL LEE's INVASION OF PESSsYL
At the instant, however that Grants real
intentions toward Richmond are developed, Gen
! Lee will put the heads of his columns in motion
for Pennsylvania His route will be up the
| Shenandoah Valley but he will make such
strong demonstrations toward Washington that
that will appear 10 be his objective point. lie
will move with fully ninety thousand troops.
namely seventy thousand infantry fifteen thou
sand cavalry, aud two hundred aud fifty pieces
of artillery, and his troops will be all veterans
! He will 90 to PENNSYLVANIA this time. to stay
there, and 10 remove the theater of war and the
| presence of the two hostile armies from Virginia
10 the iol.mer State His first object will be
| therefore TO break up Gen Grants campaign
| against Richmond. and TO cause the army of the
| latter to follow him into Pennsylvania. If he
can effect this object in no other wav he will at
tack Washington. ami that, too. from the North
/ That the rebel leaders are confident. will bring
/ Gen Grants army home again, if they
should be under the very walls OF Richmond for
the rebel leaders are 6rm believers in the axiom
that Gen Lee defends Richmond best when he
threatens Washington II, however. Gen Grant
should not return. If he remains in front of Rich
mond whether he takes that city not, General
Lee will be very likely 10 take Washington: and
the rebels could very well afford lose their ca
ital for the sake Of getting possession of ours
! But Gen Lee counts on drawing Gen Grant
army after him into PENNSYLVANIA. and Oh de-
featng him there and thus being free carry
out the great objects for which these two nva
sons of the North will have been undertaken.
WHAT ENCOURAGES THE REBELS TO FORM THESE
! PLANS OF INVASION.
/ The thing which gives the rebel leaders more
/ confidence than ans thing else ia theis ability tc
carry out their plans successfully is the convic-
ton which they entertain of the fact that Mr.
Lncoln's policy of scattering the available mill
tary forces of the North in multitude of de-
tached and distant expeditions, will be continued
this year They not ignorant OF the fact thai
| the North will have seven hundred Thousand
troops But they look at the large numbers o
these that and will be engaged in wild-sooSs
Red River expeditions; in Burnside expeditions
in carrying Oh the siege of Charleston; in roam
ing over Arkansas, Missouri, and the Indian Ter
rtory: in carving elections and fighting Copper
heads in the Northern States; IN "peggng away
at Mobile and in Florida; in guarding the long
4 line OF the Baltimore and Ohio R,road; on gar
rison duty ut Washington. Baltimore a dozeI
| points on the peninsula and III North Carolina
at Memphis, Nicksburg, Nachez. Nashville
Cairo and dozen other points; and they figure
up that all these scattered detachments will ab
sorb fully one half Of the entire Northern army
DRUID.