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The Defense Of Washington

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
May
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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-iM r. oewaro 8 aSBiirancq to the Mayor of Bultimoro that the troops. frgin tne North were de'sigjititd 8t))elv for the defonsu oí tho capital is tho poliie.sl v;;y of ultcniig the adiui;:i.strat:on'.s finn determinuYioó, Seyentidye tbou,saml raen aré not to rnany too Imld V usbiogton gain.st all comyya, and cloai' auay tho (jities and raitors who peril its sutoty by impundiugour raarch and way tbither. when Mr. Sewóird saul these sevetity-Tiviv lho!;:ai)iJ iroipa were to dofend the capital, be did not sa. that sevéntjr-five thousaud Qtbèr mun vvpuld not be called out, at iho earücst fea.jble moment, to do more tEao dcfuud tbo capital. 13nt to deluiid the capita] is a aummer's vyor.ki Tho defensü of the capital mouns, moreoyer, the ovv:-throw oí any forca monaciog it, whelher that loicc 'invusts tho city, plaats it.s buttüries pon ArliiigLon He(ghte(or conqeatratéa itaelf in and about Èichmond. Th ere can lio no doubt that, as 8Qop as Washington is so amjily g irrisoned as to bc out of danger, oflensive oporationa asainst the traitors will begio. We liall reposseaa Harper's Èotiy ; station u sufficient force at Baltiraore to keep thu flag in its place, and the Plug Üglies in theira ; sweep theahorea of toe Cbesapeuke, and clear tbe ground as far, to b'egia with, as Uichmond. Wo can turii its foundry to good riud tbe city itscll is an t-xci'llcril base of opurations for the catnpaign. ihc defoiiso of Washington njeanslheaocotnplishinont of rosuits tending to secure its ultímate safoty - resulta u inch it is quito possible to attain even as far .-outii as Charleston or ltfontgomery, and west as Cairo or New Orleaos, A So. on Eacb Sidjí- Gen. Dalí, of New Vcji-lv-, lias a son in tho aimy of tlio Confedérate States, and anothor in tho Scvcuth Kcgimvnt, :

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Old News
Michigan Argus