| Show REJOICING OF THE confederate OVER THEIR EXPLOITS ON THE SEA the confederates appear to be in high glee over the recent piratical exploits of the alabama otherwise called the 11 on the ocean and expect that their privateers in men e will III ili extend their work of destruction on erl 11 t the high i gh seas 12 and become a greater ter to the merchantmen merchantman merchant men of 0 the north worth than they hitherto have been the richmond despal dispatch Dl 1 ca a few weeks since gave utterance to the following the piteous groans of 0 the new york cha chamber in ber of commerce over the destruction of yankee property upon the high seas by the confederate vessels show where the shoe pinches and where we ought to strike the enemy if we would hurt him most the doleful lamentations of these over their lost diamonds are music to our ears cars nothing can equal the satisfaction which they experience from robbing other people except ule uld Uie the auguish they suffer robbed themselves the vital part of these gentry lies in their pockets poc keta the sensitive nerve of their whole system is in their purses and when that is effectually pierced the death agony is is sudden and irremediable A great deal has keen teen said about invading the north and seizing the great centers of its wealth Phila philadelphia delphia delphta new york and boston this would bo be desirable if practicable but whether it is practicable or nota not another thing which is more important is practicable and that is to cut off the sources of its wealth and the golden dreams which supply the reservoirs of its prosperity if northern commerce upon the ocean could be destroyed or even to auy great extent crippled we should do the lincoln empire more damage at less cost than by an any land invasion of their territories the tho peculiar peculia i sensitiveness which the north manifested lonz ion lon ago in in regard to privateers ought at once to have taught ua where our blows could be most moat effectively struck they would never have singled out privateers men as the objects of peculiar vengeance and threatened to treat them aa as pirates pir atea if they had bad not felt that t at the Driva privateers were assailing their weak spot and that when we ive had only two or three little vessels upon the waters now that we have several efficient vessels sailing I 1 fast and well armed they are thrown into convulsions and begin to tremble for the future it ii Is evident that the true way to retaliate for their plunder upon land is to assail them upon the beis seia se ia and make it a matter of uncertainty beleter beneler be neter neler r wherever a ship slip leaves a northern port whether bhe ehe will ever arrive arrhe at her anticipated haven haen for this par purpose we must increase our n navy avy and our and it if the enemy undertake to make any distinction between them and andr any other class of our fighting I 1 men to retaliate life for ilfe lite upon every pris prie prisoner orter in 0 our tir lir band hand weare we are glad to learn frein rrt fri m the doleful statements of the new york cha chamber aber of commerce that the confederates hae bate baie secial other formidable vessels in course of preparation besides those which have already spread such consternation throughout we trust that they may harass the yankee commerce upon every sea and make a speedy prey of their rich argolies argosies argo argos bies sies ies iea of california and the indies we have skillful skill fai fal and gallant naval officers in abundance and the tine time is at hand when they will reap laurels as rich neb and abundant as their brethren on the he lard our government should elevate its most powerful energies to this means of the enemy ard and of building up a etrone navy the iron dads of the united stat s scan cart never a accomplish anish much at sea they will be slow saile a a and d not easily handled in a rou rough roub 11 b sea our fleet sh eap pa where they cannot fight them can easily escape them and when they cannot carry off their s can sink ahm which is just as bad for the yankees let us hear some more groans from the chamber of commerce |
