Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-03
objects of the Naval EXPEDITIONS.

I objects ofthe NAVAL Expidfitons.
{ The London Times" regards the movements
! Of the enemy sgainss our Southern coast as in
|. tended ior political effect abroad:
an spite OF the affected indifference OF the
5 Nor,herne,s to European opinion on the war
{ they must feel that, with the growing emoar-
| easements Of our manufacturers, and the aus
tress Of our working classes, there must oe an
/ increase of bitterness against themselves, which
I NAV produce Inconvenience md even danger.
l, - d.s,rsble. therefore, to show that not they,
| but their opponents, are the real ~tnhoioers
I of the cotton supply. 1fthey can seize a port
4 md opeu il even nominally to the trade, they
5 thereby take away tho ground of complaint
| which Europe had against them. They show
i that It IS not they who prevent cotton from
h conirg OUT, but that it is the SouIherpers who
{ keep II io. ruat they will get cotton in any
I large quantities no one can believe, Tor the
l Confederate or the State Governments Will,
! of course, take care that every bale, and pro.
! baby every negro, shall be removed from the
peign borbOoG oil the enemy. But Still the
i Feae,sls will have satisfied TO some extent the
!. demands Of foreign nations, lnasnuch as they
4 will be able to say 10 US or to the French =
4 "Here is q port enter IT. and lake all lne cot
Y ton yUu can get; you are 1t full liberty 10 trace
I with all whom yuu can ind 10 trade with. .
! When thc Times shows that the prefer
! Of cotton Thich Lincoln thus proposes to
4 Europe, is but q mockery, and necessarily so, 1t
/ gives US every reason to anticipate that 30 far
from its conc, Hating foreign governments, they
II will regard any such calculation as an insult
| to. their intelligence. The Southern people
. stand ready 10 exchange their cotton for the
I goods of the Old Word SO soon as they can do
so noaoraoly; but to expect thew>to surrender
& the very object Of their struggle for that pri,
I vilese, only shows what foliles may possess
!, men without destroying life. Port Royal, in
4 possession of Yankee ships, is, OF course, as
sealed a port to US as B,slon. To talk about
/ the. Con!ederatcs trading there under tribute to
/ tbs enemy ard recognizing their authority.
is utterly idle; aud The sensible world
! will so pronounce it. Neither 1.-The French
nor the English will be lied by any such
trlh .ng with a grave question. OF the military
results to be expected from these expeditions,
. the Tunes" says:
( SELDOM in tho history of war has much good
| been done 10y the occupation Of points on an
I %en.ln,'s Coast, ind on such an Immense terri.
j tory little impression can be made by an expe.
! dtIonary for CO advancing from the sea-, and
! having no base OF operations except its vessels
! and sone hslf ruiued " The hope Of
I weakening the Southern army on the Potomac
/ by q d,yt rsion has, no deub:, had much to do
! with the dispatch of the expedition"
! the nope OF weakening the Southern ar.
!! M" has already proved an illusion. McClel-
! Ian is still fsst 10 his tracks near Washington.
| Tie Confederate legions aauint their battle flag
| in his lace, and he is as afraid to move as ever.
!; In every respect these expeditions will prove
] failures. They will secure but little plumber.
They divide the enemy's force and exhaust
bis resources more than they do ours. They
; give him many distant and scattered points to
/ detsna, u, all of which he may at any time
msc, With disaster if he fails to keep himself
in stIeF gin.
! T:u., We shall have TO endure such. losses
! aud iaconvvrisnces as pirates raict lndi-
vioua,s will be robbed. Bot the strength Of
the Cuuiederates will remain unaffected. NJ
people we're ever conquered by predatory in.
! roads or by th!rring parties. Their spirits are
! but nladdened, not broken. They are iniuria-
ted aud encrg,sed, not subdued.