Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-20
The Express on Maritime Warfare.

The Marysville organ of Sterling Price had
AN article, yesterday concerning the naval
expeditions which our Government has in
contemplation, against the buccaneer coast.
rhe writer is evidently perfectly at home in
naval matters No better evidence of this
is required than is contained in the flowing
profound sentences:
8" We have but little faith in the practica-
Liiity Of penetrating the interior of the South
by means Of these naval expeditions.
We very much doubt whether this has oc
Cured to any one else than the learned editor
of the Express, and yet how self-evdent it is
when once suggested What folly it would
be to attempt the penetration of the "interior
of the South in vessels of war The Ad-
ninistration will, we trust, be thoroughly
convinced, 10y reading the Express, that any
attempt to travel into the interior, by land,
with ships OF war, will prove ridiculous
failure. The talents of the Express editor
should not remain hidden under a bushel.
There is need of his wisdom and foresis ht in
the Navy Department. After showing the
decided advantages Of railroads over ships,
for travelling by land into the interior, the
Express repeats with frmness and dignity;
The expedition" (meanng the naval expe-
ditions) care impracticable so far as pcne-
trating tie country is concerned" Let the
Administration / a"d well the warnings of the
Express The Indignation of the people will
know no bounds if naval expeditions are
taken from their proper element-the water
and placed upon land, to be sent into the
"interor of South" But there are uses to
which naval vessels may be advantageously
put, and the Express thus enlightens us upon
the subject:
"Thcy may be used advantageously to an
noy and harrass the enemy on the coast
though there are not very many Southern
ports Of importance where they would be
likely to avail much"
The above sentence will not only instruct
our Government now, but will be treasured
up for the benefit of posterity. We mean of
course that portion of the sentence which
points out the use to be made of naval eXpe-
dtions The latter portion, in which we are
told tina. "there are not very many Southern
ports Of Importance" does not meet our ap-
proval. If the Express were prejudced
against the South (Which we do not believe
that would be no good excuse for under
rating the importance Of its sea-board cities
Perhaps the editor does not know that Will
mington, Charleston, Savannah, Pensacola
Mobile New Orleans and Galveston are ports
of some Importance, and that they are all
Southern ports" We think he must be
ignorant of the existence of those places, for
the closing sentence of the article seems to
forbid the supposition that the writer is an
enemy to the gallant traitors of the South.
lie says:
"The numerous reports about these ex-
peditions are probably designed to alarm the
South and, if possible, break up the grand
rebel army opposite Washington. We do
not believe much will be accomplished by
them toward subjugating the South"
This anxiety lest the South should be
alarmed, and the grand rebel army oppo-
site Washington" be broken up, would seem
to give assurance that the Express is still
true to the Southern Conlederacy cause. Its
touching allusion to the impossibility of Sub
jugating the South" will draw tears from
many eyes. The Express is worthy to be an
instructor Of the people