Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-12
Hammond Again.

The great strategist Raymond, has again taken inc
field He protests that though he was in favor Of tue
On to Richmond" he never had any idea OF making
the route by way Of Manassas His road was avery di
erent one but that is past now, and be comes ion 70
tell the Yankee nation how they may subdue the Rebels
The Southern people, he begins by sayng) are really
incapable Of works which require forethought patient
industry, definite purpose and abundant supply oil
Aoney Mott ing can exceed the shiitcssnes Incidence
and indifference to any useful work Of the great portion
of their white population Their people show best in the
field, where dash and im?euosity go far in the outset
to make up for those solid qualities which reach their
highest efficiency only through long training"
He then proceeds to show that the Hatteras affair
proves all this All the Southern Notifications along the
coast are of the same worthless character parsking Of
the lazy, sovenly character of the people The Yam
KEGS have nothing to do but to attack them to conquer
them lie is therefore, for putting forth all their ener'
gies in naval expeditions. He concludes his bulletin in
this wise:
The plan Is so attractive and feasible, that while en-
smens of volunteers "for the war" are made only at
the rate of a few hundred day in the New England
States twenty thousand could he enlisted IN them In
week. the object an attack upon Charleston or OF
South Carolina aud OF the best material in the world for
an army-men Injured to every kind OF hardship, and
great rumbers of them to all the pers OF the adventur
Gus life of seamen. Here would be work which every
soldier could understand and toward the execution oil
which each one would direc: all his faculties
New England il nautical and has suffered most by the
war Her people are familiar with every foot OF South
eru soil They want by subduing the rebellion TO restore
the carrying trade They have numerous grudges to set
tie We can hardly estimate the energy and enthusiasm
with which such enterprise would be undertaken and
carried forward We trust the reported movements OF
~ n,tla hav raffr n avainRt hone
the very seat of the secession niquty. The recapure
of Fort Sumter is matter Of national honor Our peo-
pie have vow which must be performed At that fort
was the flag of their country, the symbol OF their unity
az power st nsuled and overtbrowr. Upon the same
OF must L. lie raised and honoed by the very hands that
desecrated it.
We can only end the war BY the capture of the South
EN- seaports demonstration Of our power in these
will be the only thing that will bring the rebels to their
seaseI We can in other way protect our commerce
from their cruisers and pirates and puts compete stop
TO smuggling. The same success solves the cotton Ques
ton Cotton will come forward the moment We have
the s,aports in our hands and not I'll then. We ought
not leave this question an open one II delayed 100
long, necessity may be az apology for course Tor Eng
lad very fferent from the she nov promises to
follow With tie possession of Charleston, Savannah,
Mobile and New Orleans the cotton qu Son is etectu'
ally disposed Of.
Virginia. 1t would be flank moveueu OF the most
dreaded character II would pour New E1gand into the
hot.bed Of savery. The mere apprehension OF such
movement would send home from Virginia nearly every
soldier from the cot:on States leaving the former to bear
alone the brunt of the immense locs directed against It,
We eosld then fight the South single and decimaed in
stead of collectively. Another motive which should be
constant spur 10 orr sides is the release Of our prison
ers lost at Bull Run, frOu the damp and oahsome Fort
7 nckney, in Charleston HnboT. These men must be
speedily released IL not by exchange 6y their ecapture
Will not th3 Government speedily move for the execution
OF this plan?