Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-29

| eoou put W ulSQt every sQaQOW II DOL pre-
vented by the Satanic influences of the Abu
litionists who give Davis an excuse for bis chsr
acteristic lying statement that the larse nava
expedition to the Southern seabuard was set oi
foot ito incte a servilc war;" and for HI
fierce denunciation of the Union troops win
have embarked in it, describing them Is ''out
laws, and enemies Of mankind, who forfbi
their claims, if captured, to be considered a
prisoners Of war"
The next palpable symptAm N the rebel
lion giving way is the stampede o. the peopl
| from Charleston and Sav4nnah--a pan adms
sion that they do not regard those cities :.
any longer tenable positions, now that Por
Royal is in the hands Of the Federal troops
and either Charleston or Savannah is within
striking distance II is clear that Jefferson
Davis himself fears the railroad between those
cities will be seized by the Union army, ant
the through Southern route by the coast thus
cut in two, and the supplies Of men, provisions
arms and munitions of war from the South, tc
his army in Virginia arrested in their course
route by the Valley Of Virginia and Tennessee,
tho destruction of bridges by Union men being
only the foretaste Of what may be expected
when the Federal column deacends into East
Tennessee, through III. Cumberland Cap
Hence he advises the completion OF 4 new CEN
trail and interior route between thcsc TWO lines,
but, as it will require the construction OF for
ty miles Of rail road to supply the link by
which the chain OF communication, now broken,
can be completed, there is no danger that that
route will be available for long time to come.
it is worthy of remark that while the rebel
President is jubilant over succession OF
glorious victories at Bethel, Bull Run, Manas-
sas, Springfield, Lexington, Leesburg and Bel
mont, he takes good care to mako no mention
of the defeats in Western Virginia, the recent
subsection OF two counties in Eastern Virginia,
the defeat his arms at Fort Hattcras, n. e.,
and at Port Royal, S. O., tl:c effect Of which is
to deprive his buccaneers OF their places Of re
iugc, and to render thcra harmless in future
on the ocean, besides tho acquisition ty The
Union army 0. such Important stragciical
points.
This message is dying kick Of the Cnntede-
racy. Thc,lgh Davis pretends that his bogus
money freely passes everywhere at the South
as if 1t were gold; that there is an abundant
supply Of food that the rebels can now manu-
Cacture for themselves not only arms and the
munitions of war; but clothing and all tha.
they need, and that, therefore, there is no
limit" TO the lc:.c;h Of time they will be able
10 carry on the w2r against the North, w; Ills
evident that this Ii Lu, he game Of LlulI, so
well known down the Mississippi, and that his
last desperate hope is in the intervention Of
EarnpceE Powers, 10 whose interest md fears
ae arroi,y appeals. liz relu!.,,l.: them tia. il
the War and the blockade s!.ould continue
much longer, the planters MAJ cease TO cult
va,e cotton for expectation, and supply y!
that staple may be permanently cut utf Ircm
Europe; farther, that the blockade, shrowing
the Southern people on their own resources,
and compelling them to manufacture for them.
selves, the Southern trade may DO lost forever
~ the manufacturing nations al the ether side
Uf the Atlantic. Indeed, nc is particularly
savage that they hare not already brukru the
blockade, limiting lnysteriously At sYrnc breach
Of faith. He says:
Perhaps We had the right. il VIC had cilo.
sen to exercise il, to a>k 10 kl0w whether tie
principle that blockades 10 be binding must DC
etfectual, so solcunly announced by the great
Powers Of Europe ut PARIS, is ~ be generally
enforced or applied only 10 particular parties
When the Confederate States q! your last SOS
sion, became party To the declaration real.
6rtnng this principle OF international las,
which has been recognized 80 long by public
lists. and governments re certainly supposed
that it was to be universally cnioTce1."
And thereby hangs tale. Ii will BE- racYl.
lcctcd that in the early part or the rebellion,
the British and French Conslls 1T Cirarlcston,
Burch and Bouligny, induced Trrscutt Assist
ant Secretary of State under Buchanan, to pr".
coed to the rebel capital and prevail upon ,;!::
rebcl government to adopt the maritime arr
c'es OF the treaty Of Paris, one Of which de-
clarcs blockade to be invalid unless il is IL e.
tual. Whether there was rrrini-" rncn
made of quid pro qvo, or whether lh.se Gun.
soils were authorized By their governments 10
pursue such course, il is not ipr us 70 say; bot
certain it is the insurgent chici;aia is deeply
disappointed that nothing has yet been done in
the way ofbreaking the blockade. lie States ,ha.
he has caused the evidence 10 nc collected which
proves completely It's u,tCr ih,tfic!ency, and
he will lay it before such governments :ls viii
listen to him. He mlniiestly calculates that
the British Government will take up his quar-.
rel in the case Of his Ambassadors" and
make that a cnsus belli with the United States
"a plausible ground for breaking the block
ade, in order to obtain supply Of COTTON
But long before his message shall have reached
England, her statesmen will have seen that
whatever may have been tho nellicency Of
the Blockade before, it is nov complete, and
that cotton port is already opened to British
commerce by our arms. But if it were other
wise, and Cotton was still King at the South,
recent news from Great Britain, which We
published yesterday, will inform the President
Of the rebellious Confederacy that there is o
famine i'll tho realm Of the English sovereign
and that, therefore, there is another king-a
far more powerful one-at tho North, and that
King is Corn Davis & ca. Will, therefore, be
left, for Some time 10 cvulc 10 ish. their uwn
battles and how long they can keep 50 large
an army in the field needs no ghost to tell.
TIE CANADIAN PRESS uS THE MASON A&o Sill.
DELL CAPTURE.
We perceive that the Canadian press still
continues to make unnecessary buster about
the arrest Of Mason and Slidel. The fact is
that most Of these Canadian journals arc III,
rectly hostile to the government of the United
States in this struggle against rebellion, ami
they make the capture Of the rebel cnvuys n
pretext for showeriug ihsir abuse upon the
Federal Government, and making as much bad
blood ont Of the matter as possible They re-
scInble pack of d"ss yelping and barking,
AMI making all the nslSe thug can ut ,he sight
of stranger, till they are slsnced by word
from their master. When thsy hear how much
more moderately thY English press discusses
the event about which they arc so cIamorous
they will stink away with 4 suppressed groS
Those who have tie least authority for talk
ing big and threatening, arc usually inc very
people who sound the loutpss trumpet. As
neighbors, if not friei.d: Tie j.lTnais vi Cana.
do ought 10 have some regard .nr truth, rca.
son and dccency in ihrir discussion, and not
allow their passions TO run entirely rway with
their prudence.
FALSE REPORTS III ELGALu To THE .rnrSGIu
OF THE UNION AE1Y.
Paragraphs are extensively published, sta
ting that il has been officially announced that