The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-10

A NAvY-We must not imagine from the
present naval inferiority of the South, that
the Confederate States are deficient in any of
the elements and material which are essential
10 the organization Of "a powerful naval force.
On the contrary it is only in the Confederate
States that all the articles necessary for the
bailding and equipment of ships is found. We
have within our own borders that which the
United States does not possess, magnificent
Nve-oah. hemp, cotton, tar, turPentlne, iron,
and all III the most inexhanstible quantities
We have noble rivers, deep and spacious har-
tors, and geographical position and climate,
which, after the establishment Of our indie
pendence, will command tho commerce Of
this continent Under the old Union, the
possession, nay, the monopoly Of all tfeso
natural advantages, awaited nothing to the de
velopment Of Southern commerce. On the
contrary the foreign trade and the ships that
Abe South owned under that old Confederacy
gradually disappeared after The GLORIOUS
Union was formed-the uiiou OF the ialnprey
eel with it's victim and Of Il blood sucker with
big artery. 1t was wonderful indeed that
men could see such fertile fields and glorious
the barren North was growing rich upon South
srn trade and not perceive that the GLORIOUS
Union" was, politically and financially,
we'll as morally, "a covenant with death and
hell" The enormous sums which the North is
now expanding to restore that Union shows
her own opinion Of its commercial and material
value.
Among the greatest difficulties resulting
from that state Of dependence upon Northe,a
mechanical industry and Northern commerce
which has 10 long existed in the South, is the
present want of u Navy. The Federal Govern
nent has all the ships OF war, and has convert
cd TIE very mercantile marine which has been
tu1eup by carrying Southern products To Ell
rope and coastwise, INTO armed vessels for the
blockade Of the Southern coast, ard the bonn
bardment Of Southern towns. The very pas
senger and freight steamers which were once
familiar objects in every Southern harbor, are
now heavily armed, and proving about our
waters in search of prey. Oh, for Navy to
break up this blockade, and to inflict Ven
gsance upon these maraudsrs With the ex.
eeption OF few efficient ships of the regular
United States Navy, the bloekading and -pi
ratical cruisers on the Southern coast could be
dispersed with ease by a few vessels construct
Cd especially for war purposes. 1t is no exag-
gerstion to ray that, if it had been possible for
tho South, rs the beginning OF this war 70 pu,
a1cst haif dozen on-r4ated vessels thin
blockade would be al imPoss,biity.
II 10 20 time now to indulge In useless 70.
piuings. We must make the best Of the means
still u our dispossl, annoy the enemy with our
Snvasssss, and gradually form the nsa!sna OF
. strong naval organization. Some Of the best
enesss u The old Nary srs IN the Southern
ssrvicsi The best hayward Of the old Gov.
arnansuf = II our uninterrupted possession,
~ a IT. immediate neighborhood Is North |
CaEOlina, whose naval stores of every kind are
vsIl nth insxhaustible. With Independence
VI eol1na1ree with commerce searaen,
~ m yeay hence the south viii
nval force than the old United
49, & N dIlsolaiion In organ.
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