Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-11


by theNorthern press and as showing some
what hc sentiments and policy of the people
of tha' section relative to present and future
operations Of the Yankee Government, we give
the following from the New York Herald Of
Mondy last:
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Criticd Condition OF our Relations with
Forcgn POIvers---SecessityO OF The Im-
mediate Protection OF our COASTS.
We crceivc that the government have or
dcred urue our Mediterranean squadron, con.
sistingof three steam vessels OF war, all first
rate s,amcrs OF their class. This is prudent
mcasue, and should be followed up with regard
To all ue s0uadrons abroad. The interests Of
the country III foreign ports are safe enough
but th'crlsis at home demands all the energy,
roresgt and preparation which the admins
tration:an command. Every vessel on foreign
station should be at once withdrawn to our own
COASTS ;nnd, more than this, every available
stcame should be purchased or chartered by
the goarnmcnt, armed and equipped for active
servicels guIboats; the old sailing vessels Of
tie nav should be fitted out as steamers; end
the capcty Of every navy yard in the country
should h strained TO the utmost in building
ships Of war.
This no time for hesitation or red tape cir
cumloc tion. a terrible responsibility rests
upon government Mt Washington. They
have ack kpled it manluily, and the country will
stand ID them. AS the American question is
viewed ty foreign governments, and especially
that OF England, it becomes an imperative ne
ceSsity bat We should have a complete and
powerfG navy and an efficient army, ready to
defend urSclves in any emergency that may
arise, ad in order to prove 10 the European
governments that we are nation strong
enough not only to subduc insurrecton at
home, ht to protect ourselves from attacks
abroad.
Regaied as this republic is, with jealousy
and fea$ by the monarchical nations Of the
Old Weld, we know not what advantage may
,bc take Of our domestic difficulties TO ensure
an otiei dear to the hearts Of the rulers Of
Europea nations downfall Of Republican,
ism Oh ais continent 1t becomes the duty of
the Administration, lhen to defeat this pur
pose, ah prove to the world, by the adoption
of vgorus and timely measures, that a popu-
lar gov ennent can take care of itself, and
that Rehblicanism is not failure.
At pksent England is divided upon the
America difficulty between the philanthropic
aentimet Of the people, on the one side, and
the Ministry, who represent the cotton and
monurclal interests, on the other; but when
the cottt season opens, and the fear of reVo
luton ir1heir own manufacturing towns, at the
hands of starving and eXasperatcd popula-
ton altds, ,as it assurcdly will alter, public opin
ion upon this question, philanthropy will have
TO yield, the exgrncies uf the hour, and the
British tsvernmenL will then show themselves
in their aue colors Cotton the English people
must hJe or they perish, and We may rely
upon it dat some preteXt will be found-the
capture { British ship or some other Incl
dent-we ereby IN attempt will DO made to
force thg gblockade Of somc Of our Southern
ports All thus involve the two nations in
war, wh:h the Western powers would rejoice
to see inngurated.
Our prernment, therefore, should encircle
the cntiis coast, on the Atlantic and Pacific,
with an rrucd leet-from the Bay of Fundy
to the Ri Granje on the Atlantic, and from
San Dieo to Frazer river OIL the Pacific
Moreovei all the Notifications on both coasts
should b relitted and garriSoned. An addi.
tional amy Of hundred or two hundred
thousand men should be called out for this
purpose and they would respond just as cheer.
fully as lid those who are already in the field
t., oucl ,nsurrcction. These meu need not
be rented from the vicinity Of their homes.
They night be drilled to the use of coast guns
and gai iison duty by efficient officers, and be
ready aany moment to repel attack from any
quarter This measure Of defence should also
includdhe frontiers of Canada and Mexico,
thus eelosng the whole country within an
impreghble quadrilaterul
We ae mistaken in our estimate Of the sa
gacity the Administration and the Com.
mander.h Chief, if they do not see the neces
sity of sich 4 course, in view Of the critical
condition Eof our present relations with foreign
powers; and certainly We greatly err in our
judgment of the patriotism and pluck of the
people ifthey do not enthusiastically sustain
and justly it. Let it be dore, then, and
promptly too. No one can foresee what dam
gers are p embryo menacing from abroad the
safety otthe nation.
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PR1vAEER1NG-The schooner w. c. Atwall,
of New Iayep. has been captured by a priva-