Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-29
.,n. p,e.ent Campaign.

atanca TO favor. sn active and vigorous ca'n>
nsicn on our part, ere win,er shall again Do
clare truce. Even if tho enemy wer" inci'ntu
to peace, it would ba impossible for u.s. III eee
presen. posture Of affairs, to entertain over
lures with any exposition of M advantageous
settlement I. is an established maxim that
peace c.a never be propitiously concluded
after military rsvsrses. The continuance OF
the war ig therefore necessity for US; AID re
mus, avail ou.selve. Of it to give our fortunes
moro prosperous aspect To do this we must
disp,sy cur whole strength and employ a'l our
energies. We must strike boldly and swiftly
and hard
There is another reason Why We must net
vigorously, because it sugges:s that the time
Of action may be short The dearth Of cotton
is pressing heavily upon the interests OF
France and England O1renemy has appeal
ed to :heir patience by assuring them tha: this
privstion should soon end. Sixty days, and
ninety days have again and again been pledged
ce the utmost limi, Of Tia continuance. They
-~rte ted that cotton ports should be opened
by the redcr. Hssts; and that such vas the
Union" sentiment throughout the Confede-
racy, cotton would be brought TO the markets
80 created in abundance.
This experiment has new been tried, and TIE
promise has proved as false as the assumption
Oh which ii was Based was slanIerous. The
peopia OF the Confedsracy have gloriously re-
futsd too libel Of their enemies. They have
e1sryshoEe proved true to themselves and
their country Not only hiss no pound of cot
ton been brought to Yankee purchasers, but
everywhere whole crops have been with slsc.
ri,y committed to the flames by their owners
sooner than risk their capture by the dstssted
invaders
New Orleans, l3e great ceutrs OF Southern
trade, and the prime market for our chlct sta
ples, has added the latest aud the crowning proof
OF this universal disposition and determination
Of the public mind What have been go sptly
termed tho "arss Of patriotism" have but just
illunined he7 street and attested the ialsity
of Yankee expectations and promises. Her
stores Of cotton have formed grand holo-
cans, to ffssdom sna to Confederate indopen-
dence.
The cotton. consumers Of Europe mus! now
b. convinced tim. the seizure by our cnamy
OF what were our cotton ports, will bling
them no cotton supply. Thoy see farther,
that the advance of the eneny's arms is os
futile in this reapect as the attempt to seduce
our patriotism. Neither by purchase nor by
force can lie obtain our cotton or our tobacco.
Nsy. tho attempt 10 ssizs them but prooogs
tho privatiop; for by causing their destruction
It renders it impossible to obtain the present
crop at all.
With these facts before them, it will not be
surprising Il England aud France, to promote
their own interests. should be prompted to
speedy interference between us in order 70
comnara Ire peace. II would be to their
future stirantsge TO make tho two Confsae-
raciss IS nearly equal AZ possible, and thps
establish them So checks upon each other. -
Blu. for ourselves We should greatly dread this
foreign interference. If they should in shy
degree render service to our interests, how
ever selfish the u,oti7e, We should have to pay
dearly for it, A gift is ever the most costly
of purchases France aided us n the Rcvo-
luton; and before the century Was euded VS.
were on the threshold OF war with her, be-
cau3e the claim she asserted upon us, being
ons Of gratitude, was incapable oil liquidation
aud therefore boundles. and nexhaustible and
would have been ruinous. But ii We fight
our battles through ourselves, we shall owe no
tsvors, and DO involved in no entanglcments.
Il is equally probsble, perhaps, that the favors
OF the interfsr ring powers, would DO shown to
our oaeny. The political reasons in our "a
vor, might DO overbalanced By a community
of prejudice With the North.
But the greatest danger ws think would
probably BIO found in the disposition to apply
the doctrine Of ati pos,idetis to the two bel
lgsron.s. We might be addressed by poTn
erful, armed Intervention; "Stop tho hght,
and ss you possess" This is very unjust,
but sometimes, simple mode o; settling dis
putss as to boundaries. To us. al this time, it
would provo very disastrous; sud tho appre
bsnsion OF it combines to urge us TO make
vigorous campaign, tnat We naT sxpG! The
enemy FROM our soil.
The dispottion Of France and England to
intervene, will be increased rather than re-
strained, b. ehy apprehension that they may
soterssn thar the North is likely to triumph
owe, as. They would sooner sae two republics
hsre .hsa one; because neither would BIO SO
powerful. Hence the boasts Of great victories
which Lincoln has sent across the waters have
but served 10 develop Eagland's unwillingncss
to gee the North triumph.
Besides the considerations that aifsct our
European relations, reasons that apply nearer
home, and not necessary to be repeated here,
unite 70 suggest shat the war must have
short life, and tina: We should therefore by
energetic exertions put ourselves in the most
favorable position Tor al advantageous and
satisfactory adjustment
And happily the position of the enemy will
afford US the opportunity for those operations
against him ia which We shall not only be on
an equality, but have tho advantage. lie can
not subjugate our country by adhering to our
water line, an i no cannot have this without
exposing himself TO damaging attack. He has
arrived Of that stage, and tho fall Of Now Or
leans has conduced to ii, where il becomes
necessary for him either to sdVancs into the
interior or suspend his war. If hs advance
in body, re can defeat him. Ii hs move in
detachments, wo can cut him up in detail.-
vigilant snd wise. II We display these.