Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-09

, &c ss:s teshslag 10 $50 Daylight! sat ID?
nos aee T5t eng beginning to ne sIG o.
the troubleo Hhi6h this war ID ontsili1g upon
certain interests #ith you: "....-.~
Your operators begin already to have pre-
ssnted before thorn, for contemplation, the
prospect OF another winter without cot
| ton.
This will be woTse than the last-lor your
stock n6G VI American on hand il no. more
than one weeks full supply in ordinary timee.
I say the prospect Ii actually beiore you
now. because from the day your ministers
/ make up their mind to open o cottnn port till
tho first cargo arrives in Liverpool seyeral
! months must Intervene. Altar it il decided
TO break tie blockade, the feet to do il has III
DO collected. That would not iaks long
But then uotice must be gwen also in al
vance, to the merchants, and place Of rem
dez7ous appointed in American waters " here
the. cotton ships may AssetnLe Tor convoy
This, you veil kntT, requires time. Then
after that the cottoli has 10 be- brought dow.l
from the Inferior and placed at thu shipping
| port, aud means OF transportation h":si "y
river and rail arc limited with us. They ate
already taxed we'll nigh Zip 10 their capacity
Cor army purposes sad nthsr sofernmenu.!
necessities. Those ships cannot ty. The
,iullest sailor In feet regulates che speed OF
/ The whole. limo must be given them 70
corpo and eo--Rnd the voyage to snd from
one &c our cotton ports will, at this season OF
the year, and especial under convoy, occnpT
not isss than fifty daya esch way.
Now mske.y your own calculations, and 5on
! will see that unleas within thirty dsya 81
| isr,hsst eiter this letter ls due to you, notice
be given 10 your merchants 10 get resdy
theic cotton ships, ministers will have virtu-
ally decreed another hard time Tor operatives.
for Manchester will DO doomed to second
winter without cotton.
We anted last sprlIia i,!.t runra thai nn+-
fourth the usual breadth 5i lana Ill cott"n,-
Our surpiua labor Is difecred to breadaruils
and provisions. & Grow the finest III ~leEt
The tour from it usually comrnaIda i'll trans
equatorial markets dollar The barrel more
than -four from Northern srnia.
THIS time last year it Was tfie crr at the
North tbat they would starrs ls Out. thaad
| ,yho Joined in IT knew but little of she re-
eources Of our sunny 3nTth. y u III lhc en-
ergy Of our people.
| Thanks Tor the homage paid oy tie iiieat
PhHerg u the Lincoln Government and bis
paper blockade, ne n1H have enough, and 10
spare. II is highly gratifying to our young
| ptIde a, nation to tind in this practical 'vay
! how rich and diverse are our rssurcce, and
| how independent OF the rasI Of rhs world NC
may be if necessity 80 require.
The "Greet Powers" chose 20 respect
blockade of nearly 1900 miles OF ssacoss! OF
our enemy, when hls while navy, If en-
pleycd on tina, service. and nothing else, did
not, &C tka time, furnish vessels enough 70
pssp signals from pciGt &c point Elong m"
COST.
He1e.aga this hnast.i neutrality OF Eng
lsnd operated az active hostility sgainet Is:
| iui she helped our enemy 10 prevent us, with
! u iGrce winch Vi itself wax altogether made
auste from obtsininy supplies of primo nsces-
Sly, and oi Is Inch We ntood greatly ii uaed
T., tic time.
ct thu time this paper blockade was de-
cj.rai and ackno wledgaL, the Navy Register
shows thst the Federal Government .pni in
cpinnission tu: forty t4ll vessels ali told
| Thesa we're scattered cver the world: como
| of them ware in the China sens, soElE III the
Pacific, Some il tho Mediterranean, soInr i'll
our own part o. tnc.worii, and s'1il- III
ether.
Please tu,n to tine Lincnlu Navy RcHstsi
| Tor 1861, end yo. rriI find that the whole
American NsYy~-.GuutiGg old hnlGs aud
! ships Oh the stocks, ?essela il! Ordinary, atoTc
:hIua ard every tnHg-r;'D.isL@i at tltsl tiihe
| 81 but ninety ksels ali tod. II ne Eel 'ii:-
| ployed ell Of thcSs ress-ls 1T biockadn2 $Gc!t
| S coast line, be would noc have had Gle iof
every Thirty IGiles OF chhSf. But, NJ il wa5,
tbs scrna force % employed did not give one
| vsess! ior every fity miles % COAST fToin
thu tesr Information thGt could got, do nos
think inst his biuckalting force ever hI'
.-:srased thirty vessels dag since it WAS lrAt
declared. as proofof the insuticlsncy Of
the iofcs which be has slnployed-and the
Lnsrit,1ne powers rsspected-on this blockade,
stste the fset knowingly, that more than a
thousand vssieis haze run it. SID sn. wiring
cnis ier.sr to 20 by q British vessel that h&A
run the blockade, made e splendid voyage,
and mss On board return cargo Il imutn5c
volume ready to q again.
Ths part ia tbig war for rur .isTy 70 P;H5
Las bean very humble, and our t'AFy ii
aeii Of tho moderate prpportion5. lnde~f,
Secession icund IL, without single Man-u:-
Val atolt CT VT the stocks. Still we
have bsen able IL imrrorlse TWO Or three, and
tEsy hs,s Ei71n E PI5tty good accoait OF
themselves
i!:,r steamer, the "ArEanssa,' Is c r.Asse-
ett;, ivr SIZE ID chYeTt,a With railrodd !:nu, and
ner armnuf, therefnre, L. by III means shot
proof Still her performances in the Mississippi
River and neture Nickshurg, would grace tue
lnneis OF the proudast Navy that ever tostcd.
50 would tue porto: .nsnces OF the "Alanassas,
tia " Merrlu,sc' u ard &C all who have bad 6
chance At the enemy.
Bit ss 6oou al we recover the coiuipaud Ut
Our waters we should address ourselves with
carnc3,Eess tt the subject oil navy, well
knowing that no nation can command tho
respect OF heT peers without Physical
force. f.
So far this = IT has. NJ neSrlE IS csz1 as
certain, ccst the Treasury about s2sC ,U0G,I 0J
two hondred and sixty ialIons.J About
S60,G0J,00G Of tn!e eun IL i'll per cent.
bonds: the rest Ill Treasury ncte7, which ttr
tee IuCst pert, constitute OIL. currtpe:. These
aoses bear no interest. Sc tina: ycu observe
we have not gone into debt much b"yvnd tho
SUM which our aveTsge cotton crcp w2uiu
bring, Neither have We Sought 10 hollow
from s.rG1gers. BIZ E surrey vi cut situs-
ton neenB sad resources, you viii discover
our pecuniary ability To. Guild ana :rs;ntain L.
respectable Navy is ample. feac7 will give
us weter upon which 70 aoSs il. s1d join
your operatives most hes:tiiy ~ tie wish
that that may be right soon.
Yours truly,
NJ. r. M.v.r, IS. i.
Adu.i.ai, RoE11r FIR For, 2. -, L0adoE. !
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