The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-15
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I uEsDAY zaEa's....... APRIL IS ass,
COxKe EspONDENCE.
a Plan l,r Raising a Navy.
, Tie Esitors If hr E,ispat n /:

"a IiaN icI NaasAhf5 Navy
70 tie sditars If fsr Eispat,h:
Ises that II proposition has bean tnade by
scina ger 5lera@ n 70 ra!ae EY eueseripfi0n the
sara 3 d0.n0 900 for lha pETf'1as Sf pt.In
ing nayy ;eesc f.rr ps. This is the sa:ns
\ topcsiton, GDiy apol i larger scale, u st
Rad already heea mads ia relation To gan
b ats, except ,h..t the latter were tc be- con-
etrpctcd ay ourselves.
Iaat VIZ must have n payY har ct last be !.
etasae arp.rent to every mslp and woman in
tAe ianG, and In order 10 aanaer tbs service
WHICH such asi arm OF ocs defence ss in tended
t" renter, :tis aiso tqnsIiy apparent thati.
IT. tist b5 had aS scon IS human agsacy ena
GfoeeseI.. with t exception Of fhs sin gee
b ollie vi SumEsrs5;, where Il 5!uader vas
tlle caass cf onr oisszter, IN no solitary Ia
ssaic9 haye The enemy b2atsn us, Sshera their
EHsy YVES nor {. power fuf aux tiary ", icti "
were utterly sne.-saoie Of Hsss:ius.
Ihat our sfa;aca are not fss5 v.tIlnt and
ssiis.Ul ihaa theirs, has been nirde So mani
Z ST thtk even Sne sTfE,y ce,kfsrs l.; and Coult
tnl3 powerful 1rm cf .;.eT service bo PROMPT
IL met oy ONE cf tqGa. IoNsr there is no. g
o';1st shns i.,eir si saias F-euif - driven trosn
every icoE 'it Southern sol; Ia lass than three
months, when, hy "a Vigorous prosecution OF
.so e-nr by cur Generals, IL might b carried
"in 10 Africa acd re cgemy ne Ynada o fsei
some o. i g aSGicfs, OF yghs1h shcy az rs yes
totaitT 'SI.cxuut. &s he aSvaas:igs af, Glsd
ny i9r- raty a1s DC wtvsr, too AZ
i'sres,, need any demon atiou, and .as its
lst1y creetiGu iS absolutely iacispensabis 70
cura shs eoci 10 Yeat,;t tro1n il, II ~ IL =
0usT CT somcbaay sFh1 ;cvas tito South and
u.saas 70 secure ii:: in'iep%nsseAca % pat has
whole soni Ia tne WOra, aud VI. owe taayen ami
eartn Ter it's certain sad speeSy ccnau n r,a-
tI5n. Ficaing .Ge matter iii thts Hight, " hi;s
lappiaGd :hc gaiijotc inten ion OF the aoove
sIaHfie, IL Is 10 fay mind absolutely c1rt,.in
thGti5 VAL never work-~ taas 4aoy r;il aersr
ba crtattd By sH5scri ipiioa. i therefore prDpose
o g snss.itu e Tor mo above piaa The failcy-
ing:
- t- l-,a1r
ct wealthy mea Ii The 2outh-Tnen who no:
ohay CONT taetr dollars by the hundreds
ot thousands, Eat by the millioas. /. Is
a6o equally VIII knoTn-l say 1t vita
pfofound Inort'ic.t .tioa-4iiat many of'these
weai!ay Son .hToGs have Gct con riAusea {.
dollar 10 the prosecution of tne War neither
bavs they raised an arm in the defence CT our
bleeding and much wr0ngsd country. In
suca struggle rs tni5-a d tra2gse OF right
Ga3iNSs might; u GtI IEyg!e which conyn iass
cur fair iaIid from lha Potomac to the Cult,
lnd depgives many a family OF sae strong arm
OF their natural protector; IN suca :. strug-
gte, 2hcsS VINO are net for US ere against us.
Vnt!e uEe brave mesi IN the field are stand
ing rs :. wall of steel between tha possessions
o. tia wea,ihy men and the despoiiinz hand
o. she 9neiny, these NON com bt.t.ants are do
nte n%thins 10 keep tbem there. they live
81 bone, cad The daily journals co.rmaat on
lEa moVamehts'Dt sour troops" and spscn-
tata 6s o tie lstming possibility thai the
enemy my penetrate into tte country, in
Uhih event they would leso heir prsses-
s.o.s-hut give EO thing 10 aid in driving the
ece.ny b5c5 we have aio Use for such peo
pie. A raen Vilc Will not be tvus 20 his coun-
tr., who VII; make Aa sacrifice for her good,
villa be true 10 nothing hs Is really
"a wretch ,:evsii # ass, ~ as1sa, cf grace:
me ln4olcrt :eaea, CT enc Im5sTed spees."
hoT, il seems 70 me that tie S nth, with G.
population CT eight million inhabitants must
con tain u: le e: 1oo 600 persons whose er1uartv
of ell sSrts will average III value tee sum O.
s5a, 600, Lst ECnsfess p rs 6 law i'm Dcsi q 2
direct Sax of 81 600 upon ;.ii p-rsons tha 49,
Strsra va::e of rhcss proper y Is equal 10
Ia IT sum, and al additional isx OF ,Wo r..r
cen uIn upon al proccSiy whose assessed
value exceeds $50 900. Let this TX be levied
I once, and the sneriFs Of every county
town, and city in the South, 10. III pcs e:sion
Of the fnouly, Ge required INN edia:eiv ;c
mafe r.turns or the nan,*s of ali pe, ,n.
coming under tho pera'i ns of this law. I.r,
az Greer De 'Fs led immsti 1tfiy theTa tier foi
III 9 reiorn into the Conisder 10 Treasury. in
s3fcie, OF the amount lis bic, under such Jaw
to he paid bg such persons.
This SPECIAL taxation ,,aE : t-' - ID 10 az
oppressive and uajust. IH4 suzp=nsisu o;
kabsGs corpus also $50 1;s = sEbvsfsion o. our
s.gh.s; hut " IS oDeOf those TneaxU.es u h tcu
ne necessities OF tins .imes lcfuand Tl-.rv
thiDgs ars doSe and submitted % wnsr dan.
ger threatens, Wcicn az no oihe- time Wonid
be Tor moment entertained. Bat, enouId
such aciiCn oa lhe part of the Congress seem
cdicus, ia order to ke il iess So let ths
SoyarAEnt IL: issue inaeHl pifyinE bonds as ;
pletge thaf IT, d. which the necessities OF tn.
,iAcs ii1pora lively demand shall bs wrestea
from those ~ho niH not Of them ssiyeS con,
sribute, shall DO refunded TO them Ii. SONS ia.
tnEe and conS nifnt SCISSOR
IL WIZ De seeE that the Ininimnm sum thus
aotalned will be $l0o. COO 900; what the maxi
mum will be / cannot CoQlscs1Fe II; g W. T.
,ive rs 100 good ships OF war, es.imatirg taa
zach snip Will COST 81 ,c0o, ,0G0. with this EGvy
va couId open oaT i,ortS 10 :hs world. anC
rGska taIs ai aggressive Instead of IL defen
sive war, Which il the cniy conrse ny witch
we can aopo 10 coEqnsr u peacs from q ra IN
less and powerful toe. The money can b;
raised. Tho ships can be bought walls W.
ere geipg rhTouGn the long aea fatal prsiimi
nGries T getting ready n few gusbna,s b,
subscription. With the sid OF such navy
ine Yankoes cGn give us 20 h!aw which ",
cannot return Win interest Foreign cation.
viii thus b5 taught that we are s. power
amcngs. tbs empires of Tie earth, which the,
VIII never confess unless they are forced 10
This attained, tae etsrai Government, y.itt
IN exhausted treasury, ia over yhelmin nl
debt, ard people c;smorcus to- peace, viii
be aIad to cease Sostiii les, gnd II vii .hel
rest with us alone 70 terminate this ibl:
war.
If this plan for promptly and efficiently
raising q navy Were adopted By The Govern
meat, no geo. man, 40 trua S3ujheruar, cauid
object to it. he iincolni e5 haze s,tesdi
vowed heir iutsniJIl t.coaSscaseati {. proper
y III The Sou'h for lbs purpose Of Eaglng tn,
~ pe.ases cf he war. Ii sney succeed In over
cu.iGing us, hey viii III ost assursi!y carry
ont their ti.-eat. No :rae man among Us wiz
own 4 lars worth Of pro, er:y, aud If GU
Government were even 10 go so tsT as t. tax
iato taeir hanGs the ter porary GUARDIANSHIP
4 of elLtle property III the South, and Use il a
l theis pleasure, it would be no more than h
Eansees mean to do; with this areat d ffsr
.nce: that hy the jud,eious nse cf such lne:.n
q temporary csurpatlon Of power wou;s
place In the hands OF he Confederate Govern
ment, the enemy would be rsaells 4, and ,lrop
arty owners wontc, after the war, remain i,
IL u adistarosd possession, win tbs RS sur anc
OF remuneration for all damages Sustained
ut the hands OF the Government necessar.l,
mn ctsd tor the p ,bi;c good.
| Duiing per;'d of periee. peeca al cit;
zsns must Pay for the pro lecl'oa Of IA
proGerty ny TIE Government surely. II
such Il sane IS this, the necessity If aid;
ing the tiovernmea: mast be n.,rs tsa.
ever apparva'; aud IS the Expense . Rerdiu,
that ro.ection is greatly increased. S. shou,s
he PR psrtonateiy increased the coptribu
Hons from H. individual objects of their fos
,eriDg care. Il s simply 9aiG pro qgo, and
as nave air ady said, no we'll wisi,,c of hi
couGtry can com .iiain IL such in eraase O; eoa
sributiogl il ex3cted of him. .sy the gdop,jo,
Of this measure these who are willing to si
the cause Will do so cheerfally; those VIII
will not, and yst claim protection, Will r
forced 20 do SO. II this pro position be a goo,
one, sincerely trust tlat Gong ng ress Will edop
it, whether IL I'D morally, ply s,eaily, or con
stilusionally rightor wrong Exsraordinar
diseasss require extraordinary remedies.
A foLUgixxR.
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