Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-15
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lire ID weakest, or our defenders least pro-
pared; and if rspul.cd, oan retro ana d'sScs
q blow at some other quarter. In the mean
time, they can bss much plumber, sad csuse'
much eorrov aud heartbrrak to our people,
bv expeditions through thinly people regions
dostituss of troops; and, also, can force moro
and moro of our psople within their Tires to
take tier hated oath for quiet life, su's to
save their property from confisrasien. Thus
they can both icmcrslize and rob us within
or own borde.s; preparing 81 til" while So
ricus assaults, md delivering them just wiisT
taey are resdy and where they choose.
II is hard tc Gay at what point they are
most active Just now. Il ore locks South.
vestws,d it would Gcem that tie State Of Mis-
sissippi is Tho region Of most extensive opera
lions. Immense armies srv gathering ia arorrd
Vicksbu,e; and while preparations a:c in
urosIess, for new assault upon chat place.
the back country is devastated and the poo
pls plundered by cavalry raids. But at the
very same mopeGt CHARLESTON il kept on the
qui rice. by energetic preparations for another
attack by sea or land, or both at onco. The
,,hiect may be only to prevent Con. Beau,
regard from sending away any Of ths troops
which now defend Charleston. At the Same
instant, TOO, Burnsido threatens East Tennss-
see, end Hooker, largely reinforced, 10 OK
pectcd TO cross tho Rsppahsnncck, sorae-
whe:e or anywhere, from Cuipoper to Port
ROYAL. To keep aoine OF our forces employ
cd liz defence Of Richmond, reinforcementa
are &c mt to Fortress Aonreos lahd lest shy
p.rt Of the country should have respite, tue
ensmys gunboats are hsrsssipg NMth Car
Gina. In the Raleigh "PrcgreEs" Of the l3 b
wa read
Ganboats continue to prowl up aud d3wn
tha Ch0wau and Potqulmohs YiyuTs Ihey
steal neg.oes, silver wste, jewelry, and eVsfy
thing they can lay banda Oh, AMI have broken
up a number Of fisheries. Ihoy stole sdIns
81 OG0 ~o-th Of jowelry from . plsn nsInei
Jock, breaking up hin furniture, &r., Aid
committed o.bor dcpredatioEs. In ono in
stsnce they entered soldiers house, b:oke
Tie crockery, furniture, &c. Five CT SIX thou.
sand Yankees arc reported in Plymouth end
several eunboAls in the Sou ID There is no
enemy st Edenton or ENz,hSih City. They
recently burnt mill n tho Ohowan, tho
property of If. Haze, situated mile below
Winton. Some psrRons entertain tho ida
that the ftics at Plymouth mediate An oEps-
dition up the Roanoke.
Thr greet numbers OF the encmy's forces
and nulitudes CT their shipping make it csH5
for thoIn to carry on oinHltaneou1y al lheRe
operations And they do not caro- for delay;
for it is our people who gre suffering, nat
thsirf. The longer this style of warfh1e
lasts, the greater vii! he tho ,aass Of plum 9!
c.r,ied North; The mors Of our mills, rra
chine shops, railroads, they will have dsstr"y-
ed; tho more 0! our material resources they
will have ruined and wasted; and chs better
chsrcs they think they will have for an irro-
sistibo advance at las;. Taey sic in nc
hurry. Last yssr, indesd, thore was urgent
haste 10 get the rebellion crushed in thirty daJP
or in ripety. Now wo hear much less Of t''a'
vehement urgency; and tho whole Isnka6
nation asems to have laid out It's accounts Tor
war as the settled business Of life. Rather
than consent to peace and separation, they
arc perfaotly willing 10 fight upon the present
systsE,) Tor twenty yssrs, or iorty. They srr
willing. during ali that time, to 60 On submit
ting to such defeats as ihoaa they have f''s-
tiined Ut Fredericksburg and on .hs RiEpa-
hammock because by these defeats they lose
not foot of gEound-they lose nothing but
men, and Lien are Of less value to them than
70 us. TO kill one thousand Southern FOL
diors, they would DO willing ct, any tlnio 10
sacrifice five Thousand Hessians, sco to SUP
tain rspulse--which thsg would represent
however, as . mere retrest for slsatcgtca!
reasons, and rather honorable than otherwise
and they would regard tho trsnuscticn
es paying one Oh the whole. Ono
thousand gallant Southern lives lest to US
a.e i'll balanced by Fl 20 thousand Of their
ossa hirelines. Jacks6n slone is desfer
loss to us than Hooker and hi5 whole bun
drod mad Fifty thousand would bs 10 thcm.--
And they speculate that it may ha Lees turn
next or L,rgstfost's, aHi thai a. sny is.e
thoJ ere killing us slowly eff. And they are
in the meantime stealing p.uch aud rninirs
more, and their woi&sn md children aIe
esie III home, many Of them dressed i'u,tor
than eyor before, 10 The spoils Of our hoileS /;
while Confederate womoI and children sro
routed cut IF house sid houo end chased like
wild boasts. In short, if Wo en- endure this
wa. for the next half century, they can; .7d
thoy will wish US JOY CT our victories and Oh:
glory.
We urge nothing, apsGass ncihing, hint
Nothing only sta,oths iIc:s, Such is tho
policy of tho snsny, sach ID biz calca!ation,
such in his intares. ard intent