Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-08-19
.PriSSatleering.

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the Declaration vf IndeprndeDcs Of hclsts, ,pet-
ted ststcs, tic oA.p ReprisAl commanded By Gspt-
Wilkes, icooupapisL by Two cruisers apastsfed
of the coast OF Ireland: yhc.s small b"asssasr.
syl.a; botlr-in England aud Amtrua, Priyaesets;
i aud u yLo agL quite insignificant as rsxar.s tnsr
sisc, speed; .uength OF urD,ulncnt in cdspstisea
with the splendid War sL;Js Of England stsher a
magnificent Merchantmen, SILL tho inhshi.ahIgo Of
Grost Britain e.ro thrown ints thc. usmost ebn-
atern.tion by Lhcir asdscity and sacceas ssasing
their cruisings OF the British COASTS. 1nsohpeh
thut it is now matter Of as.opishnent 10 ssd q
few of the extracts from'thc English Press e taat
period. We annex the following as anifdsasS
the public Mind at that day: SS
.i.Dublin has been thrown into the utmos$ CON-
sternatiopsby the. appearances of fAmrricun-Rriya
teers en- this coast a sttp has been ,pat 5tS. .uH
trade. Not ono of the Linen Ships that have besn
loaded for Chester Fir src suffered to faspxrt,
upon which sccounttkc Fair nust be postponed,
if any Fair. be held. No insurance cen sspro-
cured, and linen has already fallen 4 penny
yara.-Ladiss RaSusihe, Jalys l777. ,lsSs q
I On the 12!h July, rumn year, the Secretary of
tbs Admiralty informed tho Mayor of Lirrfpsol
that four 'sloors of war had bsen Dispatched to
/" tho waters between Grest Britain and ireland iu
quest of American. Prratsers, and for the lsStec-
tion Of trade in those parts,n 4 lHtsSfSbAttle
ships cruising in tho Enslish Channel, pubiishsd
July MI, numbers 2s. The Same Mags.ins,
under sAto of l5tl Jslys sl777, says; Dnrink no
time SINCE the war, have thopeople on tbisSoast
been half so nuch frightened as lately, -by the
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vas sent off to our Lord Lieutenant Of the county
of Cumberland to call out the ,siinq for the de-
fence Of the cosst asit was apprehsnded that the
Americans weuld land" Independent: Of vast
preparations ON tho part Of tho Eaghh flotefn-.
msns sts prevent tho Future pperationG.of Aneri-
can Prirutesrs," the grest shippers apd Merchants
in the commercial tonns Of England, ireland and
Scotland, fitted out; armed ves.elss Mt their own
expense, fof thsr better security. ~ 81 ~
We hnre.ropisl the aboye extracts bech1se Of
the singular and: foroible expression ponffEncd
therein IF tho strong .fo4rs entertained bS tho
British Government and people, of PtiYatearing.
Nor docs this PrivAtecring seem TO hare fbson
shortly forgotten by tho English mind, for 9TH
very next tfeaty Of tho Great Powers Of Europe
at Paris, England insisted upon inserting tHorein
an article abolishing@ Priya tcering; and toMhich
all tho Maritime Nationa agreed with the single
exception of the United States of America nd
it is somewhat remarkable that since ssbegin-
ming of tho war between tho people of tho North
and South, tho former, stimulated by'a desire to-
conciliate the favor Of England, rs we'll assothSr
European Powers, and terrified atthe spccosses
Of tho Alabsma4lnd other Privatssrs, haye con-
sented to recognize the principle adthe right of
the aforementioned article Of the Treaty OF Paris
The P1ivateorins of LII ought to have; bsen
botter remembered by the Confederate authorities
| and. people in the beginning of the piesent:nar.
Tie paper blockade of English Ports BY Espo-
leon was Insignificant indeed when CON mparranifh
Ito capture vf French Merchantnent by Eag g:ish
Privateors And wc vunLure tho assertion thae
the Yankee blockade Of Confederate PoTts:weuld
haro been equally So. had the Confederacy, ,imme-
diately upon tAet commencement of hoztilies
fitted out fifteen or twenty. well armed a1tfwel
manned Privatccrs.. The capture of two Or three
California Steamers, carrying each million in
SPECIE uould have been the alnust inoritaBl
upon which to establish currency nuYh superior
to tt.t VIC now enjoy, besides taking SO much
from the vaults CT the Yankea banks 'As' it is,
two or three Steamers, rigged and armed Pri-
vatcers, have can led fear and terror to the heart
Of Yankee commerce. Yankee war steamers ne
constantly oa the qni uire for the Alabama; Yam
kce vessels are r"tGing at their wharves for dread
Of Confederate prvateers; and Yankee trade ex-
periences wonderful lothargy on account Of tho
terrible Capt SEmWEs.
There are no rights or immuntier of which
| nations are SO tenacious those of the High
Seas mono which a.o guarded with so much jeal-
Uusy. The laws and regulations Of Commercial
Marine, and those governing neutral 1uss and
neutral bottoms, have always been guarded with
sleeplcss vigilance; while the property value Of
thscommerce of any great natiSn, being for the
most part, in fact almost entirsly, owned by ina-
riduals, makes +. particular Us we'll as gensfal in
torest throughout tfel land 1nsomuch that a LOGS
or injury which affect; one, carries fear to another.
To take money FROM the pocket Of ono engaged
il certain pursuit is not only to his individual
loss, but tends to the duriment Of all others fol-
.
lowing tie same ayocation. To deprive man Of
bis money is, according to tho English sutirist
tho greatest evil you can inaict upon him.
"Tako mars wife and he'll brook it,
But keep your hhnda out Of his breechcs pocket"
And soft is sith nati0ns ;jstrippcd of money is
to be stripped Of power-and nothing so, tcnds to i
the transfer of money from tho Golfers of one
people to those Of arother as Priyatscring. This
Privatccring shodld be vigorously and eusrgeti:
cally encouraged by our confoderacy as tho anroat
and swifteat means OF injury to'the enemy, and
of profit to ourselves. Much has been done With
only threo or four Steamers, yet much remains to
bo done. y
The motto of ths great General and:statosmnn
deserves to be adopted in this regard: "Nihil
ae,am ereden', dun quid seperesses agendum."
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