Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-05
For tho Ehg=trsr.
TIE VOLUNTEER NAVY.


Nosats. Editors: In response to my al
v5s!is.ment, invoking pecu!;avy and personu.
aid in fitting cut hip fur The yo!un.ee.
nssy, have received &c Esry ie!:ers that
whi'e 1 AN grsshsl a: tte great inssssst
m.alfrz;st IN n. s,,hone. sm GIN ya!iet &c
:esort TO this &:ods of reply.
Tbs G2ysrnu:n., in the "Act to Es!sk;isi
Voluptes. Navy" pse,rmas that tie same
patriotism and bravery that hG tI!ed the
volunteer army and givea us victory in a.
most every fed, will, wbea The obvious gain
ful motives aEe su.s-sdded, Cause all d: per
sons to volunteer FIR ses Gerricc, and capital
lists TO ft out shipa for shen, to such an ex-
tent THAI Tho f0san will be as full of them as
tas mir Is fall Of hawks a.d c.sles.
Ifour people, 90 their dp.;, o1- private eG
slips will bs OF .Tery sas, vexirg ar de-
.stroyi2g tie eaemy's coDmsrc,, and enrich
ing themselves. Si:a enterprises s:e eui
nea.iy fit for asscc;s:ed csgitsl, and e.ch
civ $40 u;d se,a cat = number, and ereTT
county r., lie Ceu:el.:scy st least one. Let
each pcrscn " no hLs iss:;::en GO uie, and ali
Others, ssi:a:o tao tu! ,ct among thoir rsl.-
Gvrs, peigh6ors sud iriepds who Lsve ca pi-
tai, and io.n partnerships, join:.stcck coin
psnies md corp9rt'ioas, TO pa. Vessels IL at
Acs ell s;zss, frcm the pIiGt beat cf LOO tons,
up~s-ds, selecting for cormsud ecme nsu.,-
c1l uisn q chsrs car ard competency, vh ii,
tho PEcsidant via Commission Read Tie
so., published il al the gapsrs, snd a.; &c.
cording!y.
Say TO capitalists: we so making histo.
y. LIST -: rhs hi~ori.n write that wo are
unp.trio,ie; tea: VIC put tens and huudreds
q ,hons.ra.., into Ejaculation. hut hoe. iato
the d1fGnce Of tho 3r:,orai lf.."
Tho ~ =" iii England vac Ror. Of mill
ing match "a square stand Up tighI'-lhe
oom3atsnls 'Purishius" each other, but not
professedly striking St national existence -
Here the enemy aiin to DESTROY ou1 uatel
a. d Ell We Individually mold dear. FL: our
wsrfAra Gu ;hs ocean IS cothing compared TO
THAI This il partly owing to circumstances
tut, are wo doing cur duty? L3ok d. his-
tory.
War was dscnrad ae.inst Eogland june
18th, lSl2. NGea July Is, says: Ia 60 el.ys
the from, declaration, there will be sho:t $50
priVa:eers, Averaging guns and IS men; IS
we.e st sea on Tho lSrn inst'' A London
peper, soon afssr tho war began, es,d: srhe
Ameriosns hsye abous l00 privxtesIs, g." and
"They sail like the Devil, and are dong much
dainsga'
In three months from no declaration, New
York had ut sea % privsLeers, with 2l2 guns
and z, 239 men. Baltimore in Same time ~, with
$50 guns aad nearly Il, 900 men. The little town
Of Salem, By tvs end ef that year, had sent to
sea IL privateors, with lis guns, ard Trey
had tahsa 81 prna, IS of which, carrying
LIZ guns, had arrived.
Even IN the year Of 1853 New York fitted
ont against the French forty-eight privaseers,
with CPS guns, and $500 mon. She had ,hop
. smaller population and less capital than
Richmond has now.
But le: LIE ststs the general results of this
m63 hurtful kiud of warfare. In Cox's
v3ew Of the United States 1t is shown that,
6ustaS the Revolutionary wax, Great Bri-
tain loas, BY this mssns, st least ons sixth Of
her whole mercantile marine. Niles says
tho loss Of the enemy was about $50 SAIL
This IL not incredible when NO Tscollect that
ths colonies put to Sea, during the war, about
!, 800 prEsteess, With about 4, Coo guns, and
$4,000 men.