The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-09
HERALD FRIDAY, OCTOBER g. a:-rkIpLE SHEET

CuEET III
y list, we could not undertake to decide
- = ~ we to the Postmaster General the
hsnea. IT tie doubt We now have the mys
.sru o,..r.d M 70 cur satisfaction: Ths ebjeo
sioo.Sle sI,sgrsps i ~ Beso6 was . auOt.
ton from the abolition programme, as set ou
in an article ,pS sour DomesAo relations" =
the Atlantic Monthly, from the Aren OF onai,o
Sumner. The quotation was no skiiiui'y IN
troduced in the spssch, and there was no'n'n'
10 the context to show what was in. enoea.
The conservative manifesto, Of wmcn "'
Blair was the organ, stands out. the re'0r0' :.
lieved Of this dark spot upon It, and "o sea'
call upon the Tribune to publish 1t tne al
swer to the abolition programme VIII ca "
peared in Its columns last week Tho @ AIDING
war for the succession Is one of the great vent
of the day, and the public has right to nav
all the documents.
Tho Deproda lions or tho Southern r
rates-Imbecility OF tho Navy Dspsr
ment.
Yesterday We published the details Of tho
outrages committed upon our shipping by the
rebel privateers in the vicinity Of tho Cape Of
Good Hope It Is evident that the intention
of these marauders was 10 cripple our East
Indian maritime commerce and cause it's trans
fer from American ships to vessels belonging
to England or other neutral Powers. The de-
cline in our commerce is new SO general - to
induce the belief that it will become total
unless our naval authorities wake up to the
necessity Of the occasion and make some
effeetual effort to put stop to the depreda-
tons of these rebel pirates.
With glow Of shame We are bound to con-
fess that four yessels-not by any means as for
midable as many of the ships-of-war We pos
sess--are.actually running our commerce and
depriving US of large revenues. The Ala
bama, the Florida, the Georgia and the Tusca-
loosa, the ships in question, have for two years
preyed upon us with impunity. Some Of these
vessels have been almost within gunshot Of our
harbor. At stated intervals they make
out their reports as to the injuries done
to the shipping Of the North and we
find one vessel alone claiming that she
has injured US to the amount Of twelve
millions of dollars. We may safely aver
that the other ships, including the few we
have captured, have destroyed over twenty
millions Of dollars worth of property be-
longing to the loyal States.
This is fearful record and one calling forth
from the people demand that some means be
devised. without loss Of time whereby our COM
merce may be saved from utter ruin. Any
further delay will but add to the great respon-
sibilty already incurred by our Navy Depart
ment.
We talk of an immense feet, and yet we are
seemingly at the mercy of four, comparatively
speaking Insignificant rebel vessels Are there
no means to enforce upon the proper parties the
display of that energy which will meet the
emergency! Let any one scan the freight lists
which the daily journals publish, and he
will see that for months past there is scarce
ly any mention made Of American vessels.
Our merchants have in many instances been
forced to transfer their ships to foreign owners
we have eaten the leel-and all because four
vessels have been allowed, with an impunity
which astonishes the world, to prey upon our
commerce until they have learned to despise US
and jeer at us to their hearts content Will
not the President make some effort in this mat
ter? Will he not use the power vested in
him by the constitution and force the Navy
Department to the accomplishment Of Its
duty, or rid us of the imbeciles who are allow
ing us to become the Laughing stock Of the
world? A 1.-THE of the amount lost by the de-
predictions Of the rebel vessels would have added
to our naval force ships possessing great speed
and most formidable in their armament. The
ocean would have been rid by them of the
scourges who still threaten our commerce, and
we should have been spared the bitter humilia.
ton Of our present position on the seas. What
will become of our commerce should the rams
built in England succeed in making their es-.
cape. Those formidable vessels would drive
from the ocean the last vestige Of our shipping,
and, when joined by the war vessels being con-
structed in France for the confederacy, might,
to judge from matters as they appear at pre-
sent, lombard and sack half our seaports.
The period for the endurance of the neglect
Of our Navy Department has passed; and In
the name Of the people, for the honor and safety
of our nation, we demand from the head Of our
government some sign of concern In this mat
ter-some show Of sympathy for the undeserved
obloquy to which we are now subjected through
the neglect, the carelessness, the incompetency,
the utter imbecility of the Navy Department.
The Eahaustion or the North-How she
People Suffer.
The European journals are at length COM
PEELED to admit that the rebellious South is
nearly exhausted. They do this very unwill-
inxly, however, and seek TO sweeten the bitter