Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-15
Commander Naury on Our Situation and
Prospects.

Commander N. ;. Aaury Who has been Tor some
months past in England experimenting affairs Of in
pornce tho Confederate States has Wriueu letter
to the LOsdOn Tines, dated August l7h. in which he
meets the evil PrOpheses Of those Who desire the failure
Of The CODdsrle cause By the nssurar0s that 50 far
from the prospects Of the s)uth looking blue, they
were never brighter" lie recalls attention 70 the fact
that the enemy hold the aggressive and ve the defeo
sVs dde Of this struggle For therefore to save our
sevos from being overthrow snd subugated Il 10 win
bs victory. They must Conquer "a or fail and failure
N this sole CljeOS Of the VA Is defeat h tbs view,
t matters bot Little 4 the enemy win battles and take
cities or make advances O territory; for so long
a. We can keep up resistance are defeating lLsu
our failure or liability to resist longer being the only
thing tha. Gao ente them claim to have succeeded
The real question then whether We can be cubic
gated-no body believes tha. pcs b,ebus whether We
Win submit None but the Iacsl besotted OF the eaemy
believe this possible We have BAT to keep up re.is
lance; In the interior oOmrtusd to fa back om the
coast and tie tOrGeIs; along the mountains II driven
from The pains BY ie~ ii unable to eOmmsnd macy; and
time, ITSELF VII conquer The enemy. They cannot af
ford 20 Keep geher ha armies necessary hold the
placer already taken and push on their aggression
Their indebtedness already SGormOus ard the bubble
Of thsir credit is row saved from sudden and 6nAl
oEspCe O0y by escspiOus statements and the arts o.
shining" ami "ktng," with which Yankee 6DaBeiers
are familiar
Bat there are causes which Lieut.. n. shows, will
come In aid Of time and must bring the struggle to an
cod sooner uaa exhaustion Of itself would Among
these are dkseodOn and grOwiDg peace party among
thsuelyesa better knowledge there Of the character
andegitimate powers Of the Federal Government and
Of The rights Of the StAtes-a growing conviction Of
the 6nAl h0Fsessness Of the undsraki0gthe pressure
Of foreign opinion, &C. sc. To these causss LiedG u.
add another Of immediate and pressing cbafae-
ter which allow him stAts in bis own language
''The fall Of YcksbuFg aad Port Hudson was, accord
irg to those Vho strriGg the North western PEOPLE
10 20 var, open the way market for them Every
English house 10 the American trade knows that the
bresdstus Of Ohio and the NorthEest had Tor years
before the war nearly ceased pas By New Orleans
on the.Way 20 markets abroad. They went Up 20 the
lakes, and 20, via canal and rail, to Boston and New
York for expectation to foreign countries Can any
one IN the trade pretend that England would have Ia
ken shiplood more Of American -four bad the MSsis-
sippi been open al tie WarI Chicago, and not New
Orleans has been ,he grand grain market Of the Wss
and except London Il is the greatest in the world.
Tnere VI on the lower Mississippi large trade 10
breadstuE aid provions from the States above. Tnis
thsy have been despOlsd their plantations Ia te,
thsir stock taken away their houses burned and they
themselves banished In short, those sighting farmers