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

RUhcs, hcConpanl3u ~ Two SIuiscia, "PEsSLa
of. tho coast OF 1relund. Yhc.s small b"atslssr.
slid; b6th-in England aud america, PriratsstA;
AID allloagL quite insignificant rs regards tseiF
si1o, .peca, suenssA OF urn.nment in comparison
with the splendid Nan sL;1ss of England, etsaer
magnificent Merchantmen, sl:ll tho inh'ti:ante OF
Grost Bitain ~rrr thrown into TIC usmostebn
aternation by their asdacity and ssccOas 1S:Allssing
their crossings Oh the British COASTS. Jnsohsspch
thut it is now n p.htter Of establishment to reid u
few of tho extracts from the English Press ef- Chat
period. We annex the following as an itdekSl
the public Aind At that day ~
dublin has been thrown into the utmost CON-
stcrnstion7 BIZ the appearance of American-FrlFa:
teers en- this coast. a stop has l,en PIT :tI al
trade. Not ono of the Linen Ships that have besn
llaad.d for Chester P,ir arc suffered to 9aspxrt,
upon which accom- title Fair must be postponed,
if any Fair be held. No insurance con sepro-
cured, and linen has already fallen q penny y
yard-Ladis1. Aagosine, J"iN l77.7. "
On the 12.h July, ranc year, tho Secretary of
tbs Admiralty informed tho. Mayor Of liverpool
that four ,Sloors OF war had been Dispatched to
tho waters between Grent Britain and Ireland in
quest of American Priratsers,. and for the pTGtec-
ton Of trade in those parta.n A list efSbattle
ships cruising in tho English Channel, published
July F771, numbers %. The same, Magazine,
under sAto of l54 July. 1777, says; During no
time since the war, have tho people on this coast
been h.lf so zuch frightened as latoly, by the
appearance Of American Priyatsers. An express
WAS sent off TO our Lord Lieutenant Of the county
Of Cumberland to call .outthe militia for the de-
fence Of the coast, asst was apprehended that tho
Ar, orleans would land Independent; of vast
preparations ON tho part Of the Eaglhh Gototn-
msnt ste prevent tho future operations Of Ansri-
can Priruteers," the great shippers apd Merchants
in the commercial towns Of England, ireland and
Scotland, fitted out armed vessels, Mt 1eir own
expenss, for their better sccu1
We have copied the aboYe Tracts becnuse Of
the singular and foroible expression ponts [ncl
therein If the strong .foArs entertained by the
British Guvernmont and people, of Priyatssring.
Nor docs this PrivAtecring seem to have bsen
shortly forgotten BIZ tho English mind, for at tho
very next Treaty Of tho Great Powers Of Europe
at Paris, England insisted upon inserting thcrein
an article abolishingE Priystccring; and TO which
all tho Maritime Nutiona agreed, with tile single
exception of the United States Of America. And
it is somewhat remarkable that since the'begin-
ming of tho war between the people of the North
and South, tho former, stimulated by q desire to
c~onciliate the favor Of England, Us we'll as,othsr
European Powers, and terrified at the SUCCESSES
Of the Alabama and other PriTatsers, ,hayo con-
sentod TO recognize the principle and tho right of
the aforementioned article Of the Treaty of Paris.
The PrivateOrins of l777 ought to. have been
better ocred by the Confederate authorities
and people in the tcginning of the piescnt.m war.
The paper blockade of English Ports by; Napo-
leon was Insignificant indeed when compared NTH
tie capture W French Merchantmen by En- .i.i
Privateers. And We venture tho assertion that
the Yankee blockade Of Confederate Ports would
havo bccn equally So, had the Confederscy, imme-
diatcly upon the. commencement Of hostilities
fitted out fifteen or twenty. we'll armed and well
manned Privatccrs. The capture of two or three
California Steamers, carrying each o million in
! specie, would have becn the almost inevitable cen
-seqat,ice, ant. WOULD lsyp furnished aasao.pus
upon which to establish I currency nuYh superior
to tEst We now enjoy, besides taking so much
from the vaults CT the Yankee banks. AS it is,
two or three Steamers, rugged and armed as Pri-
vatcers, have can led fear and terror to the heart
Of Yankee colr n-rco. Yankee war steamers ne
constantly on the q.i uire for the Alabama; Yam
kco vessel are rotting nj their wharves for dread
Of Confederate Privaleers; and Yankee TRADE ex-
per;cnces q wonderful ~lethargy on account Of tho
terrible Capt SCENES.
There are no rights or immunitier of which
nations are SO tenacious as those Of the High
Seas, none which ars guarded with so much jeal-
ousy. The laws anG regulations of Comm ereial
Marine, and thosc governing neutral luss and
neutral bottoms, have always been guarded with
slecplcss vigilance; while the property value Of
the Of any great natisn, being for tho
most part, in fact almost %cntirsly, onned by indi-
%viduals, makes 3 particular as we'll as general in
terest throughout tho land. 1nsomuch that a LOGS
or injury which affect, one, carries fear to another.
To take money from the pocket Of ono engaged
il a certain pusuit, is not only to his individual
loss, but tends to the dutIimcnt of all others fol-
lowing tie same arocation. To deprive u man Of
his money is, according to the English Sutirist,
tho greatest evil you can inaict upon him.
"Take q mans wife and he'll BROOK it,
But keep your hands out Of his breechcs pocket"
And SO it is with nations jstrippcd of money is
to be stripped Of poVer-and nothing. 80. tends to
the transfer Of money from tho eohors of one
people to those OF another az PriYatscring. This
Privatccring should be vigorously and ener yeti:
cally encouraged by our Confsderacy US the surost
and ~swif,eat means Of injury to the enemy, and
of profit to ourselves. Much has been done With
only three or four Steamers, yet much remains to
DO done.
The motto of the great Gcucral and Statesman.
deserves to be adopted in this regard "Nihil
octan credens, dun quid seperesset agesdum.0
0
The Crisis.
The people Of our State arc, We trust, (says tho
Confederate Biptist) prepared for the worst. A
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