The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-05
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cHAFTANo0 GA.
THuRsIlAY MORNING. FEB. 5. 1868

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The late news Of Coafeder ate naval vic
tories in Charleston harbor FIJI every p4tfi
otic Southern heart with jsy We y az,
net only satisfied the wOrld that We are dbl,
to cope with the powerful army of suBju
gators aud check the hostile INVASION of pun
soil, but We are alN beginning to pr v'
ourselves, SO far as our North erns nelghhori
are concerned, supreme on and and water
The recent exploits Of that Terror Of the
Seas Raphael Semmes, on the ocean, and
the late capture of the Harriet Lane BY
MagruderIin the Gulf, with the gloriPu,
victories.our naval com handlers have
achieved er tire blockaders off the port Of
Charleston, to say nothing Of our inland
victories over the river sgunbpats, have de-
neloped ou< sire ngth ON the water, and
demonstrated our capacity, with a prope rly
furnished and equipped navy to defend par
seaboard and efTectually raise the blockade.
What eject the news Of the Charleston
victories will have with on E transatlantic
neighbours we cannot teil-But incline to
the epinion that its results " I'll have greater
weight with the friends of the EUROPEAN
intervention policy than half dozen land
victories of our forces over the YankecIiE
vader. The blockade was Yer an effective
one. The cztrayagant boast. Of the eheEny
to shut in the Confederate ports have proYen
=, idle as the Wild. Scarcely week has
passed away during the past half year that
a Southern vessel with vslu hblel eargs Of
81 ,plses has not evadcd the Vi gilance Of the
aeet and landed h l,tores At .
Southern pstt-snd row at 0 be Of our N ost
important ports porticn Of the coast guard
Iquadroa is almost deuolished and the
balance put to iaslsrious ght Our re-
cent naval successes emily prove how much
good might have been accom- plished if the
management OF oar naval afairs had been
at a. earlier day conducted under the di-
reetisn .f .or- energetic and psrseverlng
supervisors. As it il, ve have much to en-
courage US. The year CO opens auspicisus-
~. But it is only by renewed Efforts
and unrela1ed energies that speedy peace
will be censurzrated. We have in the
field an arrred and provided lest OF eyer
half nillisn We rely .ln.st Wholly
upon our resources fer our supplies, and weI
hav. youn. navy playing wi ID havoc With
the commerce of the foe, and routing the
terrible Yankee armada in disgraceful CON
fusf0n. Our rcsolute defence and stubborn
resistance, aud our impetuous attacks and
constant succeeding victories have dis
tractcd the subjusators i n their councils,
and made them Dust their most Competent,
military commanders upon the pretext Of
We have lost heavily, it is
lruc,, and endure d much an d suffered -but1
not FOR nothing. Although the enemy slil
con front US, and at times our sky is over
cast with threatening clouds-thcre' 5 a
little star shining brightly above us and for
US The dawn of peace cannot be far dis
tant.l One more tug at the wheel loDg1
pull, strong pull, and..a pull all tOgether{l
and our bark will ride safely into har Dor
We are learning to rely upon ourselves,
aud that upon our own cxertisns depends
our national E ristence and perpetual liberty