Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-12
Shirt of the Morning Press.

The Enoairsr thinks that Fort Gaines has only gone
the way Of al cur isolated ssacOss deences aud seems
20 consider hls the event inevitable. We do not
zee IL in that light The cases given in Illustration by
the Enquirer DO not support its position. But two OF
Them are of iorts really reduced By naval a'taek-Ha
e,as and Hilton Head; ana these we're plain and exp-
cable exceptions TO the rule now 20 we'll established
that aud deercrs cprnot be reduced by ships either
wooden or irou-cad. Pulaski was taken by land bat
t.ras, and Roanoke Isard BY land forces. The New
Orsans forts stood bOmhrdnent up to that time 10
p.raeled in warfare and we're not reduced at last by
the navy. FArrsgu: Simply passed them and went up
The river 10 New Orleans, 20 miles above, which place
he reached because WAS impossible 10 obstrucs
the Mississippi river. Tue garrison Of Fort Jackson
mo Fart S.. Pnilp) puinied and compelled the eur
render Of the work when Fsrrsgui was seventy miles
away, and the fort not even undsr attack. POrtsrs
mortar feet had ceased log, and Butler was landing
bs troops from the GU side sooVe Fort S. Philip on the
opposite side Of the river. The Enquirer asks;
Wast would New Orleans give "loc an hour Of brave
old D,ndo ?? How uoh better the Ieris and priVs-
lions Wb'ol RchmOcd mas uudrgore for 80 many log
mon,hss How much better TO have defended her
dykes IL ,bsF offenders persisted, md then 20 have
Ike &c Stubborn cities of HjilIud-es IN the Hood
and drowned at OEce tie besiegsIs ano bessged?
An army of "brave old DaadOlOs" OOuid have done
no moro than the cibz of New Oasans did We
kn,4 tbe.ci. z,ns Of Redmond would submit 70 any
priVation and parl to tho city rOn the enemy
I'M, suppoee Yankee fact in james river, Just opPo-
e the ely; and the city plain below the level OF
the river sur;aos and thsn imagine that the military
auber,s bad lsit AID taken al the troops with them
AID tha. there was p0cs OF cannon in the place,
wha. would the people Gus sting o y of womin, cd
men and children, DO TO resist the landing of ten
tn esaud Yaukee troops and the occupation Of the ely
| BIZ them. Gould blind old DAndOlo prevent IL?
Tire Sentinel has lorg and abe article intended TO
exhibit in striking light the # rences LetWeen the
North and the South the Yankees and the SouthrOns,
the RaiOnaisis and e Conservative Il is entirely
too vast subjsc' treated By the Sentinel - come
within the scope Of our limited eplce and still more
limited time. We can scarcely do more than recon-
mend Il 10 our readers a most remarkable example
Of how much that is Lew be said and thought BY
one Who ds,csts eSe'ytAing thai is not old.
The Dispaek demonstrates the failure Of the Yankee
experiment 10 make soldiers OFT Of negroes; aud the
tOa overthrow Of the hopes of servile intureoou in
the sOath Speaking of tie recent Lesson at Peters,
burg, the Di'patch says:
The trial Of the negro, however, seeml TO hsvS Cfc.
tually dspeed the las. illusion with regard 10 the ser
vices expected from that rae Before the war com
meDced the ASouonss, totally mistakDg the chArsc-
ter OF Negro and the condition IN which he existed
constantly in the hab Of representing him as an
oppressed captive, ready 10 take vengeance upon his
oTpeesors at the first sgnal Of liberssng army The
noss glowing pictures we're drawn midnight murders
and nagTaOns OF huge slaves brar dshDg axes and
tOtehes; CT Southern women and children massacrsd
upon their hearthsones OF ;eing to the woods for
safety The negro represe tied the very ncar-
nation Of the iablsd Nemess-the Avenger of the
wrongs OF Whols gsner4tons-the Fate Of the unfortu-
nate Whte The progress CT the dissipa.
ted ali these idle imsginnss. Except In very few
nstapc g the negro ma Tested hostility ShAeveI
% his mater for the simple thaS be b. never
been oppressed the Yankees presumed lie bad bseu
presumed 60 cause, if they had been 10 his masters
plsce they would have Srug the last pOable exlrioE
Ircm his tortured hm5s-and that he had nothing Il
avsDgs Thus thsy got rid Of dalusiOn only TO Cal
into another