An article from the New York Tribune gives some account of the progress which the enemy is making upon the water. With the vessels, money and credit they stole from us, they hope to be able to fit out a navy of tremendous force, which will enable them to make predatory descents all along our coast. There is no doubt but that this is the sort of war which they design waging against us. With the command of the sea and by means of guns-boats, constructed for shallow water, they expect to burn our cities, steal our property and paralyze us in any aggressive movement we may meditate. Of course, such a warfare would conquer nothing—it would be very little different from piracy; but it would be annoying and intolerable. We must arrest it—and that soon—and the way to do it is by a bold, prompt and decisive stroke at the heart of the enemy. We can only stop this piratical war, recover our portion of the navy and other property in the old United States partnership, and conquer a lasting peace, on the banks of the Delaware and Hudson. Thither we must go at all hazards and at any cost.
The Richmond Whig, Richmond, VA