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The Daily Dispatch: October 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Wanted--1,000 negroes. (search)
rive their chief support. If we had only twenty Alabamas and Floridas upon the seas we could make the Northern cities howl, and cause the Stars and Stripes to trail ignominiously the waves of every sea. Highly as the services of Semmes and Maffitt are appreciated, the country cannot estimate beyond its true value the character of such men. They perform their glorious deeds under disadvantages which are unknown to their brethren of the army. They are alone upon the "wide, wide sea;" they , and the most perfect self-reliance. We are proud to believe that we have among our naval officers many more such men — men who pine for the opportunity of distinction, and who only lack the opportunity to be equally celebrated with Semmes and Maffitt. Even in our own limited circle of acquaintances in the navy, we know more than one who, if he had but the chance, would make as great a name for his country and himself as either of these illustrious heroes. For such materials as these we are