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vantage gained by the enemy at Port Royal is one which, to a chivalric adversary, would afford little ground of exultation. His tremendous odds in artillery, four hundred guns to thirteen, made the result inevitable. It was a victory which reflected no glory on the successful, and no disgrace on the vanquished. But whilst it has been attended thus far with no practical advantage to the enemy, it ought to admonish us of the necessity of proper preparation for the war of artillery which Gen. McClellan relies upon as the only means of meeting the South both by land and sea. We have no fear of his artillery in a field battle, for every such action in which we have been engaged attests beyond dispute the superior capacity and aptitude of Southern artillerists. But the naval batteries of the Federalists have been handled both at Hatteras and Port Royal with the proverbial accuracy and skill of that branch of the service, and should warn us to make effectual preparations for visitation at
ncoln Government now rests, and the eruption that will destroy, not only the leaders of the Government, but the Government itself will be hastened. Since Gen. McClellan is now Commander-in-Chief it seems peculiarly proper that a strong effort should be made to effect an exchange, for he is already more than half committed to granted the law and morals would hold the obligator guiltless who should violate it in his turn. It is referred to, though merely for the purpose of showing Gen. McClellan's position in this matter. The present time is most favorable for pressing this policy upon the Lincoln Administration, and Gen. McClellan's desire to inGen. McClellan's desire to ingratiate himself with the masses, by gaining the reputation of having obtained the release of their friends now in our hands backs up the application very powerfully. By accomplishing it, our gallant friends now in their hands, and those of us who are paroled and at home, will have the chains removed from our gallant limbs, and o