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The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
. Should these points not be made our chief reliance? Two hundred horses (which can be had) can remove a large body of cannon in a day. Two or five thousand laborers can throw up a large embankment in twenty-four hours. Is not this the time to do it? Why should not at least thirty cannon be placed at the east end of Sullivan's Island? It strikes us (not being military men) that this is our point, and not Fort Moultrie. But if this is not sufficient, why cannot all of our channels, except Moffit's channel, be blocked up for the time being? Is it not worth it, to maintain our power? Will it cost money to remove hereafter such obstructions? To be sure it will. But will it not cost many, many valuable lives, if it is not done? Unless, indeed, the redoubts we have spoken of are in a sufficient state of readiness to protect, beyond a doubt, the harbor from all and any attacks by sea. Will it not do more?--Will it not, for the time, tie our hands, and virtually subject us to the fore