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The Daily Dispatch: September 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. Sickles. (search)
in their navy-yards are to have an extreme Southern destination? What if a hundred ships and twenty-five thousand troops were to sail in under the guns of Fortress Monroe and proceed up the James river above the lines of our army on the Peninsula? Are we quite prepared to resist, in that event, a rapid marcit "On to Richmond?"--The Tribune says the blow is to be struck right at the heart of the rebellion. Is Richmond the "heart of the rebellion" or not? If Richmond is not the heart, then where is the spot entitled to that designation? It is not for us to discuss the military feasibility of a demonstration against Richmond by a powerful fleet and army thrown into the lower James river. The inquiry whether the James river be not the vulnerable part gained at is certainly worthy of some consideration.--Is it quite certain also that Richmond might not be reached by the York River.--Would this demonstration affect a withdrawal a large force from the Potomac, and re Washington City?