| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| January 11, 1864 |
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| Raids |
| The damage done by Yankee
raids, like that of Averill, does not pay for the losses they suffer.
As far as any injury they do to railroads is concerned they have never
effected anything. A railroad is one of
the few things which is more difficult to destroy than to create. The
raid of Averill accomplished next to nothing in this respect, and the
same may be said of all the raids which have taken place in Virginia
and elsewhere. But it is shameful that these attempts at mischief,
however insignificant in their results, should go unpunished. Congress
and the Legislature ought to devise some system to meet these
incursions, and repel and chastise the raiders. An efficient
organization of the home population, supported at convenient distances
by regular garrisons, would soon put an end to this species of
annoyance. The subject demands the immediate attention of the
legislative bodies. |
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