We are no alarmists, and have never been, but we should be willfully blind to all the signs of the times, and recreant in our duty to the public, if we did not repeat our conviction that
Richmond is to be attacked by an unscrupulous enemy, and that at as early a period as possible.
We therefore again repeat our warning of yesterday, that every point of our Eastern shore and the whole line of march from the
York river to
Richmond should be explored and fortified for effective disputation.
There is no city, it seems to us, more capable of defence, by erecting suitable fortifications upon its various eminences, and the avenues which approach it, then
Richmond.
The rudest preparations, when made by determined hands, are often sufficient to repel the best disciplined invaders.
Let every man put his own hand to work that which his judgment tells him is best to be done.
