Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-07
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80, pose 0 ssas..,ifae stese vessels, ias vi
Den at,ss ks 90 Gus Hssb IL 3 NJ issa N ate;
sor coositiefa,ian whs tsrr the seamen q
The Unisss. Ssss4srs may not justly b. form,
t Cd into special na;..sss:a. = bs called on
| for tours &c dsts.sin dsaeoeecf rhe hla,bcrs
where ti,ry shall i,sppent e be :.he ofdanIlA1
~ miiitia 81 RTE plsce tuYnish;Eg that ortis
on Which may eoastsi 81 lsndsnens - go
rec Gsas ulasiss eersaln mattel rs
for & 90 sseir rastien. wishoui assuming 10
Ii; inset. Ire responsibility Of expressly re-.
con- nsnsjrg 9ltss.s. Infelasipn 70 The nav Al
establishment, hi. Only ak. uf a Eaave.bie
fescs on the water; and il we Should build
Fous flot,!la of Two haadred and hf;y- seven
gun boats, AZ an txpeuee which viii bs
shewn 30 be enormous. aad, ID she5eveat
awar swattlstea. Britain. or ;hsse Brit.
fish shirs ef the line, and as many tsigases
shouid come upon cur coast. and blew
them all to a.oms, IS wpald ieta!libiY be
the rase Il they were to cone lnscnD.ae!
with them, we shall 90 doubt be told ;ha,'
wise audsprudeM executive aever recon-.
smeaded such 40 illjaglgsd, degrading and
5 disastrous measure. Bot Tor what pei pose
are gun beats TO be biiis? To. protect COM
merce 40 d Ythe coast. Every enc knows
lha, we cannot pro'ec,eu. commerce Ia e.
very cline, aud on every sea, SO tlnst the
naval power Of Great Briisin, Il would
I be unwase, therefore, 81 preseo', % ex-$
ehaust cur resources by building a navy Of
ships of The line. Iii does Coz follow, how.
ever, ssa; nothing can be done that we
eannot support cur ownj Jurisdiction. No.
thing sfeesual, II IL cer;aio, can be done
BY gun boats. They have never been Of
use 5as IS aussiaries TO Eaore excessive &
substantial establishments and they have
always been Of so tide comparable use,
- 10 reader j, impossible to ascertain The
an,oun. q ,i.e service they have readersd.
We nay safely challenge their advocates
reproduce a single instance in which, a,
lone and unconrec,ed w,.h works Of more
consequence, shsyhave been of any sssco,is@
al use 81 al. FOR purposes ei'her ol.oFenec or
defence; Ia my resear, hes into THEN hi.sosy
4 h.ys nae, with ro ias% ance Ct the kidd.
Ere / shat adserE u dojument, the
reading o} wh'eFtt has been called for by
The honorable chairman ct The com,aitsee
&C thai pafs Of shr' presidents message re.
lativs 20 aggressions conmi.ted wi;hln CTR
we,ers, ard wish which should 20. other
wise have troutied ihr house. do it a,
isis time, bseanss | Gad my voice falling
SO fast hat shall BE upable 10 60 so ful!y
100 ike subiect as originally cou,e mp!al.
ed. This shall 10, regret myself, and
s,!ll hess will the house regret i,.n Il the
message o.sFeb. 10, 1907, ccnlmnnIcat
ing the informa5ion re qaesled by The house
sot representatives., relating 30 The a.rli;y
AID aicacy Of gun.boats, we fad, iqdeed I
that gun-boass constitute subordinate
species OF defence, and ys. they sre spokea
sof as coapetent TO almost all the purposes
OF na,ional ptosecsion. a acgi!la Of no
lsss than two hundred is contemplated.
.Ispeech To be continued.
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