Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11


tu'u' J, hsI le siousy, and envy, with which
he growing commercial prosperity II our
/ ,nfsnt nation, would be vie we'd by rival and
iuhg estsbishtd powers. in the Essiern con.
+, tinent
He fnresaw he diff 'ul,y which would
arise m 'tese sng n m srtisl neutrality a-
Md the conf ing lnfe ests winch wars be
We nfereign n.li y '~enld, engt ode and
n IS Zee ch he secoud - ssian ef he
fur h Congress, he iied the public ai,en.
ton 20 the "a cessty If creating a naval es.
liabllshment.
p" 10 Secure respect 20 neutral hag,"
said he, p" requires a naval force. organ zed
nd ready "a 4indcle j, from insult nd z.
gres ion Ihis may jpyepenr ecen tie necessi-
ygsOigg TO zpW b, 81 9cba aging beinger.
ent i,"we ffom comm ~ UGH viola IONS
pflhe RICH Of he neutral n y, as mas st
or las. leave no other option"
"WiE Ii not then be advisable 10 6egir,
without aela,, to pro, de ana isy up he
m terials for building and equipplng ships
of wsr, and proceed IN that W k, By
d. x ees. in proportion ss oui resourc, shall
| render II prsotl ale wi h u inconenenoe
| so that future war of Euro t, may not
find US IN The same nprotected state the
=. so.nt"
Such were the recommendations which
Washington at ,be close Of his admins "a.
ton gaze 20 hrs countfymen, aud which
tiuiy pointed out he course Of policy with
respect to commercial pro ection his sus q.
sors .hould have pursued.
II will be recollected that provision for
SIX lrigs,es had been m de in 1894 FIR he
ayowed purpose OF resisting he Aisernes,
who had exiensi,el, deprecated On QUO
Commerce. Before hy were completed,
pesoe Mad rendered heir employ ment IN
the M dieranesn unnecessary, but the
wisd IL ut having commenced naval estab.
Ii shmen. was not onl, proved by he ule
OF contest with another B4rbary power
III which n peace was dlcia,ed under the
mouths OF our Cannon. but also in the short
war OF l79S with France, In winch that ma.
non VAS iausht 10 respect our naval Prov,
ess.
An un form opposition to navy has been
pursued SINCE 1874 by The Vifginisn party.
A, TAT time M. vi adison was cunspicuous
IN bis hostility, and Mr.. Giles lie, siaoed
- that tue wood, winch was 20 build our
ships, was s,ill owing on our mountains"
The asons offered los this opposition were
the eAi'ence of building. and the inability Of
the ma ion TO .suppois navy OF sufii lent
ire 10 combal Nh Eu opean foe. THIS was
not tie opinion of Mr.. fie' son a. time
when We had bat one party in this county
Seeking OF the PROBABILITY of our being en-.
gagged IN fuure warfare, he observes hat
4" a land army would be useless for offence,
and not the DE 81 fof defence "
For eisher OF these purposes THE SEA
IS the field on which we should meet al
European enemy"
Suppose the million of dollar. which
Virginia could annually spare withou ds-
tress, % be applied TO the creating a nSvy;a
single years contribution would build, equip,
man send 20 sea. force which should car.
ry 500 guns The res, 81 the confederacy,
exening themselves in the same proportion,
would equip IN the same time 1900 guns
more So that one years conirb ution would
set up navy of 1900 guns rne Brl,sh
ships OF the line Aver.ge rs guns heir
lr,gates 49, 1900 guns then would form
heet OF 80 snips, Is Of which might be Of
The line. aud IL frigstes.
lJctsrson's notes VvSinid, syinen 1871
II such was The ability to create a navy
thirty years ago, how can we candy listen TO
arguments ON national inability al a period
when our population is more than twice as
our wealth augmented four fold.
On toe ques.,on for augmen,ing the navy
ia he house of Representatives. 9th Jan.
last, the number in favor of building TER
raIoATEs was SIN opposition 90 This
opposition included ALL the members from
the western states, Mr.. Clay, The speaker,
excepted. Do these genIcmen forget that
the free navigation OF tie Mississippi wa. puI-
chased At AN expense oil TWENTY MILLIONS
OF dollars, ter the exclusive benefi Ut the
sta,es they represent, an expense three
aarters Of which was borne by the Allan.
tic sta.es " which an sdequs,e naval pro.
lection is refused II Aif he price of Loui.
s,sns would have furnished q navy powerful
enough TO have ensured AN ad us,ment Of
those disputed points, the agitation OF which
has en,ailed ON thus county 81 many Years
OF dIAtress and embarrassment and finally
involves Us IN war.
We envy mot the prosperity and growing
population OF the western states. but we
must regret Ina, the influence they possess
in our national councils has been opposed to
me assures, known TO be absolu ely necessary
for the protection OF commerce, in which
though remotely they are IN no small degree
interes ed Wnde = small naval force can
blockade he soie ou,let II m their mighty
rivers, tue abundant produce OF their fruitful
soii Will out i'll reward he exes'ions of The
hardy race who Transformed savage wider
ness into the sm,llng abodes OF Iien and
civil zation.
We ask from them no exported tribute to
pay for that projection, wi hou which
commerce droops and dies lie, them con.
sem 10 a navy and they will find tho viii be
y key 70 unlock the closed Golfers oieas ern
wealth. A loan fer tue creation VI navy