The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-21
CoMMUNIcATIoNs.
THE RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY.
10 me Editor Of the Union;


!" : To me Editor Of the Union
nj Ia previous number | stated that the Unite,
1 States possess vast naval and military resources
nj from which ample means for attack and deiene
i may be quickly derived. | will now proceed q
stale that those resources in the keeping 0
5000 900 Of freemen, determined 10 maintain thei
rights and The integrity Of their country against foe
c without and traitors within, and who have glori
Gus history 10 refer 10, showing what they have al
o ready achieved on these scores; that, thanks 10
wise policy Of our government the arsenals are fsc
4 with The machinery OF war, the great cities and
naval depo,s are strongly fortified. and the militia
ed, equipped, and pretty well drilled II is true thai
' during twrn,y years OF peace no large military
I establishment has been maintained; and every Amer
csn should thank God that IL could not lie maintain
ed y unwise counseis had directed its maintenance
The citizens OF bessed country prefer labor and
freedom in time Of peace, % the comparative
the soldier confined 10 fort or camp. But in wal
|, our army Will aot lack men, They wst csme down
from the mountains and mp from the valleys, ready
10 do battle for their country al home and abroad
!, These will be commanded by mon educated at the
Military Academy, who, in time of peace prefering
the plough TO the sword have entered civil life soon
after they completed their military studies at the
national school. These men, il is perceived, would
be at once selected for high Offices in the army, and
ism 10 fulfil their trusts.
$1,000 regular soldiers are estimated by military
men to be sufficient TO garrison Notifications and
afford an army for the protection of Indian iron.
Tier and the INVASION sf Canada. OF this number,
the forhcaons ofthe sea coast require 80 900 men,
one-haf Of which might be supplied from the local
volunteer forces Of the country, leaving a force
dsposabe OF IS 900 regulars for the Indian frontiers
and the Canada demonstration. Our Canadian from.
tier country, from Wisconsin to New Hampshire. is
Il ieeming with population. AT the call of the govern
ment, 100000 armed men would spring forth from
this population and respond waiting eagerly the sig
nal precipitate themselves into Canada whilst hum
dreds Of steamers and sailing vessels are ready to
transport them over the lakes, where eoium non
aniysuui mutanf
i Let us extend these memoranda lille further
in order to show the doings Of wise and energetic
government on the approach and during the exist
ence OF war. =.
lst, Il raises an army Of $4,000 men, and calls
5000 Of the sedentary force into service for
else and drill in the fortihcaiions lying within the
respective districts Of these troops Ii establishes
convenient depots and magazines on the lower from
tier Of Canada making the grand depot at Rowe's
point, at the outlet Of Lake Champlan. II makes
contracts with the master shipwrighis Of Charles
ton, Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphis, New York,
New London, Newport, Boston, Portsmouth, Port
land, &c, for the construction Of 20 ships of the
line, 40 large frigates, and 30 steamers; and at ST.
Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, &c., for 30 or 40
steamers, TO be in readiness in six months,
ID II concentrates at Rowe's point IS 900 men,
threatening Montreal and the lower St Lawrence,
and compelling the English To maintain their whole
possible force on the plains Of Montreal. II calls
r upon the armed Of the frontier, from Wiscon-
SIN TO New Hampshire to hold themselves in readi-
ness and receive the proper transportation the
lakes. Active and intelligent officers are appointed
to command these men; to regulate and restrain
4 them when precipated on the fields of Canada; to
instruct these mon to treat the Canadians breth-
rem, and to proclaim that the war is not waged
l against them, their wives, and children, but only
! against the common enemy in the shape Of Eu-
4 ropean domination.
Il Thus svsry,h;ng il done systematically and in
good order, whilst zeal, promptness and vigorous
exerton marks each movement.
/ These armed men move forward; they sweep
through the lakes and the Valleys and communicate
with the army in advance at Rowe's point. The
, whole mass moves upon Montreal II is like an
avalanche. The English army retreats, and finds
safety only under the walls Of Quebec. The in.
vestment is made; the siege is begun; then comes
the Imminent deadly BREACH" and the garrison's
surrender The stars and stripes float VIGOROUSLY
over the last stronghold of British power on the
continent of America.
! In the mean time the great naval operations are
i proceeding. Ships and steamers rapidly built.
Squadrons of heavy fgates, in all least so frig-
ates, sent forth to range along the Of In
4 dia, China, and the British colonies all over the
. world. How many British vessels would be sent
after these noble frgaes of ours, which, being d.
vided into ten or twelve squadrons, attack many
places at the same tme' Why the English, with
any reasonable hope Of protecting their colonies and
commerce, would be obliged TO send out at least 100
ships. Now, 100 heavy frigates form a very re-
spectacle detachment from that terrible English feet
that Harry Bluff in all sincerity, says shall sue
coed in sailing slyly and surely some seventeen
hundred miles from the sea to Superior!
/ When twenty ships of the line are built; and the
eleven already built are repaired, collect them at
Norfolk, the salient of the Atlantic coast, and just
whisper into the editorial Of the National Intelli-
gencer, for the information Of England, that The
coast Of England is the destination Of The fleet at Nor
folk.
i When the heavy steamers are built, let them dash
at blockades and, uniting with the fleet at Norfolk,
as occasion requires, exhibit force equal to any
that England could bring against it. II does not
come within our strategy that this fleet should even
| hoist anchor. Its object is to compel England to
maintain a superior force at Portsmouth and along
her COAST she would be obliged to do this and thus
30 ships Of the line are placed ho,s daciip and 90
more IRE kept cruising the coast and in the Eng.
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