Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-08-05

posed of 5l,474 English, 4l,2lS irish,
1899 Scotch. There is great dispro.
portion between the number of men actu-
ally serving as soldiers under the British
government and under that of the United
States. But it does not follow, because
England has kept up so large force since
1915, at an annual expense of S25,O00,-
900, thai therefore her military strength
is greater than that OF the United States.
1t is true that by the use of this force Eng.
land has acquired territory of great value,
but scarcely sufficient to cover the outlay
of the Sl,0O0,000,000 that her people
have paid for it since the peace OF Paris.
1t was not the military strength that France
possessed at the outbreak of the revou-
ton that enabled her TO 60 on and conquer
Europe it was the concentration of
strength and the development of genius,
as she progressed, which enabled her to do
it. Nor did her greatest generals improve
by experience. Even in the case OF Ma
poleon himself, he acknowledged that his
chef dguure in war was his first campaign
in Italy. He further remarked that Tu-
rene alone appeared 10 have gained by
experience, and his talents were the result
Of study. In this view, the military
strength of the United States is as great
as that of England. As to actual service,
the English troops during the last 30 years
have had no more experience than the
United States militia. The army of Eng.
land can have but little advantage, and
that Of very temporary nature, over that
of the United States.
All The officers of the Royal Artillery
and Royal Engineers pass through the
ROYAL Military Academy at Woolwich.-
A greater number graduate annually at
West Point than at Woolwch. The West
Point cadets are the most thorough, be-
cause they have all to live by ii as a pro-
fessiOn.
The degree of military knowledge ditfu-
sed through the people of the U. States is
therefore as great as in England II they
do not incur as great an expense IN time
of peace TO keep up the drill OF men, they
are not, therefore, the weaker. On the
other hand the national wealth, which con-
stitutes the slnews of war, increases the
more rapid. The expensive organIza-
ton of England would give her greatly
the advantage we're the two nations to
send out expeditions to any given point, al
for instance in the case of the African
coast. Under the Ashburton treaty the
United States undertook to keep a certain
number of guns there to attempt TO sup
press the slave trdde--a useless and mos
onerous engagement; so much so, that al
ready the English minister has complained
that The required number were not pres
ent. To send troops TO England or OF
this continent will probably never be un
derlaken; and in the present prospect o
affairs no European power OF powers vii
ever DO able to send sufficient force tt
this continent with the object OF attacking
the United States. The art OF war, a.
t matured under the system of Napoleon
t can. therefore, have but little practical ap
? plication 10 the United States. The sclen
tifc knowledge and the understanding o
+, the higher principles of the art, are all tina
it is required Of our people; and with tina
r knowledge they are stronger without
! standing army than the most powerful Eu
5 ropean government resting on its milltar.
. force. 1t is coming TO be understood tina
, the number of guns owned by govern
) ment, or the number of men it drills daily
r do not constitute its strength, nor are the.
9 a guaranty of the national prosperity.