The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-10-19
Capability Of the Nation for War

The possibility of future war with any
OF the great powers Of the earth, nainraly
leads TO lhe reflection whether we should
be able 10 come out of such o con,ro, ersv
with honor, And, in considering snch a
question, it is cheering TO reflect that. young
as our country is, aud comparatively i'm
perfect in the science of war, she has al
ways proved pnconguerable BY all the cne-
mics with whom she has hitherto been cali
ed 10 encounter. While it is true that her
policy is peace, ii is equally true that she
has never engaged in a war from which
she di moi emerge with victory and re-.
nown. From the moment The Anglo Sax.
on race was planted OIL this continent,
down to the present hour, its progress Ia.
been onrard, and every obstacle whether
of man or nature, has rereded before il.
Indian, Frenchman, kngIishman, and Mex.
ican, have one after ranolher, given way be.
fore that Anglo'American arm which will
ere long sway the desilnies Of this conf
Henl. ", even IN our colonial dtys. nm.
taught Yankee volunteers could bli..ttt the
Iaurpls of French rrgulars, wat may m,
be expected Of The soldiers of lbi. nation
in the full development of i.s ccioss,I
manhood Il, in The d., of oar rero.
I""1n, 'tiT'rc.". feeble colonies, containing
only population of three millions, could
successfully resist the armies Of Grca, Bri,
ain. and al last ex'orl from that prondes
and most powerful empire of The earth, ~
! acknowlrdement Of theiE independence
what may not be exp'eiei OF nation %
more than twenty millions in defence o
their honor and their soil
While this country cannot now, ant
/ probably never will, rarry on a war of in
vasion against any European power, il i
not too much to say that, in war Of dc
fence, We are invjncIbIe bv all Europe
I An ocean of three thousand miles snread
between US and ihe powers Of despo:isn
It's deep waters; we are nation oi farmer
possessing the unbonuded agricultural re
sources of fresh and unworn continent
we can supply within our own limits, food
clothing, and every human want; we ar
more than twenty millions Of ireemen
imhued with martial spirit, and apt pu
pills in the school Of war, as vas show
in the Mexican contest. lf we have no
. larger rpgplar arm;, our experience ha,
shown that volunteers. iU .cojuncliQp wi,l
regulars, make a most gaAapi and reiiabI,
G'rce, and the first tap Of the drum woul,
bring them forth from towns and iplds
from mountains and valleys, by hundred,
Of thousands. II we have not large ma
Wy, it could be speedily increased, Will,
privaeers would swarm on every wave
Another great advantage to our country il
a defensive war, and Que which she did
not possess in the contest with Great brit
ain, would be those internal improvement,
nl which she has so generally avaiIed her
self. Whatever point Of our coast should
be menaced by a foreign neet, the inlelli
gence would be spread by tho electric trle,
graph with speed which would laugh III
scorn the Gross Of Fire." while, answer.
ing the lightning summons, armies would he
concentrated upon the threatened point by
the magic speed of the railroads which virl
the country in all directions with their iron
arms -Bostop NaR,