Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

The London Zines lakes occasion 10
comment on the fact, brought 10 light BY the
shipwreck CT tbe San sEranciseo, thal I'VE
had not asingle Government vessel fneqey
OF our porlswhich could be dispatched 70
her assistance. lis American correspondent
remarks in plaid language that ihe. whole
United States Navg,ir il ever could be go'
to' sea at all, could be demolished in lwen-
iy minutes by a French or Epglish, squadron,
and if war was 10 break out, any mlriNme
power couldlin three weeks lime sail TO any
harbor and burn i!s buildings to
the ground. 2la "a -. taf3r., X et
sa The Times does not take advantage q
lris'opporunity 10 bfrate us for our loollsb
management or TO depreciase our ,naya
snength; but on tho contrary CASTS a glance
back TO the. limo when the same sIQIc 0
things existed in England. Ii says no rea'
sonable man would think any more Lightly o
the maritime power Of the American Uuor
| from the circumstances here disclosed
i Twenty years ago, our own ports were
spoken Of in Amos, similar terms. VIVA
is il, then, that contributes so etlecmal'
10 American reputation, and even carries be
Though exposures which would otherwise
prove destrucuyel Simply the universa
conviction that all The elements OF sirengll
are in reality there in abundance. AM
what gives this conviction, Simply lha
all the seas oil The globe are covered will
American shipping, and that though sh
national arsenals may not contain the ma
terials for a lrigaer tho yards, rivers ant
harbors Of the country could iutn oul il
lwelye months, or even in as many week
SUCH an armada as never yet crossed tn
ocean. Only the day before yesterday w
published detail Of The number Of steam
ships which had been launched al III
tport of New York alone, up TO The hrs
day Of Ahe present year, and these fig
ures actually showed a total Of 66, VIII
an aggregate tonnage Of lo6o00--or ]
y other words, 66 steamers, averaging uE
wards Of 1000 tons each. There Ca
meyer be q question about the true nav;
.slpower cf a jSlage like this T
The Times lhen goes on 10 show lh'
!. Eegland hiss all nug elemenis Of srepgt
without our deficiency, and wherefore reed
TO meet the crisis Of a general war whie
now seems SO imminent. The British ma
Wy was never raised TO such n pitch c
excellence before. Our line of battle ships
says The Times, were but sloops in fol
mer days, compared with what they al
al present; our arsenas contain the mean
: OF doubling with lecilly the fleets now
sea- our Navy List requires nothing bl
a revision ado pled to the period; while
we have not yet organized a supply
seamen, we knew, at any rate, that 'hes
indispensable hands exist in abundance
> > If to these clements Of Strength. we ad
: the reinlorcemenIs derived from our me
camille marine, we shall discover such pow
: or as none but dcmented despoi won
/ graluiously provoke. The case is SO PIal
!. as 10 excuse what would otherwise be VI
!, becoming and even Impolilic gasconad
4 The Russian Navy could be demollshe
i almost by our merchant squadrons. In N
= respect the Car Can be in(aIIibly 'crumPle
. Up, according to prediction. Though uruI
. proachable through the recesses oil his bo
barous empire, his ships can be swept fro
!, the sea by our cruisers, nor will there be
/ single mile Of his coast which will not
L at our mercy. The United States might
- as much in the end but their snonglh is
n YET latent. Ours has fortunately been call
- - forth in lime, nor was there ever a year
, the British annals in which our marlin
power was more truly formidable than ii is
h This gear 1851