Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-12-22
The Navy.

nv 70 no arm OF Inc public Services in
as..sans lee's SO much delight in their Na"a
Is associated 80 with the proudest and mos, ;Vy L
martial recollectons. In the verv rSs' lnsplRs
country i gave rich promise of it's fntn.ey OF tia
we were maintainging fierce strupeIe e.. Whila
on land, we had armed vessels al sea ,h e&lslene.
the most terrific odds. never hesatsd 70 "en agans
with the ships OF The mghes naval powe JU IN battle
world has ever seen. Something was known" lhs
the American Revolution of the remarkahl"n oeOe
ol Ametlcans tor maritime enterprise and thu pulad
ing energy and courage OF their whalers "e anaz
from the lips of Burke of the most eIoo "au dsEa
egyrics ever heard within the British Houxe H Pan
mons The war of the Revolution proysJ u Con,
seananshlp and heroism DISPLAYED in IL ""' The
fisheries, could be made available in naval "s Whale
The exp otis Of Paul Jones in the British combas
tonished and appalled, the whole British TT"Ien as
TO become great naval power. capacity
Scarcely was the war of the Revout;o.
when we had slight brush with Frame T. Nmsbe
last long, but long enough again 10 dsnav ~ ~ uOn
liar talent OF our people for fighting ecie1, pecp
water, and to show that in naval warfare wy on sat
can ship was equal TO two Frenchmen. Amen
But it was reserved TO the last war NIT,
Britain to add signal and browning glory IN \ 1'ea
val arm OF America AT the beginning of tho ' "a
ty of our seamen and ships TO encounter tho VIC a0l
| cent vessels and the war-worn veterans of ppAsnd
who had achieved for her the hoasted dom;o Dfnan
deep and caused her flag TO futler in yctorv W. t
cry sea Our gallant officers were comnaIsa OstF eF
and importune the government TO permit tban, O9
to sea NO sooner was the permission given i 4
they were of, like from The bended h. u@
almost before our timid councillors at the seal ~ a
eminent were able to recover from their o'
at the idea of disputing the British power oo
olrn element, the cannon of American sb;ns u" u
| laundering victory into their astonshed ears rs
the beginning TO the end of the war Il ere ,y i'q
most uninterrupted succession of the most hin. d.
naval triumphs 1t was considered as mucb a
ter of course that an American ship sbonS a .""
quer British vessel whenever she met h, "&
it formerly in Great Britain that an Enc;ab !,
should whip Frenchman The Atnoricsn nnSP
considered themselves imposed upon. and shampp t1
treated, if an American vessel, no matter wb.t "
odds against her. fell into British hands, whIs "
same circumstance awakened corresponding de. ="
of exultaon n British casts. 81"
| Since the war with England, our only riyalrvua ~.
her or any other of the great powers Of Euronp h..
| been commercial rivalry. We have distanepd tbI
all, save England, and are now second only TO bsa
d commercial nation, In the construction Of sb
and in the seamanke qualities OF The crews, va b.r
surpassed even Great Britain Our ocean s,soma'
and clipper built vessels have furnished her moJI
which she has been happy to initiate But snn.
to say, with this mighty growth and exuanss
of our commerce, there has been no increase Of bm
upon which If would be entirely dependent for Se,,
in time of war Our commerce in point of fact n.
and unprotected as it is, holds out strong temn,,S
20 the cupidity and aggressive spirit of nations Whit
have but little commerce and large navy NmonI
has no effort been ma lie to increase our NAVY In;
until lately, none of those valuable improy.msDn
have been introduced in ii which have been adonts
with such immense effect by the naval powers of th
old world. We hope the present Congress will a.
waken 10 the indispensable Importance Of building ID
the naval power OF America, and making it WORTH
of its glorious past, capable of a still more goi@
future, and commensurate with the commercial "a
curity of the country .-Richmond Despatch
The English and French Alliance
Col. Webb1of the New York Courier and Enours
who has just refunded from Europe writes
although thus far the English army, with len
than half the strength of the French has been CON-
PEELED to do nearly all the fighting, incurred hs
greatest exposure, and won nearly all the glory Of
the campaign, there he no reasonable doubt
that IN an emergency the French will nObly ani
gaIlantly do their duty. The English public are
getting somewhat FESTIVE under The operation Of h
present alliance with France, and il admits Of no
doubt but that alliance is destined to be Of much
shorter duration than the press affects to believe
John Bull is made TO stand the blunt Of the
fight, and TO receive all the hard blows While
France claims equal honor and credit from bauia
in which the best blood of gland is made to fow l
water while her ally is content with exposing to thefr
OF the enemy few of her African gueras The Egla
press feel with the people this subject but they aa
teel that, in the present position RI European afds
every sacrifice of feeling must be amey suhmiltedh
rather than incur the risk of a brush with France
Should the death of Louis Napoleon, or the willy
plomacy of Russia, succeed in breaking up thai all
} ance, the position of England would be fearful hI
extreme and then al! classes in that country would
feel the wisdom Of those among her statesmen EhI
now open ly proclaim that The most necessary as wei
as the most natural policy of England is 10 baIlF
the closest possible alliance with the United States
The CUNARD LINE OF nTEAMERs "A statem@|
made by S. S Lewis, agent OF The Cunard line
steamships, that $4,000 passengers had been carrie
by that line, not of whom had been lost or injured
has attracted considerable attention. The following
is copy ofthe statement which was made betOFeus
coroners jury In the Of The disaster TO The O3
at Boston. The immunity from danger which lH
attended the passengers by the Cunard line certain
y wonderful. and affords the strongest possible sn
dence of the care and caution with which this m
has been managed: i
:" MIR. Lewis stated that the line between Liver"
and Boston had been in operation fourteen anda Da
years next January. The first ship OF the line, @
Britannia, sailed from Liverpool, 4lh july low
1000 passages across the ocean, of 3,O0O miles cav
have been made; upwards of $4,000 passengers o"
about the same number of their own people %"
been carried; that two steamers had been cOnSanu
at sea during that period, and that not single
senger had 10 his knowledge, been harmed D"
pound of baggage lost, by the dangers OF the %@
That in 1910, the year The steamers commence ~
ming, the whole amount of imports into Do'V ,SS
foreign vessels, was about $500, 900 last year T ~
the impor!ations in foreign vessels, 81 1000 VOu ~
increase yearly had been enormous--the sis's
part probably more than two,thirds had come ~ a.
steamers of this line; there had been no loss o. Al
60, and only one average of $4,000 to SlOUgg"E
for hauling the Cambria from off Cape. CC l,,n,d
Lewis said he did not boastingIy make this s!L'
the line had been peculiarly forunate-Ou' uS,,
ply gave the facts to show that those having sD