New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-24

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and six DAYS the first ripple is not made BY our navy
on fe surface of affairs and our naval vessels might
a. well all he in Symmes' Hole for all taey accom-
( pish.
~ arrest eebooters on the Pacific coast none 70 90 10
The Chincba Islands none for whose faults
Il, Isit because We have no ships Not az all But
!. is because foolish use is made OF what we have
We causpare sarauac 70 send Baltimore gentleman
N Cspstanpope 70 peddle patent rhe and to call at
| Narcotics or tie way, to take Gu board cosy
oouranion the two lettering along the smooth
r.r1e If the Mediterranean, eisurely slipping their
wine and smoking their cigars as the noble vessel besrs
tbe IN their excursion But if Saranse is wanted to
oo 70 the rescue of sinking ship with five hundred Of
Irce Sans soldiers on board freezing and drowning
almost within sight and hearing of coast why,
there is no Saranac to be She is engaged in the
more important business of taking couple Of Balt-
more gentlemen on airing up the Mediterranean.
So too we have no ship to guard the golden gate OF
our Pacific possessions, and nab tie hbusers, for an
eonalv GOOD reason But have lots OF sailing ships
and steamers six at the least detailed TO carry ma
boeapy box to the Emperor Of Japan with paper in
il weighing an ounce and half for his Majestys con-
sderstion After this exhaustipg labor six months is
esteemed reasonable resting time, while it gives that
huctonsry ample leisure open the box en- digest the
contents of the paper at the end of which period fhe six
ships muster up and start anew, Reinforced By four
more The whole ten then spend another half year in
going up to get his Majestys reply. SIX additional
months will rest them after this arduous service aud
about twelve more viii bring them home again with
their elbows in their hands, having accomplished the
vast feat of visiting the japanese aud coming back
again in couple Of years and al to get No for "a
answer TO eur application to trade with them Ii is
on such important service this thai our N1.ional
ships are employed. and it would be 50 !. we had
four times as many we now have. The only differ
ence would be that we should have four times much
folly perpetrated and four times much money ex-
pended as we have now. and nothing to show for it.
The difficulty is IN the system Our navy officers and
naval vessels are not used for the purpose OF doing
anything They are not employed for work but for
show and play Our ships of war, during time oil
peace are mere houses Of Refuge for gentlemen loaier
and to multiply them is TO encourage the growth of
this class of individuals The argument that would in
crease the navy up to the point urged by orr hero
Secretary" as ore greenhOrn has styled another is
good for an indefinite increase of force this of
our power II We ~ VI wei ''iDip'SA
cur commerce extends, then his recommendation do
not 60 half far enough. The reason is as good for
having them at one distant commercial point as at
another and We might fiji half the pors OF the world
with them and then have a ship 10 tie right pllcs
if there was anything special 20 BE done
A revolution has been effected IN ocean navigation
within the last quarter of century, and the idea Of
having distant stationary naval ships and squadrOn8
ought TO be exploited Instead of the old numbering
sailing ships that have hitherto composed those squad
rons we need TO substitute swift steamers be kept
at home Keeping such slips distant coasts in these
days of steam In supreme folly. Steam aud the tee-
graph take intelligence round the world while the old
fashioned seventy four would be getting ready for sea
If any service need to be performed by national YES
sci at any point on the globe let her be sent from home
TO perform il and then return. We have two sides Of
this great CoDfedcracy washed by the two great oceans
Here let our national vessels rendezvous. Let them
be reduced rather than increased in number, and
made more efficient by substituting steam for canvas,
and put to ar0rS
What Is wanted is not more gus and more men, but
more action and more honest labor How barron is the
service of Ofwar compared with that performed
by one Of our busy and driving merchantmen The
latter is loaded sent TO sea, the ocean visits
hacadozen distant countries unloads reOads carries
and brings intelligence lumnes track that embraces
the world and never stops for rest. The national ship
is months in starting months in going and years in
getting back Her officers visit foreign countries, the
clip rots in foreign ports, there parties on board
and dances shore, aud all finally reach home, having
gone for nothing and accomplished to their hearts
content
If every ship in the Navy, and every one Secretary
DObbn recommends were scattered over the world to-
day. the chances are Dinetynine to that one
of them all would be where she was wanted, if any
one of our merchantmen should chance to need the
presence of an armed national vessel Our commerce
can be protected such way as this and if it could
be, it would cost more than i. would come to. We
want few good steamships, anu those to be kept on
constant active service We needed one the other day
in New-York to send for the San Francisco. We
needed one in California to capture the Anita Though
We don't believe in that case that it would have been
DONE for the capture Of any vessel gong out estab
lish Slavery would be violation Of the Compromised
We needed ore for the Chincha Island business.
Cases are always arising where specific service is
required but this is the extent of the need. We do
not require ships Of war 10 send our dplomatists 70
act the turnkey in European Courts, or play the ider
in the mahogany republics south of the Equator
own Continent We DO not need them TO lie for months
and months at Naples or Rio, or Trieste, or in any
other pleasant and eneryating climate where the Off
GERS spend their lives simply in having lazy good
/ time We want ships for service and men for work
But this is purely original view of this subject Our
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