Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-10-31
A aIANcEAr TIE FUTURE:

Sebastopol has fallen before the allies; and
England and France .are 10. full possession Of
the Black Sea and its vast and mighty trade
to the East. Russian power has been swept
from those regions, and the allies will find nc
employment there for their immense naval forI-
ces. Their steamships, with all the improve
rnents in modern warfare, are the most powerful
| the world has ever seen, Where will they EN-.
ploy them? Inactivity will be tfeir ruin There
is no question bat many, if not most Of them,
will be sent to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pa.
ci6c coast The Cuba question, with nj ifs IN
tricate connexions, will be re-opened under the,
direct auspices Of France. In fact, the impoteIf
Crown of Spain must inevitably fall int, the
hands Of Napoleon, and he will direct the policy
of Spain as absolutely as if 1t were one Of bis
provinces. England;i in attempting to check tfie
power of Russia, has built up a far greater, md
practically more to be dreaded, power under
Napoleon, He has done, in G very short time;
more by his diplomacy TO subjugate England
than his great uncle did for twenty years BY his
arms. - e
Are we prepared for these new and ri gfeats.ss
questions of policy? Where is our nary TO-:
meet aH this tremendous armament of France
and England? True, we; have a commercial
marine the finest in the world, and which stths
heretofore been the basis of our great naval
power and resources. Bnt the new Inventions
and new mode of naval warfare have To- some
extent relieved France from TIC, great necessity
of an extensive commercial marine; so essential
in; former times. Heretofore France has built
UP great. .navies in peace that England might de-.
stroy them in war; and all principally arose from
the commercial marine Of the one, and its wants
in the other. : - 1%E
But no. so now. England has vast posses:
sions all over the world, and has to divide her.
forces; but France with her concentrated navy;
in the present position of the world, IS the equal
of England But where are Wet spliriup into
miserable factions, md forming combinations to
plunder tho revenue Of The government in focak
expenditures of selfish purposes, instead sof:
looking abroad to the deep game for power.
which is now playing before the world. 80 >'<''
! From Cape Florida to the Rio Grande; there.
is not single foot where a war vessel can seek+
protection, except at Pensacola, although # cn:t
braces coast of seventeen hundred miles, the
most exposed in the world, and from which issue
the productions Of the richest country ia the
world, all unprotected. The pr6ductions. which,.
now control the foreign commerce and eIchnn::
ges of this country, oil have 10 pass undetths
guns of Hayana-through' that .chanheEand
.thnaa In la..a- -
steam navy VEL calculated 10 stIike telroI lutO
the hearlhstone of every family in the South.
forbear to alludc to the consequences Of eman,:.
cipation in Cuba, and yet, if Napoeo,,'s star
continues to ascend, as certain as rate; emanci;.
patton in Cuba win come.
1t is time to sink local factions and come
together for the great struggle that is impend-
ing The heart of the great mass of the Ameri:.
can people is SOUND: The politicians are cor:
rupt, and they prevent truth from reaching the
people. Let Congress meet under message
from the President-truthful, stern, and bold -,
developing our position and relations in the
world. Let it be master.hand, touching upon
the great interests and destiny of our republic,
calling upon the patriotic Of every section to
rescue the country from faction and corruption,
and to save our institutions from their overthrow
by foreign power. Such message would be
responded to- Let one.half the revenue be.
Immediately set aside expressly TO increase the!
navy upon the most improved system of modetn
warfare. Withhold the miserable appropriations
TO local objects, and for corrupt purposes, and
selfish corporations Move for the country, and,
tho WHOLE country, and nothing but the country;
RICHARD HENRY LEE -