Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-11-27
From the London Telegraph, Oct. 2sth.
The Bombasdment Of New York-.-ln.
vasion Of Canada. tf .

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The United States possesses nucleus |
Of navy, numbering seventy -four ships
OF war, and some 1000 and odd guns. !
This is not very large navy, as compal'
cd with Grca, Britain and France. But
let It not be forgotten that the maritime
of the United States rivals our
own In tonnage. The United States arc
in position 10 ft out superb fleet from
the merchant navy, composed Of sailing
vessels and steamers. The ocean would
literally swarm with their armed clip
pers, and the commerce Of England,
within six months after tho eclaTation
of hoslilities, would be almost annihila.
ted. Not ship that left our English
ports for the East or West Indies, Aus.
tralia, the Cape, or Canada, would ever
reach her destination. This would be o
consummalion we should not al all rel.
isb. In point Of fact, while we could
assemble great naval squadrons, the Uni.
ted States would, at the same time, sting
US everywhere by cloud of clipper
hornets from which our commerce could
not escape.
As to our being able 10 effect any mil.
tnry operations in war with the Uni.
ted States, that is farce. We have
now some fifty thousand men in the Cri.
mea, which constitutes the larger por.
lion of The rank and file of the British
army. The Americans, on the contrary,
possess The finest organized militia in
The world. Their ri1emen are (aullless.
1t is not too much TO say that, within
one month of declaration OF hosililes,
the Americans would, and could muster
an army OF some five hundred thousand
men on the British frontiers. And al.
though hastily summoned 10 arms, they
would not be raw recruits, as Gus, but
we'll trained soldiers, for each one, in his
advenlurings in the backwoods, has han.
died the rifle with unelrins aim, bivou.
acked, winter and summer, in the forest
and the praires; pioneers Of the wilder.
ness; men Injured 10 danger and hafd-
ship--lraincd with the long rife in hand
from early boy.hood; their own commits.
sariat and engineers; at home in every
whether trailing the wind In.
dian or engaged in the bear or moose
hunt-on foot or on horseback the
+" long cob" or in the canoe; wild, de-.
termined, fearless, wiry, up to every
work; each and every one Of whom con.
siders himself fit to be President or Com.
mander.n. Chief-such would form the
rank and file Of an army Of 100000
down casters on our frontiers; and work
well too. The Americans are peculiar.
ly military nation. Thev possess the
qualification for generaIship, in which
we are previously deficient. The,e are
hundreds amongst them WHO could com
mand an army of invasion with the
most brilliant genius. They are fully up
TO their work, as soldiers; and, as tecli.
clans, they have no, one whit degenerated
from their fathers who drove US from the
Union in l776, and combatted with US
in 1914. As 10 martial enthusiasm,
there is no bound to it. We are cold
and phlegma,ic; the Americans fiery and
+ ambitious. The future Of that people is
TO be a great military nation, which will
sweep The American continents from
, Hudson's Bay, on the north, to Cape
Horn, on The south, aud no nation car
t stay their destiny.
e An American army would advance
| from Maine into New Brunswick, ant
. St. John and Frederickton would fall
without a blow. Another army woult
: simultaneously cross the St. Lawrence
and invest Montreal and Quebec. From
S New York State, Kingston and Toronto
would be summoned to surrender. Th
lakes would swarm with American arm
4 ed steamers. Bombard New York, ant
the cities OF Canada would be fazed t.
the ground. The knowledge Of this fac
forms the strongest Notifications neces
sary TO protect the Atlantic cities. N
= power we have in the Canadas, with al
i their loyal inhabitants, could preserv
them 10 US. They would be iavaded q
fifty points al once, and in one grea
combined movement the Province
would be wres,ed forever from the moth
er country. So much for commence
= ment OF the war; what would be tn
r. prospect at its termination? The Wes
- India Islands and the Bermuaas, one b
{ one, would fall to the Americans. Thu
> our transatlantic possessions would b
y - lost. During this time Australia wonl
- " improve upon our difficulties, and it
!" not loo much to add, that Tasmani
= :. would hoist the lone star Of lndeper
= dence. Our colonies lost to US in III
H. H. Atlantic and the Pacific, England woul
n n in truth, have achieved grand success
- - 10 remunerate her Tor going to war abor
= Cuba. We would impress this fact ur
!; on our readers. The declaration Of no!
:. tiites with the United States woul
- - sound the first knell 10 England's suprt
:" - macy as nation. No, only should "
:. .' be worsted abroad, hut at home--in th
Z + general commotion Of affairs whic
>" ~ would follow-dynasties might chang
:. constitutions be overturned; that whic
- is now below would rise uppermost, an
a. in the frothing cauldron Of our che
= BROTH" things stranger might occur
the worlds history than tho child asst
ming the power and position once mail
<o;ooI h., tho n,,ant t..