Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-12-06

Discussing the event Of war be.
tween the United States and Great
Britain, the London Telegraph has
the following sensible views with re-
gard to its result. 1t will be seen
that Brother Jonathan hold his own
even in the minds Of many Of our
English cousins:
The United States possesses a nu.
c!als of navy, numbering seventy
four ships Of war, and some 1000
and odd guns. This is not very
large navy as compared with Great
Britain and France. But let it not
be forgotten that the maritime ship
ping of the United States rivals our
own in tonnage. The United States
are in a position to Git out superb
feet from the merchant navy, COM
posed of sailing vessels and steamers.
, The ocean would literally swarm with
their armed clippers and the CON-
merce of England, within six months
after the declaration of hostilities,
would be almost annihilatec. Not a
ship that left our English ports fer
the Fast or West Indies, Australia,
the Cape, or Canada, would ever
reach her destination. This would
be consummaiion we would not at
all relish. In point Of fact, while we
could assemble great naval squad
rons, the United States would at the
same time, sting US everywhere by a
cloud of clipper hornets from which
our commerce could not escape.
| AS to our being able to effect any
military operations in a war with the
United States, that is farce. We
have now some fifty thousand men in
the Crimea, which constitutes the lar.
ger portion of the rank and file Of
the British army. The Americans,
on the contrary possess the finest
organized militia in the world. Their
riHemen are aultless. 1t is not too
much to say that within one month
of a declaration of hostilities, the
Americans would, and could, muster
an army of five hundred thousand
men on the British frontier. And
although hastily summoned to arms,
they would not be raw recruits as
ours, but we'll trained soldiers, for
each one in bis adventuring in the
back woods, has handled the rifle
with unerring aim, biyouacked win
ter and summer, in the forest and the
Iprairies; pioneers Of the wilderness;
men Injured to danger and hardship
trained with the bng rifle in hand
from early boyhood; their own COM
missariat and engineer; at home in
every position whether trailing the
wild Indian or engaged in the bear
or moose hunt-on foot or on horse
back--on the clog cob; or in the ca
noe; wild, determined, fearless, wiry,
up to every work; each and every
one of whom considers himself fit to
be President or COMMANDMENT. Chief
such would be the rank and file of
an army of 100000 down astt rs
on our frontiers; and work we'll too
The Americans are peculiarly mill
tary nation. They possess the qualifi-
cation for generalship, in which we are
grieVously deficient. There are hun.
dreds amongst them who could com.
mand an army of Invasion with the
most brilliant genius. They are full
ly up to their work as soldiers; and,
as tacticians, they have not one whit
degsnerated from their fathers who
drove US from the Union in I776,
and combatted with US in 1914. As
to martial enthusiasm, there is no
bound to il. We are cold and phleg-
matte; the Americans fiery and amb:-
tious. The future of that people is
to be great military nation, which
will sweep the American continents
from Hudson's Bay, on the North,
to Cape Horn on the South, and no
nation can stay their destiny.
An American army would adj
vance from Maine into New Bruns-
wick, and st. John and Fredericton
would fall without a blow. Another
army would simultaneously cross the
st. Lawrence, and invest Montreal
and Quebec. From New York State,
Kingston and Toronto would be sum-
moned to surrender. The lakes
would swarm with American armed
steamers. Bombard New York and
the cities of Canada would be RACED
to the ground. The knowledge Of
this fact forms the strongest fortifi.
cations necessary to protect the At
lantio cities. No power we have in
the Canadas, with all their loyal in