The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14
BOMBARDMENT OF NEW YORK AND
INVASION OF CANADA.

. DOM DAhDMENl y Or NEW 1Okh AM
, INVASION OF CANADA
The late talk about war between great
Britain and the United States, gave rise tc
innumerable articles il, the leading English
journals-in some Of which Brother Jonathan
was "fanned" out without the least trouble
while others expressed anxious doubts as
to the result of such contest. Among the
last we find the following, which is taken
from the London Telegraph:
The United States possesses nucleus OF
a navy, numbering seveniy.four ships of war
and some 1000 and odd guns. Thisis not a
very large navy, as compared with Great
Britain and France. But let it not be forgot
ten that the maritime shipping of the United
States rivals our own in tonnage. The United
States are in position to fit 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
monthsafter the declaration of hostilites,
would be almost annihilated. Not ship that
lett our English ports for the East or W est
Indies, Australia, the Cape, or Canada, would
ever reach her destination. This would be Il
consummation We should not at all RELISH
In point Of fact, while we could assemble
great naval squadrons, the United 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 to effect any military
operations in war with the United States
that is farce We have now some fifty
thousand men in the Crmea, which consti-
tutes the larger portion of the rank and file
of the British army. The Americans, on the
contrary, possess the finest organized militia
in the world. TheirriAeinen are fautless.-
1t is not too much to say that, within one
month of n declaration of hostilites, the
Americans would, and could, muster an army
o; some five hundred Thousand men on the
British frontiers. And, although hastily sum.
moned TO arms, they would not be raw re-
cruits, ms ours, but well trained soldiers, for
each one, In his adventurings in the back
| woods, has handled the rifle with unerrinr
aim; bivouacked, winter and summer, in the
forest and the prairie; pioneers of the wilder
ness; men Injured to danger and hardship
trained with the long life in hand from eari-
! est boyhood, their own commissariat and en-
gneers; 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 ''long cob" or in the canoe; wild,
determined, fearless wiry, up to every work;
each and every one of whom considers him
self fit to be President or COMMANDMENT. Chief
such would form the rank and file of an
army OF 100000 down-east on our from
tiers. The Americans are peculiarly mill
tarv plttnp fHhau tba
for generalship, in which we are grieyously
deficient. There are hundreds amongst them
who could command an army of invasion with
the most brilliant genius. They are fully up
to their work, as soldiers; and, as tacticians,
they have not one whit degenerated from
their fathers who drove us from the Union in
l776, and combatted with us in 1914 AS to
martial enthusiasm, there is no bound to IT,
We are cold .ad phIcguia.ic, the American
fiery and ambitious. The future of that peo,
pie is to be great military nation, which will
sweep the American continents from IIud.
sons Bay, on the north. to Cape Horn, on the
south, and no nation can stay their destiny.
An American army would advance from
Maine into New Brunswick, and ST. John and
Frederickton would fall without Il blow
Another army would simultaneously cross
the st. Lawrence and invest Montreal and
Quebec. From New York State, Kingston
and Tornto would be summoned 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 strong
est fortifications necessary to protect the At
lantic cities No power we have in the
Canadas, with all their loyal inhabitants, could
preserve them TO us. They would be invad-
cd at fifty points at once, and ia one great
combined movement the Provinces would be
wIested forever from the mother country.
So much for the commencement of the |
war; what would be theprospcct at its termi- |
nation! The West India Islands and the
Bermudas, one by one, would fall to the |
Americans. Thus our transatlantic possess
sons would be lost. During this time Aus
tralla would improve upon our difficulties, |
and it is not too much TO add that Tasmania |
would hoist the lone star of Independence
Our colonies lost to us in the Atlantic and |
the Pacific, England would, in truth, have
achieved n grand success to remunerate her
for going to war about Cuba.
We would impress this fact upon our rea-
ders. The declaration of hostiities with the
United States would sound the first knel to
England's supremacy as n nation. Not only
should we be worsted abroad out at home
in the general commotlon of affairs which
would follow, dynasties might change, con.
stitutons be overturned; that which is now
below would rise uppermost, and in boiling
cauldron Of our shell BROTH" things stranger
might occur in the worlds history than the
child assuming the power and position once
by the parent.
Those who would urge n war between
England and the United States are no friends
of their country, and the Ministry who would
listen to such evil advice would deserve at
the hands of an infurdtcd people punish
ment which could only be expiated by their
lives. We have interlered between the Turk
and the Russan-that is well and good-but,
emboldened by that successful experiment,
let us not interfere between Spain and the
United States. An ardent love of our coun-
try bids US exert our power, while there is
yet time, to avert calamity which no true
patriot can reflect upon without u shudder.
WHEN you GET GOOD AGENT, KEEP HIM.
Such is the dictate Of common sense, recog-
nized and practiced upon by every good busi-
ness man. But yet the people of the United.
States, in allowing very large proportion