Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-07
THE Bombsrament OF New York-Invasion OF
From the London Telegraph, Oct. %.

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From the London Telegraph, Oct. q. 4
The United States possesses q nucleus OF navy
numbering seventy -four ships Of war and some two
thousand and odd guns. This is not very large ma
w, as compared with Great Britain and France
But lei it not be forgotten that the maratime ship
ping Of the United States rivals our own in tonnage
The United States in position to fit out a su-
perb fleet from the merchant navy, composed of sail
ING vessels and steamers. The would literally
swarm with their armed clippers, and the commerce
of England, within six months after the declaration
of hostilities, would be almost annihilated Not a
ship that left English ports for the East or West
Indies, Australia. the Cape or Canada, would ever
reach her destination. This would be consumma-
ton 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 lis
everywhere by cloud of clipper hornets from
which our commerce could not escape.
AS to being able to effect any military opera
lions in war with the United States, that is farce
We have now some fifty thousand in the Cr-
mea hich constitutes the larger portion OF the rank
and file of the British army. The Americans, on the
contrary, possess the finest organized MALTA in the
world. Their riheman tauless. 1t Is not too
much to say that within one month of declaration
of hosilles, the Americans could. and would, mus
te5 an army of some five hundred thousand men on
| the British frontiers And, although hastily sum-
moned arms, they would no be raw recruits, as
ours, but we'll trained soldiers, for each in his
advenurings in the backwoods has handled the rifle
in the forest and the prairie pioneers OF the wilder
ness men Injured to danger and hardshlp-traneG
with the long rifle in hand from earliest bOyhoOd ;
their commissariat and engineers; al home in
every position-whether trailing the wild Indian or
engaged in the bear moose hunt-On loot or on
horseback-bn the " long~tob" or in the canoe; wild,
determined, fearless wiry up to every work each
and every one of whom considers himself fit to be
President Commander.in in Chief-such would form
the rank and file of army of 100000 down casters
Inn md he Inns
cans peculiarly military nation They possess
the qualifications for generalship, in which are
grievously deficient There hundreds amongst
them who could command army of invasion with
the most brilliant genius They fully up to
their work as soldiers and, as tactcians they have
not whit degenerated from their fathers who
drove US from the Union, in l776, and combatted
with US in 1914. AS to marshal enthusiasm there is
no bound 10 it. We cold and phlegmatIc the
Americans fiery and ambitious. The future of that
people is to be great military nation which will
sweep the American continent from Hudson's Bay,
on the north, TO Cape Horn, the south, and
tion can stay their destiny.
An American army would advance from Maine
into New Brunswick, and St. John and Frederick to
would fall without blow. Another army would
simultaneously cross the st. Lawrence and invest
Montreal and Quebec. From New York State,
Kingston and Toronto would be summoned to sur
render. The lakes would swarm with American
, armed steamers Bombard New York, and the cities
of Canada would be RACED to the ground. The
knowledge this fact forms the strongest fortifca-
tons necessary TO protect the Atlantic cities No
power have in the Canadas, with all their loyal
inhabitants, could preserve them to They would
be invaded at fifty points at once and in great
combined movement the Provinces would be wIested
forever from the mother country. So much for the
> commencement of the ; what would be the pros
pect at its termination The West India Islands
and the Bermudas, one by one, would fall to the
Americans. Thus transatlantic possessions
would be lost. During this time Australia would
improve upon difficulties and it is not too much
10 add that Tasmania would hoist the lone star OF
independence Our colonies lost to US in the Allan
tic and the Pacific. England would, in truth, have
achieved grand to remunerate her for going
to war about Cuba. We would impress this fact
upon our readers The declaration of hostilities with
the United States would sound the first knel to
Engand's supremacy nation. Not only should
we worste abroad but at home-in the general
commOtion of affairs which would follow, dynastcs
might change, constitutions be overturned; that
which is now below would rise uppermost, and in
: the boiling cauldron of " hell BROTH" things
stranger might in the worlds history than the
child assuming the power and position main
8 tanned by the parent.
8 Those who would urge between England
and the United States, friends of their
try; and the Ministry who would listen to such evil
advise would deserve at the hands of Infatuated
s people, punishment which could only be expiaeC
s by their lives. We have in,erfered between the
= Turk and the Russian that is well and good-but
emooldened by that successful experiment. let US
interfere between Spain and the United States. Al
e ardent love of our country bids exert power
while t,ere is yet time, to avert calamity which
true patriot can reflect upon without shudder.