M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-13

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Edwards Isle is 1900 men.
Our militia is one Of The finest upon
the N. American continent; " hereas, the
American militia. as far as disipline and
Organization are concerned, chiefly eX
lists upon paper. Throughout the Brit.
ish Provinces are large numbers OF mil
itSTy pensioners, invaluable Bs a poiRt
G0ppui for regimrntsl oTgsnizstion.--
There are also hundreds OF retired BTi.
ish officers from the regular army, whose
professional experience is above price. -
Every regiment of Canadian militia
would contain fully twenty per cent Of
old disciplined officers. And mark. dis.
cipline will decide frontier war. In.
derendently Of these resources, numer:
cslIy, England has, during the last few
years. not been behind hand in orgsniz.
ing her militia. Pnor TO the proposed
withdrawal of large pcItien Of our reg
ular reginepls, plan was drawn up by
an officer Of experiences in the Provin
css, Colonel Sleigh, and approved Of b!
the Government, and by it transmitted
to the Governors of the British North
American Provinces, for the re. orgOniz.
alton Of the provincial army This plan
embra ced the formation OF garrison corps
and fencible balta;iOn,, and has been
acted upon in Canada, and, in fact !
forms the ground. work Of the present
organizat tion of the CANADIAN militia,--
The Chief towns ia the Cenadss now
possess those corps, and in eficiecy and
discipline, they are second to none ON
the American continent. We have
shown that we possess efficient. we'll
Offered militia of 400 900 men. We
can send to Canada from the United
Kingdom, within six weeks, 10000 ba!
one:s--our embodied militia, equal TO
regulars, could furnish alone that quote
land 5000 from the West India Com.
Inbnd. Our artillery is one OF the finest
in the world and thus, with 100000
men. militia and regulars; We can DEFY
any attack from the American lines.
The prospect Of European peace is
so great that we can also alOmst count
upon $4,000 men from the Crimes in
addition TO the above. Ina campaign
OF Invasion the enemy must bring their
Icommissarat Of supply with them. We
are on the defensive in our own coun.
try, with ample supplies, We have
railways extending iiOm Quebec to Wes.
tern CanNda'and in twenty four hours we
could move large army to any given
point. The Americans could not take
us By a coup de main. Our telegraph
wires place every point in the provinces
in immediate contact. In Canada an
American army would be lhrasbed to its
hearts content. 1t CO uld not live twelve
hours across the frontiers. Brag & Bum
KUN is one thing, bnl discipline is quite
another elemeut. and III shat respect we
are pfee miently superior. Canada is
sale. Let Americans ponder over this
fact, and at once give over all their non.
sensical :hodomontade about an invas.
ion Of our Provinces.
we have bhUMn what the Americans
can'ido now We will point out what we
can do. Our Navy is the most powerful
that floats. In ships. guns, calibrs and
men, wE can SWeep the Ocean from the
arctic to the TOrrd ZOns-JrOm the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Never before,
in EngIand's history did Britannia more
thoroughly rule the waves. The Amer.
ican seaboard is ours, We could ami.
hilate their commerce. Ar to their Ma.
Wy. it is absurde to talk of it; the Amer.
leans them selves confess that We could
blow it out oil lhe water in one broad.
side. Then, how are the Atlantic cit
les Of the United States siiuatedl There
is not one city from Passsmaquoddy Bay
/ in the North to Galveston Bay IN the
South, which has water has enough IL
aoat lrigaGe ora gunboat. shat we can.
not batter to the ground in twenty-iouT
hours. The following cities in the Uni.
ted States are comparatively at OnI mere,
aller war is once declared. Portland
Maine; Portsmouth, N. H.; Boston
MaSsach usetls; Newport, Rhode ls
land; New Haven, Conn; New York
Brooklyn and Jersey City, with tn,
towns on Long Island Sound Balti'
more. Maryland; Wilmington, n. c.
Charleston. South Carolina; ST. Angus.
tine. and Apsluchicola Florida Mo.
bile. Alabama; and Galveston Texas
while San Frasisco is the certain prey oi
our Pacific squadron.
Independently of our vast military re,
sources in our thorCuhIy loyal provin'
ces, We must not forget that we cau
command the lakes. We could dispatch
ID powerful feet Of steamers and gun
boats up the St. Lawrence 20. Quebec
and frvm thence via Montreal aud The
Reideau Canal into Lake 0ptorio through
the Welland Canal iutu Lake Erie. aud
via Detroit and Lake ST. Clair into
Lake Huron. To lessen The drsught ol
water, the heavy guns, our 80 and 6s
Founders, and chief stores OF shot ana
she'll. could, if necessary, be sent pei
rail from Quebec 10 Canada West, there
TO be IeshIped q: our Lake ports on
board our men OF war. Thus we could
sweep the lakes, aud every town aud
village, from INSTRUMENTATION, TO
0swe go--Lake Ontario. II war was de
cIaIed, our fleets would at Cnce appear
before The chiel ol the Atlantic ciues--
Boston, New YCtk, and ChaILesIou--in.
dicale that the fist American soldier
" ho crossed the Canadian frontiers, aud
these towns would be battered TO the
gfound, ana Canada will be safe ioI d