The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-25
a FIRE in TnE RRAR.

towards this country has walked up the "spunk" of
American soourning in the aEernal City who has found
leisure amid the epgrossng calls upon ones time in that
great treasury Of art to bestow little attention upon the
ridiculous attitude OF those British braggadoeios in their
threats of war And from the "oop-hoe Of his
retreat he has opened sire in the rear upon these gaseou
aders through German Journal of immense circulation
Augsburg in Germany, which we have procured to be
translated II is well calculated only enlghten the
continent upon the ohardness OF putting their insane
threats of upon this country into execution but also
induce the government and the people of England II
partaking all OF the feelings of these incorporate expo
of opinion pause little in their career and
look least las they at last be now doing be-
fore they leap
Universal Gazette, (Agsmeine ZeunsJ Augsburg
March II, 1855.
ROME, February "a, 1856.
Your New York correspondent regard US Amer
goods OF rather light and inferior texture when he
ancies that hostile feet with great facility could get into
New York Boston and give these cities the flames
So would this hardly be found by the enemy
il be in number of ships greatly superior and in
possession of all the modern inventions and advantages of
the OF war am not officer in the navy and readi-
y admit that neither Fore Hamilton the so-called bat
terry the point the strait which New York lies would
present 10 large hostile fleet insumountabe obstacles
For the destruction OF some townsf England had such
utenionswe would in the event OF war be prepared
IT, nor be able your correspondent imagnes to cover
her expenses of by it, There is not much to be got
from town burnt down. and New York and Boston are
easily burnt down than taken at the pont Of the
bayonet BY the accounts OF the banks in New York there
seldom than from ten TO fifteen millions OF the
precious metal in their vaults and these might well be
brought safety before hostile invasion could be effected
All other circulating vauabes represented by paper
notes bills of exchange and records of documents and
to goods and that there accumulated seldom less
than from three hundred millions of dollars they be-
long, at least hreeourhs Of Them to the English, who do
not even wait till order them from them but have their
agents their account in all towns, who would
most certainly lose by the burning of any of
commercial than the native inhabitants themselves
Why, burn down. from time time ourselves entire
quarters of New York and Philadelphia and suffer there
from greater harm than the Foreigners and regards
San Francisco it has been consumed by lire more than
dozen of times and yet the prosperity of California has
been very little affected by it. Our houses generally built
lightly they of four walls of brick and all the
OF wood The ground in all greater seaports three
four i've nay ten times valuable than the house
it, which, after fifteen years is old house. and generally
torn down in order to make room for The de-
strucdve Of the English could therefore, this SIDE do
less harm than your correspondent thinks least less
than it would do to themselves Besides would ask the
question, why did England in the OF 1872 think
OF burning down some of our towns2 1t true at Wash
ngton, which was properly speaking only village with
Capitol the coup dc main succeeded but at Baltimore
and at New Orleans the attempt of ii repealed with
great energy, and New York Boston, and Philadelphia
it not tried. Probably the commanders Of the
English feet and land troops had then better opin
ion OF entertainments and Of capacity for resistance
had not changed that opinion in regard since that
time. The harbor Notifications of New York and Boston
have been greatly improved since the of 1912 but
what principally count the event of IT,
not artillery behind entertainments bat the circum
stance that probably, not only proportionaly but
tely possess the greatest commercial marine on
earth which, least for the defence of rivers and coasts
can be converted made into vessels of m and that
with inventive genius and acknowledged maritime
capacity would not be in want Of means apply these
implements everywhere only for defence but also
destruction, with Nor would men-ofwar and
privateers wait tor the enemy behind walls but they
did in the year 1872 hunt him up in all the and
all coasts of the earth in order 10 destroy his
and navigation. with US is not mere war on
American soil The commercial power that challenges us
to must fight in India China, in Japan in the
Pacc and Atlantic oceans at the Cape Of Good Hope and
in the Arctic sea- for there much at home
10 the United States In the last with England
our privsteers took about six hundred English merchant
men, and great part of the wealth of New England org
mates from that period. That the of frigates with
England turned out most gorousy for the United States
Is known to all the world and up this day navy
in possession of the Constellation and Macedonian
two gates taken from the English At that time had
regularly-bred marine, Captain (now commodore) !
Stewart Oldest navy officer had onsred the service Of
the United States from the mercantile marine General
Jackson aud General Brown 1.-THE first lawyer and later
presiden-he latter tavern keeper) only militia
generals and such caused uncomfortable losses to the
enemy Your correspondent thinks thousand men OF
hrsraie European troops could easily chase 10000 of
militia will leave that undecided as do not want
to carry on war about opinions with the pen but |
would only remark that the history Of America leaves
people, down 10 the boys twelve years old, who play
with rides completely armed aud expert in the OF fire.
arms Whether in Of war, they know their use, |
leave history Our army Ia Mexico consisting mostly
Of young recruits and volunteers (ms,) has fought
bFayey in the Mexican against artillery aud entrenc
Of than six times superior enemy at the bat
tie OF Buena Vista General Taylor fought almost exclusive
ly with militia against the Ave times superior Gen Santa
Anna Such examples may be decisive for the future
yet itappears that regards the thousand
Of European rsrate troops who according to the opn-
ion Of your correspondent 10 put to flight In few
minutes thousand American mlitia-men, all may not
be right At such attempt delays might happen which
might not be anticipated BY the enemy and such delays
le American inventive genius would certainly make use
Of Let IL be borne Ia mind that with the maritime scy
lily Of our population the coast II would be ut /
terly impossible for hostile feet TO take any sea-
port town of the Union by surprise, and that the ap-
proach Of the enemy by thousand Of telegraph lines
would be known almost simultaneously In the valley /
Of the Mississippi in the port Of New York. Fur
ther, | beg you take into consideration that our
whole country, like other in the world Is covered
with railroads aud steamers and that volunteers Of Chi
oago and Illinois who, only thirty years ago back
woodsmen require but hlry-two hours IN order to
get from their places Of residence to New York aud Pha
delphia In two days the whole Of the West kentucky
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio Nchgan-uhy, Tennessee
march into New York philadelphia perhaps no I
drilled soldiers but strong and active men with hne arms
and full Of couuage-et least the bear and Indian hunters
and against them the 1000 rst-rnte regular European
troops might suffice What IL be rated too high
IN war with The United States s the momentary prepon-
deranoe OF the European readiness for war and what in
my opinion be rated high the forces and
the immense material are in the Of war able
to develop We gave the English specimen Of II In the
year 1912 We had at that time not shiI-of- our
interior lakes We had in the course OF the TO cut