The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-11-05
from the Yew York Tines,l
The Military Tendencies of the
United States.

From the Yew York Times,
The Military Tendencies of the
United States.
The Earl of Ellesmore said in a
speech made some time during the
Crimean war, that if he were asked
which he considered the most war-like
people on earth, he would say those of
the United States of America; and a
recent British writer on this country re-
marks Incidentally, "The fact that there
is such intense application CT American
ingenuity in the manufacture of fire
arms proves, we think, that there is a
strong tendency to military mbition in
the American mind"
There is no doubt much truth in this
latter observation; the greatest and
most important Improvements made In
fire arms during the past twenty five
years have originated i'll this country.
and yet during the whole of this period
we have been at peace with the whole
world, excepting only our very brief war
with Mexico. But still, the improve
meuts of the instruments of destruction
and defence have gone on with as
much activity as though an enemy
had been all the while at our doors
The recent visit of one of our steam
frigates to an English port has awakened
the utmost wonder and surprise at the
completeness of her armament, the SUI
perior force of her metal, and the ad-
nlirable arrangements of her interior for
fighting. This steam frigate, the Her
rineac, is tie smallest and the last one
of the six lately constructed that we
would have thought of sending abroad
as a show ship, or an example of our
steam navy. Yet her model and equip
ment have been the themes of the most
remarkable Communications in the Eng
lish press. The marvel of all this is,
that England has recently made enor
nous additions to her navy, and since
the Crinean war commenced has bulit
an immense number OF steam frigates
and line-of battle ships, yet none of
them, it seems, Is equal to the most in
ferior of the six steam frigetes which
have recently been added to our navy,
rather as experiments than as force for
which we were likely to have any en-
ployment. We certainly do not allude
to these things in any boastful spirit
Our superiority in ship building is ac-
kDowledged even by our competitors. and
our sk~ilifulness in the use aud manu-
facture of fire arms is patent all over the
world. The commentators bestowed
upou the McrTiMac only corrO5orate the
theory of Lord EIlcsmore and the wri-
ter we have Quoted. = superiority in
the manufacture of the implements of
-.-c-o o,-l- r,Ii.ofns n rarjila
propensity in the people. 1t is vel!
enough to bear in mind where these i'm
plements of war are made and who they
are that originate the improvements
which render them so formidable. 1t
will be found that in quiot New England
towns most of these invention have
been made, and that the great armories
for tie manufacture If these death deal
Jag Instruments flourish NEST vigorously
In rcGcoaLio towns IL Connections. II
is there fiat the six baTrel.ed rcvQlvers,
the terrible Shapes rilcs, aud steam
batteries have come froin.
Since the II,rrin70c ias made 81 great
a SET s?t:oi Aulcrg our English c%aisias
thst whcn the NjuerH gees to sea she
VIII be sAb6 20 | OTtSl1HI'h, or some
other f TIE g~e;t naval stations of
itugi.nd, whecc she u,Iy be seen aud
examined hy those vino will be capable
Of al, rsciatirc her splendid model aud
formidable arrangements for active ser
Wee.
O,e Of the London papers, in allad-
ing 10 tLe 1IcIrls.0c, says:
TIE American team friga'e Ger
%rigsnc, now lying off southampton, has
created ii sensation ia this couutry-we
wou,d TOE be far wrong i'll saying that
in certain quarters sho has produced a
panic. The aristocrncy and turkey
hood Of England had no conception that
the Republic could tara out any thiog
half so fnrmida BILE as this truly moguifi-
ceut vessel. The Mcrrimac is but one
of the series which the American gov
eminent is now buildiug, and though
only a frIgatc, she is admitted to be a
match for any one OF our ships If the.
lire. There is not a navy in Europe
that has a vessel which can compete
with her