Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-03-28

siammering lips how 10 pray. Light.
peace. and safety took up their abode
in dwelling now no longer prayer
less.
From the London telegraph.
The Power Of the United States
What an English Paper thinks Of il.
The United States possesses nu-
clus Of navy. numbering seventy
fourships Of war and some 1000 and
odd guns. This is not very large
navy compared with Great Britain and
France. But let il not be forgotten
that the maratime shipping Of the
United States rivals our own tonnage.
The United States are ia position 70
ct out superb feet from the mer;
chant navy, composedssof sailing ves-
sells and steamers. 4 The ocean would
literally swarm with their armed clip
pers. and the commerce OF England.
within six months after the declara-
ton Of hostilities. would be almost an
initiated. Not a ship that left our
English ports for the East or West In
dies. Australia, the Cape. or Canada.
would ever reach her destinations
This would be consummation we
should not Mt all relish. In point OF
fact, while we could assemble greet
naval squadrons. the United States
/ would. at the same time. sting us ev-
erywhere by cloud Of clipper hor-
nets from which our commerce could
not escape. tt
As to our being able TO effect any
military operation in war with the
United States. that is q farce. We
have now some fifty thousand men in
the Crimea, which constitutes the lar
ger portion Of the rank and Gle Of the
British army. The Americans, on
the contrary. possess the finest organ
|ized militia In the world. Their rife
men are faultless. II is not too much
10 say that. within one month Of A
declaration Of hosliliies, the Amer.
ems would, and could. muster au ar
my OF some Eve hundred thousand
men on the British frontiers. And al.
though hastily summoned TO arms,
they would not be raw recruits. ~
ours. but we'll trained soldiers. fol
each one. In his adven,urings Ia the
backwoods. has handled the rifle with
unerring aim: bivouacked winter and
summer In the forest and prairie; pio'
nsers Of the wilderness. men Injured
to danger and hardship; trained will
The long rife 10 hand from earlies
childhood; their commissariat and en-
gineers; Mt home IN every position
whether trailing the wild Indian o.
engaged in the bear or moose hunt
on FOO. or on horse-back--on III,
"long cob" OF in the canoe; Wild, de
lermincd, fearless wiry, up 10 ever,
work; aud every one Of whom eonsid
ers himself "a 10 be president or Com
mander-in- Chief-sich wonld form
the raak and Gle VI an army OF 500.
600 down-cas,ers on our frontiers. ans
work well TOO. Thc Americans af'
peculiarly military nation. The
possess the qualifications for general
ship. in which we are previously do
Gcient. There ARE hundreds amoni
them who could command m army
Invasion with the most brilliant re
MUS. They are fully up 10 their wotl
ne soldiers. and tacticians. they hsv'
not one whit degenersted from thei
fathers. who drove ~ from the UnIoI
In 1870. and combatted with us II
1914. Az 10 martial enthusiasm,
! there l. no bound soit We sn coli
and plcgmatic. the American hef,
) and ambitious. The future of sha
people ID 10 be n great military NJ
lion. which will sweep the AmsfIcal
continents from lludson's bay. on N
north TO Cape Horn. on the South
and no nation can stay their destiny
An American Army would adsanc
from Maine Into New Brunswick, ah'
81. John and Fredericton would fa|
without blow. Another army woul'
simultaneously GROSS the 81. Lawrenc
Invest Montreal and Quebec. fren
New York State, Kingston and Tor
onto would DO summoned 10 suvfen
der. The lakes would swarm wit
American armed steamers. bembsn
New York and tho eI,Ios Of canad
would be raised 10 the ground, Tn
knowledge OF this fact forms th'
strangest iorIIdcatIon necessary 4
protect the Atlantic cites. No powe
we have In the canadas. with all thei
loyal inhabItsnls. could preserve then
TO us. They would be Invaded At hI
ly points At once. Apd In one grea
combined movement the Province
would be wrested forever from thei
mother country. So much from III
commencement Of the war; what wo''
be the prospect At Ia terminallon?--
The West India Islands and the Bur
mudas. one by one. would fall TO tn
Americans. Thus our TRANSPLANT
possessions would be lost. DurinI
this tine Australia would improv
upon our difficulties. and Il is not to
much to add that tasmania woul
hoist the lone star OF Independence =
Our colonies lost to us in the Atlanti
! and the Pacific. England would, i
truth, have schievedsa grand success
to remunerate her for going 70 wa
about Cuba. We would impress thi
! Fact upon our readers. The declara
ton Of hostiiiies with the Unite
States wound sound the first knell !
|, England's supremacy as a nation
Not only should we be worsted Abroa
: but al home--in the general comme
ton Of affairs which would follow
dynasties might change, constitution
be overturned: that which is now be
low would rise uppermost. and. in III
fro,hing caldron Of our "hell-broth.
things stranger might occur In III
worlds history than the child assum
ing the power and position once main
tained by the parent.
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