The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-22

here ct reals. Co6ee quiet 800 Of Java wers
sold 1t lsc. Freights nrm, but engagements were
moderate, as supplies Of grain In reduced supplies
Our Foseagn Relasaons-sixty Steam sioops
Wanted Immediately.
The outrages upon our commerce by the
British cruisers in the Gulf and about the coast
of Cuba, and the recent insults to our flag and
violations Of the rights of our citizens in other
parts Of the world, have suddenly worked the
public mind up to the point of demanding some
immediate and energtic action on the part both
of Congress and the administration.
An enumeration of part of the cases only
which call for some immediate naval demon
stration is startling indeed. A British gunbost
at our very doors has boarded and insulted
within twenty-one days twenty-one of our YES
sells, firing into the most Of them At Hsyu
our Consul is insulted and imprisoned. In st.
Domingo the two parties are blockading each
other and chasing our ships. In Paraguay we
are fred upon and insulted. Chile captures one
Of our vessels with impunity and laughs at our
Minister. In Panama q ship Is constantly re-
quired to protect American lives and treasure
passing through there. At nearly every port
ON the west coast Of Mexico the young trade OF
our California possessions is plundered and our
Consuls insulted Tampico Is the scene of
American claims for reparation to the amount
Of two or three hundred thousand dollars For
these emergencies, most of which come
within the duty of our Home squadron. we
have half q dozen old tubs. called frigates,
and two or three little dippers, called briggs,
that may possibly be fit for service. In addition
TO this we send minister to China, now the
scene Of most active interest the world pre-
sents; and although we have hammered II into
the blockhcads of Congress for years that
nothing but small craft should be sent to China
and Australasia, Mr.. Reed is despatched with
long series of instructions in q ship that cannot
get into any desirable port; and the result Is
he Is tired of diplomacy at long range, and
about to come home In disgust The simple
truth Is that our navy Is q humbug as Il Is at
present constituted, and the officers having
nothing else to do, were forced from sheer lack
Of vessels to feed upon each other through
Star Chamber court on one side, and half
dozen courts Of inquiry on the other, as cor
receive.
Under these Instantaneous circumstances
Mr.. Buchanan has done all that man could do.
He has sent the Colorado to st. Domingo, to pro-
tect our Consul the Fulton TO Tampico, 10
shield our vessels there; the Pacific Commodore
10 look into Chile; the wsbash 10 Cuba, to look
after the Styx 1--WE hope she may catch her) and
be Ia now left with an old rotten one gun brig,
that has been discovered In an out Of the way
corner Of the Boston Navy Yard to constitute
feet to demand an apology from Paraguay,
send to the China seas, look after the St. Do
mingo blockade, run down the west coast Of
Mexico, and have small squadron left for new
emergencies
Some old fogy In Congress may say to us in
reply to these facts-But we are going 10 pass
bin soon authorizing the construction of SIX
small steam sloops. We are rejoiced to hear IL;
and We now call upon the Chairman Of the
Naval Committee 10 report that bill at once;
and we further call upon Hon. John Cochrane
TO propose as an immediate amendment TO the
bill the insertion after the word six, of the
letters IT, 20 that the bill shall read sixty small
steam sloopa We shall want them all before
they are constructed. When England found
herself In tight place In the Baltic during the
late war, she ordered q large number of these
craft TO be buiN In six months from the rIvinr
Of the order Queen Victoria reviewed a mos-
quito feet In the British Channel that command
ed the admiration Of the world Peace came.
The mosquito feet was 10 be housed. BEFORE
the house could be built dozcn were required
for China, then another dozen for India, then
snother dozen fsr Gaia To the surpris of
every one they ere the most active, serviceable.
economical and terrible ships that have ever
Hoated-
Let us suppose for . moment that we had
been at war with England In three weeks the
little one gun styx-s ten inch gun, Il Is true
~osid have captured twenty-one vessels We
send SIXTY gun frigate after her, which Ia the
only ship we have s.sset can possibly take her,
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