New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-19
NEWYORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JULY 49, 1908

M .he Fr.rch colonies are DO more; no vas' cup,
n.,, OF euigrsrt .hp. ply bstSsen The tfensh Pr
Tbs real MARITIME superiorty of England u moe NJ
aas, iot .bls than OF the uoroS # Trafalgar we h1s
propor iorstsly greater number of shlp-, 81 mn
xs..h Of enterprise then IN the day. "psh his ptE
am ia" expressed glorious ana ai9a-ss9uei az;
What. teen, is the cin.c of Lord Lyndhnrsrs sni
ora strs.lori anxiety i, l. founded On TIE aiegei
fac, that a., has done away ~ith our -at'me supe-
,1ri,v; that sesmansbip - now wtter OF htJ- ih-
p,srsDce; that certain number Of WOODEN eoasIuo-
iiors propelled by engines can be prepared ny soy
Power fich enough and restless enough 20 90 10 VAL
with Us: tina, these be efficiently manned oy crews
hardly differing from laDd,m-n and that force Al
be thrown on our shores by mesns OF nesI 49, ~.
need attempt 10 cnp. with our o"n 10 sach nsns
a. decided the Of CITY yesrs siUce ms as,uhp
ton that France without any Important colonies 20
guard ,en'rat- her effnrs or Channel S4nSd-
ron snd by suddenly ontn1u ber'ng our vesaeis can
land al army shores ana Inict An IncaJc aiaoe
injury upon u.s. a, the bottom Of all such speeches a.
were made in the HOnse o. LORDS last nigh.
Far be IL from ~ TO dissusie the Government from
those precautions which the country expects AZ he
hands II any Minister VINO is b'rusted with lts des-
MES We, indeed, above all others, have labo ed 10
TIE sense i'll which Lord Elenboroush AID Lord How
den on a preceding occasion, aui Lords Lyndhurst,
Stra,iord and Brougham yesterday, addressed the
Uon.e Ever since the French Emperor gave the first
sign of abandoning the alliance OF the tpghsn peope,
who mad sincerely supported and tra''ed nun, We
have los, no OPPORTUNITY Of recommending defenslve
ureparaous ii these Peers sigmstlzed az alarm
ists We have or sBce been s1tec To the same accu
satior. We proud 20 believe that aimos, every
thing tha. has been done IN England IN the way
Of deferse for the last few yesrs hom the regenefatn
Of our military system "a the establishment OF hine
Corps bias been in ahgh degree owing TO the sdvocaey
ofthis journal Nor nave we been behindhand IN e1-
posing the dement's If the French Emperor, whom We
thought and s, think To be- partly from the neces-
sites Of his situation aud partly from na'ursl am-
bition a suspicious friend and most dangerous
enemy Therefore Lords Lyndblrst and Stafford
have no peace patty cant 10 sppreheod from u.s.
We belle We THEN intentions 10 be good, Their views
accurate ard their advice worthy to be followed. but
we cannot agree with them either in their apprehen
siops their judgment a. 10 the necessity OF thus
! dwelling on our ueakness. 10 our opinion these
speeches would have been more fitting TWO years ago
| than now. II they had been uttered a, time when
all the eaing statesmen Of the country we're talking
| about " our angus. ally and the propriety OF the
two nations acting together IN every que.u)n which
mig ht arise from China To Peru, they might have been
less loudly cheered by Lobe auditory bui they ~oui
have been more useful TO the public. Unortunstely,
in those days it was eft to the press 20 b. the IN
thai ked u.erer If wan nes whica every one can
| echo Through the influence of the press by the
march of events aDi by the loudly expressed dem lnds
Of the nation almost everything has been done which
/ il is necessary ar prudent To do. Al tins present
| hOnr the whole land Is ringing with the clang OF
arms: line. of-bstle ships, frgates and c0rve ties,
batteries and :, are being built on every side; the
army is numerous, aud, far the hberaty of the
nation can insure efficiency, II Is equal To any IN
| Europe. The militia force s carefully attended 10,
and volunteer cops Only waiting for sensible act
OF Parliament and little Government assistance 10
cover the country with bands of riiemeu. We may,
| then, consider that the result 10 be obtained by
"ibyasicn spe eches has been already arrived at Ii
| i. # little use 10 inveigh against the Emperor
Napoleon, his soldiers and his people, IN
order to Influence own Government. The
| general proposition that our Navy ought to
be prepared fer any emer zency has been 50 uni
versay accepted that il is hardly worth while to
| irriiste d neigbbor by dwelling on snch pGtltude.
We know ell about the French snd their Instincts let
US for the future take such facts Tor granted and turn
our attention To the perfection of armaments
| Does the Government make the best use of what is
voted for national defenses l. the Channel fee. e
cent Has it been learning its duties as fleet by
constant cruising, only wasting It's time IN Bantry
Bay or Portland Roads How is the militia going on
| When are the Rifle Corps to come into action ! Al
tl,ese sre matters which sensible men may now dis
psy their zeal, abandoning, as sufficiently discussed
tie theme that our neigbors may possibly day be