The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-22
DISARMAMENT
From The London Times, 6h.I .


war armed or in course of arming at the different
ocean ports, and the disbanding of all sailors who
have served for five years, are facts which we ac-
cept with satisfaction. They relieve us of all dis
quietude of an immediate character, and give us
assurance that the peace of the world is not at
present to be disturbed 1t would be scarcely ora
cious 70 inquire why this great armament was ever
Piaceu III soch state of forward preparation
vi as dius' Mnat shores' those fleets and transports
were once intended to operate. Ii NAV bs va baan
but an unnecessary menace intended as a warning
to certain maritime Powers not to interfere hetu,oo
France and the prosecution of her Italian policy n
may have been but costly precaution to pro+aot
what the world is rather inclined to consider an in
| adequate result or it may have been but a demon
stration intended to make manifest the power and
! extend the influence of France, and to show Eu-
rope what great forces she concentrate at short
notice. Whatever may have been the reason for
building and arming all these ships and calling
out all these trained sailors, are content to ae-
cept the lesson and to it over for present and
future instruction, glad to be relieved from the
necessity OF emulating a continual wastefulness
ana from the apprehensions which oyergrown mac
| tive neets or armies always must inspire. We are
ready without too vigorously criticizing the past
! 10 give our ally full credit for the wise and pru-
dent act which relieves his own finances from bur
den wholly unnecessary, and which prevents mis-
| armaments from being a standing menace to his
nelghbors We believe the assurance which is mt
forth in France, and which all our own sources of
Information confirm, that in putting off his war
| h''iANse thc Emperor Napoleon acts from
uon OF ialntness. lie disarms only as a strong man
may dlsarm who would enjoy season of repose
and Delng secure that none will attack him can
anord TO allow himself the luxury of unencumbered
rest AT short warning he could recall the sailors
who are now sent back to their shore-goinr indus
try, or to the fisheries and coasting trade whence
| they were drawn; and the ships, whose last trip
previous to being put out of commission is to test
their boilers, will require longer delay to pre-
pare them again for sea. 1t is a courteous express
sion OF an intention to be at peace with the world.
ne he does not beat his sword into a reaping hook
put ne FURNISHES it carefully, removes every speck
OF rust, and puts it away ready to hand in conye-
nient armorv
The opportunity invites US to initiate the exam
PIE Oh our powerful neighbOr. Now that all ground
LOT l%or apprehension is removed we may well consider
Whether we cannot in our turn invent some system
Whlch may give us the same power of easy trapsi-
tloh from peace to war establishment which he
possesses When we return from war to peace we
are accustomed to break up our forces turn loose
all our soldiers and sailors and act generally as
though there was no possibility that we should
ever agaln be at odds with any nation under the
sun. At the next threat of disturbance we have TO
create everything, to re-manufacture all the stores
we nave wasted, to entice, painful lv and bv diatory
allufements, by ones and by twos great army and
great navy. When we have done for the moment
with our instruments of war; wetoss them all away;
when the French return to their intervals of peace
| they lay their instruments of war carefully by.
NOW Is the opportunity for considering whether
we cannot amend this inconsiderate and most cost
~ habit. Surely we shall now devise some system
OF manning our navy so that the process of manning
a snip OF war may have rather more the air of a
| piece OF naval discipline, and rather less the ap-
pearance of a contested election. 1t cannot be ne
ceSary that our ports should present the dscredi-
table spectacle, so common at all times of ships
waiting or more months for a crew while accord.
ing to the French system, admirably described bv
our Marseilles correspondent the other dav whole
! heet could be armed and the crews marched on
ooaTd IN less time than it would take us to get
single ship to sea. 1t is true that we have not
all the facilities which French Emperor has No
aspiration for military even naval glory would
ever persuade Engshmen to consent to a conscrip-
ton. We cannot impress seamen or shipwrirbts to
build or to man fleet, any more than we could i'm
press those five thousand builders who met in HYDE
Park and distribute them in gangs over our public
works. 1t could not be done under any pressure of
necessity. great danger would produce half
million volunteers, but no apprehension would in
duce our countrymen to trust any Government with
the power of impTessng a single sailor. But it is
tins admitted and inevitable necessity which should
lmpel our Admiralty, and all the keen wits which
SO large service comprehends to invent some sub
sttute for this great reliance of the foreigner. if
the authorities would seriously bend their minds to
1t, 1t Is not very difficult problem. Men are only to
be influenced by force or persuasion and when it is
made apparent that force will never again be tole-
| rated, we must accept the conditions of the other
method, and resolve to money, or money worth
to accomplish our purpose.
The evil OF the present system lies upon the sur
| face. We do not keep the men when we have cot
them. AT immense expense and with enormous
/ y
bountes, and we get great mass Of untaught hu-
manty, we despatch it quickly as possible into
blue water to be fashioned into respectable sea
force, and at the end of three wears the crews are
come to work well together. and are fit to be
trusted IN any enterprise. Just Mt this period the
ships return to harbOr and are paid of. In three
months this disciplined and effective body of mem
oi-Waf men IS scattered all over the globe. They
are to be found in every marine of war which flies
! pennant. The force perfected at such pains and
expense, and so powerful in its unity, has been
wantonIy and wasteiully shattered: and while these
| men are seeking employment in America or Swe-
den, Captain Stenor, of the Boreas, is njurng his
lungs and playing the stump orator in some north
ern seacoast town, vainly endeavoring to induce
! the vaga3onds OF that neghborhoOd to 90 to sea
with him. Now, man may find reason, good or
| pad, Tor any nonsense; but there can be no valid
| reason Tor so pernicious absurditv as this To
keep the trained crews of feet is object cheap
| ly attained by any necessary expenditure. If YOU
want thing, and want it suddenly, the cheapest
plan is to go into the market when it is to be sold
and buy it; but if only inferior and makeshift arti
cles are to be obtained suddenly in market overt
you must buy it eisurely and keep it bv Won for
use. Y ou don't sell your horse every time YOU
dlsmount from him, nor your gun directly the
shooting season is over, nor your CRATES when you
put your fires out; yet it is easier to find horse or
gun, or to fix CRATES, than it is to put your
hand upon disciplined crew of seamen. As a mat
ter o economy it would, we believe, be cheaper to
pay IN time OF peace for larger force of seamen than
the country at the moment may require than have
to give bounties and fall back on the crimps every
two or three years. 1t is the wages of the sea
men that consume the money, it is the waste
Wages constitute only comparatively small part
OF the navy estimates. 1t does not seem to be be-
yOnd the power of the human intellect to devise
some scheme by which any surplus of trained man
ot-Wars men might be retained for the service of
| the navy. Suppose we were to pay them only a
portion of their ordinary wages, allow them to en-
ter on board coasters, condition of being forth
coming at short notice? What say YOU, We groan-
ing British shipowners? Here is a bounty on Brit
lsh bottoms in the coasting trade-is not this no.
tion worth your adoption? But However, the OBJ
ect is to be attained, and whatever may be its cost
attained it must be- We cannot afford to be three
months behind in any future war. Our neiphbors
! have standing force of sailors which they can at
a few days notice call together bv telegram and
march on board empty fleet We shall be inex-
| cusable If we do not during this time of TRANQUIL
lty arrange similar easy system of rising without
effort from a state of peace to a state of war.
THE French MAJEsrIEs.-The Emperor and the
! Empress the day beforD yesterday, visited the
| camp at st. Maur. At 4 in the afternoon a sudden
| hustle was perceptibe; the drums beat to arms
and the bands assembled in the greatest haste the
Imperial carriages being advancing. TN
Majesties arrived poste, without escort, accom-
panied only by some officers and ladies of their
! households. The Emperor was in plain clothes,
and the Empress in mourning for the Queen of
| Portugal. Their Maestes aghted from their
carriage and went on foot through the camps and
between two lines one formed by the troops and
the other by crowd of visitors. The warmest
cries of {" Vire PEn,pereur % Fice PImDeriatice!'
Fire Ie Prince Haperiuel! burst forth on all sides
When their Maiesties arrived in front of the lat
company of Grenadiers of the Guard, a tremen-
dous shout of g Fire Ie Copora!' was raised, aud
an officer belonging to the company addressed few
u,ords TO ~ - r,--r Tbrir Na5nat;or -;-;tz5 -
! cry part OF the camp with the greatest interest,
and did not leave it until O'clock Paris Aug.
81 Correspondence.
ANOTHER DEATH FROM HYDRopHoBIA AT Orange.
y. IA son ofPatrick Agin, about fourteen wears
of age, was bitten in the cheek it was thought bv
the same rabid dog that bit young Murphy, of
whose death we gave an account a short time since