Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-21

| represent before you, gentlemen, piinci-
pie, a cause, a defeat. The principle is that of
the sovereignty of the people, the cause is that
of the Empire, the defeat is Waterloo You have
recognised the principle you have served the
cause; the dcfem you poud dpenge" These
words were remembered all over Europe when
Napoleon the Third became Imperial ruler of
France. Above all, they were remembered by
the English, who, ever since, have had u
chronic attack of chill and fever, caused by
their dread of French invasion True it is that
Napoleon showed his sagacity, and strength
ened his position, by entering into a friendly
alliance with England, whom he persuaded to
join him in an attack upon Russia but Eng
lishmen distrust this seeming friendship, and
look very apprehensively at a man heading IA
nation, to whom military glory is AS the very
breath of its nostrils--whosc steam navy is SUI
perior to their own-who has 400, 900 fighting
men in arms, and can add reserve Of 100000
more in three weeks. Rat 'er late in the day
it seems to us, England has commenced acting
upon Wellingtons advice but the English ma
ton which hesitated not to spend over $780,
900 900 in 1908 and 1904 is very different from
the English nation of 1853 and 1860, which
shudders at any increase of taxation, even
though it be proposed under dread of a French
invasion.
Not alone has France a greater number of
steam war-ships than England, and vastly
superior army, but England finds it difficult to
keep up her military force, without resorting
to conscription which would be extremely un-
popular. Not only has England ar insuili-
cient number of soldiers and sailors, hut she
underpays them. The Queens sailors are paid
considerably less than those in the mercantile
marine while, by paying better wages than
even their well-paid private sailors, the Amer
lean navy has an ample supply of the best
hands, though the discipline is said to be
harsher than those of the British navy. The
Queens soldiers receive much less than an or
binary unskillcd laborer-one of Cobhetts clod
hoppers-can easily earn An English infan-
try soldier receives exactly twenty-six cents
day, out of which he has to provide himself
with food, linen, part of his accoutrements, and
must provide regimental necessaries, and even
the repairs of his barrack- room furniture, with
every thing, in fact, except one suit OF uniform
and one pair of shoes annually, and one great
coat every two years II private soldier OBJ
tain good conduct badge, he gets two cents
additional pay per diem. At the very utmost,
he has twenty eight cents day-less than the
yeriest clodpole can earn, without running IN
danger of being shot, and exactly what he re-
ceived forty years ago, though the wages OF
every kind of labor have since risen at least
fifty per cent. To pay the private soldier, in
England, at all fairly, he should either have
his present wages with rations, (Which would
enable him to lay by twelve cents day, equal
at the end of ten years, with interest, to S5OO,)
or he should have an increased twelve cents
day. Thirty EIGHT cents,) out OF which TO hnd
his own food, as he does now.
The French army is raised by conscrlption,
but Napoleon gives 1000 francs, or S4oo, 10
each soldier who re-enlists for seven years at
the expiration of his forced service, besides ten
centmes per day, Tor two cents,) additional
nav. lie thus secures able, tried, seasoned,
and well disciplined soldiers, who have to learn
nothing. To increase the British army ana
navy to the required efficiency, by raising the
pay of both services, would require an addi-
tional annual expenditure of f2,5O0,OOo, which
NAV be estimated at $l2,500,00O OF our money.
Truly. vast edition to the outlay already enor-
nous, but if John Bull will be in constant dread
of French invasion-which in our opinion
would be Napoleon's silliest move, even II ne
were to succeed, which is doubtfnl--he must
nav for the best means Of averting the EVIL.
The Volunteer excitement has again Deeh
worked up in England very slowly, il must be
confessed, for, after nearly two years elabora-
ton of the project, not more than 100000 vol
unteers are enrolled. In 1904 there were
347 900 volunteers in Great Britain and TO,00O
in Ireland, making total of 900. AT that
time the population of Great Britain and Ire
land was 100000 At present it must be
twice as great, and volunteer force OF soO,oOo
would be in proportion with the numbers sup
piled formerly, when, in London alone, over
AZ 900 armed volunteers were enrolled ana as
ciplined. Some foolish law, passed when Eng
land was afraid of Ireland, prohibits any Irish
volunteer corps from being established now
II would appear as if England were still AFRAID
of trusting the Irish with fire arms
The consideration of this subject forces upon
us the mighty difference between the American
and the British system. With population less
than that of Great Britain and Ireland, we have
somewhat about 100000 men, bold indie
pendent, well disciplined and thoroughly prac-
tised in the use of the weapons of war. We
have a mere handful of a regular army, but our
cities, towns, and even our villages, have their
military companies who, at the call of duty,
would eagerly rush to the point of danger. We
are not afraid Of trusting our citizens with ilre
arms-it is their right to possess and be N
miliar with their use. Thus we are actually
stronger, with our citizen soldiers, than Napo-
leon with his army of 100000 experienced SOL
diprs