The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-03-02

time of tl~ revolution. IN army has 10
travel. in such cases, Immense distances
without accomplishing anything or see
ing an enemy, and it Is ever liable to
surprise. II was this circumstance that
so favored the colonies when invaded by
Great Britain in the revolutionary war.
She had then command of the sea. What
did she achieve In the late war with
/ Russia. the Allied fleets swept the sea
but what did they effect on land' In the
invasion Of a ,hickly populated district
with large army the conquest IL great
I ~ facilitated, if it contains large cities
withou, fortified walls, for it IL proved
by experience that all the population
I who are not soldiers are only IN the way,
and a hinderance to the defence Hence
the panic in England in recent years
ahou, the capture of London by the
French. when it was feared an invading
force might be successfully landed on
the coast
Featbcr.bcd soldiers and amateurs
such ~ our militia in great part consists
Of would be of very little usein real war
and hard fighting 1t is evident to every
observer, notwithstanding the numbers
Of our militia on paper and even in oc-
casional parade OF uniformed and partia !.
IL drilled regiments at the North, that
we are n now 4 military people, what
ever we may have been IN other days.
Theprogress Of commerce and trade and
manufactures, while tending to wealth
and luxury along the Northern scahoard,
tend also to render Us cflemlnatc and
unsuited for war The degencracy o..
the English population is case in point.
In the late crimcan war the recruits
raised in the manufacturing towns were,
from their appearance, The laughing
stock Of the British press. They per.
ishcd by thousands from the hardships
Of war. without shot from the enemy
The principal part of the fighting was
done by the French who accordingly re.
ceived all the glory.
Heretofore England obtained her
fighting men from Ireland and the High
lands of Scotland But in recent years,
from the dopopulation of Ireland by fam
inc and emigration, and owing to the
high prices of labor. and to the fact Of
those districts of Scotland which produ-
ced the troops which won the field OF
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