The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-01-15

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The Guiding Hand of Providence, as
shown in the History Of the
Present War.
There are many singular turns in the
current events of our history, and all
point in one Objectionable development
Of our material strength and indepen-
dence.
One of the greatest dangers to our ma
tional existence, previous to the breaking
ont of the war, was the increasing i'm
patience, among our people, of the re-
straints of law, and disregard of its obi
cations.
What valuable schooling il will be TO
our nation to send million of our young
men to learn to obey those who are
placed in authority over them, under the
rule of military law
We want money for the war. John
Bull buttons up his pockets, and does his
best to destroy our credit. To his cha
grin, we find the money at home, and
hence we shall not be compelled TO suffer
drain of specie to pay our interest
abroad. At the same time, the money
power Of Wall street is harnessed into
the war, and becomes vitality interested
in our speedy success.
John Bull treacherously affords aid and
comfort to the southern privateers. Our
commercial ships are driven from the
seas. What then? The Navy Depart
ment select the best of them, and pur-
chase them for conversion into men Of
war, at much less cost than they could
build, and the idle seamen are received
into our service for tho war, with hearts
burning with Indignation towards the mis-
chievous rebels aud their English abettors
John Bull refuses to sell us any more of
his Brummagem guns. This will
compel Congress TO take measures for the
erection of an armory in the North West,
which will result in the arming of our
soldiers with weapons vastly superior to
the trash which is foisted upon us from
Europe, We sincerely wish every for
eign government would prohibit the ex-
portation of arms if il could lead TO such
n result, and we have no doubt that if it
were necessary million Springfield rifles
could be manufactured in the United
States in six months.
England aims to become the manufac-
turer of the world, and hence, her COM
mercial policy has always been the open
ing of free trade. BY her sympathy with
the South, and her material help in the
way of arms and munitions Of war, she
prolongs the contest and vastly increases
the expense to US. What is the result!
A national debt, obliging us to levy such
tariff of duties upon foreign importations
rs a source of revenue, as will forever dis
pei the free trade dreams of the English
manufacturer.
The dangers of our position have led
those Of the European powers with whom
our commercial and social intercourse was
becoming daily more intimate, to throw
off the mask Of friendship they wore du-
ring the days of our prosperity, and Eng
land shows herself an enemy, and France
lukewarm friend. We are thus enabled
to guard against them.
The war ilselfis developing the militia
ry strength Of our people, and we doubt
whether we shall be in much danger from
foreign aggression, if we can muster an
army of half million veteran soldiers
and navy to watch them.
We believe that the United States will
yet show as astonishing progress in the
arts of war, as heretofore in the pursuits
Of peace, and when we have passed thro'
our present troubles and our education is
completed, who can tell what will be the
work 10 which tho hand of Providence
will guide us? P.
Where Shall the Naval Depot and