The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-11-06
THE MASTERY OF THE SEAS.
George Francis Trains
SPEECH ON
THE NAVAL STRENGTH
OF THE


Mr.. Train thinks that the time has arrived in
the history of nations for America to demand
her proper position in the world and that the
shortest way 20 arrive at that independent posi-
ton IS again to copy England, and have the
largest navy asoat for the forthcoming struggle
for the mastery of the seas. We give below his
speech upon this subject:
America must be the only Grst-cIass Porcer in
the World. Our Parrot guns are superior to
those of Napoleon. ;Hurrah for Parrot Our
Dahlgren guns beat Armstrong, and throw
Blakeley into the shade. Hurrah for Dahlgren
James's projectiles and Sharp's rifles are both
American institutions. Hurrah for the American
navy-hurrah The navy of Europe is an ark.
The Monitor and the Stevens Battery could de-
stroy it in less than fdrty days. (Oh, and laugh
ter.) Why hare ice not been a frSt-rate pOlcer?
Because we had no way But the times are
changing year since our navy was a ghost
now it is a w~el-organized skeleton. Let Citizen
Lincoln hurry up its iron fesh-its steel sinews
and put life into it in the shape of steam.
(Cheers.) We must have a navy larger than
England, larger than France-never mind the
expense. We-he PeoPe-pay the bills. (Hear.)
Nations are powerful in proportion to their
nayes. (Hear.) Peter the Great was a ship
builder-his power was based upon his navy.
Genoa was prosperous with a navy-so was
Venice, Holland, and Portugal. They lost their
power when they lost their navies. Who once
owned South America Mexico. Louisiana, Flori-
da, and Gibraltar? Spain. The Spanish Armada
was sunk, and Spain lost her colonies when she
lost her navy, Napoleon sighed for n navy
France wanted ships, commerce., and colonies,
and organized armies. England had ships, colo
MES, commerce, and organized nayies. Nelson
won the Niles battle and Napoleon lost Egypt.
Napoleon lost Trafalgar and Wellington gained
Waterloo. The Third Napoleon saw his uncle's
mistake, and slowly and surely has built a mon
ster navy.
America must be the, FTra Naral POrcer an The
World. England has become insolent, arrogant,
and c~owardly insulting through her navy. (No.)
She has controlled the worlds How?
BY her navy. England has no army of i'm
portance, but has doniineered over all nations
with her navy. \ few months ago she sent her
squadrons to destroy our empire. americans
IOiH nerer forget II. iHear.) England's bull
wark was her navy-her tower, her men of war.
Cromwell's Navigation; Laws have always been
cherished by England's monarchs-the Stuarts,
the TudOrs, the Georges, and the Victorias.
(Cheers.) If History is Philosophy teaching by
example, Americans are philosophers. The ire
pressible conflict is close 1T hand-the battle prize
is the dominion of the universal ocean. Our
brakes, Duneans, Jeryises, COllingwoOds, and
Nelson's are all still alive. Yours are dead.
Monuments nerer fight Lire men compose our
nary. Our Duponts, and Porters, and Wordens,
and Farraguts, are worthy successors of our
Decaturs, Paul Jones, .Bainbridges, Lawrences,
Perrys, and neutrality-suspicious. for the
American navy \ change is on the world
America has tOadied England long enough-Our
people, thank God, at last are emancipated.
England can no longer irritate US Hail to our
gallant navy!
Our people must pass a hl0 compelling erery
merchant ship 10 take fr3m fire 10 ten apprentices.
Let them wear the navy buttOns-the captain
must be responsible, and the shipowner must paw
abe bills We want 4 militia Of the seas. Our
sailors must be on the ocean what our volunteers
are on the land. We must hare q nary. Our
imprOVised g%unboats have earned, in cooperation
with the Army of the Constitution, immortal
fame Who won laurdls ut Fort Henry?-the
Gunboats. Who at Fort DOnelson ?-the Gun
boats. Who captured the islands on the Great
River ?-Our Gunboatsl Who gave victory 70
our arms at Pittsburg Landing our gallant
Who captured Macon, Roanoke,
Pulaski2-our Gunboats. And who, pray, took
New Orleans?I answer, our unconquerable
Yicksburg fell, Natchez capitulated,
and Memphis surrendered 20 our navy Our
are rs brave as our soldiers are bold. Our
are manned by regiments of Casibian-
cas- Long ere this our g%unboats have battered
treason in Mobile, Savannah, and Charles
ton. (Cheers.)
America is emancipated. England is not our
America has passed out of leading
strings. Cut the connecting links of the gum
boat canal through from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi. Make n passage along the Lakes,
md do it at once. The people pay the bills. Cut
mother canal 10 connect the rivers with New
Orleans RIA Carolina, ana let our gunboats have
race course inside our empire. (Cheers)
The people of America; never call each other
he mob. (Cheers.) II as not aHO,ced. Some