The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-10-25
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK.EYE
Our New Navy.

>x Our New Navy.
Ine statement which We published yesterdsv
from the Navy Register Of 1862, presents an
array OF facts which will command the attention.
no. only OF our own country, but of all nations
Wnicn ciaim to have maritime interests Nine
Teen months have sufficed to elevate us. in the
scare OF naval powers, from footing of eoualitv
nl. WIN SARDINIA or Spain. to the level Of Great
britain aud France, if, indeed, either of theaa
governments can boast as formidable a list of
nari.ime -. monsters as is shown in Secretary
! "ehes' register OF iron-clads. From SEVENTY
10 eighty vessels OF all descriptions. in the
spring OF 1861, our navy has grown to an aggre
gate OF three hundred and eightysix, of which
TWO hurdred and eight are powerful steamers
and hfty-two iTen-clads. The facts have already
challenged the notice of foreign journals 4
recent number of the Liverpool Post remarks:
-, 40 snort time, the war continuing, America
VIII nave the largest ard most effective navy in
the world The government at Washington
| Goes not feel quite secure against the chance of
european interference. Possibly the alarm of
Intervention is encouraged to sustain the militia
ry ardor OF the nation under the present circum.
stances; for it is difficult to suppose that any
sane man could believe for a moment that Eng
iand would interfere in the present quarrel other
wise tnan IN friendly spirit Hereafter there
can oe no war between any European power and
the United States. Iron-claa steamers forbid It,"
we nave frequently been compelled to ac-
knewledge and admire the naval genius and re-
sources OF the rebels. We have DESTROYED for
tnem, in.the progress of the war a''more effective
navy than We had when the war commenced. -
but IL must be admitted, on the other hand.
.nas the Monitor showed better fighting qualities
tnan the Merrirac, aud that the Essex was su-
perior to the Arkansas. The powerful feet of
nondescripts built and collected by the rebels at
New orleans was destroyed by Farragut after
the severest naval conflict of modern times
attes.ng again the superiority of Yankee ships
| ana Yankee crews in the race of nautical nre-
eminence P''
10 Secretary Welles and his indefatieable As
| sistant, Capt. g. V. Fox, the country owes in
large measure the wonderful growth and eff
clency OF our navy. But we would not overlook
the TACT that very much is due to those enlipbt-
ened statesmen in both houses of Congress- who
nave nad this branch of the public service es-
/ peclaily IN charge To Senator Grimes of Iowa.
ana to Hon. G. B. Sedgwick, of New York. more
than to any or all other men in Congress are we
indebted for the liberality and wisdom which
| mas gone hand in hand with the efforts of the
department in creating our new navy. Mr..
Grlmes is justly entitled to the designation of
the First Lord Of the Admiralty. IF not the
nrst TO propose the substitution of iron clad
shlps ana rams for coast defense, in the place of
wooden trigates and gunboats, he was certainly
the first to advocate them in Congress. His
speech on this subject in 1859, thous sh UNDECIDED
theh, presents the arguments in favor of the
proposed change in mastery manner Every
word be then uttered has been verified by ex-
periehce, and has proved him to be practical
Statesman OF the first class We. who believe
that the glory of the navy is the glory of the
| WGOIe CODQt-V--fhat its
the same honor upon and afford the same pro
lection to the citizens of Minnesota as to those
OF Masne-sre rejoced that the West can claim
SO large share of the credit which jnstlv be-
| longs to those who have been instrumental in
furnishing the country with the magnificent list
OF ocean detenses shown in the Naval Register
OF 1892 Chicago Tribune.
THE BRITISH AR1sTocRAcY AGAINST THE
UNIoS.-The London Herald, Derby organ,
which utters the sentiments of the British ar
istocracy, has a recen. article to dissuade the
South against a return to the Union. This is
the way it puts the case:
"We should think i'll of the Confeferates if
on any terms whatever they consented to ac-
| cept as fellow countrymen the mercenary
horaes of rufians by whom their country has
ern submission would be as contrary to sound
policy as to right feeling and patriotic insincts
The Union can only be reconstructed by giving
certain powers, however limited to the Federal
government, and binding over the northern
| states to observe certain conditions of the fed.
eral compact. They cannot be excluded from
| all share In the federal power; sooner or later,
| probably within ten years, they must recover
by force Of wealth and numbers their ascen-
dancy at Washington; and then the work of
the two last years would have to be done over
| again. If any paper constitution, if'any guar>
antees, if any oaths could bind the northern
states to the observance of their federal duties
and preclude them from interfering in the in
ternal affairs of their neighbors. the old con-
stitution would have suficed That constitu-
ton they violated habitually and systematic
ally. Their preachers incucated the duty of
perjury; their lawyers defended treason; their
statesman formed political parties to override
the law; their citizens assembled to resist it
by armed force; nay, armed murderers from
the North invaded Virginia, assassinated sleep.
ing citizens in their beds, and when hangtd d for
their crimes, were honored as martyrs in New
England. What guarantee can be given by
such people which would be worth more than |
the paper on which it was written! What
worse folly could there be than to throw away
the fruits of eighteen months Of endurance, of
bloodshed, of glorious achievement, by reuni |
ting with race by which no obligation, how
ever solemn. has ever been respected day |
after it had the power and temptation to vio-
late it? OF such madness We cannot believe
that the able statesmen who guide the desti-
nies Of the Confederate states will ever be
guilty"
a Tpp 1oe Ill
Gen. Curtis from the commander at Jefferson
City, stating that the day previous the steamer
Emile had been seized by 200 rebels at Port
land, who crossed on her to the south side of
the river. They robbed the passengers and
crew of all their money and clothing, but did
no injury to the boat, which arrived safely
yesterday at Jefferson City. The rebel band
passed through Linn, in Usage county, at 10
o clock, A NJ, on their way South Measuresi