Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-10-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
HISTORICAL. Pr.ECEDENTs.
Greater Results from our War
than from England's Twenty
three Years War with France.


English journalists who argue that our
struggle with the rebellion is hopeless and
unreasonably prolonged. He cites numerous
historical precedcnts to prove that we have
accomplished greater results in sixteen
months than England in alliance with all
the powers of Europe, was able to achieve
in twenty-three years, while battling against
the French.
The following are some of the prcccdents
which are cited by Mr.. Everett;
"If we except the victories of England at
sea and the conquest of the maritime colo
nics of FranCc-thc results of the naval
superiority of Great Britain. and which may
be compared to the almost uniform success
Of the naval operations Of the United States,
the war against revolutionary France present
ed for nearly twenty years an almost unbro-
ken series of rcycrsrs Of tccbly conducted
abortivc, and sometimes frghtlully disas-
trous expeditions, such as that against Wal
chcrcn. on the part of England. and shame
tul defeats, territorial partitions and dynastic
overturns on the part Of her allies. In fact
the historian Alison, not inclined certainly
to magnify tie proWcss of France, nor
disparagc that of England and her allies
after naming the gallant British officers who
led the storming parties at the assault of
Caudad Rodrigo, on the 11th of January.
1912 lust twenty wears from the invasion
of France by the Prussians). enthusiastically
eXclaims, with the exploits of these brave
men BEGAN the fall Of the French empire "
"'But tine Union forces tit is saiGD are
constantly rctrCating constantly defeated.
you are outnumbcrcd and outgcncralcd;
again we tell you it is wicked to carry on
the war your cause is hopeless Is it more
so than that of the allies when the Duke of
Brunswick was beaten back from the heights
Of Nalmy in 1892 when the allies were
defeated and the Duke of York driven from
| Dunkirk by lIouchard in 1893. AN event.
says Alison, which changed the whole face
of the war from the German ocean to the
Mediterranean sea- when JourClun cleared
Belgium of the allied forces in 1894 when
the first coalition was dissolved by the peace
of Busc in 1875; when. in 1896, the first
| marvellous campaign Of Bonapartc common
! ccd in Italy. which after series Of victories
unparalleled in modern history, ended III the
treaty of Campo Fornio in 1871 Is our
cause less promising than that of the allies
when the British navy, their right arm.
which seldom struck but to conquer was
paralyzcl by the great mutiny of 1871, and
the Bank of England suspended specie
payment not to be resumed for twenty wears
when. in 1893 the rebels. sustained by
French auxiliary force, defeated the Englsh
army and established provisional govern
mcnt of the heart of Ireland when. in 1109
the Duke of York, at the close of the sixth
year of the war; evacuated Holland, with
the fragments Of the greatest force which
had been fitted out from England during the
contest, thus breaking up the second coali-
ition, and confirming, says Alison, in IL
signal degree both on the continent and at
home, the general impression that the Eng
liSh soldiers had irrcvocably declined from
their former high rcnown.'
is our cause as hopeless as that of the
allies, when Napoleon in 1900, running the
gauntlet of the Nelson's fleet, returned from
Egypt overthrow the Directory, raised an
army by stamping his foot on the ground
burst the passage Of st. Gothard, recovered
Genoa gained the great victory of Marcngo,
and thus enabled Moreau to move forward
10 that OF lohehhhuch' ahN comprIlcd
Austria to sign another treaty OF peace at
huheNll!c are our prospects "irNer IMAM
thoSc OF England when at the close OF the
htS' decade OF the war, She dlSnlSSeu the
Pllot that Weathercd the storm celrnratcd
grand ap"thcoslS OF lmncciiity IN the per
son OF the Aualnton Ministry ana patched
up the peace OF AmIenS' without the attain
mcnt OF any one OF the Objects for which
TulhouS war OF ten years had Drcn Wagcd
IS our future less hopeful than that OF the
allies, when tins short ilycd truce was broken,
and the Emperor Napoleon, having held the
entire armS-bearhg population OF England
on loot Tor months, to repcl threatened
INVASION, broke INTO Germany in 1900, shook
the wrctchcd Mack and thirty-three thousand
veterans out OF I'm by the fear OF his name,
struck the terrhc blow at AuSterIltz, which
land Austria Tor third time at his feet,
abolished the Holy Roman Empire, and
broke the hon heart OF Pitt Are not our
chances of final success at least as good as
those o: the allies the ollowing years, When
Prussia was reduced to the dimensions Of
province by the overthrow at Jena, and
Russia, tanned and subducd at Eylau and
friedland, was content TO accept the peace
ol liSt'
did the prospect brighten for England
when Junot, in 1908 marched with French
army through Spain, established himself as
a coAqu1ror at Lisben, and drove the house
of Braganza into exile beyond the sea; or
when all that was effected by the auxiliary
! forces of England, was the convention of
Cintra by which that French army was sent
hOn,n in o. cofotv and tbo pr;t;gI ,roror,I, ,,.l1