The Goodhue volunteer., 1862-07-30
THE AMERICAN NAVY.
AxeTaER "TRAiSs'' SpEEcH.-JoHx B6ht
RoUNDLY SCoRED.

made Sashlng speech before an Englishe
audience on the AMERICAN Navy, which we
print below. No one can read it without
wondering at his impudence. We are very
sure that an American audience would not
have listened to anything from the lips
Of an Englishman half so humilitating to
our national pride. The London american,
from which the speech is copied, says:
We believe the time has arrived in the
history Of nations for America to demand
her proper position in the world and we
cordiaiity agree with Mr.. Train that the
shortest way to arrive at that Independent
position is again to copy England and have
the largest navy afloat for the forthcoming
struggle for the mastery Of the seas.
MR.. TRAINS SPEECH.
america mast be the only first class Posce' IN
The soorld. Our Parrott guns are superior
to those Of Napoleon: Hurrah for Parrott
Our Dahlgren guns beat Armstrong and
throw Blakely into the shade, Hurrah for
Dahlgren James projec:les and Sharp's
rifles are both American institutions. Hur-
rah for the American navy; hurrah The
navy Of England is an ark. The Monitor
and the Stevens Battery could destroy it in
less than forty days. (Oh, and laughter.
Why haze acc MT 1een first rate Poa0er ?
Because we had no Navy. But the times
are changing-a year since our navy was a
ghost-nox it is we'll organized skeleton.
Let citizen Lincoln hurry up its iron flesh
its steel sinews-and put life into it in the
shape Of steam. (Cheers) We must have
navy larger than Eng|and-'argcr than
Frauce-never mind the expense. We
the peop7f-pay the bills. [Hear.]
Nations are powerful in proportion to their
navies. lIear.] Peter the Great was a
ship builder-his power was based upon his
navy. Genoa was prosperous with navy !;
so was Venice, Holland, and Portugal -
They lost their power when they lost their
navies. Who once owned South America
Mexico, Louisiana, Florida, and Gibraltar
Spain. The Spanish Armada was sunk
and Spain lost her colonies, when she lost
her navy Napoleon sighed for navy :
France wanted ships, commerce, and organ
lied armies. England had ships, colonies
commerce ,and organized navies. Nelson won
the Niles battle, and Napoleon lost Egypt
Napoleon lost Trafalgar, and Wellington
gained Waterloo. The Third Napoleon saw
his unc'es mistake, and slowly and surel.
has built monstrous navy. An,erlca mus
le the First N1ral II a0sr IN tie World.
England has become insolent, arrogant and
cowardly insulting through her navy. She
has controlled the worlds commerce. How
By her navy. England has no army Of i'm
portance, but has domineered over all ma
tious with her navy. A few months ago sht
sent her squadron to destroy our empire
Shame] Annrica ae1N nerer forget 1t. Eng
lands bulwark was her navy-her towe,
her men of war. Cromwell's navigatie,
laws have always been cherished by Eng
lands monarchs--th Stuar,s, the Tudors
the Georges and the Vic,orias. If his tor,
is philosophy teaching by example, Ameri
cans are philosophers. The i-represible con
fiict is close at hand-the battle prize is tn
dominion Of the universal ocean. Gu
brakes, Ducans, Jervises, Collingwoods ant
Nelson's are all still alive. Yours are dead
Monuments never fight. Live men compos'
our navy. Our Duponts and Porters ant
Wordens and Farraguts are worthy success
ors Of our Decaturs. Paul Jones, Balm
bridges, Lawrences, Perrys and Porters.-
Hurrah for the American navy A change i:
on the world-America has toadied England
long enough-our people, thank God, at las
are emancipated. England can no longe,
irritate US. Hail to our gallant navy On,
pe"pIe must pass lao compelling ere,y mer.
Giant ship to take from .tiee to ten apprentice,
Let them wear the navy but,ons-the cap
tain must be responsible, and the ship own
er must pay the bills. We want militia
Of the seas. [Cheers.] Our sailors must be
on the ocean what our volunteers are on the
land. We must hare nary. Our improvis
ed gunboats have earned in cooperation
with the Army Of the Constitution, immor.
, tal fame. Who won laurels =. Fort Henry
1.-THE gunboats. Who At Fort Donelsou
Who captured the islands 0,
tho Great River ?-our gunboats. Wht
gave victory to our arms \. pittsburg Land
, ing our gallan' gunboats' (Cheers. y
Who captured Macon-Roanoak-Pu
+ -our gunboass, vicksburg fell. Natchez cap
itulated, and Memphis surrendered to ou
navy.
: Our sailors are as brave - our soldier
; are bold. Our gunboats are manued by reg
, iments Of Casrbiancas Long ere this ou
r gunbosts have battered down treason in Mo
bile. Savannah and Charleston. (Cheers, J.
= Aueric. Is e1aHcipated. England is no
our mother. America has passed out G
n leading strings. Cut ,he connecting links {
$ the gunboat canal through from the Allan
= tic to the Mississippi Make /. passage alon
the Lakes and do it II once. The peopl
sIpsy the bills. Cut another canal to con
r meet the rivers with New Orleans VA Caru
lima, aud let our gnnboass have r.ca cours
d. 4. ..T