Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-05-20
From 'hc Lcndon Evening STANDARD,
A Navy for tie COnfederacy,

Navy i0r TIC tunleuerac!.
Let us assume, not as 4 possible, bul .s A
very probable contingency. the appearance
in the North .;isntic, rithin the next few
we'.s OF an all powerful iron cased Con-
federico squadron. srch squadron Is in
an advanced state Of construction, and the
friends Of tho Southern Confederacy will
! be glad TO learn that the ships Of war which
! promise shortly TO raise the Confederate
States TO the rank Of u great naval power
are without the great faults of the iron
cased ships of war OF the Northern States,
and the minor faplts Of the ironcased ships
of war Of tlia country.
We cannot at the moment without, per.
haps, inaicting injury on the Confederate te
cause, he more precise. Suffice it to say
| that just NOW, after no end Of difficulty and
! embarrassment, great cast-ron rolls have
! been turned successfully, and are yielding
an abundant supply Of angle iron of ali
Sizes that still more massive smooth rolls
I have been fashioned, and are producing
! great rolled armor plates from scrap and
! railway iron; and finally, that TIE thou.
sands of willing working men in the Tred-
gar iron works, Richmond the Charleston
| iron works, and the Savannah iron works
/
! night and day. Again We repeat we can
not at the moment be more precise. The
| Confederate States, in u word, are strain
ing their energies TO the enrollmen, and
! equipment of great armies, but this time
with the intention OF disputing with the
Northern States the command of the ocean,
The effort Is great one, but perhaps not
greater than resolute and skillful men are
mn tho npual - OF l,,r
| with our best wishes, and the assurance
| that whenever the gallant Captain Semmes
of the Alabama, commands powerful iron
cased squadron the day Of recognition and
independence will be close at hand. What,
then, arc We to look for, if for some weeks
hence ne ere startled with the Intelligence
that Captain Semmes is nj gea with one Of
the most powerful squadrons of this iron
age2 Wist'Ncw Orleans be relieved from
the presence Of General Banks, the Feder-
al fleet be destroyed in The lower Mississip-
pi, and the stais and bars of the Confed-
eracy once more surplant the stars and
stripes which Mumfcrd hauled down from
the Aeg-staff Of the New Orleans custom
housc2 Will the wooden blockadiug fleets
before Mobile, Savannah and Cha arleston
be engaged and sunk, and cotton once more
Havre? Will the Chesapeake be entered
and the Confederate squadron clear for &C.
ton before Annapolis while General Lee
makes denons' ration on the Potomac?
Will, finally, New York, Boston, and Phil.
adelphia have to choose between sub
mission and q ransom or the ameniti of
an hours bombardment2 These are the
questions We may have to think of and an
swer before many weeks are over. They
are new, startling and exceedingly oppor.
tune. just AT such o tme'as the present,
when Parliament is about 10 meet, and the
question Of recognition, Lancashire md
the navy, are on the lips ofevery one, il is
desirable to have the judgement helped in
this way. 4 powerful Confederate squad. |
ron will change Lord Russcll's tune and |
no doubt be alluded to by our veteran Pre- !
mier, in his usually happy manner Be- !
tween the government and the great mass |
of Englishmen there is this simple differ |
ence on the American question, that where
as the mass of Englisbmen are of opinion
that the whipping of the Northerners has
heen severe enough. Lord Russell, and |
Lord Palmerston, in consequence of seme
cd grudgo no doubt, insist that the fight
ing shall continue until the North is SO Sc
verely punished that it will not be in the
humor to fight again for some generations.
When, therefore, Lord Russell and Lord
PalInerston are Informed that the Confcd-
crate States have great iroE-cased squad
ron on the Federal coast, they will begin TO
think like other people. They will then
acknowledge the utter hopeessness Of the
Federal cause, and perhaps put themselves
right with Parliament and the public by
stating that from the time of the attack on
Fort Sumter, by General Bcnuregard. they
have had secret misgivings as to what the
end would be. This, Of course, is mere hu-
man nature.
Among the Federal Americans the an
that We now mako will create
much the same anxiety that live she'll
would do in tho Senate Chamber in Wash.
ington. The spirit Of the PedcrHls is fairly
broken. Cursed with joking and ory
telling government when the chief frae-
.aept OF great country is on the brink, If
rot alrea6- in the abyss Of ruin, they we're
powerless against their enemy. arainst ,
he Confederate States they haso lops their
-cst and worst, and peace aud forgeth,;-
1ess would now be 10 them both relief .
ma essing. Up TO this time they have :
irvcr dreamed that ct sea or on their coast
Re Confederafes could do them harm.
; ha' alone they have sometimes feared is
"a lack by Gen. Lee on Washington bu, !
. asiingion has very email place in Eor- :
Lsrn hearts. True, The Alabama has done
t1n injury, but still the injury is borne
y few. II is besides, an injury that the u
'sN England and New York ship owners :.
nd others think no more about, after an .,
meeting on Change. st the T,
h.F.hrr of Conms or the Board Of Il
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