The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-10

a,a n, What .tsrr we have arrived and they must
necessarily their own proceedings they eLoy
rluuit,cs a comparison which we seek IN VAIN
when therefore lhcy slll after all they real o. ~,
aongs maintain that se are entirely wrong ana -.
they themselves are right, We should DC unNs are
neglected the mt to iook once more 10 the course
WHAT renders al elective comparison almost eo'
a M matter s that England and America nave ~ a.
non groura 10 stand upon II were agreed 1Fs sS
method OF defence, We might compare opno. ,rn-h al
method Of attack but unior'anasey ron The latter
variance IN the former question az 49, 80. ,sSnoe
How 70 measure the performanvss he ss,no
tive guas when we do not ny ,I ne Isr,aans ara.
N ina ina.,nent OF cur artiersts, next TO worth
Ass they ihoir ships, 10. "lsh sonu pases
orc ma atner rim The requisite thickness 10 attained
Mr Stevens Il New YORK, u appears, processes ms
oel. mai MS animated iron amor = stronger, as wei
a. n.,ns yasy REAPER Than SOLO, Mr.. stevens may
10 rlght bet II no so not only England but all europe
together must Be wrong, ana we cannot AVOID surmsn
that as the Americans have ously no mills capable
OF rolling inch plates and as their necessities are too
urgen permit OF delay they have adopted the cheaper
rather than the stronger form Of armor The impression
this country undoubtedly is ina, any vessel plated
upon tbe American system might be sent 10 the bottom
BY he eEd sixty -eght.pound gun and, our memory
section OF Monitors broadsde was once tested at
shoebarycese with results entirely confrmatory Of such
Cpsniors But this difference Of systems 70 latal TO oil
comparison. Whatever American guns may do against
Aeroan shps counts for little 10 our reckoning, since
ses woarc hold that Commander Brooke, the American
srIers. thinks has the four hundred and thirty pound
bal with which Toe NeehAwkCn destroyed mo AtIanta
would "essy crash through the Warriors sides.o We
cannct WHISTLER would or not bus We can say that
n crashiug through the sides OF the Atlanta 1t did no
than would have been done easily by sixty
eight pound ball. for tho Atlanta not ft to be called
an ron.c!ad Again, We are told thai tho Parrot gun
preached Fort Sumter four thousand yards but
also told tina, after months Of COMMANDMENT Sumter
stiil exiets as mprcgnable as over
Even when come 70 guns the same want OF accurate
Gata mpedes conclusions. We presume that by the
Parrott gun 10 meant two hundred. FOUNDER, but We
do not know exactly with what charge it is fired, nor at
sI.rnl Aft.
what much needs 10 be known, how such guns stand
firing AS 10 the Brooke gun, we are assured that its
Europe bui as oar correspondent at liberty de-
scribe these resue, We cannot make use OF them Tor
comparison. We can but repeat IN this place what We
have SAID than occas0nthat 10 the best Of
belief the artillery used IN service would accom-
psb everything that has been actually accomplished by
American artillery. The fact 49, that tho amount OF these
achievements Is yeryeght indeed. Only iron clad has
been Charleston, and it 10 asked told In
Ws that Ws
certainly have such guns. The distance in question
"whn eeven hundred yards and the Keokuk was pro-
tected with ONLY the most imperfect armor. What
should like to ask reply e "Have the Americans got
gun which could pierce the Warrior target9'
We have argued these pointe on the prescriptions
which the Americans evidently entertain; but we need
hardly add for the information or the public at home,
carried as beyond the stage at which we are imagined to
pc stationary Instead Of speaking OF sixty eight Founders
and one hundred and ten FOUNDERS, might speak OF
our ixhondred Founders; instead OF Offering the
Warrior target rs latest conception Of strength
might offer tho target recently constructed by
Mr. Reed and pounded in vain with heavy shot. But is
prudent to keep eyes the fact that the
Americans differ from net only IN practice but in prn
cipe 1.-THE object OF Europe seems to be TO pierce or
perforae iron aTmor by elongated bolts driven At inn
velocity the object America, to smash In the
sides Of clad vessels by pondcrous spherical proec
tiles, driven at low velocity" That correct state
mens Of tho difference and when y is remembered that
equally wide difference prevails respecting the best
method Of applying TO ships side, 1t will be
a. once that the two countries are at variance
fundamental points. The question is. which is In
the right? We mus. not omit TO add that naval gun
should be portable gun, and admit Of bong carried
and worked without difficulty in sea going ships-
condition not yet satisfied by the American ordnance
sth, apar, from this consideration, there ID quite
enough in this extraordinary divergence OF practice
make heedful and observant We do not believe that
the Americans arc better track thar ourselves
IN the contrary believe that both In guns and ships
we have decidedly the advantage. But there is
tainy much 70 be discovered in science which s only
Of yesterday, VIC should refuse " learn, and
never shut eyes TO instruction, nope that the
letter Of correspondents may conduco some pront
1t shows that We have not convinced the Americans,
though may not show that they ought to convince
No harm, however. can DO done by roconsdcring the
question as often fresh light ia thrown upon IL. BY
such policy shall gain Of two
timely conviction Of error II we wrong,
Armed assurance ii We prove 10 be right.