Semi-weekly news., 1865-05-13

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paration have We to resist her on
trance into onr harbor. suppose sh'
: makes the attempt to do ~ in til.
night this week or next.
i The twenty.inch lombard W.
! have mounted at the Falrow's gan
8 not be loaded, trained and fired up
! on her in less than twenty minutes
latter The alarm, during which tim.
the StOncwall may sail six miles
with the tide in her favor. 1t ,M
i great gun is loaded, ready and
: trained upon her when 1uile be-
low. the chances of lit will be
less than one in n million
She would pass all our other
heavy guns. and be out Of range,
while they are being loaded and
trained :; for they, too, arc so awk-
ward'y mounted that it takes raw
hands fifteen minutes to load, train
and fire them, aud the chances Of a
mt are not great. Skilltul gunnors
might d" better, bit our authorities
know that with rapid firing the guns
will burst 80 that class Of MN
are never permitted 70 exhibit their
proficiency of'crill upon them, witt
actual powder and shot. Nhcncy-
or they do there will b., perhaps,
not gun or gunner LETT. II the.
ram gets inside our hartor, wha1
can We DO but submit to her outra-
ges and exactions If we had a
f'ect ot monitors here she could
keep ont Of their way, or run them
down IN succession at her will
Her ram Projects SO far fp-ward be-
to-" the water that the Slightest
! touch she c"nTd give one Of our
m"n'tnrs below the ovcrlan- Won d
sink her quick y with Ill "a board,
and no gun mounted Oh any Of then.
has cc'cc' penetrated five and :, hal,
p; inches Of plating.
commend ,'"Sc suSges;inns H.
he serious CONS :dcration Of the ri,i-
lens OF New York. for although w.,
Tna-' escape til: scu,rge now threat.
'nlnS US who car, tell ,vh,4, ,.an.r-rS
are IN st"r" for us in the tu,,rc
The sam" skill that has b,lilt III.
9t"n":~.ll has pcpd':ccl ,.anyu,i,rrs
f"r E"roncau Governments. and il,
he event Of !: war with any rt them,
Sh''l VIC be as unprrparcd as now
~ 4 very pertinent question.
he attention. Of both tic South
and tn" \"rt|, IL no~ directed 10 An
Iv Johns II ani his prnbable policy
We hay" given in another place. his
political nnt-c-d"n,s; doubtless his
views have undergone a change sine.
th- beginning Of III" w"r. W.. her.
give a speech made by him since his
inauguration, in reply to commitfc.
Thar vailed on him with concratu-
iatory adl;->s.~ We take il from th..
NJ" York News. of III. 22l ult
ADDRESS OF rRESlDvNr JOHNSON.
! n""d NOT say. gentlemen. how
graf fiji | am 70 You and ;h.. iniln"u-
'iaI and e'u'r.nt ci.iZt MS whom YOU
r"p'"s"nf. for words Of. ucoura r-.n-n,
and c"nliI"nce which y"u have. sp".
ken. Such administrations Of r,var,
would at any tim b- acceptable. but
AZ til" pr-seu, tim" i finds in ny
hrart the warm"st response.
You Will not s'xpcc: Of me, under
"x'slne circumstances, any extend
I'd. d'ciara';oa Of my views On public
affairs. My past lif, must b. tin.
3narant"" q! NY futur" course. and if
in The rrinclrl-s which have here. o.
tore guided my action rs a public
man. there is not found sufficlrn,
earnest Of thoS" which. with tn. bl,~-
ing Of God, will direct my course. in
dealing with the great public qu,s.
items which are now coming up for
determination, no declaration Of prli-
cy tha, shonld now lay down.
would command your respect. or in.
sure your contidrnce.
Yet there are some points whivl.
stand out so prominently that so',.
can hesitate to yield a ready a>s.n,
TO their force and truth. Our gr-a,
and good President has been stricken
down BY the hand Of an assassin,
Every one Will agree that arson is
crime and must br punished No
one will deny that murder is crime
and must meet it's just penalty. All
will concur in awarding to the assas-
sin the punishment Of his crime.
But it the assassin Of the Pr-s:-
dent is not to csca!'- deserved punish.
ment. wha: shall BE- done to those
who have attempted the assassina-
lion of the Republic have com
passed the lite Of the nation' The
lesson must be taught beyond the
possibility Of ever being unlearn-d.
that treason is a crime-thc greatest
of human crimes. Yet. in exercising
the high prerogatives which dev"l- "