Idaho weekly keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1884-1884, 1884-07-19
THE NAVY AND rHEraRILs or WAR.


The debate in the U. s. Senate during
/ the last week OF the session on the bills
to appropriate additional amounts to
4 complete the monitors, perfect the coast
foriiHca:ions,nndnnpualiy equip cruisers
for the naval service, elected many in
teresting facts relative to tho foreign
policy of this country. and the dangers
which beset the future diplomacy of the
United States.
Among these the complications aris-
| ing fronfthe construction of the Panama
canal, and the influence of France on
this continent were forcibly discussed.
Senator Miller. of California, denlt en-
orgotlcally npon the danger Of war, and
tho lameutable lack Of means OF coast
defensein snehane mergency. He urged;
"Tbe modern ironclad OF other ma
tions cnn steam along in front OF our
fortsnnd batteries without feeling even
Il jar as our weighttest proiectiles are
] hurled against her ponderous sides.
/ They strike her MS feathers shot from n
| toy gun. She neither needs, nor hears,
nor feels the soft patteripg Of their ca.
rcssing contact, but goes forward in the
immensity Of her power and upon her
i mission OF destruction TO the very cen
ter pier OF otr greatest commercial city.
Or II she prefers tospenk her wrath at a
distance. beyond the sound of our guns,
she stands eight or ten miles away and
/ hurls her awful thundorbtlts Of more
than ton in weight crashing through
| the very Heart Of our metropolis. This
/ mny be done, and in despite OF torpe-
does and MI the guns aud enginery
| which we rs n mutton possess; and the
Democratic party says that this condi-
ton shuIl continue, Because we propose
to appropriate money to build n navy
and great guns by an appropriation bill.
| But IL is said that there is no need Of
haste; that we, though defenseless and
| open to attack, are in. nodmger; that
| there will be no war. What Daniel has
come 10 Judgment herc2 Who may
Of perpetual peace for this
country Since history began there
hasnever boon one day dfpeace through
out the world, 3hrkG's estimate is that
ltthcre have pepishaa by wax upon this
/ plsnsts tlirt3 Aye ,thpnsapd millions Of
/ human beings; that this hrwilaering
amazing uumbcr of human lives have
4 goiie ont ~ the misfortune q war. Tlie
,hist0fyof man&nd1isfDr the most part
/ a pauorama 81 hattlea. IN our own
country 80 frequent hPye been our Wars
4 that not q sound nun has grown to mid
1 did age without the opportunity Of
| showing his love OF country and per-
sonm prowesshlpon the battlefield We
| hayea all hAd orr chance. From l77G to
1876 we were engaged fifteen years IN
wal, not counting indian wars; on Of
the century we passed one year Of every
seven in destructive w0rs are. War is
incessant on the earth, always in pro-
Alban noilltM AlR Univ u ofii
peace among men,
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commencement OF a new policy in The
present Congress was the quarrel oyel
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