The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-10
INGALLS, en- TIE NAVY.
80 He Calls the Annual Shrek
I.,o,,t Our Dehuse-ess Condition.

- He Calls the Annual Shrek
trout Our Def,use-ess condition
=. Ssnafor Ingalsin Nel0 York Truth.
-. annual shrieS about our defenseless
B - aud the bomhGdment of New York,
o1:,a,sln1ia and BoSon has been emitted.
Tbs Yearly pamphlet describing the blood
- N,i;,g incidents AM the appalling conse-
--..s NJ the Iwar With Chile and Spain in
qg'l5t bes been sent tosech senator and rep
r. Tive in congress. The editorial esl-
4 - in the metropolitan press OF the
l1ornt Of property within reach OF an Ital-
a., ir0nclad in the Pwer pay aud Oh the
III ~. ~ that could 10 extorted from the
Ial- sStarts and bansers have all been sub
t-.a3 and fled awaF for use again IN 1892.
l L. ,rrnose is to Hconcile the people TO
l, LEI, ge of the naval appropriation bill
Iuo = = e1ormous AID profigate eXpendi-
an IN t1ne of pece for ships, fortlfica-
,ions and munitions OF war.
tl1 -+E. 20 oanacity of the United States to
Ia a navy in an emergency was demon
4 Co.Sorad in the rebellion. The duel between
80 Mentor and the Merrimac In Hampton
5e.ds reyolutionizd naval warfare, and the
4 .-oblen has since teen to construct arInor
hat 40 projectile Guild penetrate, ana linen
tL--snt nroiectiles that no armor could
~ ~ European nations have been con-
.sa,;no these expensive experiments
S;.Larfo and the SHIPS of 1880 are already
Lt-oiats and antuuated for attack or
i Ssfsnse Dynamic and other explosives
SIs-oTIicate the situation, and the navy
-. We sre now building at a cost of
4 s.o oOO 0O9 will be as worthless in 1900 as
SoI,,sn paIeys. England. France and Italy
rould gladly sell us their fleets at 90 per
osnt of their cost If we are to depend
Unon navy for protection we must have
Inns enough to assemble at every vulner-
sble point force as large as could be dis
notcbed against it. The millions we are
Wondering on vessels that are sent on idle
Lands in ''squadrons of evolution"
"nainted pageants of the Deep" had better
bs snent for earthworks and powerful guns
= cannmand every roadstead, channel and
torhor from which q hostile feet could
threaten or assan. 80
Is tbsre any necessity for spending mill
,ons avery wear for naval defencs or any
Justification for the hysterical appeals to
yopular apprehension and alarms
6nr policy is pacific. We have no colo
nies nor dependencieS, nor entangltng ALL
enoes. Wars break out unexpectely, 1t Is
true. sometimes. but from what quarter can
danger be nationally anticipated! Our rela-
lions with France are those Of traditional
smity: with Germany, of kinship and cons
sangninity; with Russia, Of fraternity.
The rest are trivial. Our only enemy is
Fnglsnd. and she is under bond to keep the
neace No other nation is so vulnerable
and none SO detested. She has incurred the
resentment of the human race by centuries
Of injustice
Col Mcclure, a noted Mississippi duelist.
had occasion to kick an unresisting gentle
man at hotel in Natchez. Being not long
after in Memphis the colonel saw his victim
subiecting another to the same treatment.
Being somewhat curious and uncertain as
10 the identity of the person, he said: Are
YOU not the fellow I kicked down stairs in
Natchezp
"Yes," replied he. "but, colonel, you and
know who to kick"
England kicked us when we were help
less and feeble. She sacked and burned
defenseless capital She has kicked Ireland d;
she has kicked Egypt; she has kicked the
Hindoos, the Zulus, the Beers, the Chinese
but she is not in the habit of kicking her
equals. Her courage is prudent and calcu-
lating. She was careful not to kick Napo-
leon until the rest of Europe joined her,
and she endured Russian aggression until
she persuaded France to bear the bulk Of
the Crimean campaign. In our civil war
she did all she could, short of open hostility,
apologized and raid damages. Lately we
have had another contention about seal
poaohing and the Bsring seq. Oceans of
ink have heea she'd in diplomatic corre-
spondence between Lord Salisbury and Sec
rotary Blaine. Great Britain forfeited
Vancouver and sent ships of war into the
disputed water, walking around, metaphor
ically speaking, begging US to knock the
chip from her shoulder, or to tread on the
tails OF her coat. Legally she had an open
case, at least; in some respects the best OF
the argument. A casus belLi could easily
have been found, if wanted, and we
were assured that the danger was
imminent. The boldest held his
breath for awhile. Immense appro-
priatlons were promptly voted for forti6ca-
tons and the navy and then, while the ma
tional hair was standing on end, England
suddenly came into our supreme court as 8
sutton and submitted the whole contro-
yersy to the decision of that great tribunal.
The newspapers described the dramatic
utterances of senators about the dangers OF
war with Great Britain and contained in
another column of the same issue an
account Of the proceedings in the old Senate
chamber. in which Lord Salisbury sub
mitted the claims of England to adjudica.
ton as question of international law. II
was reassuring, but it was laughable, never.
theless