The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-08


one particular object I'm view, should be
confined to destroying their trade by our
cruisers and making frequent descents
upon every port OF their costs 90 destroy
their harbors. shipping and stores"
The general urged the abandoning or
New York. giving his reasons therefor,
and then says:
Many more objections could be enum-
Grated that would point out the neces-
sity of quitting that cursed spot as soon
as possible"
Again he uses this very forceful and
significant language:
II am persuaded that every possible evil
that can attend our quitting New York
cannot be "a thousandth part so ruinous IS
the remaining there"
This is what he says OF Newport har-
Dor:
NEWPORT AS HEADQUARTERS.
Rhode Island is certainly the best port
In America perfectly safe against all
winds. an immediate outlet 10 the sea,
never frozen. ltse situation central on the
continent and from its insular state sur
rounded by broad waters by no means so
vulnerable as New York, which is eX-
posed 10 the artillery OF the neighboring
shores, its communication with the sea can
not be cut off by any land operations OF
the enemy, il Is in every respect the best
circumstanced port in North America for
the object proposed.
Rhode Island and the Island OF Conan
icut. the latter forming the south side OF
that harbor could be respectfully garri-
sOned with ten thousand men but l would
have twelve thousand posted there In or
der 10 be able 20 detach from thence de-
sultory water expeditions for distressing
the whole coast OF America
Please consider this In connection with
what has above been written:
''T am narg,Iaded of the truth OF all
my doctrines that no time should be lost
I'm our immediately abandoning New York
and every port we have In North Ameri-
ca, Canada, not excepted, and assembling
all the kings troops in America at Rhode
Island"
There can be but one opinion drawn
from these extracts and that is that the
yankee privateer had really set the Eng
llsh admiralty 10 thinking. IL Is plain
some one was facing defeat and some one
was admitting "A mistake OF military and
naval manoeuVering and that the only
way TO avoid further disaster was to
strike at the rot of the trouble by a con-
centration in the best harbor on the coast
and crush the naval power of the enemy
We now see here and where the naval
power started and how terribly IL humil-
iated our enemy. We can point TO these
facts with pride. We can claim without
shadow OF "A doubt that our colony was
the mother OF the navy and that she did
more damage TO the enemy than any 9th.
er colony and that she perfected an arm
of service without whose aid the War of
The Revolution would have been impossi-
bic.
AN HONOR TO RHODE ISLAND.
We do not believe in boasting but we
can at least take pride in the fact that
our colony, the smallest one I'm area of
the thirteen so frightened the English
nation that their engineer and Inspector
general sent to look into the facts OF the
case should recommend that everything
else be dropped and the whole strength OF
the British army in North America and
her naval force added should be devoted
first to conquering Rhode Island
Truly IL can be said our colony was paid
a peculiar honor. No doubt they were
had undergone.tSrough the Csrolinas with
a Rhode Island boy at their heels. /
should think II would not be very pleas
ant amusement 1t really does not sound
10 warfare and having all the schools to
help him at command, should be obliged
10 make such run before lot OF farm
ers. led by a country blacksmith. Neither
is II pleasant reading to have IL said that
| n crew OF fishermen proceeded 20 sea in
an armed vessel and 40 maneuvered as
TO finally capture their best frigates, l
admit again that is not pleasant reading
and do not blame somebody for be-
Ing frightened.
AMERICAS MOST SACRED BUILD
ING.
If Philadelphia is to he held sacred be-
cause OF being the city wherein Is the
building that protects the bell whose notes
OF freedom once was heard around the
world. so also should be held sacred Prov
idence, wherein is a building where the
Continental navy had its birth and in
whose bosom rests the remains Of its
first commander.
Massachusetts, has been profoundly stir
tary 10 blow the old Constitution TO pieces.
at the like suggestion OF any official who
10 destroy the most sacred building that
Britains glory is her navy and her
be her future protestor, so also our navy
will be ours. Hence the building wherein
that navy had its birth will be ever re-
spected and venerable so long as we re-
main n nation.
Another reason for this national ven
Grafton and respect should be because
here was declared the first Colonial sep
aration from Great Britain, Nav T. l77s
two months before that OF PHILADELPHIA
New England has therefore an Inde-
pendence Hall. AS the Colonies were sue
cessful I'm their contention and as this
Colony Joined the others I'm fighting for
separation and being at length successful
In that contention. / ask this question:
Did not the United States as a nation be-
e.i,,