The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-02-16
War with Europe for the sake of Cuba
Who will bear the brunt of it.

III our Sui'Orial yesterday "e exposed
tl.e state Of atfairS, which not only renders
the acquisition Of Cuba impossible at this
time, but which may cntaIi war with
m.ratlme Europe, even on The occasion of
an empty handed grasp on our pant, at
territorial eEcroacHu,ent.
We propose now, very briefly, to con
siGcr the nature OF such war, anI its
PIoothIe consequences.
The Presidents message already in
vo'ves M attitude Of open menauce to-
wards five &mercan nations, a very pal
rah.e hrnt to Spain that the acquisition
OF Cuba, 10y violent measures, may become
"cleary jusuiiah!e, under tie imperative
and o>erruHng law Of se,l preservation"
1he Immediate bearing of &c latter uuesr
ton t C,nTal American ati'ans naturally
puts on the qui DjUc every power which
repres' Hts or a>IjreS to repr ocut II mara
time nation. Thus, if Cula shalt involve
Us in IA way, we may look IN vain to any
quarter of ihe G,ulG for allies.
The probable alliance against us will
be one such rs The world never saw. En-
gland France and Spain, backed bv three
MINOR European powers, may also, with
out ouch dIfliculty-- merely hv expun
glag few bad deh,s-hrirc Mexico into
league, threatened AS she is with n forced
protectorale. Mexicans and Indians
would be employed to harrass our front.
Ter and keep the larger pait of rur little
army of 1900 men engaged in puprilla
stnte. Fanccuver's island would he the
stand point from which to cut off even
our supply of gold. Canadian troops
could veX our northern frontier. Such
would be the lttle veXations 10y which
the eXtremiies Of the nation would he
ANNOYED; while An army and navy such
as bGve never approached the American
continent, -would he employed to stIlke
at some vital aud central pornt, a Sm.ll
coast guard around CUBA and Oh tie
Central American coast, would leave u
mighty armament of war steamers ana
;ranSp"rtaats free to proceed immediately
20 the mouth OF the Mississippi
The lesson Of lSl4-'l5 would be re
p-ated With disasters multiplied "A thou
SaNd fold. In the DAYS Of hemp cauv ..
when cumbrous frgrates had 20 convoy
lubher. transports. and concentrate HI ar
my at Havana, before it could hr conveyed
ell inasse 20 LOUISIANA, the genius Oi An
drew Jackson, and the mtrrpId:tv # Cot.
fees Tennesseeaus, backed hy { on ba les
piled by negroes. we're indeed sufficient tn
save The city OF New OtlranS. But cot.
,cn canvass has since Superseded hemp
CANVASS, and IN it's turn. has hcrn left To
wing the SLOW flight of mere ships Of bur.
den. Steam pow has wrought revo
luton which renders the imnrdraie trans
portatiOn Of an army of 5OO,O trained
men, directly from the ports OF Europe to
The muulh Of the Mrs,rssipp,a n much ea.
sier task than was the turhrr tran>pnrIa
ton Ot torry'fnur years ago. SIX months
warning would now he imsuflici TO save
the CITY of New Orleans from the com.
bire assaults OF English and Frcr Oh ar
mics aud nrive~, >urh are sent forth a,
the presnnt Jay. With New Orleans
ihen IN the hands of II hostile force, with
the great ports of commerce chokrd AT it.,
outlet, with every important seaport on
the AtIa"ic and on the Pacific Subjected
tc IA strict blnckadc, what would be the
Consequence Rretd~nN> w"ud be
chrap-vsrv cheap. The pnpnIariou Of
,he Northern and Mnld;s States coud sub
sisr on hcme raised food and wear home
made garments. More than that, the
fishermen of the North could derive, Der
haps, a brisk profit from irpred.l,ous on
the commerce OF the enemy. Bat what
would twelve months blockade do for the
South! When The pro IuclIon Of cotton
;ugsr and tUbrcco should be stopped. and
tyen the quantities on hand renderrd u
drag in the market, would score "f Gu
hns br sufficient to REIN Uurse the South
for her losses
And wherc wonhl it end Would
EtgIanI aud Frarcc be content to make
treaty Of peace, leaving all.irs even in
sAatI quo auto heilum2 Would they not
push their advantage, demand pcrpeturl
renuIicidtlsn Cf all future attempts to ac
quire Cnba by pu'shase or otherwise, fix
the "integrity' of Mexico, rs thev nave
done that OF Turkey, md dictate yrieyons
conditions of suhordimalion IN Central
America Nay, more, might not their
"phianrhropjc" schemes br pushe to the
utlermoSt, aud backed hy The voice OF The
whole Black Republican party o. the
North, ami not a tJw traitors at the south
might thev not demand that .he emanci
patton OF our slaves should be made con
dition Of peaco'
When Andrew Jackson offered abrupt
~ an raleanist X ny the alternative Of
war, or paymect OF II small AMI Just claim
of some 100000 france he was de
bounced as rash man. There vas
policy in his rashuess, and the result us
tilted his wisdom. Bu: il Andrew jack
son were now alive, who believes that he
would commit the ultimate impoicy of
rashness that he would dash single
gauntlet Of defiance in the face OF every
maratime nation Of the glohe-that he
would Spear the English ion, hungry Tor
an immense commercial advantage, offer
ing Fngland at the same time the most
"a y,rahl la pDuOrtuuifv for "a Freuch aIE