The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-05

fui empire had sunk in irreparable decay, and
that the Spanish people, once The most encr.
ge,ic and wsrlike of the earth, had become
hopelessly degenerate Spain is ascending
every day to proud position among the EN-.
pires of the earth. Her army il one Of the
best disciplined and most efficient in Europe
her navy lie larger than tha, of the Unileu
States, and includes more steam vessels III it
ships of war than the fleets of the Union. IN
the event Of war with spain. the United
States would find its navy overnstched, whilst
the Spanish privateers, always famous Tot
daring and enterprise, would sccurge North
egn commerce FROM every sea. What woulo
become of the rich argosies from India, aid
he vessels. deep Laden with gold, from Gale
tornial What arrant nonsense in the New
York Herefd.to threaten SPAN with the ven
no assailable poiut upon which the United
States could wreak its vengeance, excep,
Cuba, which the United States was unable to
take even before the Union was dissolv, d.
which is defended by fertress,s that could
sink the whole United States navy with ca e,
which is guarded bv watchful Spanish SQUAD
rons. eutnumbering the war; vessels ofthe Uni
ted States two to one, and which, moreover.
England and France have guaranteed to dc
fend against all enemies
The Herald cvinces some surprise that the
Spaniards should SO readily affiliate with the
South. or the ground that the South has been
prominent in endcavoring to wrest Cuba from
Spain, and has led the fiHbustcring expeditions
Of American citizens 10 Central America. his
is 4 false allegation, aud none better under
stand its fasehood ,han the sagacious Spanish
Government. They are we'll aware that it
WAS Northern commerce aud Northern greed
of gain which have prompted every demon.
stration ever mode in the United States to-
wards CABIN annexation. The South conld
never have acquired any advantages by Cuban
annexation comparable to the enormous gains
which would have oecn insured to Northe.,.
commerce. The filiLusters, it is true, Were
not confined TO Northern mon; but, with it,
usual dsxterity, the North knew Were to en-
ploy fearless fingers to pull its ehesnus ort OF
the Ere, and :: the SAND time relieve itself OF
the odiur Of u prominent participation in the
robbery. Spain understands ali this rs well as
t 3 understood by those behind the curtain IN
he North. She looked to such man us John
&. CALHOUN IS TIE type and representative Of
Southern sentiment, and ii is well known that
Mr. CALHOUN, like tie ma ority of the South
ern people, was opposed 10 the hishhaud>d
robbery which sought TO despoil Spain of hen
Cuban jewel Besides all this, similarity OF
institutions and character creates sympathios
and atinities between Spain and tie South,
which would readily incline her to prefer d
slaveholding, chivalric Jnospitabe people, to
the abolition, cold blooded. cynical, aud com
mereial North.
Such menacss NJ those Of the New York
very moment that they are thrown into
ecstacies at the slightest mark of their fayor
going into Mysteries over every batch of for
eign adventures that accepts provant and pay
in their service. are simply preposterous. AL
the same time, lit is evident enough that if they
subjugation, the 6rutum taimen of to-day
would, twenty five years hence, be a genuin.
thunderbot of Joye. 1t becomes those who
WELD dominion in Europe, and who desire to
transmit it to their posterity, 20 seize an OPP
portunity of ensuing stability to their Govern
ments. which once lost, will never be regainet
If LINcoLNIsM be successful in this war, ::
Democratic Military Despotism will spring ~
in America which will wipe out every foot
print of European power on this continent
and which, combining itself with the hered
,ary despotism OF Russia, will be able TO crush
DIS between AN upper and neither milestone
every constitutional Government of Europe
No fast and loose policy on the pat of En-
land and France, no blowing hot and cold 81
this critical iuncture, will propitiate the Mort
if successful in this tremendous strife Tho
North not only suspects their real motives
nut accuses and denounces them every da.
and if successful, will embrace the first o!-
oriuniy to retaliate. Ii they are wise IL
their generation. they will avail themselves oi
an opportunity to consolidate their politica
power, and to secure TO their subjects the
preme control of the looms and Of the seas,
such as will never occur again.