The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-01
THE war IN SOUTH AMERICA.

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Our own aflairs hnyc so entirely cngrOssed
our attention during the past two years hst
events i'm the world outside lInyc made but lit
tic impression upon u.s. Tie war between
Spain nnd Chilli interested us MS little rs the
quarrel now pcnding between Queen vIcroniA
and her sooly sutor, The King of Abyssinia.
The war between Austria and Prussia excited
some attention here, because of the many COM
patriots OF the two bcligcrcnts residing i'll our
midst The long struggle between Turkey and
her christian subjects in Gambia, VIC fear, has
never touched our sympathies, or excited our
admiration rs under other circumstances such
n heroic combat, kept up 20 long. and on such
unequal terms, would have done. The Fcnian
outbreak in Ireland causct but little more cx-
| cilemcui here than recital OF the battle Of
Cullolltn woul,l prolncc. The rnris Exposi-
| tim. the wonder Of the world, is not for us
Confederate honrls being no longer negotiable
in That gay capital. The Mcssrs. EELAHGEn, orr
quon,lam banker friends, who knew us once,
now know us more. The sovcreigns Of
these uurcconstructcd States are dcbarrcd the
privilege of meeting their brother snvcrcigns
of France, Turkey. Prussia, Ausiria, Spain,
\ Greece Belgium, and all The rest Of them, on
the banks Of the Seine. We spent our money
for grand pyr dcchnic and strategic displays a
few years ago. and now must stay nj home.
Mexico. while The fight was nm even ono.
while the French held their own, and .TuAurz
was in-campbell atahlr, cxcilc,l in our breasts
but lille interest or sympathy. u is only late
y, since the fortunes Of MAxiMtLIAN began to
wane nni become desperate, that our attention
has become aroused. We have sometimes for
got our own sorrows, regrets anu misforluncs,
md followed the closing career Of the unfortu-
nate prince with mn xious care and solicuslc
That drama is closed. The curtain has dropped,
and The circle Of our interest, rs Of our vision,
is once msrc restricted by this narrow Southern
horizon. The daily recurringiqucstion, how to
live, gives us enough, 10 do in The way of h,si-
| ness, AMI reconstruction serves as n stanting
| dish i'll the way of recreation. But all This
| must change long. With the rccons rue
tion Of these States, we again become repre-
scntcd abroad, and naturally take orr lcgti-
matc shnre in foreign politics and wars.
That millennium is not yet But it may he
useful, nevertheless, 10 look little Mt one Of
Americn. Brazil and Pnraguny have been Mt
war for several years, and the struggle is con-
ductcd with lupinc ferocy. The sincws. of
war, however, arc giving way. Money is very
scarce, and becoming daily more so. The ar
mics are recruited with extreme difficulty,
bloody riots hnving taken place AT Sun Paulo,
Bahia, Pcrnambuco and other pnccs in Brazil,
while the Argentine Confederation is seriously
threatened with revolution; and, moro than all,
the ranks of the hostile armies arc dceilnatcL
by the ravages Of cholera. The Svio, of Mon
tcvidco, states, on positive authority, TINT over
5000 Drazilians died Of cholera in the nllied
camp, and corrobornting testimony is furnished
by correspondent who writes from tho United
States flagship Brooklyn, juno Goth, That the
"worst battle for tho Brazilian army in Para
quay has been with the cholera. Six hundred
died on the island Of Curuzu in ono night"
That the allies must suffer terribly from disease
is inevitable. on account Of their un(avorablc
position. and it is not possible the Paragunyans
are wholly exempt.
Looking Ht this strife from an impartial
standpoint, knowing little md caring less abou.
the merits of the controversy, we nsk what has
been achieved thus far by either side, md whnt
advantages arc promised? The simple facl is
apparent that for months past The allies hnvc
remained motionlcss in their intrenched posi-
ton, making no perceptible prog; esq, and this
after yainy cssnying TO enter the Paraguay
River with fleet Of ironolats. In other words,
nll the cxertion thus far put forth has ayniled
only TO secure foothold OH thirty miles of
al.
public" she probably lns little cnuse for boast
ing, though writer in ono Of tho London pa
pers mikes the best possible statement of the
situation ns follows:
Paraguay, far from being exhausted, is said to
bo in q magnificent atato considering tho long
blockade TO which IL has boen subjected Tho
crops this year hayo collapsed oil former neasons
Two cnol nous guns have boon cast at the iron
oress Of Muao Tho spirit OF tho ny 1D s is
oxcellont. In tho beginning Of tho presout war
Brazil and hor alIios thought Paraguay an easy
Ia s took o OF TtGa tSa
BRAZILIAN fleet Of tbs Parana (about tho beginning
1863, ho declared re- tina. n fortnight th0 peace
Paraguay" President Nitro also ION April 1G,
1861 In speech to large. popular meoting in
nido: Citizonsl throo dnvsin tho barracks flftcon
days for tho march, and within threo months In
hsYe pSd nso nSo
above memorable words, and since then both hayo
boen obliged to lcayo tho scat Of war; aftor many
defeats from tho valiant soldiers Of President To-
poz, without accomplishing tloir purpose. Othors
hayo takon thoir places with no bottcr success.
Tho pnraguayans afford raro illuslra.ion
OF what mny be accomplished by bravery and
nm unconquorablo determination; but the dis
play of heroism by one side or the othor passes
for nothing moro among civilized nations than
a contest between barnynrd fowls. Tho prin-
ciplcs involved might have been settled In
accordance with tho usages Of enlightened
nations, and the opportunity is net wholly
passed. Arbitration offered by the United
States, according TO tho latest reports, is likely
to DO rejected. II II is, then henceforth The
contest can only be- regarded rs wanton
sacrifice Of lifc and treasure, and disturbance