The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-25
AFUNNY BIAsE.
The Terrible Threass Of EI croHisss-
what Uncle sam must Look out FOR.

The Terrible Threats Of EI CroRfssa-
what Uncle sam must Look ont FOR.
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n Cronisia, the Spanish organ in New York,
sf,er satisfying itself that the United States
navy is q weak and worthless establishment,
undertakes to tell its readers how Spain may
make effective war upon Uncle Sam. 1t SAYS:
We should make no attempt to close the
Southern ports Of the United States; for those
States are rno.- the military yoke OF the gov
ernment. and o ready and anxious to shake
of thai authority. Who can tell how far this
hatred of the North would take them IN case OF
an opportunity like this? We ARE IN PeeanS-
sIoN or THOUSANDS OF LETTERS FROM PHcan-
NvNr souTHERn PEOPLE WHO EXPRESS DE-
sIRE FOR SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY AS THIS PRE-
sErrs TO DECLARE AGAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
Iet them suffer and eroan under the brutal OPP
pression which the, Yankees have placed oyer
them, while We keepour hhce concentrated IN
military line stretching from Phhadeiphia.fo
the furthest North.
LET pMnKyELPHM PRlR1KE.
Making the incontes.sble assertion that our
grand iron-clads have no equals in the United
States. We, would locate two OF them at the
mouth OF the Delaware. il only out OF respect
20 the Aeet OF American iron.clads at Phila-
delphia. These two iron. .cl ids, assisted by one
wooden vessel and three side-wheeI steamers,
would make an effective blockade OF Phiia.
delphia, because there is not, IN the American
navy ansthing able to cope with such
Spanish feet, That power which strikes FIRST.
strikes with double effect and VIC are to-day IN
& place to give the first blow.
-~-ts,, aUIs FOR NEW YORK.
iToiblockads New York effectually We would
employ eight or ulne OF our vessels OF war,
ramely, one iron-clad. three side-Rheel steam
ers, aud three or four schoohers. This would
be q deadly blowEto the United States, striking
itfn its vital centre. BY such proceeding we
could compel the United States in two months
to humIliate itself and beg for peace.
.,iis,9 .,ns "A DASH Al THE HUB.
Boston also must be b,ocsadsd. 1t is the
storehoase OF European commerce, and the
great CITY of TIE Northern Republic. Another
iron-cad, three side-wheel steamers. and two
or three sloops would be sufficient to close
thatport.
g. DESTRUCTION OF AMERICAN ARsENALs.
AS the United States has some navy-yards
and arsenals it would be advisable to destroy
them. With four frigates, two Of them iron
ciads, that work could be accomplished.
STOPPING AID FOR CUBA.
These same vessels. while employed in block
eiIng the ports. could prevent any departure
o. expeditions for Cuba. The United States
ia nation of hazards (bOasters.) aud nothing
is easier than to learn all their Infections.
THE UNITED STATES vANoUsHED.
1t will then be seen, as the Cronlsta has
shown, that Spain, with twenty-eight OF her
seventy-one vessels OF war, has fleet power
fol enough to humiliate this nation, while the
remainder Of our vessels could be employed at
home in Cuba and elsewhere among our pos
sessions.
no! EoR DRAFT.
Making all due allowance for the naval strength
of the United States, what is there to deter
MS from beginning war against her imme-
iiateIy? The commerce OF Spain might suffer
some, we confess; but that Of the United States,
which is immense. would be utterly ruined.
Tfe American press calls for. the acknowledg.
ment of the independence Of Cuba, or ia other
words. demands that the adminislration rob
SS1ain of that island. The public meetings
csilej to dissdss this subject adopt that prtn-
cinle. and tho government appears inclined to
cfStify theso barbaious people. Il
~. q .is wqo WILL HOLD THIS MAN?
They provoke us to war! Then let it pe
war For ourselves, we offer all We are and all
we have. cur printing establishment and lts
effects, to sustain such war, and our persons
We offer as volunteers. Viva EspaDa. and on
ward to war