Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1869-10-16

editor lately fought IA duel. and is supposed
to be sustained by the volunteer sen iment
of Havana, has at last declared war npon
the United States. His latest editorial
is long and contains the following anu
sing passages. Alter remarking that every
Spanard in the United States applauds
the bellicose attitude of E2 Cr0nisfd, and
declaring that the United States has moi
to day military marine which can com
pete with the magnificent war vessels oil
Spain" it proceeds to give some interest
ing statistics Of the Spanish navy:
A war Of Spain against the American
people will be exclusively naval and mer
camille affair, that is TO say, the most ru-
inous sort OF war we can make it. throw
ing uDon the sea, as we should. 100000
Spanish marines, and blockading the ports
ofthe Union from Philadelphia northward
Is it impossible, is it difficult to carry out
what we have indicated with the maritime
forces OF Spain! We will now analyze
the proposition.
We have seven magnificent iron.covered
frlgates. one OF which is in process OF con
struction but will be ready, at iurthest, in
three months for service. We have elev
en- others OF wood, the meanest of which
is better than the best American, ard
there'are three Others, side wheeled. ex
cellent for blockading purposes There
are twenty one ships fitted for combat sew
en- OF which are the best known to mill
tary science in the whole world +; do our
readers understandG Besides, there are
two magnificent corvettes, the Dona Marie
de Molina and I'll DornadO, twenty-five
side wheel steamers one OF ten guns, sew
en- OF six guns, and the Others OF two guns !;
aid we count twenty-seven screw schoon-
ers having from two to five guns each
We had almost forgotten our military
transports which belong to the coast guard,
the training school vessels and the eight
gunboats that are in the Philippines. We
have only mentioned the seventy one ships
which can be organized in divisions for
the war to which we allude; and now we
will speak OF the manner OF making the
blockade effective.
With the Southern ports we shall have
nothing to do. The States to which these
appertain groan under the military yoke Of
the nation, and long to shake it off Who
knows to what point their hatred will go
(now suppressed for the noment) should
such war as this break out. We have
letters beaped up around US, expressing
the desire that al occasion would offer it
self SO that the writers might declare them
selves independent. Let us leave them
champing the uneasy bit which Yankee
tyranny has put into their mouths. und
we will cast onr eyes from Philadelphia
toward the North, and then fix our mill
tary ideas.
Commencing at the incontestible prop
ositon that cuirassed ships have no rivals
in this country. W. will place ten OF ours
at the mouth of the Deleware, if only to
do honor to the great number Of monitors
which are in Philadelphia. Accompanying
these two iron covered frgates there will
be one Of wood and three side wheel steam
ers, and thus Philadelphia will be effectu.
ally blockaded, because as against Span
ish naval division of this class there is
nothing IN the American marine which
can be successfully opposed. If any one
knows anything on this point which is not
within the range of our information, let
him state it, aud free us at once from hy-
pothetical speculations.
Toward blockadiug New York as it