The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-03-19
COLUMBIA, IS. g.
Friiay Morning, March 10. 1868.
Tho london Times .Not Airnld.,'


The London Times .sNot Afrnid.''
The London Times has an article on war
between I'reat Britain and the United
States on account of the Alabama claims
It does not profess to believe that war is
probable. but takes issne with Mr.. Roverdy
johnson upon n remark submitted by him
that war would be "vastly more disas-
It confesses that Canada might be forced to
surrender, but contends that that would he
'+no loss" to England Tho Times continues
IN the following arch manner to compare
capabilities of destructivencss between tho
English anu the Americans, in which that
paper rather infringes the patent Of the
Confeds, and, furthermore, draws it rather
strong as to "what has hnppered" and
<fwhat may" etc.. wink in this Southern
direction that will not gel wink back:
1.-The suggestion that numerous Alabn-
mas would soonr every ocean in search OF
the British flag and lie in wait in tho
crowded track of our Australian galleons is
= thought of retaliation that must be only
too natural. But neither is the menace
necessary nor is it so certain that we should
Gnd the odds against us in this sort of war;
fare. Our ancestors were robbers and
pirates, and the Americans are q step
further from that origin than We are, for we
nre an earlier link iu the chain. Two ships
did ali the mountain of mischief that is laid
to our charge, and If it is strnnge that they
could be allowed to get out Of our ports, it
is very much stranger that they should be
allowed to scour our entire ocean and
thnesten every pathway of commerce. If
our neglect, our red-tapeism and our stu
pidity were SO great rs to arouse suspicion
and breed mistrust, what is to be snid of the
American Admiralty? How can Mr.. John
son be sure that what has happened will not
happen, again? His argument requires that
both circumstances and national character
sheuld change on both sides Of the Atlantic
We nre to become irresolute, backward and
chary. We are to.become insensible to that
honor which, if anywhere, we console our
selves we have maintained on the sea. We
areto be incapable of doing on grand and
open scale that which was lately done here
on the smallest possible scale, irreg,llarly
and dsurreptitiously, yetwith astounding sue
cess. The crime charged against those pri
'vateers was that they were British in every
respect whatever, except u flag aud q cap
tains commission. On the other hand, the
Americans are to do on a colossal scale what
they failed to do in miniature. BY their
'Dy-the ships that burst not show themselves
at,all. but kept in harbur for fear or Lliose
two monsters, than by the actual captures.
Then, in the present state of American
politics, who can count on the permanence
of the status quo in any respect? How
would foreiga war operate on the Federal
question? Wonderful and unexpected
things have happened on that fabulous soil;
witness the death or manning of 100000
men III the field. What has happened may
still happen. So also may that which has
not happened, nor even been imagined"
The result OF IN investigation recently
made by the reporters of the New York
Times into the condition of the colored pop
ulation of Now York, establishes the facts
that during the year 1867 and 1868 there
2 we're twice as many black as white men ar
rested, and that, as general thing, the
entire black community is addicted TO
gambling. The report ends as follows:
"The present generation Of colored peo-
pie are coDgenitally of so low n type Of intel
iect, and consequently of snch low habits,
as to be little better than mere animals"
Another instance where the mote in the
orother's eye is alone seen. The "higher
civilization" should evidently commence at
home.
Rev. Samuel Anthony was dangerously
wounded near Americas, Ga. while cele-