The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-25

t.,7lI1 4 war syl{hsepsssiisls ssSsss "
El c.1nis;d, tho Sp&is ofgsni in Nos
York, 5eftes satisfyins fsen that the
United States navy isi . and worth
leSs establishment, Ende kes 20 tell its
readers how Spain may Mske effective
war upon us: The Spanish ionynal says;
We should make no attempt to close
the Southern ports Of the United States,
for those States are under the military
and anxious to, shake off that authority.
Who can tell how far this hatred Of tM
North would take themin case of an. op-
portupity Like this? We are in posses.
sion Of thousands of letters from promi-
nent Southern people, who express q de-
sire for such on opportunity as this
presents to declare again their inde-
pendenee. Let them suffer and eroan
under the brutal oppression which the
Yankees have placed over them, while
we keep our glance concentrated in q
military line stretching from Philadel-
phia to the furthest North.
Making the incontestable assertion
that our grand iron-clads have no equals
in the United States, we would locate
two of them OF the mouth of the Della
ware, if only out of respect to the fleet
of American iron-clads at Philadelphia.
These two iron-clads, assisted by one
wooden vessel and three side-wheel
steamers. would make an effective block
ade of Philadelphia, because there is not
in the American navy anything able to
cope with such Spanish fleet. That
power which strikes first strikes with
double effect, and we are to-day in q
place to give the first blow.
To blockade New York effectually we
would employ eight or nine of our YES
sells Of war, namely, one iron-clad. three
side-wheel steamers, and three or four
schooners. This would be deadly blow
to the United States, striking it in its
vital centre. BY such proceeding we
could compel the United States, in two
months, to humiliate itself, and beg for
peace.
Boston also must be blochaded. It is
the store house of European commerce,
and the great city of the Northern re-
public. Another iron clad, three side
wheel steamers and two or three sloops
would be sufficient to close that port.
r. AS the United States has some navy
yards and arsenals, it would be advisable
to destroy them. With four frigates, two
of them iron clads, that work could be
accomplished.
These same vessels. while employed in
blockading the ports, could prevent any
departure of expeditions for Cuba. The
United States is nation of darards,
(boasters,) and nothing is easier than to
learn all their intentions.
1t will then be seen, as the Cronista
has shown, that Spain, with twenty
eight of her seventy-one vessels of war,
has fleet powerful enough to humiliate
this nation, while the remainder of our
vessels could be employed at home, in
Cuba, and elsewhere among our posses
sions.
Making all due allowance for the naval
strength of the United States, what is
there to deter us from beginning war
against her Immediately? The commerce
of Spain might suffer some, we confess;
but that of the United States, which is
immense, would be utterly ruined. The
American press calls for the acknowledge
msnt of the independence of Cuba, or,
in other words, demands that the admi-
nistration rob Spain of that island. The
public meetings called to discuss this
subject adopt that principle, and the
Government appears inclined to crafty
these barbarous people.
They provoke us to war! Then let it
be war For ourselves, we offer all we
are and all we have, our printing estab-
lishment and its effects, to sustain such
a war, and our persons we offer as volun-
teers. Tica Espana, and onrard 10 ,car.