The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-20
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She is Ready for War with the United states.

She is Ready for War with the United States.
El Cronista, published in New York; the
Spanish organ, whose editor lately foughta duel,
and is supposed to be sustained by the volunteer
sentiment of Havana, has at last declared war
upon the United States. His latest editorial is
long and contains the following amusing pas
sages. After remarking that every Spaniard in
the United States applauds the bellicose attitude
of El Cronistd. and declaring that the United
States has not to-day military marine which
can compete with ''the magnificent war vessels
of Spain," it proceeds to give some interesting
statistics of the Spanish navy,
IL will be n Mercantile Affair.
A war of Spain against the American people
will be exclusively naval and mercantile affair,
that is to say, the most ruinous sort of war we
can make it, throwing upon the sea, as we
should 100, 600 Spanish marines, and blockading
the ports of the Union from Philadelphia north
out what we have indicated with the maritime
forces of Spain? We will now analyze the pro.
position.
Uow we Little Apples do swim.
We have seven magnificent iron-covered
ffigates, one of which is In process of construc-
ton but will be ready, at furthest, in three
months for service. We have eleven others of
wood the meanest OF which is better than the
best American, and there are three others, side
wheeled. excellent for blockading purposes.
There are 81 ships fitted for combat, seven of
which are the best known to military science in
the whole world; do our readers understand?
Besides there are two magnificent corvettes, the
Dona Maria de Molina and El Tornado, % side
wheel steamers, one OF ten guns, seven of six
guns and the others of two guns: and we count
| "a screw schooners 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 gun
| boats that are in the Philippines. We have only
mentioned the II 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.
ssThe South VIII Help U.s."
With the Southern ports we shall have nothing
| TO do. The States to which these appertain
| groan under the military yoke of<he nation, and
| long TO shake it off. Who knows to what point
| their hatred will go (now suppressed for the
| momant0 should such q war as this break out?
| We have letters heaped up around us, expressing
4 the desire that an occasion would offer Itself so
that the writers might declare themselves inde-
| nendent. Let us leave them champing the un-
eeasv bit which Yankee tyranny has put into
/ their mouths, and we will cast our eyes from
| Philodelphia towards the North and then fix oul
military ideas.
The Delaware 10 be Closed.
| Commencing at the incontestable proposition
that euirassed ships have no rivals IN THIS coun
| trv. we will place ten of ours at the mouth o.
| tie Delaware if only to do honor TO the grea
| number of monitors which are IN Philadelphia
| ACCOMMODATING these two lron-coyered trigate
there will be one of wood and three side-whee
steamers and thus Philadelphia Will be effec
tnaIlv blockaded, because as against spanish
| naval division of this class there is nothlng IL
| tba American marine which can be successful,
! onnosed. III any one knows anything on tni
npInt which is not within the range OF our In
formation let him state 1t, and free us at one
from hypothetical speculauons'