The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-10-08

The Spanish organ at New York, Fl Crouista.
which processes to be anxious for war between
Spain and the United States, takes curiously
pompous view Of Spanish power, and says that
5000 Spanish marines could be put upon the
sea, and all the ports from Philadelphia north.
ward would be blockaded. The Southern ports
will not need to be blockaded, for tits expected
that the Southerners will help Spain against the
North. Crcnista tells large stories about the ma
val vessels and forces at the command Of Spain,
and we give below portion Of this warlike ar
ticle, so that our readers may know how easily
Boston, New York and Philadelphia are to be
blockaded, and this country Of braggarts'
brought to terms:
Commencing ut the incontestiblc proposition
that cuirassed ships have no rivals In this coun-
try, wewill place ten Of ours At the mouth Of
the Delaware. II only to do honor to tho great
number Of monitors which are In Philadelphia.
Accompanying these two iron covered frigatcs
there will be one Of wood and three side wheel
steamers, md thus Philadelphia will be offect-
ually blockadcd, because as against Spanish
naval division Of this class there is nothing in
the American marine which can be successfully
opposed. II any one knows anything on this
point which Is not within the range Of our in
formation, let him state II, and free us at once
from hypothetical spcculations. Toward block
aiding New York rs II ought to be in order to be
effective according to the law Of nations, we
shall employ other eight or nine vessels, viz (:
one cuirassed frigate, three side-wheel steamers
and two OF, three screw schooners. This will be
tie mortal stroke, fred ut the heart Of the Amer
lean nation, and which, at the end of two months,
will oblige 1t, notwithstanding its ridiculous and
overweening vanity, to beg peace Of Spain.
Boston must likewise be blockaded. Il Is an
important depot for European commerce, and is
in the nothern part Of the model Republic. .Anr
other iron-covered steamer, with three or fou-
more ships, will be sufficient for this purpose.
Let us resume. We shall employ in the three
blockades that We have indicated four cuirassed
ships, eight side-wheel ships. and five screw
schooneIs. And as this nation has arsenals
which ought to be destroyed, another flying di.
vision Of four frigat.s. two Of these without
'iron-protecting sides, must 20 out on this im-
portant commission along the North American
coast. These ships can likewise 60 out to sea
against any important expedition that may sail
to Cuba. America is q country Of braggarts,
and nothing will be easier than to learn every
thing with respect to the projects had under con-
sideration, with the minutest details, and these
canbe communicated in very short time to any
place where our ships may happen to be. As
the readers Of the Fl Cronista will see, with 20
or 28 Of the II ships Of war at our disposition
for military operations, We can humiliate COM
pletely this nation. Finally, there will be for
the further necessities Of Cuba, Spain, Africa.
and the PHILIPPINES, more than 40 ships, without
counting the l8 gunboats in thi, last archipela-
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