The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-09

sent three kilograms Of congratufation to US
Not one came from Napoleon, who, on the con
trary, was at the, time hitting us sly dabs IL
Mexico. Seward let him hit, because his army
Was all the time eating up the beef and tam
ing the hides which. otherwise would have got
ten into the rebel army. In fact, MaxlmiliaI
| was o sort, of. provision destroyer in Mexico
+ 1--WE 20 back Of the last war, there is no rea
SON why we shouldn't sympathize with France
Napoleon sent: troops and Lafayette came te
helm us, while Frederick the Great hired out. a
lot Of Hessans to Great Britain. -4.; :; y
CORRESPONDENT. And II y0n. 80 now about
| five miles from Potsdam You will see marble
monument, on which -s-wrltten An clumsy
German. sacred to the memory Of 5000 Ger
man braves, who died heroically In the Ameri
can war" What de- you think OF the capture
OF Saarbricken, General?
General Grant. Little skirmishes and re-
connoissance now and then don't amount te
.anything. We must. wait for the campaign
1 Sometimes, in checkers, Q man gives away one
man, and BY and by takes three. So In war
Then, Saarbrucken don't seem to have been
German town: : It was like the rebels hrsl
taking Bowling Green, Kentucky, or. Little
Rock 1t rather belonged to them, but when
General Steele retook Little Rock, that was
the Black Forrest win be the Wilderness. = AT
lleast should think that modern warfare had
demonstrated the fact that 1t iSf0olish to as
sault fortified town when! you can just as
well march around,it, and compel the attacked
party to scarye, Or come out and tght, you.
General Hooker and, General Burnside botn
stormed Fredericksburg, but I think ifthey hat
IL to do over again you would see them marCn' en-
ing right around to the rear. Mayence,, 20
blentz and even Ehrenbreitstein, the :Gibral-
tar OF the Rhine,if managed at all, will nave
to be managed as Fredericksburg was at last.
| You can't storm -Ehrenbreitstein any more
than you could Vicksburg from the Louisiana
| flats. You can lombard it., but when taken u
will have to be. starved out. NOW, eaoa't
think these French fellows are much on the
starve-out process; ;;they're too last, anu mere
Prussla:has the inside track:
Correspondent. What Will be Inc prooaOle
strategy of the Prussian army p.
= General Grant. It will undoubtedly remain
strictly on the detensiye.o The Prussians are
now where the Arstrlans were during the lasl
war. They VIII find defending themselves
against the French far different from conquer
/ Ing Austria. The Victory of KonigG :atz was
won without Prussian quartermaster's;d de-
partment, without even q baseT ofesupples.
They started, like General Pope, with head
quarters and hindquarters in the saddle.
! This strategy Is only safe with victory: III
would have been as disastroAsI Wlth; Mug
William OF koniggratz as 1t was Win Zen
erai Pone at Centreville had he met with re
mlse. The Austrian Campaign was success
.fnl, but 1t would not do Tor King william 70
! fight the French in this way. He must. stand
still-iotrench and the French. must dig MIN
out or work in the. rear. Spades Will be
truynps again, as at Vcksburg. There is O
striking analogy between the French ana frlls,
sian armies anG the old Union anu Ieoei
armies. Prllssia's strategy should be to stand
sill. If She takes the aggressive. penetrating
French territory. the same result VIII undouof-
e(lIy await her that awaited Lee in Pennsylra-
njl. Gellysbur.s and Aniietam both weakened
the rebels more than years OF defensive war
fare. Kon:sgralz will not pc repeated during
this war.
the war ON. this country i..a 80, -; -.
General Grant. History will repeatitselt ;0nr
war raised values, not only here, but all over
the world, People couldn't 1--we in Europe af-
Ter one, nor one-half as cheap as before.
The present war will raise values IN Europe.
Americans will come home. Iron, leather and
coal will advance there. Then We can CON-
pete with them without tariff. The war will
be seli-;mposed high-tarif, imposed on every
article OF foreign Importation. This war (and
here the General was enthusiastic) will be the
greatest blessing that could be afforded to
America. It will raise Europe up to an eqlf6-
ruin of nr.ces and labor. Our factories Will
start again. I;nportations will cease They will
no longer be .able TO make coat cheaper IN
Europe tn m in this country. Our breadstuffs and
bacon Will have to furnish their quartermas-
rers department Indirectly. Pork will adj
vance, and general farm produce VIII bring
corresponding high figures II the war lasts, as
now think At will. Our bonds will come
home at first, but they will be quickly absorb
ed. They are safe, and foreigners are even
now making large deposits Of them IN Amerl-
can banks. Many are coming back, but few
i,antto realize on them. - They make, a sure
revenue for them, no matter how lhe war
turns ont at Home. ~.
Correspondent" How about our merchant
marinc-our. shipping?
General Grant: Here we have made q great
suicidal mistake, Before Congress adjourned
we ought to have made arrangements for the
purchase of foreign vessels. They are in the
market now at cheap figures, but we can't
buy them. The old act of Congress provides
for the building of ships at home, bat prohi6-
its their purchase of . foreign power. By
an act oil Congress-, we. can't buy o yes
sci which we once owned bat sold to Ger
MANY during our war-that Is, we can't change
her hag. If we buy and sail under Prus-
sian flags, then France will gobbe us up. Our
war killed our merchant marine. In the
face Of the Alabama pirates we sold ont cheap.
England had no acts of Parliament against
buying, and she possessed herself Of our ships
at half price Now is the time for US to get
even by buying tie ships of France and Prns-
sia. This is what wanted Congress to do.
But many OF our Congressman know nothing
OF shipping; they are farmers and lawyers,
and the idea did not strike them with force
before adjournment: Now they see IT, get
letters every day filled with regrets that we
did not fix this thing up so as to build up our
merchant marine. 1t was great mistake,
sir-a great mistake.