The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-29

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England; OF, Battle Of Dorking,a whose
zeal identity has not yet bean discovered.
has Written a:letser to the London Spec.
tator. denying that ii was int tended in any
political or partisan sense. he pro.
nounces the Eondon Times. criticism
upon t'as extremely feeble, md .sa,y;s:
$50 long as london md. .'W0olwieh lie
open to tempt a successful coup ds main,
and ONE Anal defence resta ON an organi-
zation whiohl hardly works II, pesoe. and
would infallibIy break down under the
first strain Of emergency, others may al
ternate between fts OF panic and parsi-
mony, but the stats OF the hetterinform-
ed. who know what Is possible in: war,
mBst paeds be that of permanentnneasi
nass, because they feel that the nfate, OF
the country is dependent: on good l1ok
and the forbsnrance Of possible enemies
1bH 1Yrass ssys we are safe because onr
AEmy Il, larger than that which fought at
NvhAoAtVOs th-S U0OA0' oO ho 1OAtlAk. w HAy
that we' are unsafe because Julius Cesar
eHs6ted at! invasion. with three legiops.
Fh,ths. present state. of European arpa
ments. the one precedent is about as
opposite as the other" i,,. ,afl'ai,@..g
. His letter has attracted almost as Annoh
attention as the original article. and has
Grohsed no little opposition to the Minis
try. That sense OF; security which was
the ;BritoA;a boaat:7that confidence in
personal pfowess,F which heS never lost
oooasiiso;ini ITO. asss1t,-it not destroyed by
the plain staths go oleverly told BY the
writer, have at eny rate received q blow
severe enough 10 beges painful and
widespread anxiety Imaginary as are
aAthe events aafrated. 1t is not little
strange that scarcely siae weeks after its
publication, Bismarck and Granville
should become involved ina quarrel. as
the telegraph has lately informed ns.
The slight endorsement OF. oprophecy
thus afforded must add. adaitiohal Weight
to its entire piausibility in thaestimation
Of the English people. The: Baltimore
American says, on this: subjeUt:a M
:.The English wIiter who narrowed up
the nerves 81 the nation. With the pro-
phecy Of o German conquest. .bas greatly
pleased the ambition, Of the prospective
t}ctoFe. and their reply now ncomes back
10 the shape OF letter published in the
A4lgemeine Zsi!ung. aud signed by John
Michael Truth Baumwoll, Angle. German
politician Of the future addressed to
the Emperor. Kaiser William is recon-
mended to INVADE and conquer England
as the two other tWitiiamsAthey of Nor
mandy. and. Okang ge-did before him.
Herr Ttnta ~Psvmwo1 thinks that this
enterprise would hot be at all difficult,
and the advantages of it would be that
Germany. with its own magnificent army
and England's great fleet, would become
master of:the world. Franba would be
divided among-the warriors OF the
Fatherland; Austria would take its place
aa Q portion Of the Empire, and Germany
would rnle supreme by sea and land
Queen Victoria shouldlbe handsomely
pShsioned; t4a. Prince Of Wales should
be compensated Ivy an annuity, and AN
era ot reaI happiness and self.respect
would open.for the. British territories Of
the aormnn Empire
t''This is sharp firing Of paper, pellets,
and next we look for tremendous sho
in reply from some Of the great literary
guns Of England"
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