The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-13
WHAT WounD TIE South Do?-A war

WHAT Would TIE South Do?-A war
between Great Britain and the United
States would he q very -serious thing.
Both nre powerful nations s-rpowetnl in
ell the resources of men and capital re-,
quired to make up frst-olass conflict.
Such war would ue fraught with un-
told calamities to all concerned. What
ever might bs the fiunl issue, it is Ger.
tain that no real good could ACCRUED from
it 10 the American republic.
Snpposiug that such war should en-
sue from the present complications, the
the question very naturally 'spggt.sts it
self, how would the South, or rather the
people Of the Southern States, stand
affected toward it? This question cam
not but be one of grave CONCERN to those
who have the conduct of our national
affairs. if indeed they seriously think Of
resort to the sword. Without at all
intending to depreciate tho character Of
the Northern people, we hold that it is O
fact not to be disputed that the people
OF the fifteen Southern States constitute
by all odds the most warlike race on the
continent. For four years they held ut
bay by the mere force Undetermined re-
solve and desperate courage arm.es
which were to them as ON hundred to
one, and at lust gave up only because
they were utterly worn ont and exhaust
ed by the struggle. Undlsmayed By
trials and sufferiugs that would have
broken the spirit of any other people,
the South WAS found ready to storm "a
fort, mount Il breach, or take part III the
deadly Charge up to the last moment
when surrender to the inevitable WAS
preferred to humiliation. None know
better than Graut aud his advisers tue
importance vi securing the sympathy
aud cooperation Of the Southern people
Ill Il foreign war.
War with Greut Britain uu the issue
presented might aud perhaps wonld be
popular with Now England. for New
England has been anxious for such oil
event. Ia ordsr to cut OH oompBtltion in
her manufactures, pretty much ever
since the time when blue lights were dis.
played from her cousts az a signal to the
public enemy. The Middle and West
ern States would huve nothing to gain,
and much to lose, by such contingency.
Aud as for the people of tho Southern
States, they have not been 80 Justly or
generously dealt with since, in good
faith, they laid down their arms, at the
termination of the late civil strife, to
enter with any great enthusiasm upon
this Quarrel of President Grant and his
friends. Hud different policy been
pursued. it might be that the men of the
South wonld respond. with the alertness
they have never failed to show where the
national honor was at stake, to the rally
ing cry, even though the point at Issue
were what it is But if, under any cir.
cumstanccs, they could forgot, in patri.
otto enthusiasm, that the question OF
dispute between the United States and
Great Britain grows out of the counte.
nance given by the latter to the Confe.
derate cause. they will scarcely do 80 ns
the matter stands.
The sympathy and aid OF tue oppressed
and prosecuted people OF the South we
conclude, therefore, can hardly DO ex-
peoted by Grant and his Cabinet if, as
We do not at oil believe, they seriously
contemplate the inauguration of hostili
ties against Great Britain on account oi
| the Alabama claims.
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