The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-11-18

iuonto auo give Hi NECESSARY guarantees
for better conduct in the future. = gs
Should the demands be- e;areiussd-
should the purpose be shown to screen
the guilty and protect them in their
savage and relentless barbarities--the
last argument will have to be resorted
to. There is danger, in fact, that the
weakness OF the Spanish power aud hor-
ror OF the crime which has been perpe
tratcd in its name, and the reckless and
frantic cries for vengeance which are
ringing on NIL sidcs. will procipitate
collision before the proper and neces-
sury appeals are fairly heard and consi-
dered by tho Government of Spain.
Discretion, not passion, is now tho in
dispensable condition to just settle.
mept. We should like to see every
proper consideration shown to that Co.
vernmcnt aud people, beset, as they arc,
with difficulties within aud without.
If it should unhappily appear that they
are powerless to enforce the claims of
justice and humanity in the island Of
Cuba, then, of course, the aggrieyed
power will be justified in taking their
vindcation into it's own hands. Should
| it come TO this alternative, the claims of
weakness should not be disregarded !.
It furnishes no right to rctaliatory or
vindictive measures. We deprecate the
language used by some Of our contem.
poraries, that tho impotcnt provincial
government shall be forthwith toppled
into the sea. Bullyism in nations ia as
reprehensibie rs in individuals. The
attempt to brow boat Spain because she
is feeble, the purpose to wrest from her
her ri1hest rossession, without adequate
compensation, would be national
crime and 1agrnut blunder. Let repa-
ration be sought in way no less Judi
cious than prompt; let the amplest
atonement for the outrage to the Vir-
ginius, and the strongest guarantees
nguinst tho possibility Of its recurrence,
bo extorted, if necessary, ut the cannon's y
mouth. Let the fullest indemnity be
exacted for all injuries to persona aud
property. And the guilty should not
be allowed to escape, but punished as
becomes their crimes. But once the
wrong Of government and Of iudividu-
ais is righted. there should be halt.
Let US not forget to be just.
NAVAL PREPARATIONS. The United
States steamship Kansas, now at Brook
lyn, last Thursday received her sailing
orders, and she will proceed direct to
Sintingo do Cuba. She carries three
heavy guns, and is considered one of
the best Of the third ratio vessels of the
navy. The Monongahela, which carries
eleven guns, sailed from Newport on
Sunday, the 9th instant. to Join the
North Atlantic squadron. The Ossipee,
carrying eight guns, is now at Newport,
taking On board torpedoes, and will sail
in few days. The Powhattan is ut
Brooklyn. aud will be ready for sea ut a
days notice. She carries seventeen
guns. The Juniata, Of eight guns, can
proceed to yea tomorrow, if necessary.
The Worcester, of fifteen guns, flug.ship
Of the North Atlantic station, has been
taking on Loard provisions and muni-
tions of war at Norfolk, and sailed for
Havana on the 18th. The propeller has
been changed from two to four blades,
and it is expected her speed will thus be
increased to eleven knots per hour. Tho
Tlconderoga, of eleven guns. is now on
her way from the Brazilian squadron to
join tho fleet in the West Indies. Orders
wero, on tho 18th, sent to tho Brook
Ign Navy Yard to have the Brooklyn,
carrying twenty guns, fitted out as soon
rs possible. Tho Tennessee, carrying
twenty-threc guns, now at Now York, it
is reported, can be got ready for re in
three weeks. The Cannndaigua, OF ten
guns, now at Philadelphia, needs but a
fcw days work to fit her for sea. The
Colorado, franklin and Minnesota could
he fitted ont at New York in three
weeks. They are the largest vessels of
tho navy. The Colorado and tho Min
nosota each carry forty-fvo guns, the
franklin thirty-nine. OF the iron .clads,
tho Saugus is now at Key West. in per.
feet condition. The Manhattan and
Mahopec both vent into commission
last Monday. The Ajax, at Philadelphia,
will be ready in ten days, and there are
three other monitors that can be ready
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