The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-19
ORLEANS, THURSDAY, APRIL

have to aid their side. They have the
best arms In the world-they were made
by our own people, and Europe has no
better. The large guns the Turks get
from kfupp, and, OF course, these can.
not be exeelled. There is no doubt that
both sides have plenty OF arms and
ammunition. After the Russians get
very much weakened and the Turks
have worried them a good deal, then
the Austrians and perhaps the Ger
mans will have something. to say
France Is not particularly. interested,
and--mark what ] say---she will not
engage In this conflict. She will go on
with her exhibition. and 1t promises to
be a grand SUCCESS. The war will not
affect it In the least. Austria is the
country that Ia most in the contest. ex-
eepting England, and just how Austria
Ia going to act remains to be seen. she
will be In the fight, however, before the
war has gone on six mouths. England
| IA the grand puzzle. You can depend
on 1t she does not intend to allow Rus
sia to take Constantinople, even II she
could, aud her time to enter into the
contest will be marked by the circum-
stanees of the conflict. The great good
| that this war is going to have on our
country cannot be computed. We will
not only sell -four, wheat, corn, pork,
arms and ammunition to the con.
| tending parties. out we Will sell all
these things to the other great nations,
especially our cereals and provisions.
| If the war continues two years and my
| prediction is that it will-=we will have
to plant for the whole world. The entire
agricultural pursuits Of the great grain
ol the Black Sea will be stopped. 1t was
so In the Ctimean war. / was lieuten-
ant In the navy and commanded the
Supply, then In the Mediterranean
squadron, and well do | remember the
rich harvest our merchants reaped
during the war. This war will bring
again to us the commercial supremacy
we lost during our war. Ii Congress
legislates properly in June, 30 as TO
allow vessels TO be bought and placed
under our flag TO remain there, our com
nercial marine will be revived. We
have not time to build ships. we must
buy them,
Admiral Porter went on to say that
there probably would not be much
blockading and that our supplies would
be in demand BY other nations In any
event.
Gen. Sherman. on being interviewed,
said that neither Russia nor Turkey ever
had larger or better disciplined armies
than now. They have, said he. all the
advantages of many improved arms and
modes OF warfare, and the result will be
that the world will witness the greatest
battles ever fought, 50 far as the de-
strdotion Of life is concerned. I believe
this struggle is going to cost q million OF
lives, and they will not be all Russians
and Turks either. / can hardly believe
that the Turks can withstand the shock.
They may save Constantinople. but II
they lose every other point what good
will it do them2 Gen. Sherman also
took a favorable view of the effect on
this country. He added:
1T will keep our people at work day
and night to provide for Europe, II there
should be D general war, and that now
seems inevitable to me. l believe all
the great powers will be directly or in
directly involved before the year is out.
Ia the parts Of the country in which
the field fights will certainly take place
a half million men on either side can
and will be used. The Russians will
have to pull along very fast through
the summer, for they get all their sup.
plies by their railroads, and in the win
ter these are rarely available"
Gen. Sherman said he was in favor OF
allowing some of our army officers tc
visit either army without pay and serve
on staff duty.