Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-10
ton VindiCator.
TINsLEY & MORTON, Proprietors.
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 10, 1891.
OUR ITALIAN CAMPAIGN,

OUR ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
1t seems that with all human nature re-
CARELESS of nationality, the antics Of the
monkey are only hidden skin deep aud the
slightest excitement. brings them to the
surface. A remark that finds large con-
1rmation i'll the capers, generally level head
ed Americans have cut up over Italy's di-
plomatic caper requiring a revision and re-
organization of the Constitution of the
United States in order that the execution
ers of few professional assassins whose
birth place happened to be in Sicily, might
be punished. Our campaign with Italy has
been carried on with varying fortunes but
as demanded by our National pride, even
tuating in favor Of the United States In
the interior the campaign has spread over a
wide territory and consisted largely of tel
egrams about large bands Of Italians who
were 'movlng on" this OF that city with
the intention of destroying it, the prefer
ence being given to New Orleans. These
bands were not supposed to be amenable to
the authority of the constables OF deputy
sheriffs, state of affairs that naturally
produced ''great excitement" in the doom
ed cities. The tenders to Mr.. Blaine 10y
''Camps of Confederates" with great
newspaper publicity, as is the custom in
strategic warfare, also added to the excite
ment of the campaign in the interior. On
the seaboard, however, the most decisive
actions were fought. There, the naval
officer, active, retired, on shore leave, from
the Commod ore down to the Powder-mon-
key, saw the command of a squadron us the
least of the good things to come out of
to the campaign The fol ce" would haveto
be increased so as to give each naval officer
an iron clad for action, and two OF three
fast cruisers for the use of his family This
in connection with the patriotic discovery
by the government contractors that our
whole coast needed to be walled up and ar
tillery mounted every five hundred yards,
may be said to have won the campaign for
the United States. though had it failed every
owner Of Il passenger steamship stood ready
to sell it at double its value to the govern
ment to be used in saving the country.
Seriously, there has been a good deal OF
nndignifed nonsense over the Italian cam
paign not unmixed with some cunning
cupidity. There is no nation i'll the world
nor all of them 'combined-that could
give the United States thirty days trouble
if every iron clad now afloat was brought |
to attack our seacoast cities. The resour- |
ces of the American mind are simply.illim-
liable. Our own civil war ought to teach
us this. Iron clads and iron armored ships
lay in front of Charleston for three years
without getting i'll range of it. The South
ern Americans beset by necessity invented
the turtle iron clad and did terrific dam
age with it. The Northern Americans
pressed by necessity built the monitor,
which was the equal of the turtle. This
American Nation stands like England to
the rest Of the world-What it hasn't got, |
it has plenty of money to buy. War de-
clared against this country by any Europe
al Nation would end that nation COM
merce from the date Of the declaration and
as for our own ports the dynamite cruisers
and the torpedo system would prove i'm
penetrabIe barriers of safety. OF course
we do not discuss any land battles with
European Nations. AS Napoleon said of q
war between Russia and England, q war
between the United States and European
Nation would be 4 battle between bull
and a whale.
The American people at this time con-
stitute the giant Of the world, a giant in
force with an Inventive genius that has
outstripped all other nations. and towards
foreign nations it is as a general thing a
treaty observing and International law-keep-
ing power. And being in that comfortable |
position with regard to the world around, |
it behooves us to be Watchful Of our digni-
ty at home and not continue such sensa-
tional fakes as the reports that the Italians
of this mine Oh that railroad are preparing
to ''burn a town." Our Italian campaign
in the newspapers will excite Europe S sense
Of humor and ought to.