ADVANTAGES OF WAR WITH ENGLAND.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 32, 10 September 1869, Page 3

ADVANTAGES OF WAR WITH ENGLAND.

(From the ' New York Herald.') Talking of the advantages of a war with England might astonish-such timid old fogies as our Secretary of State, Mr. Fish, and men of the same narrowminded views; but with all the horrors and cost of such a conflict there can be no doubt that the result would be of advantage to the United States. ' It would"; put all our ship yards, workshops and factories in full operation; vessels of every description would spring into life as if by magic ; the ocean would soon be covered with Alabamas of the most formidable character; British ships and commerce would be swept from every sea, and in the end this nation would become the first maritime nation in the world. As to war vessels, monitors, and all the other terrible naval engines of modern warfare, we could construct them more rapidly than the Monitor which fought the Memmac was built, which only took a few weeks to prepare for the greatest naval fight in history. This country is comparatively invulnerable to British armies or fleets, and a war would leave us in the position England was in after she destroyed the Spanish Armada and the fleet of Holland, the first naval and maritime nation on the globe. We say nothing of the British possessions in America, which must necessarily be lost to England and become a part of this republic, nor of the thousand millions of American bonds and securities held in that country, which would be rendered valueless. We only look at the question as affecting our shipping interests and manufactories. But there is no reason to believe that England would go to war with the United States. . She is too wise for that. Still, war or no war, it is absurd, cowardly, and an insult to the American people to talk of fearing such an event. Any public man who gives expression to fear, as Mr. Secretary Fish, ought to be kicked out of office without a moment's hesitation.