BOUNCE OUT-BOUNCED; OR, HEROD OUT-HERODED.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 168, 24 May 1872, Page 3

BOUNCE OUT-BOUNCED; OR, HEROD OUT-HERODED.

(To the Editor of tlie Mount Ida Cjirohiceg.) Sir, —Some extracts from an American paper, inserted in the ' Mount Ida Chronicle ' of the 10th inst., speak of the advantages America would gain by a war with England, and the writer presumptuously predicts that England would come off second best. Looking at what he says altogether on the subject it amounts to the greatest, piece of bombast I ever saw in print. His talk more resembles tbe ravings of a lunatic, than the opinions of a sober,, sensible man. To gain advantage's with a war with England ? Mighty England fought hand to hand with each of the greatest nations of the world, and still her glory is untarnished • she holds the champion belt of Europe since the days of Waterloo; she points to Gibraltar as a trophy of her triumphs—to the heights of Quebec, where the gallant "Wolfe fell in the hour of victory, and died for England's glory. Africa, China, India, all bear testimony to England's greatness, to her conquests, and her world wide fame. England is great, and will continue great.. Dr. Cumming says ber guns will be fheard booming to the last day of the world's history. An American orator said that " the sun never sets on Queen Vic-toria's-dominions," England's trade, the English language, and England's greatness exerts an influence in the remotest corners of the earth. The free born sons of Britain snapped asunder the chains and shackles forged by tyrants to bind in bondage millions of the human race. But to return to the advantages that America would gain by a war with England: In the first place, if the Alabama and two or three more English built vessels made such havoc of American shipping, and gave such a blow to its commerce that it bas never since recovered, I ask how would it be if a numerous English fleet, composed of such powerful vessels as the Warrior, Black Prince, and British Queen, were to make an attack on America ? The? would capture, sink, or burn, the whole of American shipping; they would lay in ruins all the great commercial cities of America bordering on the Atlantic ; the stars and stripes,, that bastard flag ot America, the offspring of treachery, treason, and rebellion, would vanish before the flag of Old England like snow before the noon-day sun. England would not only sweep victoriously through the ocean, but sho could play her part well on land. She

would force : in '-'.'Canada, 250,000 strong, all brave, hardy,'loyal,; native-born British subjects. Such a force, led by England's best Generals, and supported byloo,oooveteran British troops, would not only be able to. defend their own territory, but to invade the -States. Then the South, inspired with fresh hope, and animated i? with new vigor, would spring to arms, and rush once more to meet the Yankee in deadly conflict. The latter would find himself between two fires, ignited Jby his own rashness, dishonesty, and bounceability.. In such a situation he would reflect on his folly, and soon "cave in." The Union would be broken into fragments, and the South independent. England would require the States of Maine, New York, and New Jersey as indemnity. These, being added to Canada, three of the most brilliant stars would be plucked from the American flag to add lustre to the rising greatness of the new Dominion. I am, &c, A Minee.