War can only result in dissolution and desolation.
From the inability of the government to reinforce Fort Sumter, the first step towards has been taken by the administration from necessity and not from choice. The voice of the country approves the step which has been taken, without stopping to inquire into the reasons which have induced it. At once it has given confidence, and has given a stimulus to the paralyzed business of the country. It has renewed the hope in the breasts of those who really love the Union, that a settlement of the difficulty can yet be made. The medicine will do them good and teach them that a President is subject to laws, and not to partizan platforms-the dictates of his own will, or the insane desires of his followers.