New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-19

,hnll become fully known, issues an order rcqlir
ING this little band tn defend aud hold MT
o,ly Fort Mouityic, but Fort s.mtcr and Casslo
Pinclpey bcsidc. 1t ia the work Of n thousand
usr; possibly FIVE hun . I'd could d. it: but not
more than seventy are set 90 the work, "a i that
too when soldiers enough STe within a lew fours
Of Charleston whom any bSy would undertake to
transport to Fort Moutgre, and Mt let the Reyo-
htiorsts here know IL, esther.
A great many ruscTs are ah0at as to the
prty aratiols beth for gie attack and the leise.
A large number OF scaling ladders aud bridges
are being secretly made for the RevOlutionists,
and the impression extensively prevails that bat
teries are being planted at different points.
Nothing but the lack of heavy guns prevents tho
latter from being done. Examination has re-
Gently been made of the site of an old fortiiica-
ticn on the south side of the harbor, where it
Was Thought that possibly some cannon nigh:
still reuan. II is believed that none were found
there: tut the R,vclutoLi Is are in hopes of OBJ
aiming heavy guns from some quarter, aud they
viii ,buhly succeed.
Sulliyun's Island being within the corporate
limits Of Charleston, the Revolutionists, before
c, mmitiing any overt act can carry their opera
items to the very walls of Fort Moultre. Thus,
several wears ago, the Palmetto flag was raised
almost alongside the stars and stripes, and Se-
cessiop meeting held within few rods of the
Fort, whose inmates were compelled to endure
the reasonable speeches and receive the taunts OF
The traitors.
Tie commanding officer at Fort MOultrie is
peculiarly situated. His present orders are (,
81 act rigidly on the defensive" Were he per-
mit.cd 10 exercise wise discretion, and erect
batteries ut the point where Sullivan Island will
be invaded from the main land, IT would be- ex-
tremely doubtful whether the Revolutionists
~oud ever &c. nearer than mile of the Fort.
The island is quite thicky covered by all sorts Of
buildines-some Of the fire Summer residences of
wealthy citizens of Charleston. In case of an
attack, you may rely for certainty that
tlese buildings viii not be suffered u
stand as 70 many hiding places, but will ut once
he l,yelrd and burnt. The circumstances OF tn"
occasion, when the attack is made, will also Of
necessity decide what shall be done and how.
I pretend ~ no exclusive information. But It 10
tu,posing too much il regard to men confined as
are those of Fort Moultrie, TO conclude that they
will be MT oil fastidious in the use of the means
Of defehte at their command. Nor need there be
any surprse if, when the City of Charleston
peurs forth its organised and armed mob to mas
sucre the Moultrie garrison, and, so far as they
can do il, overthrow the Government Of the
country, the city itself should be visited with
speedy and terrible retributon. 1t may happen
that the moment Fort Mcultrie is attacked, Forts
Sumter and Castle Pinckney will open shower
of shells on the city. Her cotton warehouses
would be like so many match boxes to kIndlr
CONFEDERATION, while bombs and shot were rained
ur,n all quarters of the city.
Then would Secession be fully inaugurated.
Aud yet it would be but foretaste. South
Carolina should net persuade herself that her Of
foits to tear down the Government will not raise
up enemies; that when she inaueurates revou
on, it wiz sst be pushed to the "bitter end"
Therefore she ought TO prepare to see, what some
secretly fear as likely, her two hundred miles of
sehboard swarm with craft carrying the John
Brown flag, whose mission will be tn license m
arch,, ard perhaps in1ct all the horrors of iu-
will rise up. We may safely conclude that when
South Carolina tramples Oh the Federal law, and
rel udiatfs tie only means by which insurrection
can be put dow, and oil nders of that class
IuIisled, thousands of reckless adventurers wal
emigrste TO her borderr, and take their chances
under the new system. Such will be some of the
first fruits of secession
Isolated as we are here, it is scarcely posi-
| bic to know what people are thinking and say
| ing in other parts Of the country. But l can
! not help believing but that, as men elsewhere
| cone to calmly view the question Of secession,
they will inquire whether it is possible that
sill Gle State and that the least of them all may
pull down our Republican ediiice, and the Fed
| erul Government prove incapable of protecting
tie con on Heritage Was that the intention
Of tl- iyanrrs7 Has the Federal Government
re:ly L. it:ncr 10 assert its own authority to
IiUt,ct ia, rOiy from al offending memberl
ius. Z. rniiig There was meeting in Secession
Hal. g., Il, 10 obserye the anniversary Of the
eva, usi!on OF Charleston by the British, bat more
particularly to give greeting" t0 the delegates
Ia tie Convention from this city. There were sew
eis speeches made all OF which pointed to the forth
coming struggle with the Federal Government,
or " eth the North" rs come prefer to call it.
Mr.. Il. X. Carroll also delivered the congratu-
laiory address Ia the delegates, pointed to the
example OF the men Of the Revolution, in "bat.
"tliug for principle" give few sentences to
show what is running in the heads of the Rcvo-
lut;onists, in spite Of the promises made to Mr..
Tue, q II
"Aid h.,. did they do his7 Wee they nsned by stamp
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