Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-21

the world to fight their naval battles for them
They sent Ben McCulloch to make a raga.
maIiin raid upon the Federal Capital, Gen
Bcauregard meanwhile staying at Charleston
McCulloch is said to have ascertained th
plan Of the rebel leaders to be to put hlu
forward, help him with what soldiers They
could send him. risk their all upon one granC
battle on the border and be ready them
selves for an ignominious flight from til,
country, if they lost. They have, SO far n
can be believed, exhibited all the aversion t,
actual danger as well as all the disposition
to rant and bluster, which characterize
towards. If they are indeed as valiant q
they would have us believe, they must sc
other proof chan the history of the past SIS
months The rebellion, so far as the Cottor
States are concerned, has thus far been un.
worthy of the name Its leaders have actco
the part of timid thieves rather than Of boll
high waymen They have braved no danger
and made no eacrlces They framed pa
per Government with closed doors, and
never turned the keys until they had usurped
the Offices under that Government They
relied upon the combined patience and ig
norance of the masses, and the latter have
submitted to their usurpations because they
had no power in the State Governments for
organizing resistance, whereas the "leaguc"
Of their oppressors was compact and com
pletc. The revolution has been a swindle,
and system Of false pretences from the
start. The world may yet see that ialsehood
and co wardice go hand in hand in this, as in
all other things. 1t is not impossible nor i'm
probable, as we believe, that the valiant
cliellains of the so-called Southern Con-
iederacy will yet show the white feather, to
the disgrace and modification of the brave
men who now think them eager for the fray
We have but little doubt that the ring Header.
ofthe present unprovoked rebellion will flee
from the continent of North America upor
losing the first important battle in the wal
they have valiantly proclaimed. We fur
thermOre believe that their flight will be
from some point South of Cape Fear, and that
meanwhile their cowardly feet will never
prees the soil of any State above North Caro-
lima.
The declaration Of war to which we have
alluded, is thus given in brief in the news by
the last Pony:
MONTGOMERY, May jth.-An act passed, Sc
crocy removed, recognizing the existence OF
war withsthe United States, and concerning
letters OF marque, reprisal and prize goods.
The preamble reclcs acts of Lincoln and bis
proclamation, and the necessity for the Con-
federate States to accept the war thus COM
mcnced by him The Act authorizes grant
ing letters of marque and reprisal on Gel tain
conditions A proviso announces the dctum
that free ships make free goods. Thirty days
are granted to Federal vessels now at ports
of the Confederate States, for purposes oflaw-
ful commerce, to return to their homes.
1t will bo remembered of Bombastcs Furi-
oso, that he once threw down the gauntlet in
the following words:
"Ile who shall these boots displace,
Must meet Bombascs face to face"
Gen. Furioso did not sneak around after
wards and remove the boots privately, and
then, from a safe distance, proclaim that he
'recognized" the absence of the same and the
consequent existence of war" Although he
is considered the very embodiment of brOg-
gadocio, he would have scorned such pro-
cecdng. The heroes of the Gulf of Mexico
having stolen all the Government property in
sight, except two or three forts in Florida
(Which they cannot get without fight, and
therefore do not wanD; having battered
down fort and compelled the surrender OF
a handful of men; having given notice from
the stump, as we said before, that the Feder-
al Capital should fall in few days, and hav.
ing threatened to play the devil generally
with all who should dare to prop up that
poor defunct old aflair-the United States
Government, now "recognize the existence OF
war" which they say was commenced OH the
10th of last month by the proclamation OF
President Lincoln calling for troops to defend
and protect the National Capital and the
public property. As we said at the COM
mencenlent, the wordy warriors of the Negro
nondescript Government have declared war
against the United States in the same sneak
ing and roundabout manner which has char
aeterized every wicked step they tave taken
jeff. Davis party say that war does exist
they will of course, if they have the means
and the pluck, treat as enemies all who ac-
knowledge allegiance to the United States OF
North America. Let the traitors in this State
who are lending aid and comfort to the enc
my, keep their treason well concealed from
the light of day as they value their preciou:
heads. Let those who acknowledge the au-
thority Of jeff, Davis conduct themselves as
becomes those who are in an enemy's country
| in time of war The pcace-mongers must he
watched with vigilant care; for the man who
now cries "peace," and opposes the crushing
of rebellion by the whole power of the Gov
ernment, in the face of the declaration of war
made by the traitors is not to be trusted
Either he does not know the duties of an
American citizen, or he is traitor unfit to
be at large.
Hon. ZACH MONTGOMERY The Union says
that when the resolution declaring that the
Southern Confederacy ought to be acknow-
ledged by the General Government, was be-