The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-17

Tne UprtsaD9 Of the NOrth-war VtE0r-
ously In Barnest.
During the past six months the cotton States
have been armiDg themselves against the fede-
raj government South Carolina, Georgia,
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas
have organized new confederacy and placed
themselves in the position of a foreign Power,
and foreign Power upon our immediate
frontier. The new confederacy has organized
an army, made provisions for q navy-as yet
without ships or sailors; issued proposals for
loan, seized upon and possessed the forts,
arsenals and public places belonging to the
United States, and otherwise assumed the
powers, duties and responsibilities of q separate
and independent government During all
this time the people of the North and West
have been silent, patient, forbearing. Tho
roughly well informed by their newspapers
as to the movements Of those who
were formerly their fellow citizens, but
who have elected-whether for good cause or
not is now out Of the argument-to place them
selves in the position of enemies, the great Cen
trail States have kept aloof from fanatiosm on
one side and folly on the other, and have hoped
that reason might again assert its sway over
the extremists of both parties. The lombard
ment of Fort Sumter has, however, changed the
whole aspect of affairs. The attack upon q
fort garrisoned with less than hundred men
by force Of over seven thousand is q measure
which is calculated-if anything could-to
raise the spirit of people whose ancestors
fought their way to constitutional liberty
through the greatest difficulties which ever en-
vironed nation struggling for its existence.
| And although nobody was hurt, as they say, at
Sumter, still it is not to be wondered at that
our people should feel deeply and prepare Sc
riously to resent the insult offered to the flag
| of the republic.
| Under these circumstances, the President of
the United States has called for volunteer
soldiers to the number of seventy-fve thousand.
No additional recruiting Offices have been for
mally opened as yet; but we have no doubt
that the Secretary of War will be able to re-
| port to the President before Saturday night
that the adhering States have offered three
times as many men as called for by the
government. The Secretary of the Treasury is
well supplied with money, and has assurances
that his departme shall not suffer from en-
barrassment. We have no doubt that half a
| million of men and hundred millions of dol
lars will be offered to the Executive between
this time and the Fourth of July, when Con-
gress meets in extraordinary session. The
blood Of the North is up; and, without
disparagement to the South, we may express
our firm belief that the descendants Of the men
who stormed Louisburg, scaled the heights of
Abraham, answered the roll call at Lexington,
repulsed three times the British infantry at
Breeds Hill, followed Stark at Bennington, and
bore the colonial flag from Cambridge to York
Town, will not disgrace their ancestry in the
coming struggle. The people of the North are
compelled to accept the dread arbitrament of
the sword. They did not seek it. There is no
course left for them but an earnest, vigorous,
determined support of the government. We
have no longer parties, or factions, or cliques.
Feeble efforts may be made to organize new
parties or restore old political attachments,
but they will be fruGess. From the Aroostook
to the Potomac, from the Atlantic seaboard to
the Rocky Mountains, the war slogan has
been sounded and responded to with
alacrityl IL the South goes to war upon what
is presumed to be point of honor, and strikes
the first blow, the North can do nothing but
meet the issue promptly. Honor is not indi-
genous nor confined to the South. We have
temporized too long We have hoped that the
storm would blow over. We have been occu-
pied with our business or our pleasure, and
have allowed the ship of State to drift towards
the breakers. We have watched the stock
board, or interested ourselves in foreign
affairs, OF devoted ourselves to the service of
Mammon, or INDUCED in the luxuries of life,
forgetting its real duties. Some of us, perhaps
have fancied that the cause of the black man
was Of more consequence than the material in
terests of our own race. But that is oil over
now. The almighty niger is dead and the
occupation of Phillips, Garrison Il Co. is gone.
| The North is consolidated as one man, and the
| government is to be sustained at all hazards.
The South has treated us foreign, hostile
Power, and we can no longer treat or tempo.
reeve must fight.
| The alacrity with which the North has re.
| sponded to the appeal of the President is un-
| doubleday due, in a great measure, to the fa-
cilities for the rapid dissemination of intelli-
| gence through the telegraph and the independ-
ent press. The New YORK HERALD the circu-
lation of which newspaper now exceeds 100000
copies daily-more than the combined issue of
all the other metropolitan journals been
able to present the earliest intelligence con-
corning the opening of the great struggle, and
has without doubt materially facilitated the
operations of the government, To the bitter
end the pen will bear as important part in
| the great conflict as the sword.
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