St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-17
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The Rebel State.


South Carolina has already commit
ted the covert act" and has strucl
the first blow. She has held a trcaso,
convention, issued various ordinances
in conflict with the laws of the Unitcc
States, has absolved sworn U. 5. off
GERS from their oath OF allegiance tt
the constitution. Executive NANTES
toes of secession and independence
have been proclaimed She has seiz,
cd upon several United States fortress.
cs at Charleston, and manned them
with rebels. She has taken down the
United States flag from the arsenal,
the custom house and the postoflicc in
that city, and substituted the rattle
snake flag of rebellion. She has sciz-
cd upon q revenue cutter belonging to
the U. S. navy and converted it to her
own use. \ government arsenal, con-
tanning $4,000 stand of arms, has
been sacked by the insurgents, and
the arms distributed among the popu-
lace of that and adjoining States.
And lastly, we are informed that the
collector of the Port of Charleston has
Informed the " Sovereign Convention VI
that he is now converting Federal
revenues to State uses, and granting
clearance to vessels in the name off
Carolina, in disregard of his oath and
the laws Of the United States. All
these overt acts of treason und rebel |
~ are openly applaudcd and defend
ed by members of the Cabinet and of
Congress, and pass unccnsurcd by the |
chief Executive. Truly treason stalks
abroad at MONDAY. Every patriotic
man applauds the gallant Anderson
and sustains both the act aud the mo-
tive. The Northern members Of Con
gress, in the House and Senate, are
almost a unit in condemnation of the
President and his Cabinet. The worst
Doughfaccs can stand it no longer.
Even McClernand mildly censurcs the
Administration. John Logan is more
bitter in his anathcmas of the Prcsi-
dent and his Cabinet and fire-eaters
in general than Lovcjoy or Pot
ter. The only members North of
Mason and Diyon's line who support
the rebels in their treason are 10. Lane
and Gwin Of the Senate Vallanding-
ham of Ohio and Scott of California of
the House. All the other Northern
men arc "sound' or becoming so.
When such men as John Cochranc,
McClcrnand, Larrabc, Barr, Cox,
Bright, Tom Florence and Bglcr
leave the pro-slavcry side, it can only
be on the principle Of rats deserving
a sinking ship.
The marvellous change of feeling
taking place among Northern Demo-
Gratis is illustrated to a remarkable
degree by the case of Dan Sickles.
On returned from New York city he
reported a perfect revolution in scnt-
mcnt among the unterriticd of Goth
am, and declares that his own feelings
have experienced a similar change.
lie says that he has defended the
shareholders against the Republicans
rs strongly as it was in his power,
and is willing to continue 50 doing so
long as they remain in the Union, but !
that he cannot fight their battles when
arrayed against the Union and Consti- :
tuition. lie reports that the Dcmocra- ,
cy of New York are fighting mad /
against South Carolina and the Adj
ministration. Similar accounts reach
us from various sources. New York
city, instead of seeding from the
Union, as was talked of ten days ago,
will throw her sword into the Union
scale, and equip $4,000 men to crush
the impious rebellion. She will send
forth fleet that will suffice to block
ade any seaport in the hands of the
rebels. I
The universal cry that goes to the
capitol borne on the wings of the
Northern wind, is that the forts at
Charleston, in possession of the insur-
gents, must be rctakcn, and that the
stars and stripes shall again float
over the national property. Grave
Senator's and conservative Represent
tatives respond, let the will of the
people be executed. The North is
patient, slow to anger and long suffer
ing, but when aroused is terrible in
her wrath. Let the nigger-drivers
beware how they sow the wind lest
they reap the whirlwind.
PRocRAsrINArIoN.- -" Going to do it,"
never made "a fortune, built house,
or won name. Going to do it,"
has been the bane of more people than
would fill the census of dozen
States. The man who is always go
ing to do it, rarely, if ever does it.
The only thing he does do, is to go
out of the world without doing it, If
he has task which must be done, he
at once announces, with deal of