New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-05
The WAR FOR THE UNION.
uATm0LrC BISHOPS ON TRE WAh
ROR THE UNION,
Correspondence between the B' q. Bishop Oh
CharlestoB, q. O., and tho R. o. Arcn-
bishep Of NewsYork.

AeTTER OF THE RT. REV. BISHCP OF CHARILSToN'
CHARLEsToN 8. c., Aug. q, 1901.
Mosr RFyrREND DEAR SIR: The mails are go COM
sssely parayTed that il 10 hard to get letter ir0m
outside the COnfederacy. Papers are scarcely ever
seen That, however JeGerson would think Olsssing'
an the ground that he who is simply ignorant Wisef
shsn the one that believes error" AparaeTaPn' "'0
has gone the rounds Of the Southern papers, sS'es ,'
your grace has Fpeken strongly against lne wal fO-
Of the Government Of the United States as ',"Ue
with much preeent suffering, and not Caicu'S''u "
ssin any real advantage. What chaIgc Ie -
ever these States since wrote You long eI'er ias'
Gov.mhsr and even since had the pleasure OF seeing
NON has, March. All that anticipated in that ieuer
sa. come t pass and more than looked Tor. All tne
A.. al Inst Spring of peaceful solntloo nave
sanished before the dread reahies OF wal Nnt -
stiIl before US Missouri, Maryland, ana heptuVAy
are Secession now .nah omSa, GO Mi,,oni
- bo,tlsiield | think that President DAVIS, ater
ns victory at Stonebridge, will probably, as his next
move, throw column into Maryland. henSueS nd my
viii ere long be drawn into the struggle, ana the
limited States will in less tnan ten months, be dVloeu
Into two not unequal parts, marshahnS hnndfees oi
thousands If men against each other.
This war il generally dated from the bOmbardment
af Fort sumter. There fired the first gua, and the
responsibility ia charged on u.s. But in reality, thai
responsibility falls, shonld fall, those WHO rendered
She conflict unavoidable. The South years ago, aud
hnJred times declared that the triumph Of tie Abo
son or AnliSlayeyv policy would break up the Union
They weIe in earnest. When that party, Appearing
20 The people on the Chicago platform, eeIleo IoeL
candidate By every Free State vote (eXcepilng New
Jersey which was divided, South Carolina seeded,
and ot6er STA preparing 20 do 50; They were
IN earnest. Yet rs the people olsoeieVed ~ OF heeueu
n not AT the bal OthOxes Congress heeded Vt not st
Washington and stood dOggedly ON tho Chicago plat
form, indorsed by the people This consummaed Be-
eeeeion. The Confederate Government was iorneo'
The dogQed obstiDacy Of the Black Republicans at
WsshinSion ST Wi0ter, made all the South > ees-
sionjs.s. Stil there was peace. The new Admins
tration prOfessed the intention 10 preserve IT. Peace
s,.ve time and time can work wonders The Confed-
srate Government dd not put much flh IN these pro-
fe.tins The same hallucination as TO their power,
with rendered the Black Republicans Arrogant ana
lnpaceaLle le 10 Congress, would II wac appehended,
Mad them TO attempt crush out SecessioD by force
And nothing was left undone to be prepared Tor thls
syeut should il occur. Meanwhile Commissioners
were at Washington 10 arrange peaceful e. parallOn
Eayurable iblimaliOns privately given them, and
they had hopes OF suoess. Nine Governors however,
il saio It the screw he Cabinet which resolved
An uocy al slletly as they could, made WHrilhe
aavoi nrenarstions. Then, after s month, the Com
eissonels we've refused admission or dismsed, aud 1t
yas plsiuly amounted that there would be no negola-
tou AT Il is lime other facts were coming TO hght
h.ra in Chat lesion, where batteries had for a
month ana more silently looked on Fort Sumter. Dur
a The tme of peaceful professions, two special mes
seYgers (FOx aud Lamont from President Lincoln
,ri1sd F,tt Sumter. Before being allowed TO 30
ther tbey gave their woid Of honor to our Governor
Mi their object was really peaceful The hotel
N
cLTnen here supl osed that President Lincoln, be-
sors orerr the evacuation, ws ed by there personal
fsuds to zee, were, personally, and lot simply
ah,on official channels, how matters stood III Fort
S,-n,er When time rolled by without such an order,
AID IL was rumoTed that lie Cabinet had succumbed To
Abe essure Uf the Governors the mnils stopped
IN and from Fort Sumter Among the letters seized
some from Major Anderson To Pi esident Lincoln,
Siscuss ing the details Of tue plan Of reinforcement
forwarded to lin from Washington by those messen-
Fers Cur nnthOfiIiss were thus mAde aware Of the
breach of faith toward them and of the details OF the
plan itself Then the special messenger of the
Presideni announ ing that he intended revic ual-
ing the fort, quietly, permitted, forcibly, If
yesi.teo then the account Of the sailing Of the feet
trom New-York. The foft was at once attacked, and
iaken without awaiting their arrival The attnck was
not made up,il tie offer of negotiation and peaceful
rngemen had been ected and until the United States
Cover cut was in the act OF sending armed force.
But IL is OF itlle now TO inquire whom tie
sponsLility properly rests, we have the war on us
Tlth all It's OF e and long train of evils of every
kiLd. 1t is late perhaps the strongest, Instance
history tiyes US, guam para SdPehta regtar
aas Here was "a country, vast popuious proepeJ Jous
and bes, ed in it's material interests ii any country was
Tie South producing cotton tobacco, ,ugar, lice and
naval stores for the supply as far needed Of the
Esrth aud the Northwest TO the value Of perhaps
k5O00 900 year. aud exporting 10 foreign countries
over S21Q, 600 0VO she North west producing Chiefly
grain and supplying the North and the SOeth, and
when the European crops failed having 10 Iast Win.
Ger, large EuOpean maTkei the North msnuiac-
turing and supplying The South and the Northwest,
Aud struggling 10 compete with foreign goods abroad
aud dong TIC trading and commerce OF the South aud
The Northwest.
Could the material interests Of all the sections be
nore barnoDously snd advanlageously combined than
In this Union, where each WAS free to develop
10 TIE fullest extent those branches Of industry in
which il could excel aud could draw from the others
kbose products which 1t needed bat could not produce
e. well az they conld. Even q child could zee the
sast benefits sll iron this mutual cooperation. No
wonder that la all material interests the country was
prosperina extent that intoxicated US and aston
Ished tie world. We claimed 10 be preemine nly
sa2acious in money matters. The Yankees 1 bel eve
faDked after the Chinese, IN their keenuess in
,. siness; yet they especially, with incOnceivable
bhuduess, have originated, fOstered and prOpagated
faBaCal party ,Iing which has brought about result
foreLCld from the beginning both North and South ~
the Inevitable consequence Of It's success. Taking up
ADtl-Savery, making IL rehs sious dogma, and carry
ing IL into pohli,s they have broken up the Union
While II wss intellectual opinion they might
discus is Us they pleased; they might embrace t az
tDey did any Ot er ism Even their virulent abuse
And Misrepresentation We scarcely needed, PROVIDED
they did uOt Ob.rude them at homo They might
carry in,o religion, and split their associain
and CHURCHES on 1t. We as Catholics, might every
wh,re emile al this additional ATTEMPT 20 REFORM
the teachings of our Savior Aud the Prote,ttnt
South, ,onld have churches and associations OF
telF own. But when they carried it iRto politics
gaining State Government alter another aud de-
hIlIg their special policy by unconstitutional laws aud
every mOde OF annoy Ing ana hostile action aud finally
with increased enthusiasm aud increased bi, erpess
carrying the Presidential election In TRIUMPH aud
graspiDg the power Of the Federal government, what
could e South do bat coHsult It's own safety Ly with
drawing from the UniOn7 What other proteeilen bad
they The eeDae, which had still DeuloIs ie ma.
JoFlsy Hey had seen lhe House of Representative
PsS INTO The bands oI their enemies, each session
saw an increasing majority there. The Executive bad
gone for four years. Their majority III the Senate
was dwindUg fast, willie on the Ierrftsal nnestlo,