The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-09

Toe posicy OF the Naturalization De-
vciopeo-Kapidly Drifting tnto Ctsh
My.
1t In becoming too evident that, SO far az
vicious, mbecile, demon slized administrator
uogsesscs power the hideous horrors Of civil
war are sbou' IT, be forced upon the couatry
The deliberations o. Mr.. Lincoln and his All
visers have been sbrouded 10 mystery; hat the
very concealment they have affected, has b.
trayed their ,otqutous purposes, Amid The
contradictory rumols that have lately prevailed.
unmistaksahle facts have compelled tardy
and reluctant rcquiesce0ce il the conv,cton'
that aggressive measures are contemplated
against the seceding States and that hostile d.
monsIatlons, upon An extended scale haze
for many weeks, formed part of the design o.
the government OminOus and painful uncer-
tainiy, has, at length given place to the fearful
prospect OF an interDecine strife between the
North and the South, which is inevitable un
less the troops that are being sent Southsard,
more patriotic than their leaders, shall emulate
the example Of French soldiers, wnen ordered
10 fire upon the people, and refuse TO imbrue
their hands in the blood OF their fellow citizens
The untiring, taciions pressure upon the Presi-
dent, in favor OF the adoption OF definite,
cosrcive policy, has been crowned with sue
cess The doors OF the temple of Janus, have
been thrown open, and If, which ia doubtful,
proclvities tor peace ever existed, they have
been buried out of sight. MIR. Lincoln mas
fallen back upon the war doctrines OF his in
augnral, or his still less ambiguous uttcrauces,
during the memorable journey from Springfield
10 Harrisburg.
Mr. Lincoln maintained, in his speech at In
dianapolis, that il would not be coercion tor
government To i" retake it's own forts and pro-
perties, aDd collect duties onforeign impocta-
sions," and that il would be no invasion to
march an army into South Carolina without
the consent OF her people" He asserted, on
the other hand, that 1t would be an assump ion
OF the fright to play the tyrant" for "a State
10 break up the nation" and that secession
would be q coercion OF the remaining States
He Ibus began, before his arrival in Washing
ton, to call peace war, and war peace, in order
to shift the burden Of responsibility from the
incoming government upon those it in
tended to Cypress. AT Pittsburg, he openly
abused the South, aud declared that the crisis
was artificial, gotten up by turbulent men,
aided by designing politicians" He used SINH
lar language at Cleveland, and at Steuben.
vile, and, in this city, comparing the Union to
ship, limited at the possible necessity of
"throwDg passengers and cargo overheard"
to accomplish the end be had in view. At
Trenton, he said he should have "to put
bis foot down firmly, and, having put the foot
down, to stand firmly upon it." Then came
the insugural-"false and fair"-a smooth We
neering OF honeyed phrases over ground
work of menace and venom, the fruits OF which
are now developing Deprecsting bloodshed,
"unless forced upon the national authority"
exclsimiDg to the South, The government, my
dissatisfied fellow citizens will not assail YOU"
he adds" The power copfded to me will be
used to hold, occupy, and possess the pro-
perty belonging to the government, and col
lect the duties and imposts." The HERALD,
in its issue containing the inaugural, inter-
preted these contradictions as meaning shat
"if the Southern States make no resistance,
when the administration shall be ready to
attack them. there shall be peace; the endea-
v.r to repulse the federal government will,
however, be regarded as a beginning OF
host'l,ries"
1t is of small account, at what point the
blow aimed at the Southern confederacy is
about to be struck The immediate destination
Of The dozen or more armed vcssels, now leav-
log Northern ports. aud, of the munitions of
war, and twenty five hundred men they contain,
may or may not be Fort Pickens. II is not i'm
probable that the troops will, be landed, in the
first instance, partly in Texas, aud partly at
the Tor,ugas, and Key West. A plausible sur
mise prevails in military and naval circles, tina.
either Cat or Ship island, on the Mississippi
coast, both Of which have excellent harbors
| and anchorage, and from which, at short no.
tice, Pensacola may be assailed, or Fort
fickens reinforced, has been selected as a
place OF rendezvous However this may be, it
Is abundantly manifest that the administration
IL bent upon carrying out q scheme, which, If
attended with any degree of success, must lead
| to bloodshed. The invasion of Texas itself,
Low that 1t has withdrawn from the Union, will
ur justly ifEaIueu, Wy me autnorltle5, at MONT
gomery, Us declaration of war; nor does
Governor Houston's pretended requistion for
aid. sga'nst Mexicans ard Indians, alter the
iact that Texas is one of ihs Confederate States.
The reinforcement Of Fort Pickens may cause
the first collision to take place in the
bay OF Pensacola; If 80, from the cx-
tersive wariike preparations that have
been made on both sides, il is TO be
feared that it will be terrible one. If the
troops sent to the aid of Lieut. Slemmer are
Iepnlsed, the last constitutional resource of
the Washington administration, against the
! South, will have been exhausted. It can
neither blockade harbors. a line Of coast, nor
| the mouths Of rivers; nor can il send an army
into Sn,a4h Ghca,ld lie -,