Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-08
Monday Morning, April 8. 1861.
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TaE news now from all points possesses
. painful interest It IS not to be longer
dO7bted that open, fOreible, fighting re-
6elliOn in the South Is imminent, II not
already begun. II may he that before
this reaebrs our readers, war will actually
exist on our Southern coast. a schooner
attempting TO enter Charleston hArbor has
been fired upon aud driven out TO sea-
This, although nothing more than was
done to the Star Of the West, indicates
clearly that the feeling there is again up
% tie poiut of aggression. The batteries
around Charleston have now been brought
to state of eompletion; all things are in
readiness the people are Wild and excited
with flying rnmors Of an attempt 70 rein
force Maj. Anderson, aud demand that
they shall be Ie,l At once against Sumter;
a general feeling Pervade5 not only In
Charleston, bat all the South that the time
has come when they must strike the blow
that lS 70 set the country in blaze; we
may therefore expect that Forts Sumter
and Pickens are TO be assaulted, or have
been, perhaps, already. A very strong
proof that such an event is impending is
thtInten5s activity now perTading the War
Department, and the Army and Navy, of
tho o. S. Troops, ships OF war, artillery,
and munitions are transported hither and
thither with an alacrity which certainly
means something. It means that the Ad-
ministrutiOu has resolved, ON a determined
and vigorous policy, aud is making prepa-
TRtions for some great exigency. Without
doubt they have information in addition
to that before the public of the aggressive
intentions relative to the Southern forts,
though We all know enough TO know that
prompt action is needed to prevent or repel
an assault.
Mingled With the feeling of painful up
prehensiOn. there is a sort of relief. 1t is
relief to know that the suspense that
has been hanging over US all for mouths,
Is about to 10 ended. All would gladly
see the difficulty settled without an appeal
to force; but 1t may be that there is no
other way possible whereby the country
can he saved. The Administration has
done everything that could be done, rea-
Souablc and Unreasonable, to prevent COL
lision. Its forts, many Of them, have been
captured, and others bBSeiged It's vessels
fred on; its Rrsenals despoiled its mint
robbed, and its flag iusulted and yet, in
order that time might be given the insur-
gentH 70 return to their sense Of right and
duty, the Government has forborne from
every1et OF retaliation for these unpar-
Nllelod outTngeS, It has not done one act
OF PuuiSbment. II has not even asserted
its own at all times, but has given way for
the sake Of peace. This, every man
knows, could not last always. Tho loyal
people Of the country have begun to doubt
that tho Government is able to perpctunte
itself Our standing as nation has been
endangered at home and hazarded abroad,
and all this time, what have the insurgents
been doing? Returning to their allie.
,EiAuce2 MOI hut pushing with might
and main their aRgressions, till they
threaten the very capital of the Republic.
1t is time that something be done to check
this Revolutionary Jacobiuism that is tramp
ling under foot all wholesome restraints.
How this is to be accomplished, God only
knows, and His power is invoked all over
the land, to bring US safely out ont of our
national perils. But We must not forget
that lie "helps those who help themselves.
Cromwelrs famous motto was, "trust in
God and keep Jour powder dry, y and there
was a great deal Of practical sense and
stAtssmNnship in it, too. 1t is feared by
many that any net of the Govsfnmenr
looking to selt-preseryatiou, would pre-
ciPitatC collision. It might do so-aud
might not. Treason may not be SO saucy
when its aggressionS are met with firm.
ness. AT any rate, the existing state of
things cannot Inst. The country is be-
coming dcmOralised as rapidly as it can,
and sOpstkiRg has got to be done, or the
result will b. worse than the worst results
anticipated from vigorous action could
be. The Government is worth defending,
md preserving, and the American people
1.-The vast majority of them-a,e loyal to
It, and will sustain it in any just measure
to preserve It's integrity. What those
measures are to be, VIC know not; time,
aud that alone will disclose them.
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IxrELLiGEScR from Buenos Ayres to the
9th Of February states that tho civil war
has again broken out In the province OF
San Juan. 1t appears that Yirasoro, its
Governor, having rendered himself obuox-
iouS to the people, he WAS murdered by
mob on the l6th Of November,
General urquiAa then sent body OF
troons nom Mendoza. under Colonel Saa