, 1861-04-17
What Breckenridge Paper Thinks OF
-. The Crisis .....-"-

VI tAo pA(e~ AeoES+tA -1o A-A.6 tttLAS- W.
hostilines, a. the news only appeared In Sat
-urdey mornings papers. Those Of our Re
pcblfcau c1caauga which nave tt1m lar
reached Us, fully sustain and approve the
course pursued by the Administration, and
urge persistence in its firm and dignided pol
Icy. The conservative Journals Of The Border
Slave States carefully avoid committing them
selves On the subject, evidently wishing to
probe public sentiment and learn the real con-.
dition Of affairs at the seat Of war. We repro
duce the following leader from the Columbus
Fact the Central Ohio organ Of the Breckin-
ridge Democracy: -: '-.. ,,sS:". "a
TEE WAR Co1tMExcED--Our telegraphlc
columns to-day will be found to contain mat
ter OF all absorbing interest," The rebel army
has opened fire upon Fort Sumter, aud civil
drunken m!nions Of JEFF Davis and bis Slave
The hour for political speculation and com
promise policy has passed. Things. have as
sumed 8 definite sbape. Civil war is upon Us,
and 1t Ia now the business Of the Government
to pursue such eouree a will most speedily
and most eilectually kilei CO the traitors and
der All squeauaieh sentimeutality should ba
discarded, and bloody vengeance wreaked
upon the heads OF the contemptible traitors
who have provoked 1t by their GastaIdly i'm !.
pertinence and rebe1lions nets. No quarters
should be shown to rebels, and traitors should
hang. = ~ II
Tie dispatches received during the night
considering thatthe telegraph Office at Charles
ton is; in the hands Of the: enemy, are tn
couraging. What mny arrive this morning
and afternoon, We await with impatience, but
with q firm reliance on the god Of battles and
the loyalty Of Anderson and bis men ):
Whether or not Sumter falls into the hands
Of tie enemy, treason must be que1led. . It
would be looked npon IS the work OF special
Providence were Anderson to eustain himself
for any considerable time against the com.
bfned rebel forces, But if such interpo6ition
| d to be had, all good men will anticipate it on
the side Of LIBERTY, as asrayed =einst s'asersf.
President Lincoln is called upon b. bv the pon.
ular VOICE to pursue . determined course
| course that will most speedily and most e1ec.
| tual1y silence the vile traitors who would cpn-
| vert the land Of the Tree into o eha.tel mart.
and the Goddess Of Liberty into an oliearchie
| harlot It is too late now to consider plans oi
pacific policy. The rebels have opened the
batteries Of the Federal Government upon q
loyal garrison, and for this fagraut outrage
and insult there is no punishment known Il
the annals OF warfare too summary or severe
Let the people understand that We haze Goy
er7,'nefat, By at once wiping ont this so1therr
rebellion. though 1t cost ten thousaud patrio'
lives There are twenty millions G.
people In the United States who are opposed
to tbs institution Of Negro Slavery, and as tht
aim and intention of. the secession movement
is to 1esalize and extend that Institution, ant
eventually to re open the African slave trade
these people will be found steady and INK
| ions to assist the Administration in any If
f'srf to stay the marca Of 50 taunabla an en-
| terprisa. - w.
Mun who tolerated Slavery IS a compromise
necessary to the Union OF the States, will MOI
! be found pandenng to base appe1ites ct I
Southern :Oiigarchy, ind It is necessary thai
1 Cotto1dom be taught. this truth. Where there
is no Liberty there can be no Democracy ant
The great Democratic party, which established
and has maintained The Union of theEe State!
thus far, viii be found as unit raIlyIDg arount
| the banner handed down to = generation u ht
are taught to reverence Jefferson ard yorshir
Washington IS the Father of his Country.
is too late nnw to inquire who Or what ,eauset
the war. Tt: is, OF ought to be, sufficient Il
know that war exists, and by the act OF b&nt
OF rebels; and traitors. The Goyernmsn Mt il
assailed and Its stability and power threat
ened By an unserupulous faction. The issu'
Is between Freedom and Slavery. and, thu
| joined, Tho so base coward as dnre,do1b
| the result!