The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-01
Affair." at the south.

On the day after NV arrival in New Orleans.
! found tie citizens much excited. in anJicipa-
tiOn Of expected news Of an attack on Fort
Sumpt-r and Pickens. Already some volunteer
cOmIanie- had gone % Pensacola. and others for
the same destination were forming On the
morning Of the 18th. an electr.graph from
Montgomery announced the actual attack upon
Fort >EmVter. and II two O'Clock that day,
while sitting upon the base OF "a monument
erected near Jack-pn's head quarters At the time
vi the battle Of New Orleans. ske-chIng the
plain Of Chalmette. where the great conflict oc-
Cured, ] heard the firing of cannon at the city
---ven dI-cLarEe-wnIch proved % De- a fEH de
.JOi. because Of the surrender Of Fort >umPter.
hen ! --turn@d L. the ~. Charles, in the eve
ming. the excitement in the CITY was intense :.
and all Jhe next day Sunday tnronSs Of men
were seen IN all public places. and On tine streets.
greeting each other. Martial music was heard,
and volunteer soldiers were seen. on all sides.
The surface Of society exhibited u feeling Of un-
bounded JOY. This was suddenly reversed ON
Monday. when the telegraph brought a copy Of
the Presidents Proclamation. / never saw 4
more marked change Of feeling from that Of
great delight % great depression, than was ex-
hibitrd within fOrty-eight hours. The iuDilant
men Of sunday were thoughtful men On Monday;
while leading - s-c-->IDHi-ts - laughed at III.
Proclamation a. pO"erless u accomplish It's in
tended purposes.
TN the reception Of the Proclamation. the
newspapers opened their heaviest double shOtted
batteries upon the President and cabinet. They
were charged with foul Verfidity and in ignO-
rance Of the true state of the cause, vast num-
bers Of Union men, (fDr there are vast numbers
OF them in the SOUTH VINO Were daily becoming
less and less active, under the pressure of an in
creaslug terrorism, were dIsarmcd Of all effective
argument, and rendered silent. But the official
correspondence between the government, Major
Anderson, and the rebels, if allowed 70 be pub
lished in New Orleans and throughout the South.
Will make a wonderful change in the opinions Of
thinking men. for it Will b. seen that the whole
responsibility Dt inaugurating civil war, Is laid
up. tine InsOlent traitors. and that the Federal
Government has acted throughout the whole
affair with me utmost f0rbearGn.e and Derj,c7
good tGtfh- Ii Will De- seen and felt. by all can
did men in the South. that the traitors now
ruling the Gulf States with a rod Of iron. de-
ceived by the assurances Of Northern d-ma-
gOgues, that vast numbers in the tree states
would De found fighting under their banner.
and multltudes there would symVIthiSc with
them, had determined an any ersHf 60 humble the
Federal government, and 10 degrade it, tlag. hop
ing thereby, AID the shedding of human blood.
To = fire he southern heart = and dISmcmber
the North. This accomplished, the National
capital was To be seized by the confederatcs and
their northern auxilliaries, who would be joined
by the bOrd'r States, and then would be accom-
plished the destruction of the most b~enefcent
government on the face of the earth, according
TO the assertion of Alexander stephens, Vice
President Of the COnfederacy,) only five months
ago, before the Georgia Legislature. This was
to be followed by 4 military despOtism, whose
chief aim and effort would be 10 push an imme-
diate war of subJugation and annexation to the
Most remote forests of the Isthmus of Darien.
and to establish an Empire based upon Slavery.
with King Cotton " ms autocrat, that might
defy the scOrn and the bayOnets of the civilized
world. How egregiously have the conspirators
been mistaken y gentleman of wealth and
high social position, who has lived in New Or
/ leans fifty year assured me IA rho dny after tho
Presidents proclamation was received, that if
loyal States should respond - 1t, patriotically.
by giving the government - strong arm and full
purse, wherewith 10 reestablish the Federal au-
thOriCy ercryUrh.Te within the borders of the Re
public, there would go up from southern lips
such a shout for = The IHioH and the COnSffV-
ton, as would silence every traitor instantly
and forever. New Orleans he said. indig-
nantly, = is loyal to the core. lmpudence and
the fear of brute force have cheated us of our
liberties but let the people once see the ac-
cursed triple striped flag of the rebels hauled
down from the Mint and Custom House. and the
Union banner placed there by Il hand strong
enough To- maintain 1t, and the people of the
outraged city will hang every traitor found with
in it, limits" This feeling and assurance were
confirmed by others.
The hart Of the South i right. hut the heqd
is crlzei ut present by the grusse>t deceptions.
the most subtle sophiStries that bear the >emblance
of truth. and 10y Il general ignorance of the
hAN1AN 'AAA- aANNN s~A'A N%A'A "AaAA ANNA
taiued) by the people of the North toward those
of the South. The newspapers in the interest
of the traitors have, for months. pursued an ap-
parently concerted system of misrepresentation,
and the suppression Of truth.
The negroes are generally faithful. Let no
man ut the North. q trust there are none 50 IN
human a. to desire it, count upon servile insur-
rectiOns 1T the South, a. one of the instruments
by which this rebellion i to be crushed. There
rrIH he no crfeHSir@ Siare Instructions. In gene
II - - ~ S.. : -
and contented. lie i ignorant. indOlent., well fed
and not Oyerworkcd. " an animal. he Is in a
better condition than most of the class of labOrcrs
in the world 70 which ne belongs. Besides this,
little can b. said in favor of the institution. on
the whole, for he i a cirihced man ruth ercry
aspiration 0f true manhood almost h~OpesSSiV 1T
tered.
The people of the North. whose present upris-
ing in defence Of human liberty and the in>titu-
tions that foster it. unparalleled in the history of
the world, and glorious in its promise 10 the
nations of Europe struggling for freedom, now
have the question of the future of slavery in their
own hands. The madness of the traitors has
struck 4 whitening blow ut it, most potent sup
porter, the cotton interest. and their efforts To-
destroy the Republic, for the avowed purpose Of
constructing upon its ruins one that shall foster
slavery asa prime element of power and grandeur,
have unlocked the manacles. Never has there
appeared a more striking instance of the assurance
that = the wrath of man = should praise GJd-in
other words. the righteous cause of human liberty
/ Where, in the north. there was one man. ten
days, ago, in favor OF emancipation. there are ten
thousand to-day. Willingly or unwillinsly, the
abettors of the rebellion at the South must speed
lily learn this great and significant fact. The
hearts Of nineteen millions OF people stimulating
strong hands and unbOunded resources. are beat
ing powerfully to-day, a the voice of the jubilee
trumpet rings out the glorious sentence. - Pro-
claim Liberty throughout the land. to all the in
habitants thereof The fiat has gone forth, that
the slave must be prepared for gradual emancipa-
ton. Such n dangerous element of destruction
must no longer be tolerated in the Republic.
The work must be done in strict justice TO all
but II must Be done. The pOlrer as we'll rs the