The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-22

Seh powerful SqutdFNn VI MhE VESSELS
for the protection Of British interests IN
A iNerican waters r. .,.g.,. -.
s. Sir William Armstrong had been sue
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/ TIE pEiYlsH PRESS og THE cRIsis =
Wa1 is 10 5BL4nR2--Iiistead OF three
repaItigs, into which the Uulou was at
one tiutr likely to split up, the North ald
the South wfllhnye TO engage in Gn III
ternerilie war the results Of which no
man can foretGll The bloodless shots
fired in Charleston harEor sounded tie
k6ell OF the federal Union New York,
Massachusetts, aud the other free soil
states may pour Egrth men ard treasure,
but they will fail ln triiacc the South 10
Allegiance and c0hteiitueut. But whilst
We il this country regard with Gnayaiiing
regret the occurrence Of u contest which
appears destined to extend from Texas to
Mnint. We cannot forget that a littieyigor
and determination on the part Of the late.
President would in illl probability have
saved the. United States from the horrors
Ct eirii war. But there were traitors In
The federal camp: General Floyd, WHO
Itorearmed the South, and General 1Wiggs,
WHO baseiy surrendered his troops 10 tile
Texan insurgents, fn the face OF these
difficulties, Mr. Lincoln, who has been
little more than Two months Ia office, has
pursued manly aud constitutional
policy lie has, with very inefficient
flleanS, eudeayored 10 reasSert the SUI
premaey Of the law lie has received
little assistance from Congress, which has
proved the uticr utility aud inability OF
Americaa Democratic Institutions, even in
Il good cause, 10 support the executive
government in q great national crisis.
The blame Of failure does not rest with
Mr.. Liucola, but with Mr., buchanan
who, ny his temporizlDg policy, first per-
mittcd the secession movement 10 deyelope
itself into a well organized aud successiui
rebellion, and then left fatal heritage or
trouble and disaster 10 his successor, III
the late President had sent TO Charleston
two or three Of the uienpof.war which
have recshtly been destroyed At Norfolk,
10 save them from falkng into the hands
Of the Southern Confederation, the whole
complication might have been avoided.
But the two eoatgnding parties must be
left 10 work out their destiny free from
the interference Of England or any other
European power. whose sympathy aud
good Offices would be equally rnisconstTned
90 the other side Of the Atlantic. 1t
must, however, he remembered that
slavery is the only excuse which the
South can offer for rebellion and treason,
and that the North carefully ahstained
from coercion so long as q hope Of concil,
liaiion was possible. - Morning Post,
May 8, .,:.' = = .. I.
ENsLASp MUsi KEEr ALooE Al.
ready the movement on either side has
passed out OF the control Of any president
or congress or military commander. Al.
ready Ihe two sections are afrayed al ainst
| each other To- u man, a month ago the
! Unionists we're large minority at the
South; The syInpaihizefs with tho Seces,
sionists we're powerful all over the North
Nov there is no majority or minority on
Eeither side. 10 the States actRallyat war,
every man, either from choiee or necessity,
goes with his section Of the Republic.
Nor Is il, We fear, likely that The wal
win BE- restricted 70 the end propossd b
lPresidspt Lincoln. or the means which
his military advisers were for adopting
10 blockade De ports Of thO sscsded
States, 70 bold o. fsssPtass ths forts, u