The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-08

| AuGuf1s ne kyCNe Oh occupying the pubic
forts and collecting the revenue, he little
dreamed that his predecessor had treas enably
| arranged 20 make the abandonm,eut of For,
| Sumfer a political necessity. Ia was soon
| app-ised, however. that the treason OF h
| predecessor had CIrpingly devised for him
the mcst sertocs modification that could be
| IL h4cted, and that he had presented to nm
| the alternative OF permitting Anderson an d
| MS command TO st4Tye or y omptiy 10 "ith
| draw Them, and ANONYMOUSLY perhlit ne
| fort 20 .afi into the hands of The Re oels ,
reinforce the garrison or to supply them win
| provisions, are equally Impossible, pecause
| James Buchanan ana his assoc!a traitors
| desiGn eddy refused 20 do so while II was in
| their po wer 10 10 IL, ard compete TIE COM
| mGndant Of the fort quietly to permit Ine con-
| structiop OF works in his immediate vicinity
| ard under the range OF his guns, which
| would efectualIy prevent his being reliev
| ell when an honest man assumed the Govern
| ment ON III. n OF March. Buchanan's final
act OF treason has been contaminated. He
| prevented the late Congress passing law
| giving power TO the Execu tive to call for vol
| Tnteers to occupy and recapture the pnhlic
| forts and arscnalE, and he designedly left Fort
| Sumter In Il position which renders raI,et
physically impossible without an army of
from ten 10 twenty thousand men, and the
employment of 4 naval force greater than we
can command; and he and his my rmidons now
sxuitingiy and tauntingly say to the Republi-
can President, DO your worst. We have de-
sienrdly withheld from you the means Of re-
i'rVirE and holding Fort Sumter, ard we in
Vite yen 10 the pleasing alternative Of permit
n.g AidsTson ana hrs commaud 10 starue
WitalE httsei days, or Of ignominiously aban.
iohlnE u To a nest Of traito and rebels whom
we nave nprsed into existence rs the only
'"rtH'n mode Of destroying The Republican
party"
;,uc II are the simple facts oftha case as they
are present to the new Pres id mt upon his
assuming the reins Of Government; and we
speak adyisediy ard fr II knowledge when
ae say, that while the country has been
4 ERtI ia tn hali hl. fs.e.n of
the Admins tratIon has been occupied with
the disposal Of offices, four ftths of all the
hours spent in cons u n tiou by the Cabinet
have been devo ted TO the consider alton Of the
all in ?ortant ques tion-ho" to save Fort
sum Ter and avert from the Government the
dishonor of abandoning II 10 The miserJ bic
traitors WHO tor mon tbs have been in opeI re-
beIilJn against the authority of the Govern
Tent2 Gen8rais Scott ana Totten, ami all
The military 8nd naval chieis at Washington,
cave been consulted every plan " hich
= ilj LAZY science cOulQ conceive Or militia
~ daring suggest, has been attenuv1iy
2onsi ie.eI ana matuTGiy weighed, with Il
nope 4, last that the work OK tee traitor
Buchanan WIS not 80 complete as lie and his
associates supposed. But all in vain. There
start.s tle Isolated. naaed tact-FDrt Sumter
cannot h. reLitrtc because II the treason IF the
tntc 4 is mt trdtion: AMI NJ or anderson. and
he command must perish by st,rudt'on an
l. Is frit1drGDn.
what thea, is TO bs doneY Could the Pres
ideut leave them TO starvef Cut Bono? Would
the sacri1 ~ Of Il handful of gallant men TO the
.reasuE o! 'lleSeS and rebels, have been CRATE
nj 70 tteir cCEntrynen7 But, SAYS Tie ill.,
d'gnaut yet thoughtlsss parrot. "tkinA or
me DumI iiatiOn ana dIshCnOr Of aband oning
sumter 10 the Rebels - We do think of Il
md weep tears OF blood over the Illumination
thus brought upon the country by the traitor
President WnO has Just retii led 70 Whea land
To g!oat over his Cousummated treason. And
We are assured, TOO, md do not doubt the
truth OF The assurance, that when Abraham
Lincoln was Compelled to yield has reluctant
consent 10 this most humiiiatiLK concession
10 successful treason, he dId not attempt to
supprt SIS the sorrow aid tears which il called
10 IN. But ne hsd no alternative. hscessi.
~ EHDics tntJ. aud to save the lives 0: the
kaiiant men VINO have SO long held Fort Sum
,er against al ONerw nelm,ng force CT heartiess
traitors and wicked and unprincipled rebels,
whose treason has been STEPPED Ia fraud and
theft, vulgarly known as southern chiyaI-
ry," The President of The United States i'll the
discharge Of "A duty TO humanity. has signed
the order fer the evacuation of Sumter.
Had war not peace been his obec had he
destTei 10 false throughout the mighty North
Ieeling OF Indignation, which in ninety days
would nave e!nanei ted every slave on the
| continent and driven their masters In TO the
SEA, II leeds ha--he had only to have said.
Let the garrison of Fort Sumter do their
| duty Il! d perish beneath its walls, and Oh
| The heads a the traitors and rcha!s CT the
| slavery prop9gandist5 ba the consec uences -
Sucn 4 decision would have carried icy to the
| 1osoms OF Phillips and Garrison and their
'unaIcal asS1 c,a!ea. who so justly consider
aooHaonisd7 and disunion synonymous; but il
WuuiG have brought upon the country such
scenes II horror As the nlHd Shrnks from
coI-eUpia'i@S Verify, the blood OF the mar
tvrs wonld have heen the seed Of e'pegrc
emancipation" For every patriot soldier
thus sacrificed 30 the revival or The African
slave trtNa AMI the es Jablish meat Of q hide
Gus aiIveocracy at Tie South, ten thon IAN d
Aegro slaves nonld have been em4ncip4tsi,
and 40 many CT their masters been driven III tc
ohe Cctdp TO eypiata their crimes on earth
Bat Nj, LtHcotl desired 10 rouse TO such
cell ofre venge aTCng the people OF the Free
States. he kIeW-EO mau knew better hat
ne had a"t to hold Oh TO Fort Sum ter agreea,
bly, 10 The plEluiY expressed will Of the REQ
PIE and 1eaye i's gallant garrison to The fate
prepared Tor them by rebels and traitors, 10
insure az uprising which wUulA st once have
wiped out slavery from the face Of tra COM
try; ard with Il, aii engaged i'll this atrocious
rebellion against the Government. Bat his
purpose is Peace, not Wax. HIS object is to
.estore, 10 rebuild aud to preserve the GOV.
eminent, and the Constitution which enacted
IT, al his great aim is, while IN aintaining the
Constitution and enforcing the laws, 10 bring
back good men to their allegiance, and
leave the thieves ana rogues, and brag-
CARTS who compose the great mass Of
tue rebels, under the cCgrCmen OF "South-
ern ChiyalTy," 70 the uninterrupted en-
loynent OF their own precious sCciety ard the
rohecuon5 which time must a wake even in
taem. lie is mindful OF his cath Registered
il Heaven" to preserve the Cons titu ton and
eEfolce the laws and he feels thai his mis-
sion is 10 reclaim and not extinguish or most
assuredly he could have left Fort Sumter to
its tate and that ii.ie would nave been spec
iF, certain, ana ABSOLUTE aHniiildtiOl TO the
,rAi;oIs nov in rebellion agaiusV tie Govern
nent .-aH TO the NsrY eXis tGESe OF the iuSti
n Il ii - slavery on tbs american continent
Bu5 he mas been faithful to his oath OF once
tod to the Cous Tuition and by yisidiGg to
The necessity OF the case ard listening to The
cry OF humanity, slavery has had accorded TO
IL It's last victory over freed m and the Con-
stitutioa o: the United States
The deed has been accompiishad the saori-
fee has been made; traitors ard rebels are
again triumphant; and tie Stars ana Stripes
again 10 be dishoEored III the sight OF the
nation and OF aston ished Europe. The nag of
the Union is to be pulled down. and The
bloody banner of pirates, fieeDoolers rebels
and traitors, is TO De run up TO wave triumph
antty over Sumter and be saluted from Gun-
dreds OF guns in the rebel camp, amid the
cheers o. thousands whose senseless sasconot de
and bragg aiocio warnings have long sin. dis
susted brave men and homes. ciLxsns Aud
yet,,os 0rpr6uS The net. A tor p esident rem
uered u a 7tecsSsifR; and humanity demanded
that Abraham Lincoln should sacrifice an nor.
sOnal feelings, and gracefully yieid TO that
necessity and the deiiberate iy t,larued trea
son nnon which IL Is based. His countrvrnen
will sustain tim in this discharge OF an hui
Mill ting but an i'm operative duty; but with
him they feel hat The accom-. is pow closed
viii treason. There is nothing now TO yield
10 traitors~-notbing more TO sacrifice in or.
der TO give 10 slavery and tho slave trade the
odJr of nationality. In failure, the Presi =
dent Of the United States has only laws To
enforce and a Constitution to sustain; and
woe be TO them who thwart him in the per
Torrance OF his duty, and 10 him self, il he
are TO shrink from the performance of his
whole duty.
FLAGS OF TRCcs.-A Washing Ton dispa tcb
OF the Atm inst, says:
Messrs GorInan, Apologize, ard Sterling
left Washn, ton ca Thursday, with q fig OF
truce beariLg a communication from IN. Sec