New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-29
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| --MsiOr-C;on. Wool, who, A. commander Of the
| Northern District, is now devoting night ans
| day to the work Of organizing aud preparing fss
/ the struggle for the Union, wrote rs follows in
| letter published on the I'd Of last January:
"ifPo should b. surrendered South Carolina "a.
s,5.eG ignai- Of ne t,ee ,od be roused ters.s
oai,oL II he In the power OF aug
treaty SGls hundred oy-dns oald be
fke r,Bscane, al rAo ouI hsfray l> Uns0- ~
6eads .r,ss Be assured sast do -
feelings ths people, They slrosdy sufficiently eIcitrd
the iI,rnp' 10 Dissolve tho Union"
Even So early ne the eth Of December last.
Gen. Wool wrote TO ms old friend, Gen. Csss,
then Secretary of State, as follows:
South C,rsus .ays intends the Uaon. nAs
Congress cay she has already len the Union.
Il would seem that abe Il neither be concsod
command the Eastern Department. which includes South
s. G,orsia Fot. Alabama add Mississippi You know pss
well have bo-u hrn, decided, faithful and
fud TO y country. III aid the President preserve the
Union hore BE- will conuaud my scn!ce IL will do
fr him you leave Washington without every this
Ini5u..n h. plsc. IL seems 20 me shat troop ID. should
Chaes the forts ia that hssbor
sir comp,1iss Monoe Va Three OF four Of these
rs nrallss l0rt b without moments delay For
Nau'i'ir VIII tie linton, end the President mach
trouble I: il sid that 10 send this time troops that
n.oor wood produce Eosi excitement among the peo-
excited they b. and Tire leaders determined
cato their ay sei purross Of .epsraus the St,.e from th
n.n 80 long you command The entrance lbe Cay
Charleston south Carolina c>nnot sspsate hsfs- n Im The
Uou d. leave H. foiis the hsTbor In condition
rse sn s.nyt 70 ste possession Of tssn IT might ea-,
don- this l;lr n South Carolina shoOd tsso them %
l.h - iic br'' i-dz.s at4s' Na's' % Jes heT.
o. .psrair1 should 'skr place. you rest assured booS
vo1d '5rr followed by Trsi'.uce famine and sess
.on snd Sc7,,or Seward. yspesibr conflict" vii BE-
b-sasit 10 CONCLUSION nuch than he coud posbly
h.v, anticipated. 10, conGTc you. the Union ard
rty avoid the bloody ard c-osus OF The ststes ~
MeIi,o separation OF toe states u tnRs ~h The d,so-
alton o. Cotton States which unpr pared Tor "S'
1heir vii oefcand the number Of Iheii slaves VIA
OF the ss-can carry While the pr-s ssa.'
hays oil he materials cor and 20 ,sisf -
tn' Il An sny ote people tho fac 81 the slobe."
--sacb was the language held five months ago
10y life long Democrat and inaexible advocate
of what are called " Southern Rights" Gen.
Wool hss since been member Of the Bordsr-
State Conference or Congress, wherein he voto6
steadil, for everything termed Compromise, bcs
with A clear comprehension that nothing would
avail. lie sought By profering concessions nes
To avert the rebellion, which he had long before
felt 10 De inevitable but to deprive 10 OF oil color
of excuse lie knew that superior force onV
would dissuade the Nulhfers from /" their long
- modtated purpose" of oyerthrowing the 'o''
ernment snd destroying the Union. Having oohc
oil in bis power to avert the catastrophe "n'e"
he felt 30 be impending, he now bends AL s'
energies TO the task Of meeting 4.