The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-04-13
THE CRISIS AT HAND.

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The deed has been accomplished INC
country has been "prccipitated into a rev.
olution" as per programme of 1855 and
today instead of the great and glorious
Government which existed heretofore we
ar. n sundered and distracted people. The
old flag which Aoated proudly in every
wind under Heaven, ID blotted out from the
oaze of the world, and upon our SOL rival
banners are planted banner against ban
nor. and the armies of the Republic that
erst stood shoulder to shoulder tor the
d.snc, Of our liberties are lowering in
threatening array upon each other, ready
f,r the carnival of blood. The omens are
al of terrible import. The reign of terror
:, ;r,u,,rated. even while we write the
blood of fratricidal foes may have mingled
in common stream which may not cease
70 flow, until our cities shall be depopuIated
and our fair land crimsoned with its swell
ing food.
The policy of Lincoln has become ap
: narcnt It il evident from our latest dis
matches that he has from the outset beer
acting with duplicity, that the advisers
who have influenced him, singing all tn
while in our ears the syren song OF peace
but to bctray us, have now taken eh'i'
: possession of, and bent him altogether
their own purposes. The result Is that III
:. war vessels of Northern coercionlstS al
v blockadius our ports, that their armament
IL are riding Southern waters, to compel an
cripple our commerce, and II needs De- -
waste and plumber our cities, and mar's
" business. 1t now appears that the PR
tense of an intention to evacuate TO
Sumter WAS n lie. The war vessels OF u
is Black Republican Administration were
at Charleston harbor on the 9th inst'' acco
is ding to the latest news by the Den
lie waiting the tide" to reinforce MAJ N
ID. derson. This has ere this, of course be-
IT attempted, if such were really their infe
So t;ops. and the first blood of civil W
ms which will have had no equal in the
of mails of history. has been poured out up
IN. Land and waters of the Confederate
ish of in, South. The authorities had rece
,ed ed Official notification that Fort Sum
,y- would be prov:sione pcaceably If posS''
are but forcibly if necessary and tor th'S p
wn nose the vessels in question were d'spa'
o. cd to Charleston.
. 9th nos hope that the insane attempt
I the dad hand that peace still exists br
Plne- repressible Gonna. the worst" If the
'ncy- has invaded the Combegun and Linz
'"N' rally as one man to the defence we sh'
Is On We have no fears Tor the result r. %
II" to England will resist the blv,,
ports as an interruption to, and interior
from with their vital interests, and will S,
r one the ships of the North from the r.vv OF
Co, deep. The tone of their journals Is nj
surance to that effect, and the army W
noes, would invade the soil of the Confedel
that vii never, whatever be its mum
nccpt cross the border States of the South.
Office spirit of the people of the slave State
the and out of the Confedcracy, is that (
sistance unto death and utter annihila
o b., OF of any invasion of their soil by any
hlch mics whatsoever, and especially one "
ohm for years has aggravated them to anGc
fore outrages and indignities which cal
vengeance upon the heads of the ag
III no sors.
VI. \ We have from the outset attempt
ming avert the evils which seem to have
c as taken us. From the first we have
GODS, every means in our power to dissuad
firm comtrymen from prccipitancy and
rXpr ness and recklessncss, but we are no
taSrS missiOnist and cannot under any con.
ne Ia alton, favor an enemy dangerous e
home institutions of the South. Our mott
leans been and will continue to be right
civcd Justice in all the relations of life.
have been involved against reason, in
have cultics which We think might pos
prae- have been avoided, but come (as
lSheS' have come, or shall Gomez the co
h'y which we have attempted to avoid
ln''S- our duty and the duty of all, to stcl
''''oh the South i'll every trial and danger.
"S''o Since the above was written we ha
'n''r crivcd copy of the Delta Of the 10
which We find that the dispatches cont
'"rm' in its columns of the day previous a
shop nie1 Inv I,t,r onos There is 50 NH
Is al ing going ON these days by telcg
newspapers, &c, that a persons
nGlng knows when he hears the truth.
Is adj presume that all these sensation disp'