The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-23


General Field.
Washington is safe. Fourteen thousand
troops, with large proportion Of artillery,
are now there to defend it, aud ten tho lsaud
more are within twenty. four hours Of the city
by land and sea. Our telegraphic and railway
communications between the northern border
OF Maryland and Baltimore being cut of, our
chances Of news are reduced to the lucky pas-
senger or courier who has succeeded or may
succeed in running the gauntlet of the rebels
Terrorism reignsin Baltimore, and its insurgents
threaten an assault upon Fort McHenry; but
as the fort is within easy range and as its black
muzzled bulldogs have poked out their ugly
noses to look upon the town, the beseigers, We
think, will keep their distance. Better still, the
garrison has been reinforced, and the fort may
therefore be considered secure. Thousands OF
men, Of all arms, are pouring down by the Har-
risburg road for the occupation Of that line to
Baltimore.
The bay route for steam vessels, from Havre
do Grace down to Annapolis, cannot be dis
turbed, and from Annapolis to Washington the
railway, we doubt not, ia under the protection
Of sufficient military force to keep it open.
Maryland is still in the Union, and within q
very few days, from the presence Of an
overpOweling force inside of her Dor
dcrs and on every siGe OF her disor.
Derby commercial capital, we hope for
reaction againet the miserable mob
of ruffians wlicA hGs usurped the control of
the State. She must stand by the Union as a
good child, or she will be soundly thrashed
into submission as bad one. This is as true
as that the sun will rise tomorrow morning;
and we apprehend that this alternative Of re-
pentance or a terrible punishment will apply
to all the seeded States.
Virginia next to Maryland will be subjected
to this test. She has seeded, and hence she
will probably risk the breaking of every bone
in her body. If so, We fear that every bone in
her body will be broken, including her back
bone Of slavery. Twelve hundred men are in
Fortress Monroe, which commands the passage
to Norfolk and Richmond. AT her Richmond
foundIies some Of the heavy cannon which
bombarded Fort Sumter were cast. Those
foundries are in danger. The government is
bound to look after them, and in ten days one
hundred thousand Union men can be mustered
10 look into them. There will, we suspect be
fearful shaking among the dry bones of old
Virginia before the first frost In waking up
to rebellion she will surely be 'shaken as q
fig tree by an untimely wind"
South Carolina, excepting blockade, will
be allowed a little rest after her late arduous
labors. The Confederate State" troopsin front
OF Fort Pickens will most likely be reduced to
alligator beef before they gain victory in that
quarter. The piratical steamer bobbing in and
out Of the Mississippi river is hardly worth In
surfing. We predict the reoccupation of Texas
by the United States troops within a short time;
and the possible descent Of Western hotilla
down he Mississippi may require all the revo.
lutionists Of Mississippi ard Louisiana to pre-
vent The rccccupation Of the United States Mint
at New Orleans by lis rigbtful owners.
We call upon tie loyal people Of Missoar; TO
stand fast by the Union, and thus save their
State fiom a shock which, if invited, will pyi
her back for twenty years; and our confidence
is strong in the great majority of her ,Ati q
CtEsiOU pUpulaIlOH. heHCIcAy, we trust, is
safe. With her northern border line of The
Ohio river resting for five hundred miles aud
more upon the free States Of Ohio, Indiana
ard Illinois, she cannot decide upon secession
without risking the total loss of her slaves in
single month.
Thus hlockoded on the seaboarj invested
on the West and invaded from The North, short
of provisions, and with four millions Of slaves
to take care OF, the revolted States, in choos.
ing TO right their grievances by war, are in a
desperate situation. The FIRST grand project of
their campaign has failed; the campaign opens
auspiciously for the Union cause. The great
North is thoroughly aroused. New York city
slcnc is ready to swell her volunteers to fifty
thousand mtn. The day is not far oil when
tie Union men Of The rcvoltcd States VIII be
asked to come to the relief Of their msruided
brethren, for otherwise !hc war which they
have chosen to secure their institution OF
slavery may result in wipipg il ont of exist
cnce.
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