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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
rae Biou has Fallen.

At length the evil days of our nation
are upon us with all the horrors which
the most prophetic mind could have fore
told. The sky Of opr country is dark
ened by the clouds OF civil war and the
destruction of the proud fabric of our
ancestors, on which we have so long
yezed with feelings of admiration and
Just pride, is tottering and may soon be
mass of crumbliug ruins. But we must
bauish all vain regrets, and while we
rcitcrate the fact often presented to our
readers, that the blow might have been
aveped, now that 1t is upon us we must
pursue that course which will most Sc
GErcly protect our honor and punish
those, who with hopes of self aggrand-
isement have trampled the stars and
stripes under foot, and presented the
bold front of treason to the worlds gaze.
That Just punishment will surely be
melted ont to all enemies Of the consti-
tuition, there is no doubt. Now that our
Government calls upon us for assistance,
it should be rendered promptly notwith-
standing the fact that upon most points
of political policy there is a wide gulf
between il and us.
The events now progressing will be
among the most momentousin the history
of the world. The question whether
a Democratic government can be sus
tanned or not, hangs upon the result Of
this conflict. For nearly century we
have marched on with rapid strides, in
.creasng in all the riches of the earth,
rearing mighty intellects and making our
country the wonder and admiration of
the whole civilized world. Our flag in
every nation is looked upon with rever-
ence. Respect and love for the honor OF
that flag at home makes it necessary
that the people, throwing aside for the
time being, political differences and ami
mated by the one idea of loyalty come
up firmly to the support of the govern
ment. More authentic and reliable in
telligence will enable us better it compre
bend the true situation of affairs which
to our mind are deplorablc to an extent
which even the most gloomy imagination
fails to realize.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18

qAsils in tie pssse9ee of NO NAngvrs, that
is received TO TO rs whole duty 10 itself
amt the codntry. The free states have
mover, for moment, doubted the suili-
cheney Of their military resources; the only
misgiving has been as to whether the adj
minisuation had enough yigor and de-
termination to use them. Happily, this
doubt is now resolved and it was fore
gone conclusion--a military necessity
4 you will-that We were 10 lose Sunpt-
or anyhow, the country rel0ices that il
has not been yielded mp by pusillanimity,
but wrested from energetic resistance
We have re-enacted, in spirit, the famous
reply of the Spartsns at Thermopyle
when summoned to give up their arms :
"Come and take them"
Civil war is, no doubt, an evil but it
is not the part of manliness to chant
jeremiads over it when it is actually up
on us. 1t has been certain, from the be-
ginning, that the secession of several states
from the Union conld not be consumma.
ted peaceably. The government has for
borne while it could; but acts of war
perpetrated against it by the rebels rem
der longer forbearance impossible. The
people of this country cannot afford 10
live under a government which may at
any time be dissolved at the caprice OF
any state or combination of states. We
live under constant sense Of insecurity
olong as we are without any adequate.
assurance that the government will sur
wye the next presidential election. L
these seven states can go out because a
president has been elected against their
wishes, the New England States, or the
northwestern states, may withdraw for
any frivolous preteXt it may suit them to
set up, and the Union has no more cohe-
renee than a rope of sand. The princi-
pie on which the southern rebels are act
ing cannot be admitted without opening
the door to general disruption and uni.
versal anarchy. If the rebels have sufli-
cient military strength to accomplish a
successful revolution, we shall at last ac-
knowledge their Independence but they
cannot be allowed to have it on too easy
terms, lest states that remain should be
tempted, in fit of TRANSIENT disatfection,
to follow an example that would have in
it more of invitation than of Warming
The only course now left for the govern
ment is to make its power felt. The
public voice demands that, since we are
in state of war, the contest shall be
sharp and terrible, in order that it may
be short.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
ITOm Ine N T. NOTIui ApTII 10
The Surrender Of Sun,pter.

The surrender of Fort Sumpter, after
it had heroically belched forth defiance
for two days in reply to heavy cannona-
ding from multitudinous batteries, is a
result which disappoints the wishes of
loyal men; but the painful feeling it
awakens is only regret, not humiliation.
The national honor is untouched. Iffor-
tune has favored the side which had the
heaviest artillery and the advantage Of
numbers, she has only rendered more con-
spicuous the invineiblo energy Of deter
mination which resides in the government,
and which impelled it to attempt provis-
ioning the fort in the face of hopeless
odds. The most glorious event in the
military annals Of the world was also q
defeat. 1t was as evident beforehand
that Thermopyle could not be held, as
it had been that there was "military
necessity" for our being dispossessed of
Sumter. But to the heroic LEoNlDAs the
idea of retiring from Thermopyle, be-
cause it could no, longer be defended, was
intolerable. The high-souled Spartan
king would not listen to the advice given
him by prudent officers among his asso-
ciates, and abandon a position that had
become untenable. With his immortal
three hundred Spartians, he made Their
mopyl@ watchword of liberty and an
incentive to heroic daring forever, De-
feat thus volnntarially encountered is the
prolific seed of future victories, Just as
the kernel of wheat which perishes in the
earth develops the vitality which creates
the bearded ear. Saamis and Platea
vindcated the wisdom of LEoYIDAs, and
relieved his sublime horoisE from the inn
putation of rashness.
If President LINCOLN had yielded to
supposed military necessity, and made q
voluntary evacuation of Sumpter, the re.
bells would have come in possession of a
strong, well-equpped fortress instead Of
the burned and battered and smoke be.
grimed ruin over which they have raised
their flag. The difference in the condi.
ton of the fort is small matter; but
bathing this small difference, the rebels
have gained neither more nor less in a
military and strategic point Of view, and
we have lost neither more nor less than il
Sumpter had been voluniarially surren
dered to them. The government could
not voluntarily give it mp without dis
honor, because it would thereby have
assented to its own subversion. 1t has
now lost the fort, bat under circumstan
ccs which have demonstrated its firm de
termination 10 maintain its authority
The question is no longer whether the
government has the spirit, the courage
and the energy Of purpose which Thu
grave emergency requires, but only
whether the military and naval resource
of the loyal states are an overmatch 70
those of the rebels. That ANDERSON an,
handful Of men could not sustain them
selves, unaided, against the elaborat,
preparations which have been making 70
many months under some of the mos
slSillful officers aud accomplished engin
GERS in the country, is nothing; but it i
everything. that we have q government
that is dauntcd by no difficulties, tina
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
ire s.yvcrssor parsl tiie acrr low. |


One voice has at length been raised in
favor Of the iiyc-galon beer law passed
by the Legislature. Very many of the
Republican papers have assailed it, not
because they disapproved OF its princi-
pies, but because they feared it would
result in injury to the party. IL was
for the party alone that they cared, and
they have therefore not been compliment
tary in their illusions to the Legislature
and the Governor in their disregard to
the German vote. The Senate passed
it supposing the House would defeat it,
and the House passed it supposing the
Governor would veto it. But Blair was
not TO ue caught in that way, and, as he
expressed it, he was not afraid to sign
what the Legislature was not afraid to
pass, Besides, it agreed exactly with his
principles. He has always been poo
hibitory liquor law man; he used to tray
ell up and down the State lecturing upon
it; and in 1855, when q member of the
Senate, was one of the most active in
passing precisely the same lawas has now
been restored. The republican newspa-
per sheet of the town where he resides,
in its last issue, thus defends his approval
Of the bill
"Some persons arc foolish enough to
vent their spite upon the Governor for
not vetoing the bill. We have even
heard members of the Legislature who
voted for it say it was the Governors
duty to veto it. If it was right for the
Legislature to pass such bill, why was
it wrong for the Governor to sign it?
The bill is not unconstitutional; it is not
immoral in It's provisions or objects; it
is not dangerous to the public tranquil
Ity or peace, or to individual happiness
or rights; then why, in the name of sense
or Justice, ask the Governor to override
the clearly expressed wishes of the Leg
islature? 1t is politically unwise! You
are politically dishonest, The great
mass of the people in this State are tenn
perance men. Is it political wisdom to
defy them simply to hold out the induce
ment of free beer and whisky to the
vicious and depraved, who alone will be
influenced against us by this law? Such
reasoning may suit the atmosphere of
cities and Villages, but it will not CON
vert the honest, Christian men who are
the bone and sinew of the Republican
party and the country"
And further on it demands the enforce
ment of the law at the hands Of the tenn
perance people;
"a heavy responsibility rests upon the
real temperance men. 1t is the respons'
Utility of executing this law. 1t was
passed at their request. 1t will not
enforce itself 1t will require exertions,
sacrifice, courage, persistence and money,
II is tie last triaI Of prohibition ~ ufcIl-
iqan.n
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
A PROCLAMATION
BIZ the President Of the United stat,

By the President q the United States
Whereas, The laws of the United
States have been for some time past, and
now are opposed, and the execution there
of INSTRUCTED in the states of South Car
DINA, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, aud Texas, by combina
tons too powerful to be suppressed by
the ordinary course ofiudicial proceedings,
or by the powers vested in the marshal
by law: now, therefore, ABRAHAM LIN
colin, President of the United States, in
virtue of the power in me vested by the
Constitution and the laws, have thought
fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth,
the militia of the several states of the I'm.
ion to the aggregate number of 10 600,
in order to suppress said combinations,
and to cause the laws to be duly execu.-
ed.
The details for this object will be i'm
mediately communicated to the state au.
thorities through the War department
| appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, IA
cilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the
honor, the integrity and the perpctuity
of popular government, and to redress
wrongs already long enough endured. J
deem it proper to say that the first SER
vice assigned to the forces hereby called
forth, will probably be to repossess the
forts, places, and property which have
been seized from the Union; and in every
event the utmost care will be observed,
consistently with the objects aforesaid, to
avoid any devastation, any destruction of,
or interference with, property, or any dis
turbance of peaceful citizens in any part
of the country; and | hereby command
the persons composing the combinations
aforesaid, to dispense and retire to their
respective abodes within twenty days
from this date.
Dceming that the present condition of
public affairs presents an extraordinary
occasion, do hereby, in virtue of the
power in me vested by the Constitution,
convene both houses Of Congress. The
senators and representatives are, there
fore, summoned to assemble ut their re-
spective chambers at twelve O'clock, noon
on Thursday the fourth day of July next,
then and there to consider and determine
such measures as, in their wisdom, the
public safety and interests may seem to
demand.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand, and caused tho seal Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, this
fifteenth day of Apti, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one, and Of the independence of the
United States the eighty-hfth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President.
WILLIAM Ii. SEWARD, Secretary Of
State.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMAI1ON.
WhTeas, The President Of the United
States has made requisition upon the
State of Michigan for military aid in en-
forcing the laws and upholdng the Con
stitution and the Union .of the United
States;
And Uhereas, The laws of this State
already authorize the raising of two regi-
ments Of Militia for the service of the
Federal government;
-1ad Whereas, Said laws conten plate
that the uniformed volunteers shall first
be called in such exigencies;
Now, therefore, the Adjutant General
or this State is hereby authorized to ac
cept the service.
1st OF ten Companies of Infantry, to
be mustered into the service of the Uni
ted States for three months, (unless sooner
dissolved)
TO this end, the Companies Of the uni
formed volunteer Militia that may desire
tie tender their services, will forthwith re-
port, through their Company command
ers, to the Adjutant General at Detroit,
the names Of Company officers, and the
number of their rank and file, ready for
service; the number, kind and condition
of their arms; and the number of officers
and men already in uniform, the kind of
uniform, and the number in want of uni
form.
Out of the whole number Of companies,
the Adiutant- General will first select ten
companies for immediate service. The
companies which may be accepted will be
required to fill up, according to the fol-
lowing schedule:
For each company-one Captain, one
First Lieutenant one Second Licuten-
ant four Sergcants, four Corporals, two
musicians, and sixty-Gve privates.
All companies formed, aud to be form
ed, will be instructed and put in servi-
ceable condition rs soon as possible, and
will at once begin drilling according to
"Hardce's Tactics"
Those not Immediately required will
be formed into one, or more additional
regiments, as the eixgencies Of the SER
vice may demand.
1t is confidently EXPECTED that the pa
triotic citizen soldiery of Michigan will
promptly come forward to enlist in the
cause of the Union, against which an ex-
tensive rebellion in arms exists, threaten
ing the integrity and perpetuity of the
government.
The Adjutant.Gensral will issue and
enforce the necessary orders to carry out
the objects of this Proclamation.
Given at Detroit, this 10th day Of April A. ID. 1861
| AUSTIN BLAIR na
Governor and Commander-in- Chief.
| JOHN ROBERTSON,
Ad;mtant General
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
The soldiers i'm Texas.

The following is an extract of a pri-
vate letter from San Antonio, Texas,
dated March Goth, just received in this
city: ta.so...a
"Uncle SANS troops are coming in all
the time. Yesterday, just before dinner,
we heard a drum and a fife playing cyan
kee Doodle" AMI we knew some Of our
troops were coming. They proved to be
four companies Of infantry from Fort
Clark. They came straight through the
town, to the great annoyance of the seces-
sionists. COL Wait, at the request of the
Commissioners, ordered the troops not to
come in, and not to play; but the officer
who came yesterday hurried in so as to
pass before tho order reached him. The
officers performed their toilette in the
bushes just outside Of the town, and came
in full uniform, with colors flying and
band playing. We were all very much
delighted to see them, and an old gray
headed man named Bell ran when he
heard them, and not having any hat to
wave, he pulled one of a German who
was standing by, and waved that. Major
Brooks ordered the colors to be waved in
return. -..i;,
aOn leaving Fort Clark, the federal
troops fired parting salute in honor Of
the American flag. The Hangers stood
with the lone star flag ready to run up
as soon as the stars and stripes came down
The soldiers however, fixed it so that the
ropes came down at the same time with
the flag, and before the Rangers could
get this up, Uncle Sans men were ont
Of sight and hearing, leaving the RAN
gers in very angry stats."-N Y. Post.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
The Norfolk Navy Yard.

Considerable anxiety is felt in naval
circles to know what means the action
Of the Government in regard to the Nor
folk Navy Yard Tho Germantown,
sloop-of.war, and the steam frigate Mer.
rimack, at that place, are two of the most
efficient ships in the navy, and their
equipment at the present time could not
but conduce to the strength of the
squadron on the sea coast. Yet, no or
ders to fit them out have been issued -
Some people think that no memo f-war in
Virginia will be put in a ready state. 1t
ia fact tlpt has escaped reportorial scru-
siny' that since the election of Mr.. Lin
coin no navy vessel has been commissions
ed and manned at the Gosport yard. The
Dolphin was recently fitted up and moor
ed where the liner Pennsylvania could
have quite as much power over her as
navy pard people. The accidental drop
ping in Of the Cumberland, too, shows
that the Government means to be able
TO hold its own in Norfolk, should mat
tiers 90 TO the worst. The Cumberland
has over 800 men, the Pennsylvania
about 800, and there are over 40 soldiers
in the marine garrisons. So, that, while
no unnamed vessel will be put in a use.
full state, there is no preparation to pro
tect them all, neglected.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18

The TRooPs AT SEA.-The soldiers
dispatched in the steamers Atlantic, Hi
nois and Baltic, had a larger allowance Of
full cartridges than ever been supplied
to troops leaving the New York station.
1t is estimated that, were all the troops
kept firing for eight weeks, at the rate of
twenty six shots for every hour in each
day and night, the bullets sent with them
would not be exhausted. The quality of
these cartridges may be surprised from
the fact, that at late drill of two COM
panies Of infantry in Washington, of two
hundred and sixty-two shots fired in rapid
succession, and only three missed And
these may have been occasioned by lit
tic rust in the pieces, which, it may be
stated, are also the best known.-NsV
York Commercial Adpertiser. Iu
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
THE BORDER STATES.

The tone Of the Geographic dispatches
from nearly all of the border States is
such as to leave no doubt that their SYM
pathies arc with the secessionists in the
war which has been inaugurated, and that,
yith the exception possibly Of Maryland
and Delaware, they will in body join
the Confederate States. Kentucky, Nir.
gina, North Carolina and Missouri have
already refused to respond to the Prcsi-
dents call for troops, and before the close
of the present week, Virginia will un
doubtedly be out Of the Union. The
population Of the seven seeded States is
Free, ,Gj6,4Sl; Slave, 2,311 400; Total,
4,967,741 of the Border States, leaving
out Maryland and Delaware: Free, 4,913,-
f43; Slave, 1,546,87l; Total, 6,463, ia:
Total free population of Border and Con-
fedsrate States, 7,570,224; Slave, $780,
S31; Total Free and Slave population,
11,431, 055. If, as appears now to be inev-
etablc, we are to have war with apeople as
powerful as the States above mentioned,
with n frontier line between the belliger-
ent parties, extending from the Atlantic
through to the Pacific Ocean, the 75,-
900 volunteers called for by the Presi-
dent will be but as a speok compared
with the forces which must be engaged
We give below few of the dispa tchcs
which indicate the action to be taken by
the border states:
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 10.
Prominent gentlemen in Virginia tele
graphcd to Montgomery that Virginia
will probably secede to morrow.
General Pillow has just arrived to offer
jeff. Davis division of Tennessee troops
Everybody is delighted with the en-.
.couraging news from Virginia.
Vice President Stephens has arrived
ltis said that Virginia will unite with
tho Comederacy.
President Davis will vacate his seat a.
Montgomery, the Vice President assum
ing his duties, and will make his head
quarters at Richmond in ten days, will
Gen. Beauregard as second in command
o RIcnMoSD, Va, Apail 10.
An ordinance of secession will pas
within two days. The Governor will is
cue no proclamation till he receives al
official copy Of President Lincoln's. TIL,
Governor has received notification of
rcquisision for 5000 men.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 16.
a large and enthusiastic meeting o
those opposed TO Mr.. Lincoln's war polio,
Was held tonight. About 5000 wer,
present. Resolutions were unanimousl,
adopted tina; Kentucky would not permit
tho marching Of troops against the Con
.fsderate States, but would share the lat
ter's destiny il war must come; sympa
thizing with all patriotic men in the fire.
States, and endorsing Gov. Magofiin'
response to Secretary Cameron.
ST.. Louis, April 16.
IL is understood that Gov. Jackson wi
refuse to comply with Secretary Gamer
onys requisition for troops.
PApucAm, Ky, April lC
A meeting irrespective Of party, j. II
Husbands presiding, adopted resolu
tions recommending the Governor immedi
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18

The NEws.-The past week has been
big with events Of which our space will
not permit even a synopsis. The fall of
Sumpter; the extraordinary preparations
for war in all points of the country, the
threatening altitude of the Border States
and the general state of excitement in
all points Of the country mark the COM
mencement Of an epoch in the history Of
the Uunted States, which it was hoped
we might never reach. One thing must
be borne in mind; no information of an
official character has yet been received;
all opinions, suppositions and consequent
exctements are based upon exaggerated
telegraphic reports, and the "sober, Sec
ond thought" has not yet taken possession
of the minds of the people. Even in these
times we must have patience, and anoth-
or week will give us facts from which
may be drawn conclusions more rational
not more satisfactory. We give this week
as a matter Of news, the comments of the
n. Y. World, and Times, conservative re
publican, on the fall of Sumpter, and shall
endeavor in our next issue to give the
views of some of the leading journals on
our own side in politics.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18
APaciGc Republic.

In letter from an intelligent lady in
California to a gentleman of thiscity, she
speaks in the the following terms Of the
probable secession Of the Pacific States
from the Union:
"This glorious "Pdcjfc Republic" You
may think that / am premature in de-
nominating these States by so grandilo-
quent name, but we sooner or later must
become convinced of the fact that moth
ING else remains for us to do but to form
a constitution of our own, and then
maintain our rights in it, as those brave
men at the South have done. Our inter
ests would suggest to us the propriety Of
remaining with the North, but our tastes
and inclinations prompt an immediate
to the cause Of the South, and between
them both think we will be left to stand
alone resting on our own superior
strength; however this is a subject upon
which women are not supposed to have
very distinct ideas, therefore | seldom
allow myself to express any opinion on
them"