Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-26
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PEACE.

BeforsstHe Battlos Of Fort Sumter. wor bo.
tween tue South and North seemed to be in
eV'taoie. Surely but steadily, by the pclicv
! OF inaction, the South was kept divided. and
| the two sections of the late United Stu,cs were
drifting to deadly co, dict With the seven
Cotton States alone ont of the Union i8f the
United States, the attempt To subGuc them by
military force, nnl thus to Coz rec them back
into n uni"n with the Northern States. was
certain Of renliza,ion. There was no hone
not the s.htest-of peaceful adjustment of
our relations with the Northern Stn,c., conss
tent with the indeIence Of the Confederate
States. 3ee
| When South Carolina seeded from the Uni
ted States the great problem to be solved hy
the statesmen Of South wns, how shall the
other Slav"h"lding States be brought to unite
their destiny with her in the formation of n
Southern C"nfcderacy3 On the solution Of this
problem, depended the issue of peace or war
If oil the veholding States united til IL power
together, the folly of attempting coc1cion was
too fragrant to be anticipated.
Would inaetion produce this result The
conIiti"n of large portion of the SlavcholI-
ing States, rendered >rch policy fatal to the
union OF the South. Men do not change their
government but from the strongest motives
To accomplish revolutions, the passions Of men
must Le aroused, rs we'll rs their undcrtan-
dings be informed. Events soon showed the
only course by which the co operation of the
Slnveholling States cnuI De obtained; and
these events arose not from the wisdom to the
South but from the attempted coercion Of the
North. Maj Anderson. took possession of
Fort Sumter. 1t gave us Georgia and Lvu-
ls;ana. Tie Star ofhc Vest came to provision
Fort Sumter, and it gave us Texas Lastly the
Government Of the United States informs us
that it intends to reinforce Fort Sumter with
supplies aud men, andit gives us Virpinia 4;
aud, 1--WE trust, soon to follow all the Southern
Frontics States. AT each successive step of
collision, Southern union was advanced; and
at each successive step Of advancement to
union in the South. Representatives, of a peace
f"l termination Of our separations from the
Northern States have been increased. Let the
greatsenl OF union Of the fifteen SlaYehold-
ing States DC accomplished, and war by the
Nor.h upon the South is n tl"gsant uLsurdity.
l'nrado!cal rs it may seem, the avoidance of
fighting was certain war, and fighting was the
ouly ways TO obtain peace. Hence, we longed
for collision in our bay, as opening the only
avenue to peace.
The press and the people Of the North ap-
pear to be furious for war; The Abolition
Government at WashingtonSappear determine ID
to conquer the South. These are necessary
for pence, because they are necessary to arouse e
and unite the South. The more decided the
demonstrations Of hostility from the North, the
better for the, great cause of Southern redemp.
tion and Independence. Heretofore we have
been too slow, i'll action-too forbearing-for
Southern union; but now, that the Frontier
States ure aroused, we must await their com
ing. The Confederate States should be, in
their preparations for war, equal TO the United
Suites; but they should not precipitate confiic.
with the United States, unless in counsel with
the Frontier States, where the conflict must
rage. Virginia signalizes her independence
with her wonted bravery. She sezcs uarper's
Ferry and the Custom Houses and will soon
make the gleam Of her bayonets tell her de-
termination. Give the iustrious Old Com
monweath time to wake up her strength and
rage. Let her glorious daughter. Kentucky
shake the bloedy land with her martial trade
and the steady columns Of Tennessee, which
marched on in the streets of Monterey, when
swept through with grape. withoGta pause in
their step. have time TO form. Maryland, in
the streets of Baltimore, forbids Federal troops
from passing over her soil. The work goes
bravely on. The South will soon bsdnsjnc-
| ble by union Of the South. and command
) peace BY her invincibility. We at, THE
: day breaks, and The sun Of Peace. tinges the
black clouds of War."-Nercury. ~
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,lE/ SOUTH CAROLINA CONDOLENCES.
= There are somecurious condolences in South
, Carolina history between pnst and present
whiciEheser We remembrance. South Caroline
was the first of the Colonies to declare IN in
dependent State Constitution in the DAYS O
the Revolution. South Carolina was the frs,
Siats,to secede from the late Copfedcracy anG
declare an independent Constitution. South
> Carolina was the first State in the Revolution
: Of 1776t TO beat the enc my This was done il
Charleston harbor. South Carolina was the
81 first of the seeding States in 1861 to obtain
: triumph over the Abolition invader and US
J. 'trpcr, and .agaiF Charleston -harbor. All
the fights iu the Revolution in 1776--Lexing-
II ton5and Bunker Hill-were American defeats
That of Fort Moultrie was q victory! For,
Moultre IN 1875 set FIRE to the British vessels
; The same fortress had large part in firing
Fort Sunker. South Carolina. at the close o
the Revolution, had been so liberal that che
b was the largest creditor State 10 the Ccnfede-
: racy at the end of the war. At the presen,
=. moment her expenditures far exceed those ol
any on State in the Southern Confsderacy,
and this without including sbose large annual
expenditures for ordnance and arms which she
began i'd 1882, and! which, perhaps, has found
har in the presnt. conflict better prepared 70.
bat tie than any Of her sister States.
4 There is one point Of great Importance. in
= which the coincidence utterly fails InT1776,
her, people. half Of whom were born in Great