Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-11-09
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Secession Dishonesty.


There is not n more rabid opponent of the Uni
nited States Government anywhere than the
Mountain Dem0crdt-a paper which several
months ago published articles in favor of a Pa
cilc Republic in of the secession of the Gulf
States aud war, but now says it is for the Union;
paper that denies possessing secession proclivi-
ties yet iustes rebellion, never expresses the
least sympathy with the effort to put it down,
and refers to the legitimate Government of the
country only to deridc, misrepresent and belle it.
| The last issue of this delectable Union journal
contains the following among other talsehoods
alt should be forgotten that the commenced
after the OK praon of james Buchanans term of Office
when he had become private citizen that Lincoln
provoked it by sending reuiorcements to Fort Sumter
| after he had solemnly promised not to do so'
Now we assert the well known historical fact
that the war against the Government was com
menced as early as the goth of December two
and half months before Lincoln came into Office
On that day South Carolina declared herself an
independent State her representatives in Con
gress had previously resigned, and on the 2Sth of
December her authorities committed the first act
of war by scizing upon Forts Moultrle and Sumter,
Castle Pinckey. the Charleston Custom House.
Post Office and Arsenal-all indisputably the
property of the United States, and hosting over
them the flag of rebellion, proceeded to build
intrenchments and to raise troops to resist the
Federal Government. On the Sd of January
following, the authorities of Georgia seized Forts
GulaSkl ana JaCksol, at SHVunhuii' teuliHb uoWH
the United States flag On the 4th OF January,
Fort Morgan and the U. S. Arsenal at Mobile
were seZcdsb Alabama. On the 9th OF January
the rebels at Charleston fired into the steamer
Star Of the Vest, which was carrying provis !
ions and reinforcements to Fort Sumter, and
pievented it from accomplishing its mission.
On the same day that this outrage was committed,
Mississippi passed secession ordinance and
seized Forts Pike and Johnson and the u. 5. |
Arsenal at Baton Rouge On the lth of Janua !
ry Alabama passed secession ordinance. On
the 18th Florida seeded, seizlng at the same
time the United States forts and property at
Pensacola excepting only Pckens. If this was
not an act of war Lieut.. Slemmer was much to
blame that he did not peacefully surrender Pick
ems. On the 10th Of January Georgia seeded.
On the 2Sth Louisiana went out, seizing the
United States Custom House and Mint at New
! Orleans, with several hundred thousand dollars
! found therein, besides some u. S. revenue cutters
| that were in port Texas seeded on the 1st of
February, and about the same month prepared
to attack United States troops stationed there,
who, to the number of about 3,00O were surren-
dered to the rebels, with the munitions Of war
and other United States property at the hands
of the hoary traitor Gen Twggs. On the 9th of
February Congress" of the seeded States
assembled at Montgomery, Ala, elected Prcsi-
dent, and Vice President, and took other meas
ures towards the organization of IL government
in opposition to that Of the United States, soon
after providing for the formation of Il rebel army
on II large scale All of the seeded States had
previously taken measures for armlng their citi-
zens in order to hold the property stolen from
the Government and to resist the constitution
and the laws. Had any foreign people commit
ted only one acts of aggression. nothing but the
most speedy apology and indemnity could have
prevented q war for which the South would have
been the first to call. Yet the Mountain Demo-
crat says Lincoln provoked the war by sending
reinforcemens to Sumter The only reinforce
mentsn attempted to be sent were those forward
ed by Buchanan, in the star Of the West, which
vessel was fired into as early as the 9th of Janu
ary. Was not that provocative OF war anterior
to Lincon's attempt to supply Sumter with food,
not with troops and munitions The CORE
spondence between Beauregard and the Rebel
Secretary of War proves that the President
meant to send food supplies alone, that he so
advised Beaurcgard and Gov. Pickens, and at
tempted nothing more. The world knows these
facts-knows that war was waged against the
Government in every form months before Lin
coin took his seat and yet an American journal,
calling itself friend Of the Union, bellies history
and basely labors to prejudice the people against
the Government and link their sympathies with
rebellion, by casting the onus OF the war upon
the loyal defenders of the constitution and the
| Union Let the falsiiers be rebuked and con-
founded by patriotism and truth