Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-04-20
The War feeling at the North.

The war feeling of the Northern States has been
thoroughly aroused by the attack on Fort Sumter
and President Lincoln's proclamation. The New
York Herald, the Express, the Albany argus and
atlas, and scores of other papers heretofore with
the South have taken position with their section
and with the fragment of government" which they
say remains. On Sunday last the mob ranged
through Philadelphia assailing every body and every
thing which at all favored the South.
We have no space for details, but we say to our
readers that from New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Chicago, New Haven, Worcester, Providence, and
from every locality in every free State the notes of
preparation for WARRIOR sustaining Lincoln's pro-
clamation are waited to u.s.
The Philadelphia Press gives the following Incl
dent, which contains volumes:
"a curious incident which we have omitted to
transcribe, occurred at the Arch street Theatre on
Saturday night. A feversh audience at this place
listened, with much interest as could be expected
to Edwin Booths rendition of the character of Rich
elieu There is passage in this play which had a
local bearing two weeks ago relative to the policies
of peace and war. Richelieu speaks as follows:
Remember my great maxim.
"First use all means to cOncate-
Here the house was passive and unaffected.
RichelieuS confessor here interrupts with: "Fail-
ing in that?"
Mr. Booth raised himself to his Hottest height,
and pointing his finger to the breathess house said
-"AR mems to cruSk,'
The applause that followed knew no parallel du-
ring the evening. twas not the actor, but the
timent which provoked the applause. Another
preston in the play:
"Put away the sword States may be saved without it,"
which is almost invariably applauded, was listened
to with the utmost apathy"
The Albany Argus and Atlas-the organ of the
Democracy of New York-says:
"What in this conflict of nationalites is the duty
of the citizens of the North? Their duties lie
where their position places them, where their ale
glance holds them, with their own people. In the
disintegration of the Confederacy, loyalty to our
State is left to us, citizens of New York. and the
field is wide and honorable one. We have duties
also to confederates of the North and duties to
what remains of the existing Federal government"
The same paper in the article declares that
"the cannonading in the harbor of Charleston sound
ed the death,knell of the American Union" 1t says
"hencetorth zee are t0cO nations" The Argus and
atlas has heretofore stood firmly by the rights of
the South but it goes with its section in what tire
CARDS as the final conflict over the ruins of the
Union.
War is terrible evil We know in imagination
what it is, and we pray that it may be avered from
the country. We have no desire to the Northern
people Inundated or injured They injure us,
and we can inure them, but neither section can be
conquered. What madness in both sections or in
either section to fight Buff they WH have it so, we
must meet them. Sadly and sternly will the people
of the South confront them in the field of civil con-
fict where liberty perishes even when appears to
i
idea of su6ugation or conquest has at all seriously
entered the Northern mind, the people of that Sec
ton may rest assured that that conquest will be ac-
compished only when every dollar of our money has
been expended, and when every life has been offered
up victim to the demon of fratricidal war; Rea-
son may yet save both sections, but passion, if con.
suited and obeyed, will conduct the whole country
to one common ruin.