The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-05-25
The Attack OIL Washington.
[from the National Int. liXencer.l

VI Tue EciicTai OTucf3 iSSueu uate Vi
May D. by Bsiyadier General Philip ST. |
George Cooke, commanding the Potomac
department Of the State of Firginia, in !
which occurs the following statement:
The capitol Of the United States has
never been threatened. 1t is beyond aud
outside the limits OF the free and sovreicn !
State of Virginia"
IT Gen Cooke means to say shat the
capitol of the United States has never
been threatened 10y him, we are sure that
all credence will be given to his declara- !
tons under this head, but it is intended
to suggest that there have been no threats
OF attack from other quarters sufficient to J
justify the precautionary measures taken /
by the federal government, we think his
assurances cannot be received without !
casting discredit on men high in the con-
tidence of the Confederate States, and on
able and influential journals, heretofore
understood to be the authentic exponents
OF Southern wishes and purposes. We ap-
! pend few citations taken from authori-
tie. which are thus ignored by Gen Cooke,
or whose threats are regarded by him
with contempt greater than the admin.
istv,lOn apparently deemed it safe to en-
tertaiu in the face OF demonstrations pro-
cceding from sources heretofore regarded
as respectable.
On the 18th of April last the honorable
Mr. Walker, Sec. of War of the Confede-
rate Sta'os, held the following language at
Montgomery, Alabama:
No man. ne .a.d. could tell where the
war this day commenced would end, but
lie would prophecy that the flag which
now daun,s the breeze here would float
over the dome OF the OLD Capitol at Wash
iugtoG before the first of May. Let them
4 Al
OF southern resources. and 1t might float
eventually over FaneuIl hall Itself
Such being the publicly avOwed belief
o! iAe Secretary Of War OF the Confederate
Statr-, we quote IN !hu-trat.on Of similar
threats the following excerpts from
l-ad!na Southern journals, merely premis-
ing that We could greatly add 10 their
number II II Mere essential to the purpose
From the Richmond Enqu rer April Is
: ATTENTION. COUNTERS othins is more
probable than tha. President Davis vii.
soon rnarch an army through North Caro-
llna aId N!rg.mIa t. Washington Those
volunteers who de. re to join the southern
army a. II shall pass through our borders
had better orcaI IL q, once for the pur-
p",c. and keep tne,r arms, accoutreuents,
uniforms, ammunition, aud kHapsacas ia
coI.s,sut readiness
IfFyra the Ns~ Or!cln, PicaTune Of April IS
The first fruits O.: q Nir9 man Secession
vii! u the c!ucv..i o! Lincoln aud hIs
Cabinet, aud whatever he can carry away
To the sa:-r nelshbUrhood of Harrisburg
On CiHc.uuati-IcTnapst to Buffalo or C!eIe-
land
From the y.c..barg (ylis,l Wing. ofApril 20
Mayor ben Mccullough has organized q
forc.. Of tive Thousand men To- seize the
Federal Capital the instant the first blood
: spilled The Montgomery 4 ireritter
saws thi. intelligence Is from a Virginia
Gentleman now ia Ws>Einslon. who had
II direct from McColluughs own lips
rTro1a tl- Richmond Va E,4rlia-r O. Apr.,2.I
lie capture OF Washington city i. per
feciiy within The power of Nir-inia and
Mall iand II Nif,iui. will OILY make the
rropei- effort IL Ter constituted auIholI-
ties; Lor Is there a single moment 10 lose
The entire population pan; tor the onset,
thelc never Wa h tlf the unanimity among
tie people before. nor i!the of The zeal
upon any subject that Is now manifested
10 take Washington, and drive from it
every back republican who IS 4 dweller
there.
From the mountain tops and valleys 10
' the shores of the SEA there i one wild
shout OF fierce resolve TO capture Wash
ington CITY M all aud every human hazard
The filthy cage Of unc!ean birds must and
viii assursdly b- purified by fire The
people are determined upon it, and are
cismorous for a leader TO conduct them to
The onslaught. That leader will surely
arise, aye, and that ri gl.t speedily.
lFroa he Godsboro N, C.. T ibau. April "a
We understand tina, Duncan X McRse
Esq, VINO came here last night, bears a
special order for one reg ment of North
Carolina troops TO march to the city of
Washington. They are TO be ready in
A. hours from the notice This is by
order Of Gov. Ellis.
To have gained Maryland is to have
gained host 1t insure, Washington
city, and the iSnominious expulsion of
Lincoln and his body guard of Kansas
cut throa. from the White House. 1t
makes good tho words OF Secretary Walk
, ~ at Montgomery III regard to the federal
: metropolis, Ii transfers the lines of bat
tie from the Potomac to the Pennsylvania
border.
LFrom tie I.leieh u c. Standard, April 2.l
Moth Catolina will send her full quota
of troops 10 unite in the attack on W ash
, ingtnn City. Our streets are alive with
soldier. and officers, many of the latter
being here 10 ieuGer their companies to
the Governor Washington City will soon
lie too hot to hold Abraham Lincoln and
his government. North Carolina has said
it, and she. will do all she can TO make
good her declaration.
from the Eufau,a (Aa) Express, April c4l
With Independent Virginia on on side
, and the sece>sionsts of MARYLAND (whC
are doubtless in the majority on the
other, cur policy at this time should be to
seize the Old federal capitol and take old
Lincoln and his cabinet prisoners OF war
once get the heads of go, eminent in ouI
power and we can demand any terms we
/. see fit, and thus perhaps avoid a long and
bloody contest
.rrrom the Wilmington (N. c) Journa', April Ell
. A correspondent, writing from George
town. IS O. under date of April 26 nal ke,
inquiry about report that had got atioa;
D there that three regiments of troops had
, left North Carolina to Join Lincoln. What
, an idea! When North Carolina troops
+ Join Old Abe it will be at the point of the
| bayonet, and he at the sharp end When
North Carolina troops 90 to Washington
and they will go, they will stand side by
side with their brethren OF the south
). What fool can have put in circulation
:, such report
IA From tn. Micehgcville (Gs.) Recorder, April 50
s. The Government of the Confederat,
V States n,"st possess ne City of Washington.
v 1t is folly to think it can be use! an.
: longer as the headI Ixarters of the Lincoln
y government, as no access can be had to |
j. except by passing through Virginia ant
o Maryland The District Of Columbia can
d not remain under t.e jurisdiction of th'
re United States Congress without humilia'
:; ing southern pride and defeating sou,her'
x rights. Both are essential to greatness o