Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-08-15

turely weighed, with q hope at least th.. a. -
traitor bacnanan was not so complete as he and OF The
naked faet-Fort Sumter cannot BE- re tie isolated
treason of the late Administration ami Uocouse Of he
9nd h's' command must perish by starvation ,JssS
What, then, is to be done 2 Gould the prs.;a...
them 10 starve ~, Bonoy Would the sacrifice Of leave
been grateful to their eountymen But saw. t
get thonshtless patriot think of the humiliation
honor OF abandoning Sumter to the Rebels W. no dis
of it, and weep tears of blood over the humi,iao think
brought upon the country by the traitor Presdort thus
just retired to Wheatand to gloat over his has
treason. And we assured too and do not ummated
truth of the assurance, that when Abraham uot the
compelled to yield his reuc ant consent to t Lincoln was
iating concession to successful treason he did num
to suppress the and tears which il caIsd attempt
be had no alternative " Necessity knoaos no lar - But
the lives of the gallant who have 40 lonn Snd
Sumter against overwhelming force of u Fort
and wicked and unprncpled rebels whose treaso Traitors
chivay' the President of the United States is southern
charge of duty to humanity has signed the order % as
evacuation OF Sumter. ' iof the
| Had war, not peace been his obiect-bad be d.,
raise throughout the mighty North feeling of inJed
which in ninety days would have emancpeted sva
on the continent and driven their masters into Save
needs be-he had only to have said: Let the @ sea
Fort Sumter do their duty and perish beneath its
on the heads of the traitors and rebels of the and
gandsts be the consequences" Such dscis;5 pfcpa.
have carried joy to the bosoms of Phillips and would
their farAtca associates, who SO justly consider abo
ism and dsunion synonymous; hut it would have b
upon the country such scenes of horror the mnd %
from contemplating Verify, the blood of The ma,s.
would have been the seed of "negro emancipaor 10 yrs
every patriot soldier thus sacrificed the revival o
African slave trade and the establishment ne
ocracy at the South ten thousand negro slaves wonS
been emancipated and many of their masters
into the ocean to eKpate their crimes earth 'ea
But Mr. bs aeeed to rouse %1s no such feeling
man knew better-that he had but to hold on ~ mo
Sumter agreeaby to the plainly expressed will of tba ~"
pie and leave its gallant garrison to the fate
them by rebels and traitors to insure an uprsip ot
would have wiped out slavery from the face "f
country: end with it all engaged in this atrocious ebs
Iop4 &c D..
War His object to restore, to rebuild to presa
the Government, and the Constitution which sps ts
it and his great aim is while maintaining the C %u
sttution and enforcing the laws TO bring back wv,
men to their allegiance, and leava the thieye, sS
rogues, and bTaggarts who compose the great mass
the rebels, under the cognemen of Southern Chysv
to the uninterrupted enjoyment of their own precion
cety and the reflections which time must awake even
them. He is mindful of lis oath registered in Heevo
to preserve the Constitution and enforce The laws and
feels that his mission IS to reclaim and not extngus ~
most assuredly he could have left Fort Sumter to s %
and that fate would have been speedy, cartain and b
lutte humiliation to the traitors in rebellion agai
the Government and to the very existence of III. 5
tion of slavery the American continent But he b
been faithful to his oath of Cce and to the Constt
and by yielding to the necessity of the and listening
the cry Of humanity slavery has had accorded to sS
victory over freedom and the Constitution of the United
States.
The deed has been accomplished; the sacrifice has ham
made traitors and rebels are again triumphant; and the
Stars and Stripes again to be ishopored in the sight
the nation and of astonshed Europe The flag Of the Union
is to be pulled down. and the bloody banner of pirates free
booters rebels and traitors is to be up wave t
umphanty SUMTER and be saluted from hundreds Of
guns the rebel camp amid the cheers of thousands wb
senseess gasconade and braggadocio vaunng have pv
Stree Disguised brave men and honest citizens And vet
approve the act traitor President rendered it nee
Sy and humanity demanded that braham Lincoln should
sacrifice all personal feelings, and gracefully yield to that
necessity and the deliberately planned treason upon which
it is based. His countrymen will sustain him this dis
charge of humating but imperative duty but with
him they feel that the account closed with
There nothing to yield to Understanding more to
sacrifice in order to give to slavery and the slave The
odor OF nationality In future the President of the United
States has only laws to enforce and Constitution to m
tain and woe be to them who thwart him in the perform
ance of his duty and to himself if he dare shrink from
the performance of his whole duty.