The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-09

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koE sumter, uas imp lle. rendered
l1 Il,t Haf cyhu ton q pros .ions II
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I lnTrcuutoH aWH acii 4 coninug
arc lha Government lad afterwards. a
be.ofa, commenced preparing an eNpid.
liuh Uoll ullWe3 misht b. a. a.
lrEe Fort Sumter, Which expedition eas
intended q ~ ultimately used Il 81, 81.
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The ron@i mi ipatel case forusiur
4 was now prc enlei, and itwa resdted
10 end il forward. D i lal been intend
ed III tliis contingency il was resolved
10 notify tlic Governor II Sanll Carolina.
lhal leuui expect au attempt would bc
made 20 pros an lhe Font, and lhai II tht
attempt huuh moi b. resisted there Wuuld
he ro attempt to throw 10 mcn, arms or
ammunition, without further notice. on II
ease Of an attack Hpon thp Font. This
notice was accordingly given, Whcrcupon
the Fort WAS attacked and bambarcd to
It's Gdl without even awaitins the arri-
val Of the provisioning expedition
II is tbus seen that The assault upon ana
reducing Of Fort SUMTER was not Of Tho
sense.a matter Of selfdcleuaa on The part
Of the asaiIans They wen knew TINT
the garrison IN the Fort could by TO prof.,
ability commit aggression upon them
They knew they were expressly notified
That the giving Of bread to the few brave
and hungry men Of lhc garrison was an (
which would be attempted, unless them
selves, by resisting 50 much should pro.
woke more They knew that This Go,
eminent desired 70 keep the earrson in
he Fort, not 70 q ail them, bal merely TO /
maintain visible possession, and thus 10
preserve the Union from actual aud inn
mediate dissolution, trusting H. hcrcinbc-
orc stated, to time, discussion. aad the
la.at boz, for Goal Adjustment and tIoy
aud reduced the Fort, ior precise
= thc reverse object; to drive out Inc tis-
bic authority Of Tie Federal Union. AHA
has force il 70 immediate dissoluion.--
Fiat tlis wa lheir Object the LAeeuinaI
ycIl andcrstc"' aal having said 10
z u. inaugural address, you caa have
% caItliet Wi.liogt l,iIg yourselves tie
egrcssofs, he took pains hot only 70 kccpI
his declaration good bat also 10 Keen tac
aao 50 lar from Ingenious sophistey thal
.te world should hot misunderstood it, ,
'y Tie affair nj F3u sumter, with sur
oHnding circumstances, dal point Was
achcd. Then ad thereby lie assail- ,
MS 81 the Government began the c0naict {
arms, Wllhoni Z Gun y sight or in OK.
eclancy 70 return lhcir fire, save only Tie ,
'~ ~ the Fort sent to thcir hlrh0r wears {
siotc for thcir o~n protection in uhatey- K
was lawful la ibis aa dsrafdng alI II
ac, lhcy lave forced upon tn, country d
e distinct immediate dissolution o
blood aId this issue embraces mora f
an The fate Of these Upitcs States. Il Il
'esents 70 the whole family Of man tho 4
lestIon whether u Constitutional lspnb. q
or Democracy Government q d.c 81
ople, BY ihe same people, can or can ;
i maintain list territorial integrity against d
own domestic foes, Ii presents tie Il
estlon whether Discontinued individuals. 81
} leW n numbers to control The Admins fl
tioa according 70 the organic laW in any Il
g, can always, upon tie pfelpn8es, or q
jIiiang without any prcfcnse break %
Their Government, and thu practically
~ end 70 free Government nyon Tie a.
.iha i forces rs 70 ask, is lhcrc IN an ID
,ublies this Inherent and fatal weak il,
81! Must a gorernmct d necessity be
too strong for the iberiics Of its own la
sicnces so viewing the issue. no o.
ice was lcli but to call outtlle var DOW. Gu
81 the Government AID 50 70 rc Isl ihe m
'c' employed for It's destruction II tiH
e, for is preservation. Tie call wa, eu
iG, and the response Of tie country was llu
i gratifying surprising IN unanimiiy %
spirit the most snguine expectation. bu
none Of tic States commonly called me
sc States, except j. Iawarc. gave n be
mcnt through the regular Stat organ not
ion. a few regiments have been or err
lied within some Of those States by in va
dual enterprise, and received into the law
.crnmcnt service. OF course the secc- not
States so-calIed, and 10 which Texas ted
been joined about lie time Of the in yio
lraiion, gave no troops 70 the cause Il tiol
Union. Tie Border States. s9.caIIcd. hal
g not uniform in their action, some 81 l.
. being almost for tIic Union, willie IN sior
rs % % Virginia, North Carolina, Icn- !
sc aud Arkansas, tic Union senii- rob
WIS nearly rerfe->ed and silcnced. req
course taheu il Virginia was lie pri'
remmkable,-p perhaps the most i'm izcs
mt. 4 Convention elected by the \
II Of that state to consider this very ua
lion of disrupting dc Federal Union. 81.
n session ii lhc capitol II Virginia - !
j Fort sumter lcll and