The Nevada journal., 1861-10-04

:, vessels and conrts-and the Palmetto
llog raised in its place. The Constitution
was secuted, the Union rcviled, aud the au-
thority ct Government set at defiance.
OF the unexamrled farbcorancc Of Gov.
crnment, we have this remarkable testimony
from the Commissioners OF the Confederate
States, in their second letter to Buchanan,
under date of Jan. lst ls6l. "Seeing this
question Of property wasa delicate one you
manifested II disposition to settle it without
collision Iou did not reinforce the garri-
son in the htrbor of Charleston You re-
moved distinguished and veteran officer
because he attempted to increase his supply
of ammunition You refused to send addi-
tional troops - tho same garrison, when
applied for by the cfIieer Who succeaJcd
him; You acecpteG :he resignation Of the
Oldest ana iaost eminent member Of vour
Canlne;, rather than allow the garrison 10
he st'ecg gthenri You compelled m officer
stationed nt Fort Sumter, TO return. .,!le.
diately, - :lie arsenal forty muske,s wa.ch
IN iiud taken 20 arm his men" \ govern
ment that wcu'd lo more than this while
the opposing faction was almost daily
strengthening itself, and committing fresl
wrongs, aud uttetia2 fresh threats-wonld
be contemptable, and subject Itself to the
suspicion OF treachery, OF eowardice And
| vet. our Government did more than this
! For months Il rer:ained inactive Conces-
! sious we've made. Congress dec AIRED b.
! Law, ;ha1 'hc National Government should
never interfere With slavery in the States ;
scrara. Of the States repealed ther persu nal
liberty bills some Others modified them, So
AS 20 strike out the objectionable portions,
and IN all, nlatert,i charges would have
been made. Convention WAS offered for
| the statement ana redress Of grievances
( the new Government declared that it had
! aeit e. the right. nor the disposition, TO in
;Cltere with the domestic institutions Of the
! Sol.h thdt, il. would do nothing that the
| Constitution did not lmnernfiyc'v require.
/ ard, that, # civil Her was iuuugurJ.ed !,
aust oe cy the Seeding States, aad not by
/ the Government At Washington And the
/ seeding States d.c inaugura;e it Thcy
ria0e The hrSt attack, fred the FIRST gun
sled he first blood, and The Mayor c.
! CbaIleston pGhlicly declared afte4 the BON
/ oGrdment of Snrltcr. that the eveuts Of that
day had inagsur,,ted civil way, and for ths
FRS, time, The Tag o: the United States had
! beer fumaled
Task you. vtocTer yoa may De. ard vaat-
ever yonc sympathie5 may be. how corid
the Government avoid the war; Hon couid
II avoid the issCe, and moi expose Itself Il
universal contempt and prove itself r.crc-
an, to rs ,r3st? !: Great Bri:sin. Or IN,
p:her .o~esgu power had given an hundred
per. .he caasc 10, war Inc seeding STATE.
gave, from F.orids. - Canada, from Main. ;c
California, there would have been such {
pressure upor the Government that it coulC
not have withsJood il for q fcitnignt.
Whatever judgment cur excited passlor
may lead us to form, posterty will do ius
tice, and declare, that the prcsen, war i
hot one Of the Governments making.
Again the government SD hould bave ur uli
ted supper; because,it has given no cause fo
war, or secession. Whatever confidence
may wish you to have in my intelligence
ol verIcity, L do not ask you to belicv,
this, on my unsupported assertion. onl,
ask you 20 look mt the facts intclligently
AMI dec.Ge impartialy. Men who's,
knowledge authorized them to speak, ant
whose position freed them from all sus
picion OF partiality to the present admins
traiion, have strongly and repeatedly declar
ei, that the seeding States had no caus,
for secession or war We deal with facts
and only ask that assent to which they ar,
entitled, oad which every man wh1 Is hon,
est will give, When the work of secession
wns going on, and Senators were leaving
their seats because their States had gant
out Of the Union, such mca rs Biglcl, Brisht
/ Doaglas, and Latham declared, that the ~
git've Slave Law WIS being cs f'taGl',
enforced rs any Federal law. Not twelv,
months before this Dem5erati, Senator's
| North nGa South, declared IN their plaree ii
The Senate, thGt tJ farther legislation was
rfees5i"y .of the protection ol slave rtot
ertv IN Tho Ter'itorcs Douglas and tho
! venerable Ct,ttend6n have both affirmed
that the SeGtf had nn el,,se for sccesbi1n-.
80 has tchu \. DS, EN.Setittnry llolt,
Gtn Coss, aud others. osc Of our own fei.
lev ci;isca7, of whose ABILITY anA gcneral
intelligence we aye proud has ;old the peo-
PIC If California that, up to The naufurN.
lcU 80 lincoln the Government hnd not
committed any great wrong against any
portion # the CO tnry. Alter this. The Re.
p5biiclns conceded, everywhere TINT the
had no right ~ touch slavery in the states
thrt ,heg had no ie>i,r % interfere with +.
10 'h.Dls;rict ofColum5a,i The CusjomIlousc
., Navy Yards and were, themselves willing
j. 20 introduce Constitutional provision 10
render {, impossible Cor them, o. any On:
else, ever 70 interfere With the domestic in.
situations .. The Soui, Sor far ~ slavery
in the Territories is concerned, Il WAS al
ready existing ~ all tie territory adopted
~ the institution Il was in Now Nexiro