The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-10

sbundantly manifested in the tone of
their leading newspapers and most distin-
mished public men. They tell US our
-oil Is 70 be '.plowed with cannon ball and
own with guBpouder~-tho Saaah - 20 be
Dxiped outy-we traitors and rebels are TO
EEL their power"-our leaders are 20 be
hanged and the war il not 70 be terminal
ed until every slave is set free and a sec
tional Abolition despotism is firmly es-
iablished over the whole territorial mits
u what was the late United States of
America. Every indication proves that
these are the sentiments which prevail
With and dictate the policy. Of the Nor
theru Government. The most fanatical
and ultra portion Of the party that ele-
gated Lincoln to power is the one to who's
principles he seems TO be conforming
his action. The G~reely's, the Webbs, the
summers, the B-urlingames and that class
u men, whose every expression for years
mas exhibited an ~inappeasable and indy
ing hatred to the South, and who have
labored increasingly to bring about the
very state Of things we now witness, are
now debating the policy OF the adminis-
ration. and there can be no doubt that
they nave sufficient power over the Nor
.hern mind 10 sustain that policy, and
lefy and crush cut all opposition to it in
he Northern States. The ultra portion
# the Black Republican Abolition party,
nave become, so to speak, the National
,arty Of the North; all opposition to its
lominancy is silenced. the struggle has be-
,ome truly one between the sections for
aonaues on one side and defense on the
,ther. and even though the whole slavery
question could now be blotted out and
orgotten, this war would have still to be
ought anti the North is disabused Of the
.tupid and oonoeited error that it can
abjugate the South.
In entering upon a hand-to-hand, death
Ike struggle like this, it behooves US to
ok the matter fully and impartial
y in the face-to weigh Justly the strength
f our adversary and our own strength,
q calculate the results that may ensue.-
he North is superior to US in numbers
nd for the present in resources. But
nrs being an agricultural and producing
luntry, theirs chiefly a commercial and
manufacturing one, il it becomes a pro
racted war. we are better able to endure
- consequences than they. They make
% secret of the fact that they mean a
sar of conquest and ~subjugation. The
msh is that neither party can eonqu@
ne other. though we verify believe that
a every fight where the terms are at all
qual, the Southern arms will prove vic
,rious. After fighting for years, expend-
az untold millions of treasure, s%acrific-
ng hecatombs of valuable lives, and set
ing both sections pack half a century IN
al the elements of national prosperity
nd greatness. the whole thing will end
ust where it begun. The failure to con
,uer us. as fail they must, will be the de-
eat of their object in commencing the
var, and the achievement of ours, which
S simply defence. They will be com
5elled at last to yield to our demand
uade in the outset-the privilege OF
-parating from them and establishing a
Government of our own, suited to our
wants and necessities, and so framed as
o operate for the protection and not the
destruction Of our institutions and rights.
Il does seem most incredible that any
set Of men, however stolid or fanatical,
could be found foolish enough and wick
ed enough to ~inaugurate such a war, un-
Ter such circumstances and for such pur-
poses. The absurdity Of the thing has
induced the impression upon many very
intelligent minds in the South that all
the mastering and arming on both sides
will end in nothing-that a few skirmlshes
may occur, but that the difficulty will
soon be terminated by negotiation. We
should be glad to believe this, but we can
see nothing to render it probable. The
spirit of fanaticism, and the hatred OF the
south at the North, have become so ram
pant that the Washington Government
will be compelled to bow to it, and We
an have no peace until we vindicate our
,bility for self protection.
The hostile States are rapidly muster
ing their forces and concentrating their
means for the awful strugge, and now the
congress Of the Confederate States will
formally accept the gage which the Black
Republican Government of the United
states has forced upon them. not merely
without authority of their Owl constitu-
ton or law, bat in direct violation OF
them. Perhaps the action Of the Con
gress at Montgomery may be laid before
hur readers co-nsentaneously with this
article. 1t viii certainly appear not long
~ - - Ill -.-.-- III H-~n- varw
to weigh it when it is placed before them,
and carefully to compare the action Of
he South therein eliminating, with that
Il our aggressive Northern enemies They
viii find, As has all along been carefully
pointed out 70 them. that our action has
been throughout most scrupulously char
a~cterized by a regard for the constitution
and she laws, for generosity and truth.
When and where the first encounter
viii take place. we shall not pretend to in
orm our readers. On the contrary. We
hall do more thar our duty in warning
them against putting trust in any of the
rumors which are at present floating in
such profusion through the papers. II
they viii reflect they viii 1t once perceive
that on such momentuous occasions a.
the present il would be a ~grievous error
TO allow correct information with respect
TO intended movements to become known.
We all. indeed, have a general knowledge
Of the fact that preparations Tor m attack
on Fort Pickens have been prosecuted
with great vieor. and thatthese must now
be nearly ready for the intended blow
We know, too, that Washington Is sur
rounded in such a way BY brave Nirgi-
mans and no less brave Marylanders, sup
ported by a large number OF troops from
nearly every Southern State. IS must rem
der the position Of Mr.. Lincoln exceed
ingly precarious, whether he contemplates
a hight from il. or a fight within t. Bat
we can not know where the first blow viii
be struck. Il would undoubtedly give a
great prestige 20 our forces before Wash
inEton. should the announcement Of the
reduction Of Fort Pickens be made before
an attack on the Capital. But il would
surely be Of a. great effect throughout the
south. and not least At Fort Pickens. to
know before an attack on that ~redoubtable
place. tha3 Lincoln's hordes had been com
PEELED 70 dee, even though with Vandal
torch they should first destroy the city.
Let whichsver event come FIRST that
may. we can have no possible doubt OF
the result. Victory must crown the
efforts Of men who are sighting for their
hearths-Who have deprecated being