, 1861-04-15
The War News In Charleston.
Correspondence N. 7 Tribune.1
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SAAltAAs1oS1 april 1, 4Sb1s
Glory to God If the telegraph does not
lie, we have Government, and the rebels are
going to find it out Last night dispatches
were received by Gov. Plcsens and Others that
conveyed the most ample ASSURANCE on this
point. The tenor Was TINT feet Of vessels Of
war would appear of our harbor prepared to
mike loud Knock for admission to Fort sum
ter IN order to provision the garrison; and that
the demand would be supported by forces CO.
operating in manner calculated to render the
expedition not doubtful. Thank God that
that garrison has not been deserted, and ara
not going to be withdrawn To the rebels this
IL terrible shock. Lately they had been nurs-
ing .he expectation, which had grown to strong
belief, that they were to have a hloodless tf1
umph, and the possession Of Fort Sumter
The change is 80 great and sudden that it has
absolutely set the entire community crazy-
saving and excepting, always, the band Of
Union men who watch and pray.
The military ere ordered to be ready for in
slant action. Officers and men are tax ug
What is the feeling, and what is being done il
Fort Sumter, I can only conjecture. Cut off
from the outsids world, they can only observe
the fresh impulse given to the movements all
around them, aud wait for whatever is in store
They have had severe schooling, and can, no
doubt, contemplate their aituation with a de-
gree Of GOODNESS to which men ordinarily are
strangers.
Nov that this people are brought face to
face with the Federal Government, whose
strong arm has been raised against treason
and in defense OF the Constitution, It becomes
interesting to observe the effect produced on
them. That men are rushing desperately to
the Notifications does not disproVe what I an
prepared to assert, to wit: that there is We
~ general feeling like tnat which an indiyid-
ual experiences when come long dreaded ca-
lamlty or stroke he had hoped might be avert
ed, finally fails upon him; d sinking down and
a a"heartrs"k faintness" that gives the lie to all
brave wo, ds and looks. They cannot recon-
cile the price they are about to pay for Seces-
sion with the boasted benefits. Had they a
right to expect anything less? Did they sup
pose that the Government would submit to
have the country torn in pieces aud itself des-
troyed In this way are the leaders now re-
preached, even BY many who are preparing to
die in the breach. South Carolinians will
fight this battle because they have said they
would 1t il not tho kind offeeling that men
like to have when they 60 into such q con-
f1ict.
/ only hops that the Government is coming
down On the rebels with sufficient power and
4tFength to make repetition unnecessary.
To be sure, the snashlng OF them by the few
est number would DO all the more effective.
The future effecta Of such contest, and the
influence it will exert on the final settlement
of our difficulties, cannot be oVer-estimated.s
Treason has run rampant simply because it
has thus far not only not been opposed, but,
up to month ago, actively encouraged by the
Federal Government. Let it be met with
Its days will be numbered. It ia the only true
way to deal with the question There has not
been a President, from Washington to
Buchanan, who would not have thus dealt
with It all the statesmen during the whole of
that time proclaimed this doctrine, and it Is
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