The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-04-18
WAR is uroN Us. -

ffurriLle though II may be, its hev"
.s;,rsses srnr,g n,stsye are now in the
midst Of civil war-a war Between the
ioyal- and =, b.llious~ ~cisix~ns-ef-,iis.cvan-
try--a war between ,he, r"gularlylcon-
stitu.ed government Of the Unit1d Stat s
and traitors who, are in open, rebellion.
ngninss il. Th,y have not only RESISTED
the execution Of the laws Of their coun
try, but have made war upon it--tley
have Grid the FIRST shot; upon their heads
let the responsibility rest, and may the
God of battles sustain the r.ghto yliiya
It'swas hoped that this calamity iwould
have been avertsd. but the traitors would
not have ii. The Kind forb.arhnce Q:
our government has been such as has
never been attended to rebellious sciti,
zens by any other country since the
world began. but all to no purpose
their intention seems to have been 70
destroy this glorious country Of ours al
albshsxards, ahough it should be
necessary to 1bathe the temple Of liberty
in traternal blood. y n1-'e -, "a - ~
Men Of sWyandot eeun'ys 11oas sis1lls
either !hsve to- sh,.rsahssglorg orsinfanyt
of'a con,es. Between the loyslists and
rebels. There is no neutral ground row
you can no longer be idle specta orr. =.
youomust either be for yeprl soua'ryser
against it,. sThe'time for quibbling has
gone byAtbe glorious old flagg ofd your
fathers has been assailsd. and, aY,hether1
by foes without or foes within, it is the
duty Of ever yziruea heariedl "A uierioan
to rally around and protect it. .7SssSA
80 Gs = : 8 - 49, ~ I l44lA
N11t Aoxsfs On arHrl P::dFa4e: "! !!sd
Cur caeo r n. "A gent:eman, whose
name has escaped las; from Fremont,
Sandusky CO., has received thea appoinl-
ment Of Route Agent on this Railroad.
1t strikes us that IL was not Necessary te
SO TO . county off lhe, Road fer agents,
There were some half dozen applicants
from Crawford for this appointment any
one Of them competent 70 Ell the place
Why it should have been made fromTSzu-
dusky. is more than We can see Per.
haps the Republicans Of d iCrawfofdin
lighting majority ofsix or sc vepa hun,
dred.s do not aasske sacrifices enough qfors
tie causes---9aeyrss sJouvnas.' sIa77osni d
We win TIL yon why the appointment
was made from sandasky county: yulgel
Carey shen b, .lsh ri Washing gton,s gaze
Jimi Ashleysofths Toledo district, auuher,d
i'y to attsad tothe appoitsmcntstin this !
district. Jim had q friend whom lie 7de!q
sired to have appointed Mail Agent on |
the Sandusky. Daytvn.& 4 Cincinnati road
but this Ssndusky man " rs in bis way,
and, in order to secure the appointment
of his friend, Ashley, by some hocus po-
Gus or. other, succeeded in procuring an
appointment on our road for the, San
dusky man, and then he had no trouble
in getting his friend place on the north /
and soath road These Al are the facts. as !,
near as we have been able. to ascert ain
theme s'i.1ssgsfls 81 sIsFl .!as.sw - 'as II
OF course there is a'diffs renee 81 cpin |
ion as to the failure Of the Judge to, at>
tend personally to the Iocal appointments
Of his own district. bat whateyer4may be
the general sentiment upon that subject,
we think all will agree tKat55 in leaving
the matter with Jim Ashley, he has
been made the victim Of misplaced con
fdenoe. There Is a man inl this county
who was cleariyeentitled to- shat place,
and as it was the only appointment the
Judge suggested IRON his eyn county, he
should have. received, aitvsat least sws,
think so. 81 tsd4 }. a9idm y8 sassa "A
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Lincoin's Reply to t6e Virginia Virgil "a Com M
- ~ 80 = SO - Y.lo yss 4
..F 81 5s - W. sHISsroNsOApsil a3.a i
The Commissioners from Virginia lhad,
q pleasant Interview whh 10 hresiden,
Linccln this, ,morniGgss' ,diriG III bsbiyo1E
The result was simply q statement BY
the President that he will actsaeeordinpEi
to The insugufal programme. 2hoIdfngt
public properly and maintaidihg gathea de.
fensiYe. 'E> 7i71-1 'h' s%asr1a lads d,t
The Presidents. reply was, ,ggiven, l. ID ID
writing. II will be recolle cted that the
Comm ssioners came under instruction.
to respectfully ask the President to COM
to the State Contention the ,pok
icy to be psr.ued il regard to the Con.
iederate States. ..-t:.-zef
As an unproyoked assault has been
made upon Fort Sumter. I shall repress
it if l can and take the places which
have been seized. I shall, TO the best
of my ability, and repeL force BY, force
II the war news prove true, shall
probably withdraw the mails from the
seeded States. q
consider the forts and other proper
ty in t;,vse States to yet belong to the
United States. shall attempt TO collec!
The duties by armed invasion. al. ,..,..;F
Nr. Lincoln re .afirms his inaugural
pxceDt in REGARD ia the mails 10 -