Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-04-17
THE NEW YORK PRESS UPON THE
WAR
TFrom the Tribune I

THE NEW YORK PRESS UPON THE
WAR.
IFrom the Tribune
The federal government, having exhausted
every form Of forbearance, will n6w do its
sworn duty with energy and promptitude.
The President to-day issues q proclamation,
which We publish above, calling out force of
seventy five thousand men, and convening an
extra session of Congress on the Fourth of July.
The call for troops will be zealously re-
sponded to: Pennsylvania alone will offer
more than the number required. They could
also be entirely supplied from this State,
almost from this city alone. The war, which
the rebels have insanely begun, is a terrible
necessity. Let it be as short as possible
From the Timesl
The government of the United States is pre-
pared to meet this great emergency with the
energy and courage which the occasion re-
quires, and which the sentiment of the nation
demands. The President issues his proclama-
tion to-day, conyening Congress for the 4th of
July, and calling for seventy-five thousand
volunteers for the defense Of the Union, and
the protection of the rights and the liberties
of the American people. The people will re-
spond to this demand With alacrity and exul-
tstiOn. They ask nothing better than to be
allowed to fight for the constitution which
their fathers framed. Whatever may have
been their political differences, there has never
Dccu ~ tuOucul WIEN tQeY were not reaQV to
sink them all in devotion to their common
country and in defence of their common flag
The Presidents proclamation will be hailed
with an enthusiasm which no event OF the last
twenty years has called forthwith high
hearted determination to exterminate treason,
which will carry terror into the hearts of the
COnfederates, who have conspired for the des-
tructiOn Of the freest and best government the
world has ever seen.
The Herald, in its money article, treats of
the effect Of the war on our capitalists, but
acknowledges that
lone one point, so far as we have been able
to ascertain, perfect nnaninity e.;iStS among
or momsyed men; the government nrnst Be
sustained. Every one deplores the terrible
calamity which has befallen the republic But
'heTe IS no destre among the merchants or
capitalists of NsW York to Shirk the issue
or TO Grade the responsibilities of the contest
Upon New York will devoive the chief burden
OF providing ways and means for the war; our
nnancial community accept the duty, and will
perform 1t. This view we find to be universal
among our moneyed men, including many
whose sympathies have heretofore been with
the South. If the Government prove true to
the country, it need not feel any uneasiness
ABOUT money. In the opinion of our leading
bankers, hundred millions, over and above
the receipts Of the Government from customs
and land sales, If necessary, to defray the ex-
penses Of the war for a year from this date,
could be readily borrowed in Wall street, at
rate Of interest certainly not exceeding that
which France and England paid for the money
they borrowed for the Russian war. If, for
the purpose of bringing the war to an end,
and settling this controversy Of ours forever,
further sum be requisite, it will be forth
coming. Wall street, so far as zoe can jndee,
IS ready to sustain the Gousrnnrent heartily
and H6sralky."
The Courier and Enquirer takes the ground
nd Aa. kal
and that the names of Arnold and Twiggs
are almost rendered respectable when COM
pared with the moro daring infamy which,
from present appearances, must forever attach
20 that Of Robert Anderson" The Courier
examines the contradictory dispatches from
Charleston. finds fault with Anderson because
the rebels acknowledge his gallantry, and
adds:
Had he been true-had he been honest
had he not been traitor; even if breach had
been made in his walls, his ammunition ex-
pended, and every man of his command either
killed or wounded, his duty would have been
to have told those who survived to get under
cover and patiently wait until relieved by his
friends or taken possession of by his enemies
And yet he surrendered-ignobly, Disgrace
fully, and trsaeaerously surrendered-in or
der to prevent the gallant soldiers of the Union
getting possession of and defending this i'm
portsnt public fortress.
God grant we may not do him Injustice:
but as the facts now stand we hold him to be
the yilest traitor the world ever saw; and such,
We doubt not, will be the judgment of the
court martial that tries him"
he Express wheels into the ranks of the
supporters Of the Administration, and saws:
"2. Not another gun, cannon, revolver or
pound Of powder should be permitted to 20 to
the seeding States. The President of the
United States, through his revenue officers,
should instantly estop their expectations, and
States should stop their inter transit trade
"3. The port of Charleston ought to be in
stantiy hoekaded. There may. be no law for
ii, but South Carolina has put herself cut of the
protestion of any law Of ours. She does not
respect US, and We cannot be expected to re-
spect her."
From the Sun
The Confederate Traitors have commenced
the war they have been so long preparing for
without obstruction, and their FIRST prize in
fight (hsying previously confined themselves to
stealing, under pretence of peace) has been the
capture Of Fort Sumter and sixty men by a
force Of five thousand, with nineteen heavy
batteries. This inglorious success will cost them
dear. Inexcusably and wsntonly taking ND
the offensive, they have at once cut themselves
Of from all honest sympathy, even in the South
and kindled patriotic rage that envelopes all
parties and all classes throughout the Union
States"