The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-06-20

an fundamentally for i'm pressing the Bordt
States. and they sought the humiliation .
. the Government and the disbonor Of its ia
rs a means Of giving prestige to their ow
cause. The result is known. Without tn
/. slightest provocation, a heavy cannonad
was opened upon the tort, and borne by il
helpless garrison for hours without reply
and when. in the progress Of the bombart
ment. the for,i6cstion became wrapped
q flames. the besieging batteries, in violatio
o Of the usages of civilized warfare. instead ,
J. relaxing or suspcnding. redoubled their FIRE
{ A more wanton or wicked war was nevt
. commenced on any Government whose hi.
o tory has been written. Contemporary Wit
= and following the fall Of Sumter. the sieg
= Of Fort Pickens was and still is activel
D pressed. the property of the United State
: Government continued to be seized whereve
! found. and its troops, by fraud or force
captured in the State of Texas. in violatio,
of . solemn compact with its authorities
J that they should be permitted to embarl
without molsstation. This was the requita
which the Lone Star State made to brav,
men who. through long years of peril ant
privation, hae guarded its frontiers agains
the incursions of the savages. In the midst
of the most active and extended warlike
preparations in the South, the announcement a
was made by the Secretary of War OF the
seeded States, and echoed with taunts aud
insolent brsvadoes by the Southern press
that Washington City was to be invaded
and captured, and that the flag Of the Con-
federate States would soon float over the
dome of the Capitol Soon thereafter there
followed an invitation to all the world
embracing necessarily the outcas.s aud
desperaloes Of every sea-to accept letters
Of marque and reprissl. to prey upon the
rich and unprotected commerce of the Uni
ted States.
In view of these events and threatenings,
what was the duty Of the Chief Magistrate Of
the Republicl He might have taken coun.
sci Of the revolutionists and trembled under
their menaces; he might. upon the iall of
Sumter. have dire:ted that Fort Pickens
should be surrendered without firing q gun
in its defense: and yet proceeding fur.
ther. and meeting fully the requirements of
the ''let US alone policy insisted on in the
and stripes should be laid in the presence Of
every BIT Of rebel bunting that might appear.
But he did none Of these things, nor could
he have done them without forgetting his
oath. aud betraying the most sublime trust
man. With heroic fidelity to his constitu-
tional oblig .tions. feeling justly that these
obligations charged him with the protection
Of the Republic and its Capital against the
assaults alike of foreign and domestic ene-
mics. he threw himself on the loyalty of the
country for support in the struggle upon
which he was about to enter, and nobly has
the aPpsa! been responded to- States con-
% =. ,ra 49,, = nso eteen
the voice Of one man. offering soldiers with
out number. and treasure without limitation,
for the service of the Government In
these States, fifteen hundred thousand free
men cast their votes in favor Of candidates
the rights of the South. at the
last Presidential election, and yet every
where, alike in popular assemblies and upon
the tented field, this million and a half OF
voters are found yielding to none in the
zeal with which they rally to their country
flag They are not less friends OF the South
than before; but they realize that the ques-
ton now presented is not one OF adm'nlstra-
tive policy of the claims OF the North, the
South, the East. or the West: but is, simply,
whether nineteen millions OF people shall
tamely and ignobly permit 1--WE or SIX mil
lions to overthrow and destroy institutions
which are the common property, and have
been the common blessings and glory OF ALL
The great thoroughfares of the North, the
East. and the West. are luminous with the
banners and glist-ning with the bayonets OF
citizen soldiers marching to the Capital. or
| to other points Of rendezvous; but they come
in no hostile spirit to the South. If called
to press her soil, they will not rutfie flower
Of her gardens, nor a blade of grass of her
fields IN uuklndness. No excesses will
mark the footsteps of the armies OF the ne
public: no institution of the States will be
invaded or tampered with. no rights OF per-
sons or of property will be violated. The
known purpose of the Administration, aud
the high character of the troops employed.
alike guarantee the truthtuiness OF TINS
statement.
When an insurrection was spprehended
few weeks since in Maryland. the Massa
chusetts regimen, at once offered their ser
vices to suppress it. These volunteers have
been denounced by the press OF the Soust
as "kuaves aud va a,rauts," "the dregs ant
offscourings Of the populace. who woult
rather fitch handkerchief than tight al
enemy in manly combat" yet We know
here that their discipline and bearing ar
, most admirable. and, l presume. II may o
safely affirmed that larger amount OF socia
, position. culture. fortune. and elevation q
character. has never been found In so larg
: an army in any age or in amy country. !
| thew 20 TO the South, it will be as friend
and protectors to relieve the Union senu
, msnt of the seeded States from the crue
, domination by which it is oppressed an
| silsncei, to unfurl the stars and stripes !
. the midst OF those who long to look upo
/ them, and to restore the flag that bears the'
to the forts and arsenais from which disloy;
g hands have torn it. Their mission will Q
. one OF peace. unless wicked and bloc
# thirsty men shall unsheath the sword acro'
y their pathway.
;. 1t is vain for the revolutionis,s TO e1claii
y that this is "subjugation." 1t IS 50, pr
E Icisely in the sense in which you aud an
g all law abiding citizens are subiuga,ed. II
IL people Of the South are our brethren. An
.. while we obey the the laws enacted by OF
as join, authority. and keep compact to whit