The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-04-18
How sho Norsh-west received the News


[Frcm the Milwaukee Wisconsin,
There will be no backing down now. The
people are fired with the more indignation be-
cause the previous administration neglected to
reinforce Fort Sumter when it could have been
done without either provoking civil war or in.
| jury to the U. S. feet
! The bombardment OF Fort Sumter has arous,
ed all the Free States, and every ball on Sum.
ter will be returned one hundred fold on the
traitors in the course Of ninety days
! Iron the Chicago POstl
| But the end is not yet. There are men in
| the Union who viii spill their blood for the
Union-and their numbers will be found sufi
Gent to maintain ii. The battered walls of Fort
Sumter shall be made Whole-the FLAG of the
United States shall once more be placed over
them-and, as Heaven after rebelious Satan
had been hurled headlong down her "bound.
and crystal walls, was disburdened and reioiced
and " soon repaired her mural breach" so will
this breach in in the Union be repaired. And
to employ. still further the sublime imagery Of
Milton, as
"----hell at last
,Tawning recey'd them WHOLE and on them closed;
Hell their lt habitation''-
SO will the rebels, for this their crime against
nature and against man, partake Satan's punish
ment, eternal misery-in this world and the next
The God OF our fathers has not forsaken rs their
children
/ From the Detroit Trbune1
The fact that hostilities have commepcad--
the terrible reality that we are in the midst nj
civil war, did not break upon the people Of this
city unexpectedly, but it produced the most
profound sensation. There is but one sentl
ment here and that is, that the war becun b1
domestic foes, must be concluded with victory
| y n IN hp
or any party divisions. The issue is govern
ment or anarchy, and the loyal people Of Mich
igan are on the side Of the government. The
war news is Of course the absorbing tonic O.
conversation. Men who have been hesitatiuo
and doubtful as to the policy Of The government
now say there IS but one way to do, and that !,
to see 1t out, and see 1t out like men
[rrom the Toledo Bladsl
Let us all be ready to do our duty as men. a,
Americans, as patriots, in whatever capacity
we may have to act in the approaching struggle
for the maintenance Of the Republic. The cause
of the Union and the Government is right. and
| by that cause al right-loving men viii stand
firmly and immoYabiy Bra7e heroes and true
men were those who fought to establish this free
nation, and equally brave and true will those ba
who Shall, II necessary, fight fer its preservation
in the hour of danger.
From the Buffalo Express1
| But it is no time now for speculation. We
have been brought to the sober realities of civil
war, aud it behooves every citizen to conside,
well his duty to his Government Either the
federal power or the trritors must triumph in
this conflict. Which shall it be? Shall the Aao
OF treasoa be covered with victory Let the
people of the Empire State answer for Them
selves. Let New England speak Let the Kew
Stone of the Federal Arch put forth her voice
Let the teeming west and north west decide
whether our Government shall be reduced bv :
band Of traitors, and the Union be dashed in
pieces by these offensive miscreants who have
not emily defied, but insulted and assaulted tbs
Federal Government. There is work for patri
otism TO perform. There are sacrifices to be
made by those who love their Country and re
spect the Union the Constitution and the laws
The Government must be sustained at al
hazards. The southern braggarts must be made
to bite the dust no matter at what cost. They
have opened the war--let it be pushed upon
them until they sue for peace, under promise O
future submission to the government 1t were
far better that the entire population of the rebel
lious states should be annihilated than that trea
son should enjoy a single triumph over the fed
eral power. Let the people Of the north arous,
and so forth in mass to the defence and protec
ton of the government.