Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-18

gnation felt throughout the sfftir has been at Il
conduct of the American otis, which kept outside aud
Gil the and take part in the fray
Toe Southerners this act OF treachery To-
wards the "a tie enemy NJ jor Anderson The court
esits Indeed have been more iasl than h. hOsiiltes
for whereas life destroyed by the guns fired in
anger, two men were killed and four wounded by tho
D aceful salute Altogether nothing eau be more fee
rom the erocious hatrejs which dis ncve Of civil
warfare thaa this boodless cor CT his hitherto been Up
this time there il nothing in the conduc, of the
bltln's to shut out hope OF peaceful solution OF the
difficulty. At present Americans are shakr hands with
each other all over the Uoion and thanking God that no
blood hes yet been split but If the SouhernerS should
execute their threat Cf sizing Washing on and not
wihstandiug the promise OF PcEnSy ANA to coIcen-
trate 100000 ~ the city IN fortyeg ght hous, tie de-
sign by means impractca0le then shall have
war in earnest Or If Mr. Lincoln should send bis mill
tia force a wsy through the frontier States and bat
tie should be fought If be should attempt to land
army the shores of South Carolina, il the states
upon the upper banks of the Mississippi should oxcie
usurrecton the black population OF the States that lie
upon the lower bnk OF that river, then we fear thas
shall civil war in all lis horrors aud shall aban
don al in the good of our Transatlantic kns
But the present does not Sc m by any means
10 go this length. Ii may, indeed, mean all that
England who have been proud OF our strong, buster
ing son, most dctai aud lew more weeks may show
Anglo-Sixohs ussirg each otker's tLroats But IL
may also that The Prcden, il only taking his for
NAL position, CousCquln; upon the act CT hosliiy CON-
mitted by he South aud tat be still intends to oiny
ou, policy OF psocra'iinat0H.
l. is by 10 certain that state Of armed prepa
ration not necessary condition to tie settlement Of
this question: even if is solution il TO be peaceful. The
parties now in presence Of each other. No great
nomentary peril imp,nds. 1t is only lle acs OF hos
tity which have yet been committed. JUS. az first
tbcse may be c!cd and erdurcd with good humor,
but that tempe? would charge under ,quen pro-
VOCATION and the Two parties much more likely 20
shoulder no state OF fry CNlspoTa-ion II they are
constantly engaged ia itlo conflicts than Il hey are
prepared for great fight With hostile armies in tie
f!d learns to measure and respect bis enemy vi
real pr pdraaog for comes kuOsletge Of the diff
culies as vel! Of the dsnger- Of such What
President Lioccln - dc wih his 90 when he
his got them togrth r? We grant that he has the
In Of the nitou back him. that lie has the
undlyitd Topuaon that he has if you please, the bCs.
clu-C-al.lough a dlmocracy mas 10 bOad of loyalty
such tna' owl and of ECGor, or fealty TO
sovereign Power; but, grduiCg all ills, what is Presi-
dent Lincoln 10 d. with MS - 600 men? He has sups
but not ships enough 10 transport s army TO the har
bor o.. CARLSON. He las mjaey, but not money
enough TO maintain this army in enemys country
AoF Is he to g.. 10 this Fort Sumter? l. he to march
hs army the bort Safes? Does he propose to
obtain free march across Virginia to force bis
way If free passage should be refused? When
this formi labe icuiy is sumountod does be expect
with sevenfy-fVc thousand men to traverse Moth
Carolina, aud to pass through tue whole length OF
5ou.h Carolina? We did 70. find il go easy TO march
guar troops thror gh America WI its defenders
we're less nun than they nov ere The idea of
illd vasou WITH any detachment h. coull spare rom
his 80 600 ia eyieHtly impossible. descent hy
hardly less Of the question in the ce Of armed
populti and cJrsid the limited force of the Slos
iavy. How, them is Ar Lincoln get to For. Sumter
We hardly .hlk that he is rous when he coolly
says that "tho hss. service assigned % the fo:c will
PROBABLY be TO repossess the ors No doubt there is
much that be IA ghi 60. He mig fire to the four
corners of the republic. lie might land force and
excite a eeryle in the GU. States be might pene
ate these Stat by the ae Of he Mss ppi; he might
create republics oil free blacks all along the north of The
Gulf o. Mexico. Taose slaves for which the South are
fighting their w1sku. tie contest vel Us their
ny i've 20 the contest Bu. can hlrdy think that
tlr North is prepared for extreme measures this
OF that messacre Of whites aud great territory pos
s.tsed by independent blacks could suIt ns views cf
aly American statesman. Nay lot ralser hone that
tts preparation Tor may D. preparation for ncgo-
fitting and The preliminary srp either 10 reunion,
least to peace VI my doubtless be- in measure
b el by opr own obvious Interests IN thus balancing
tuc chaEccs q. hGed ic civil wsr for l,arly cur
interests l~ned With Americl that civil in tie
att means desi'aloh in Lancashire. But still
thuk 1is hope that this proclamation j.
tie word which iTri, date,s pfrv-des t.c "t!Ow"
AID that u the Arcscaas should he foolish
so ii git GmO. themselves may yet have lille time
to gdird our,,kej from the consequence NEich any
uc7 event would at this moment entail upon Cur own
pcpgalicn.