Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-03
Port .Pie,,ens.


-, Every day brings reports that Fort
-sr5 PIckens is attacked, or captured, :, or
al,4, not vet attacked, but soon will be
ssl Is It not about time to- hear that Fort
L. ilckens had attacked somebodyt?-
a5 Why should the attacking business be
sd supposed to be all on one side 2 Has
@--sfTes.'- there not been sufficient provocation
s'7 Is the Government aware that war
,ei'ae exists 1t is.reported that the fort
o7vaz has been Pe-enloreed7 and preyisioned.
sas Several menAofWar are also at hand
- With plenty Of men and material to
80 afdft Yet il. permits the Confeder.
-,.3 atcs to otcupy batteries around it, and
:: 70 hold two Inferior forts Which thew
seized from the Government. and
WHICH are within range of its guns,
while It Is waiting paSsively until att
. = tackled a1 < = 81.
's'e7 Suppose the Confederates do not
:. .attack it at all? Arc the ships which
.e.5 are SO much needed on other parts Of
Ss the coast Q remain tRereidle? Why
H permit the EopIederates 10 decide
Sd whether they viii attack the fort ol
,aoiipr 4eaEe It IN IS TsS5eslt stateof AeutBal.
s. baa 1tyg while they. employ shair7a forces
80. elsewhere Why. not, give them
a1s1ns something to think. OF. in the South :?
-ossosg The defeneciessp policy was thoroughly
-i,1oz tried at Fort Sumter, to the infinite
ttlsgustaof the whole people. That
r-m ispiay fWlfi not bear repetftioh. not even
with a. new cas- & and now scenerv.--
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s1iai ssss - Tla sll1777 7-71 fsE
e ssh ONO MIIfTARY- PRErA RrnoN.-
As Ohio is hPoBgs { Under military
sa organization, ot eitiz,,:s must expect
that they will ifot be fully adviset of
-, the plans. movements and lsreeaati0ns
49, made for tlicir protection. III the irt.s
IA ccssity OF tie cSse, these must be in
So a great measure secret. Let it suffice
- for the present, that the Ohio troops
f1are. now unders the direction of an
eminent officer that the Governor
has slla alQpg been aiiYe, to tho sItpa-
.ion OF fCInci.nai anu has devoted Kim
: a.. self 10 pgotisIoa for IT,, safety that
sszs she n.lia tFQAJss reeeip>.l large
-gsas quantity 81 sv1ss, aRd ammunition,
alG.s and can at few houss' notice, throw
6ssqsasa larger body of troops upon any
SD a,gpoint on our border akau the States
ssad between here and the Gulf can bring,
aiad siaand can carry the field of the war
-soH,sH wherever Ve shall please. to put it,
~ ssaOf course the military preeaatians in
clude the means of securing infurlha-
sill@ ton of any extensive organization or
movement of hostile troops. l1.
AL information at hand, thsoazh
private sources, Southern papers and
tefegraphic dispatches, tend to confirm
a late repert that JEFF. Davis & Co.,
.t:5 - have concluded not to attack FsGt
:. -, .Pickens, owing to the powerful force
= now concentrated by the natiSRaJ
=, Government at that place. .faia
1ssa- should not prevent the TTnited States
sa from scattering the rebels Stationed
y. there, capturing bheir batteries, and
rctaking the forts aud property held
10y them. The means are there to
e perform this important service, md
u the york should he rnds,,talan with.
seses" out delay. a.7a.res 4, ea eaoi