The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-06
LETTER OF THE RIGHT REV. gsTsfEor,
OF sFeE,F1sTnv
OF CHARLESTON.
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CHARLESTON, 5. c., Aug. 4, 1861
Most Rec. Dear Sir:-qhe mails are so complete
" paralyzed that it is hard to get letter from
outside the Cohtederacy. Papers are scarcely ever
| seen. That, however, Jefferson would think \
| blessing, on the ground that "he who is sirnlv
| ignorant, is wiser than the that believes
Of the sonfern papers, ' saes that yo ' Grace
mas spoken strongly against the war policy of the
Government of the United States as frau~bt with
much present suffering, and not calculated to at
| tain any real advantage
w hat change has come over these States giDce
l wrote you long letter last November and evan
since had the pleasure of seeing you last march,
Ali that anticipated in that letter hiss coma to
pass, and mere than | looked for Ali he honaz,
cherished last spring, OF peaceful solution have
vanished before the dread realities of war what
is still before US? Who can say? Missouri M.rve
land, and kentucky nearer secession now than
virginia, Worth Carolina, and Tennessee were fonr
months ago Missouri is a battle field. / think
that President Davis, after the victory al Stnna
Bridge, will probably, as his next move, throw
column into Maryland Kentucky will ere lone he
drawn into the struggle, and the United States will
IN less than ten months be divided into two not
unequal parts, marshaing hundreds Of thousands
OF men against each other
This war is generally dated from the lombard
ment OF Fort Sumter. There NJ fired the first run
and the responsibility is charged On US But, in
reality, that responsibility falls should fan on
those who rendered the conflict unavoidahle.-
The South years ago, and hundred times since
declared that the triumph Of the abolition or anti
slavery policy would break up the Union They
were in earnest. When that party, APPEALING to
the people on tie Chicago platform, elected their
candidate by every free State vote (exceptipg
New Jersey, which divided), South Carolina
seeded and other States were preparing to do so.
They were in earnest. Yet, as the people disba
lieycd it, needed it not at the haiIot-bnxes 81
Congress needed 1t not at Washington, and stood
doggedIy on the Chicago platform, endorsed by the
people. This consunmated secession. The Con
tederGte Government was formed
The logged obstinacy OF the Black Republicans
at Washington last winter made all the South &C.
cessioniss. Still there was peace. The new Ad-
ministraton protested intention to preserve it,
Peace gave time, and time can work wonders
The Confederate Government did not put much
faith in those professions. The same haIlucinstion
as to their power, which rendered the Black Re-
publicans arrogant and impracticable in Congress
would, it was apprehended, lead them to attamnt
to crush out secession by force. And nothing was
left uudone to be prepared for this event. should it
occur. Meanwhile commissioners we're ut Wash
Ington to arrange peaceful separation. Favora-
bic limitations were privately given them and
ever, il is said, put the screws on the Cabjner
which resolved on n war policy, and as silently as
they could, made Earlike naval preparations.
Then, after month, the commissioners uara re-
fused admission Or dismissed, and it was n}ainiv
announced that there would be no nepotiation
At this time, other facts were comiar ia frht
here III Charleston, where our batteries had far
month and more silently looked on Fort Srn7tar
During the time of peaceful professions. two ena
cai messengers (Fox and Lsman) from President
Lincoln, visited Fort Sumter. Before being Al
lowed to 90 thlther, they gave their word of honor
to our Governor that their obi ct was really
iul. The hotel conversation Of The latter was very
frank, it is said. Gentlemen here supposed tbat
President Lincoln, before ordering the eracuation
wished, BY these personal friends to see az il were
personally, and not simply to learn through official
channels, how matters stood in Fort Sumter,
When time rolled by without such an order and II
was rumored that the Cabinet had succunba6 to
the pressure OF the Governors, the mails were
stopped to and from Fort Sumter Amnno tha lat
tiers seized, was one from Moiar Anderson to Pres
dent Lincoln, discussing toe details of the plan Of
reinforcement forwarded to him from WASHINGTON
by those messengers. Oar authorities were thus
made aware of the breach Of faith towards then,
and OF the details of the plan itself
Then came the special messenger of the Prasi-
dent, announcing that he intended re-victualin0
the fort, quietly, if permitted foreibly if resisted;
then the account of the sailing of The fleet from
New \ ork. The fort was ut once attacked, and
taken, without awaiting their arrival. The attack
was not made until the offer of negotiation and
peaceful arrangement had been rejected, and until
the United States Government was in the act of
an armed force. But it is of little use now
W Inquire on whom the responsibility prnnerIy
we have the with all its loss Of life
iatast lam OF evils of every kind. 1t is the
us omap arra S;or2ngest instance history gives
Us; 4"o't 20" :" ooP'e"'ta reJtur muudgs
Here was country, vast, ponnl"us
and blessed in its material intercsts p oSfefous
SpuhtFS WIS Ane scOuth producing COTTON
sugar, rice and naval stores for the sunni tooaeco
as needed Of the North and Northwest "a ss lar
value OF perhaps $4,000 GOO year, and eynor, me
10 foreign countries over two hundred and tr,ats
minohs; the Northwest producing chiefly 80
and supplying the North and the Sontb ~ itiu'
the European crops failed having as last " .en
large European market; the North manrfn',,a
and supplying the South and tie Norfhrrat" ny
struggling to compete with foreign goods sbr IN
and doing the trading and commerce of the Sor.s
and the Northwest. '"'ii
Could the material interests OF all the sections b
more harmGniously and sdvantageousiy Combined
than in this Union, where each was free TO develope
to the fullest extent those branches Of industry in
which it could excel, and could draw from the
others those products which it needed, but could
not produce as we'll or as cheaply as they could?
Even child could see the vast benefits 10 all from
this mutual cooperation. No wonder that in all
material interests the country was prospecting to
an extent that intoxicated us, and asonish ed the
Motld. We claimed to be pre-eminently sagacious
III money matters The Yankees, believe, ranked |
AMER tue Chinese, in their ksenness in bust
LESS yel .hey especially, with an inconcsvable
phhahess, nave originated fnstered and pr0paga- |
tea ialaucai party spirit which has brought about
a result foretoid from the beginnino bath Nortb |
and South, as the inevitable CONSEQUENCES Of it's snc
cess. 4~'ANS Vi i's e"e
Taking up anti-slavery, making II . ro,;o;or,
dogma, and carrying it into politics ~ ,ous
broken up the Union. While il was - 10y naSe
lectual opinion, they might discusss II &c the
pleased; they might embrace If ss ~, !. a. they
other im. Even their viruent abnsa and ID n aay