Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-04-12
Wanted..A POLICY.


in keeping the country so long in suspense
as to what course that government is going
to pursue in the crisis in which our nation
al affairs now stand. The Times frst ex~
presses great regret at the idea that there
should be any embarrassment in the minded
the President at the course he should pcrsue
in the Fort Sumter matter. Such things,
it admits, 'srequirc grave and serious at
tention, but such attention should long a.
ago have been given 10 so important subs
ject, and the country, at large, set at ease up
on the subject, one way or the other. The
time that has ensspentin apportioning the
patronage of the administration to the greedy
sharks Of the "Carpet-bag Volunteers"
would have been more proftably spent in
devising some plan to avoid tie herrors Of
civil war, which the Administration is de-
termined to inhict upoa our country. In a
military point Of view, we look upon the
surrender of Fort Sumter as necessity ,ac-
cording to Fixed rple Of military affairs,
which is, we believe, to give up post that
is either n1 longer tenable, or that cannot
be reinforced, oxceptby SO great sacrifice
fof life as to render its succor almost as dis
astroEs as defeat. Even if the attempt to
Relieve the garrison at Fort Sumpter were
successful, (and it can only be SO to lin
tied extent does any one believe for a mo-
ment that the Carolinians would cease in
their efforts for its reduction, even if the
lsiege were prolonged to the extent of the
famed siege of Troy, or the Thirty Years
| War? We do not for we'll we know the
gallantry Of the brave sons Of tie Palmet-
to, and we feel satisfied that the last son Of
South Carolina will perish in tie breach be-
fore they will give up the attempt to place
the flag of the Confederate States upon its
walls. Mr.. Lincoln has, we fear, deter
mined upon making the attempt "to hold
all the Forts and Arsenals, and collect the
revenue" proclaimed in that enigmatical
production which he gave to the country on
the 4th of March; and ere this reaches our
readers, the telegraph may bring us the
news Of bloody battle, upon the scene @!
that gallant defence of Fort Moultrie in '76,
Charles ton harhor
t The Times goes on to acknowledge that
tbe country (Abolition-dom) has been
very nucb deceived in the expectations con.
ceived Of the administration of Mr. Lincoln
It complains that affairs at Washington are
managed with too great q display 81 "mas.
terly inactivity" that the country knows
nothing of the future, and, that commercia
affairs are thereby greatly damaged
that there is ne policy evinced, bat only IS:
listloss waiting for something to turn up.
After complaining that such course at
} present is particularly unwise, it pays tn,
following high compliment to our young
sister Republic:
The new Confederacy is moving forward
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degree of vigor, intelligence, and success
! of which, We are sorry to say. we see no in
dications on the part Of the Government a
Washington. In spite Of the immense Difficult
ties with which they have to contend, tn
poverty Of tie country, sss utter lock ofcons
maerce, Of ana arney and macy, and Of credit
the Hostility Of its fundamental principle
to tke sentiment of the Christian worzd, -
the utter hollowness of its reasons for revo
luton, and the universal distrust which i
encounters everywhere, in spite OF all thes
obstacles and discouragements, we canno
conceal the fact that the new Governmen
of which Jefferson Davis is at the head, ha
evinced a marvellous degree Of energy, ant
is rapidly assuming the proportions of sole
and formidable Power. Within less thar
six months they have adopted Constitution
organized Government, put all its machi
merry into working order, established com
mercial system and put it in operation, laio
the basis of a financial department, organ
lied an army, secured enormous stores and
munitions Of war, and put themselves in &
position to offer very formidable resistance
to any attempted coercion on the part Of the
United States.
The italicised portions CT the above are
our own. The poverty of tie country
rather amusing that4-the poverty Of that
portion Of the country that by its single pro-
duct of Cotton keeps starvation away from
the doors of thousands upon thousands, both
in our own and other countries-the failure
Of which crop would almost bankrupt Eng
land, beth Old and New. LACK of cred
ftp We have reason to know and believe
that any amount of money required for the
treasury of the Confederate States can and
will be, raised by its own people-without
their bonds being hawked about the mar
kets of Yankeedom and Europe-as those
of the United States have been, and still
are. They are, it is true, without com
merce 'soo; bat bow long will it be before
the necessities Of Europe and the North will
furnish her with that item of nation s pros
perity. Of the army and navy-if Mr..
Lincoln carries out his "coercion policy.''
our friend Of the Times will be very well
satisfied before long that they are making
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