Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-04-12
What is going to be Done7

That is the question: What is going to DC
donel We should like 70 know, and be relieved
ut once from the dreadful nervous uncertainty
which we have been in for the past two months.
We can depend upon nothing. The tecgraphie
dispatches arc not worth a rash, and the sensa-
ton paragraphs of the Washington letter wri-
tiers arc paradcd in the daily papers with start
ling heads, to he conradictcd by something
equally as startling the next day. Everybody
is interpreting the views and intentions Of the
administration, with no actsor data upon which
10 base an opinion. Fort Sumter is 10 be sur
rendered, and Fort Sumter is TO be kept at all
hazards. Major Anderson is almost out Of pro-
visions and cannot hold out week at farthcst,
and Major Anderson has plenty of men and
provisions, and can defy the whole rebel force Of
the south six months His supplies have been
cut oG by the Charlcs;oniars, and he is supPiled
daily by the people Of that h0spitahlc city. An
attack upon Fort Pickens is imminent, and troops
arc concentrating upon it in large numbers
Fort Plckcns is not 10 be attacked; president
Davis advises the withdrawal Of the confederate
troops, and is inclined TO peace policy. This Is
the sum and substance Of all the secession news
VIC have. "Thc next gale that sweeps from the
so,tth MAY bring to our ears the clash otresound-
ing arms" and it may not. Our brethren arc
already in the field" while VIC remain idle"
but We trust that God viii permit us to remain
so no longer. "Gcn;lomcn may cry peace,
peace, but there is no peace Wcare in for the
FRAY, for "without the shedding Of blood there
is no remission Of sins"
The above summary is all that we arc able to
make out Of the splendid fuss the people OF this
"great and glorious Union" have got into
These arc times that try editors souls" They
have no opinion that they can anchor by or
swear to, for Let their thoughts be ever so closely
packed and their conclusions ever so reasonable
or logical, the mcrrow's news cxpIodes all.
But what shall be done is the question. We
cannot tell. We hope however that the peaceful
policy thus far pursued by the president, will be
abandoned. 1t bodies no good to the Union 1t
fixes frmer the cotton confedcracy, emboldens
the traitors in the border states, and dshcartens
the Unionists in those states where the popuace
have been chatting between two opinions
whether 10 80 out with the "stripes" or remain
with the "stars." Secession is more firmly fix
cd to-day tnitl Nhcu MI. Lincoln to'N li4' e'''''
Mild remedies have been used too long already.
A feet of Charleston, another at Pensacola, and
one at the month Of the Mississippi, blockade
of secession ports, collecting the revenue at the
point of the bayonet, and such decisive steps,
will indicate very soon who are our friends and
who are oar enemies. 1t will test the strength
of the government and prove whether we have
one worth preserving or not. If it is not worth
saving, let il be whistlcd down and its fragments
given TO the winds. We had rather join the cot
ton confedcracy with its decisive manner Of at
tanning its cnds--wcked though it be--than live
IN a community of non-resistants
Greapactivlty is shown Of late in The various
Navy Yards, in hurriedy fitting for sea some Of
our men of war, who have been sent off with
scaled orders. Where they have gone is a mys-
terry to every one but the president and his adj
visers. Some Of the letter writer's say they have
gone to St. Domingo, others that they have gone
TO convey troops to Texas, to sustain Gov Hous-
ton pshn has hnnn dennsed by the rohels Of that
cut throat state, while Others aver that they are
TO reinforce Forts Sumter and Fickons. We
hope however that before the vessels return they
will prove the means, in part at least, Of rctricy
ing the wounded honor Of our distracted cOun-
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