New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-28
IRE PRO.SlAvERY REBELLION.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
,-,,n IN, Own Cor >speNdeut.


CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. %, 1901
Probably nowhere are the utterances Oh MI
Lincoln regarded with more interest IMAM mere
Although South Carolina has placed herself OUT
,;aa Of tho Union, and by the aid OF Buchanan
and his late Secretaries, carried Secession lup-
Their than she ever expected, there Is lingering
sun,s,ension in the minds of the rebels tEut the
hsrs part of the business is yet to come, Their
hores of exemption from the consequences of
their course are based on the " backing down"
pf Mr.. Lincoln from the standard OF his party,
his own declared sentiments, and the plain re-
ourements of the oath he will take on the 4th
prox. These rebels are not 80 blind as not to
nee that, unless the rebellion is recognized as
reyolution--a revolution based wholly and solely
On the idea of protecting aod extending Slavery
there viii be but one course for Mr.. Lincoln to
pursue, and that is to enforce The Iars as they
sre Failure to do so will be practical recog-
aition of the rebellion; a Identifying of il, and
s1empting the rebels from the just consequences
and penalties of their acts. 1t will be saying 70
the other States that they may rebel and go out
of the Union at pleasure, steal the public prop
srty, get clear of paying their share of the public
debt and set at defiance tie Federal laws with
inpunity; proclamation, in fact, to all inc
world that we have no Government capable OF
asserting itself, able to punish rebellion, or even
enforce the laws. The rebels are not pima 10
this pIain view Of the case, and hence they are
fearful tbat Mr.. Lincoln win stand stiff, and oil
the consequences thereof to themselves. How
wei grounded their apprehensicns are, remains
b be seen.
On this Sabbath day we have the accustomed
r,inpling of the "pomp and circumstance OF
war" with the peaceful appointments of Religion.
In some parts of tho city squads OF soldiers as
pute the thOroughfare with people churchward
bound; the chimes of ST. Michael's do not quite
drown "the ear-piercing fife" Of incoming or
outgoing soldiers; nor is the Sabbath livery Of
wershpers entirely exempt from contrast with
the costume of the camp. At the batteries, the
barracks, and tho forts, divine service is held by
clergymen from the city, who volunteer for the
service. In Fort Sumter, the garrison enjoy the
benefits of deyOut and loyal chaplain; and,
probably, nowhere on this day will the divine
word have more attentive listeners than there.
With hundreds the lion of the day is the famous
floating battery at Marshes dock. 1t is visited
BY crowds, who have q variety of opinions to
express, generally prejudcial to the thing. Prac-
tical men predict that it will be failure; and
among the soldiers it already has acquired the
name of 4" Slaughter House" Whatever may
prove to be the fact, l am assured that Major
Anderson will not permit the rebels to anchor
the battery, as they intend, within few hundred
feet of Sumter's walls. When they attempt
70 do so, he will certainly fire on it; and
the belief in the fort is that her heavy guns will
demoli.h the huge structure. The day and the
hour the rebels attempt to tew this floating bat
tey to the place they have designed it to occupy,
will most likely see the loDgpredcted engagement
open.
The rebels begin to canvass with an air OF &C.
riousAess the suggestion whether the Fedora
Government will not embrace in its plan for re
enforcing Fort Sumter, the landing OF troops OF
Jarvis Island, with the view of attacking The
batteries in the rear. This contingency has moi
been thought of up to this time. Military mel
here do not disguise that in pushing the Federal
\ Government to accept this as actual warfare, in
its length and BREADTH this method Of reinforcing
Fort Sumter will be rendered an extreme proba-
bility; aud the suggestion occasionally dropped
that the circle of operations may so widen as to
include the City of Charleston, produces state
indicative of new idea and the sense
of an uDpleasant possibility Would it not
be interesting to see this rebellious old
city, where there is more actual despotism than
ever at any time existed on this continent, the
ket-bed of the great crime Of destroying this
Union, in the hands of Gen. ScOtt-tbe rebels
scattered-some of them visited with the doom
due to traitors everywhere-the miserable rebel
flag that now everywhere ofends the sight and
the light Of heaven pulled down, and the stars
and stripes hoisted in its place-I cay, would not
this be a sight TO see, to rejoice over, as some
thing going to show that we have Government 7
II is the hope of the correspondent Of The
TRIBUNE that he may yet see it, that he may
yet walk the streets of Charleston confessed,
without fear of the most miserable despOtism that
ever disgraced any land Without irreverence,
on this day Of prayer, this is mine.