New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-11

OF good cilizeDs with Tesolui1onaDd seadlnetsi tiat
we shooli cordially support the Government OF tire
country in the Gitic portion III which il il placed;
that should cheer and encourage the brave rIen
who lave obeyed its call by generous care of their
families and 10 il all in word core veal or
wee, that We should stand BY the lag Of tue Union
Mr.. Everet's remarks were received with applause,
and Il, tie conclusion ak cheers given for him,
with great enthusiasm.
THE LONDON TIMES on FORT SUMTER.
Fror the Ti-e,. dpra27.
Nature, something that stands in its stead Is stil
strong in the Americans. They fight willing but
with unwilling mind." They lift the hand to strike,
they wing the instrument OF death, bGi my sterous
power averts the stroke bluns the edge deadens
the blow Are they III earnest, they play ing at
war or dreaming that Trey strike and sil strike not
II sounds Ike adaDgeou game than sad reality.
Seven batteries preached and lombaded Fort Sumter
for forty hours burnt down its barracks blew up seve
nal magazines threw sheIir INTO il nnumerae, and did
vast show of destruction. The fort replied with like
s,i AT length it surrendered, the garrison marched
out prisoners u war and IL wa then found that hot
man was killed or officer wounied on either side.
MANY difficulty nj bar has cot bloodshed.
Was this preconcered feat OF conplIing7 Were the
rival Presidents salut ny another in harmless lire
works TO amuSe the groandlinesl The whole affair
IL utterly inexpcable II POUNDS like the battles
when the coat Of mail had come TO ts perfection, and
when the only casualty, after days bard lighting,
was case Of suiocaton and few brnises- Odins
heroes as they their daily warfare are really
wounded though their wounds are quickly healed.
This IL sparring with boxing. gloves-not the loaded
cer,u- of modern warfare. IL mere spectacle. The
population and even the LADIES' OF Cha lesion poured
forth TO the hit. Ten thousand soldiers lined the
works watching the sport aud contributing heir share.
Or own Cockucys have eeen "A much and done M
much ut Ciemorne, the Surrey Gardens. not more
uscathed aud let VA hope, IN not more pacific mood.
Bat perhaps this lie only the Interchange Of courties
which in oden times preceded real war. The result is
utterly different from all accustomed 10 hear Of
the Americans. There "a word and blow has been
the rule In this Gaze the blow, when II does Ut last
come falls like snow ard lights rs gently Thistle
down Surely il cannot be u crossi' II il be, half
the Old Union Is in the conspiracy, for all ing
aud rushing TO war Ms if they expected serious work.
What next An attempt to recapture Fort Sumter'
A contest a. Fort PickeEs struggle for the Capt.
t6l A diyerion in Texasl A renewal oil negotia-
tion1 No one knows and what ia worse,
credits President Lincoln for any plan. We only
compare the two sides AID strike a balance. In the
North there ia an army and navy, and money, and
more numerous white population, without, too, tue
incubus Of Slavery. There is also the tradition Of the
Union, the Capitol, and the successor Of Washington.
Modern warfare cannot go on without money, aud the
Northern States more easily raise ana spend
hundred millions Of dollar year than the Southern
can raise ten millions. All that is outside and material
il ia favor Of the North Ii has the preponderanee Of
everything that be counted. measured and
weighed that can be bought and sold; that can be
entered In ledgers and put on baiancesbeet III has
the manufactures the bull ing yards, the docky ards
the whole APPARATUS of national wealth and strength
il has the money market, and 1t borrows more
easily than the South, where however, political
real sustans fictitious credit SO in the North we
read II hume gatherings OF State forces OF many
steamers chartered stripped Of their inery, hlled with
soldiers, food, and aumuniiiOn and steslu0g south
ward So much for the Moth In the South, on the
contrary there Is little nothing but that which often
becomes the couuterba.ncc 10 every thing else. There
the OF action, who can combine, eonspre Keep
the secret have plan, and carry ii out without wa
verng or hinclng. The politicians al Washington
have been vscillating between peace and war, be-
tween compron.e and resistance. In the South there
has been steady uninterrupted progress to ward
secession aud To The very last President Lincoln
has been behndhand His chips sent to relieve Fort
Sumter only arrived in time 10 DO distant spectators OF
the scene; they came in fact but TO contribute 10 the
glory of the cpiors and TO bring shame and titrust
on themselves and their cause III this Is 10 De AN
omen OF the result the rich and unready North Will be
no match for the fiery forwardness oil the South.
But long shots are very different from close quar-
ters fiph of batteries across fiver. watched with
Telescopes and quietly witnessed by Large Iopua-
ton, affords little clue for the result OF battle hand
10 band, step by step, win ,syolyer. kniver, ana
That appears 10 DO the thing next appreht nded, and
President Lincoln has summoned to bis aid all the
miscellaneous local corps OF the several Northern
States that may choose TO hear him. Strange that Tie
spot held sacred, and 30 carefully insulated
from local partial associations, should become the
object Of the first civil war That is, indeed what
we have come to. Many of us remember, not without
tinge Of shame for own country, the wanton at
tack OF the British army on the Capitol, and the
foolish Injuries done there destined soon to be more
than avenged. That was but sosrenU OF the older
War OF Independence. No Britisb officer would have
dared to insult the great sbrine Of American Union
and Liberty, had it not been felt that, beside the
question then at ISSUE there was m account still
to settle for the former Since the Jear 1913 there
has been generation Of mutual respect-of even af-
lection. That is all gone by Other combetans gather
round Washington. The War Minister OF the South
Confe1eracy publicly promises that the Secession
flag shall float over the Capitol by the LIST Of May.
Any day it is expected that Virginia, whether by
choice by necessity will Join the Secession, and
then tho sacred district Of Columbia, which was to
have been the common ground Of the worlds great
brotherhood will be the debsteable border OF divided
allegiance and bloody quarrel. Meanwhile time
brings round anniversaries which are celebrated az OF
yoie, but with the feeling that they are now solemn
mockery What are the Declaration Of Independence,
the Battle Of Lexington the Birthday Of Clay, and the
other red-lette days In the American Calendar, now
that the gloriorsbrc sitsefn the dust and the noun
tain made with hands shattered TO pieces 1t was
but the other day that I'll eyes were liked on the esp
ital Of the Old World the singe obbct OF interest,
and the expected Of the great events that
to marx the latter yea. o. this century; home occu-
pied the attention q all men,. hundred questions
were asked, but all were Of Rome. VIII Rome be
still capital VIII Il he the head Of Confedsra.
tion the Throne Of Kngspr the seat Of foreign
vEsroy, o. Vie - Of Vuiyet~ BlsRop. os The Ca