Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-19
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Its evident that General Sientt llns once
more beaten tie enemies Of his country bv
mere force of his admirable strataeetical
genius. To do 80, he has, Ra was neces-
saryI suffered not only traitors, 6ut loyal
men,, rest under a .n1isgpp
Those who remember tho inpatiencc
with which the American public watched
his apparent iuactionz at onctperiod OF The
Mexican war: will not have forgotten the
shout OF admiFatioh which Went up from
tue people whentit5 was at last discovered
that the supposed in6ctsou had been In
reatty+t tue wfsest and shrewdest action;
and that by the most mkstetly display Of
military strategy he had oafNftFcd itlii,,
enemy and obtSiutd splenditi victory
when nopght but d eleat and disas ter stirred
Dnr nrmy YIN tie fate sot sjfss tatf Iiss j
He who treNds{Nqd ID 1compaFes carefully
|: tue Dispatches from Charleston, AIout-i
gomery and Washingtou.i this mornings
JonrnalsS SS"nnot avoid the gratifying cou-
clQslqns F4t thUt which looks at first blush
like a Ster TO tile government. IA In
reality bats the succcsstUt' carrying out of
an Ndmtnsble plan of military operations
Before this the traitors sec themselves
! caught IN the tolls. In fact IL seems to
have sickened the chief-traitOr, Davis, al.
ready, for Montgomery dispatches relate
that.when tile news from Charleston came,
and the mob serenaded Davis aud Walker,
sthe former was not we'll aud did not
! appear" and even his secretary was costive
iot words, and "decltnedsto mn ke a speech, y
inc facts which tend to the conclusion
X rkngt a. -
as follows:
! General Scott has been averse to thc.at-
| tcnIljt,tO reihE0rcC 'Fort Sumter M -, -,
| that il would coktrnen and vessels ,,,bicb5
the Government ,could not sn,,r.' ';n.ti
| nuws 81
L, As nm able general he ga -, thar Santa.
and Charleston were points Of NO n1iiitSrrv
importance, and would only nce.l vain,
BILE mento hold, If We took them Will,
'no adequate advantage gained,
lie saw that The two KEYS oftbe nosi.
tiOn were Fort PIckens in the Gulf n1d
| Washington, the Capitol
He knew that Davis had NOT generoIsbin
to perceive tll6t on the 9Th of March and
for some weeks afterwardl n would have
almost been impossible for the Federal
Government to defend Wa sl1in,,ron nT,S inc,
such force MS tho traitors 6,5 SIr..,iI,
| collected before Fort Sumter and ,vbfri,
could be 1nnrciiettt nj afy tiinh mn i t,,niioI
not VET nre,iared far. ScFss ~,
even pnreed Of traitors. N''s"s T"0s Sss
HIS plans. based ON these facts .yvarn 81
once laid = nv cvcry. No in I,;s ,1,,o.
Tho concentrated ti,s ottent;oI 1r 80.
and loyal men on Sumter. He. must lfIycs
seen with infinirc sstisf,c,ian. H." 5,;is,
Increasing force gathered Cha rlasto,;
while stbe Government lost no time in
strengthening the CanitoI Every honrj
lthC traitors spent befure Snmnters "a
them cnIy more surai : ini6 lid 5lI,,nIls &
1theirmastcrs - -
To make assurance douI,iy sure. he pre-,
tended to leave Fort Pickens in tho lnrch
1t was said to be in. danger. when scott,
lknev that II formitlnGl. force WAS iu;vcst.
ling it. Men feared that ,9ll would be lost
! hy the inaction Of the GovcrnneH, When
/ il was never more sl,revy,lIv ororc,,t;,.
AT last Enshington tvss rsSson,1,,y
! safe Forccs were eaiI,crcJ Gnco y, s,r.
our t,raye General sIy l,;1s,Ir ,;tS,
in his hands. Then came the :, ,,En,oI;c mi
| Dhpulnrly believed Ia hc 31rsfincd fa,l SS,t5
| Ter Th,. Gnvernp,pnt s.,iJ not :, ,,.r,rj
ionIv asked of the tFsItnrsb,I,s n,n5rtnni,v
TO send its own garrison n needed snnnIy
/ of food. They refnscd-and rsarino.' ib.
arrival OF the Federal flect-Irnnk ana fi5r-
! sOttCd with treason, and imnatient .t0 SHED
! the blood of loyal soldiers, they made the
attack.
Scarce had they lbernn when they s,w
with evident terror. silips boyerfnS 'nbont
! the bnrbor.s mouth; they piled their cnn-l
/ non in desperate haste; but 20 siiir, ,.oTn,.
lin 10 Anderson's help! What MAS ihei
| matter.
Nude bold by the filrions thirst for
blood, they dared the ships 10 come in.
| But no ship offered its nssistance to Al.
derson! More, the guns Of Sumter were
only directed nj the works 5of 'tI,c traitors
and Major Anderson evidently. tried TO fire
lin slch n uiuaner as rot 10 kill men. Hc
did not not even try n few bombs nm tI,c
icity, though it is cSrtnin, from A. letter of