Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-22

States towards llils tonledeInel can be re-
auired Than Is cOniaiued Ia tie elreumslanr
ees which accompanied this notice. Accord
ing To the usual eomse OF navigation ihs
vessels composing the expedition designed
for the rellef OF Fort Sumler might be ex-
peeied 10 reach Charleston larh0r on the sIl
April yet with our commissioners actually
in Washington, detained under assurances
that notice should be given Of any military
movement, the notice was not addressed Il
heHi, but messenger was sent TO Charles
ton TO give the notice TO the Governor oi
South Carolina, aud the notice was 50 given
At late hour on the Sih April, the eve OF
the very day on which the fleet might arrive
Tha, this manmuyre failed In its purpose
was not tlio 4ilg NJ ihofe who cpnirlNei N
\ heavy ,salest delayed ihc auiNnl of The
etrvliltN &i s1hs tinc n 'he commhh-
der bil tsro,s ari ilssrss@og % ,eas tnl'
receive the iu.trncuont Of tbs dnyqrnlmnL
Even then, under nll the prOyocliiuns lHei'
dcui 20 the eoaleulPuous refusal io listen
90 uur Commissioners, hnd lhc lurmnus
course OF the Government Of tc United
ST. tes. was sincerely anxious g. avoid the
cfusiun of hl10L, and directed proposal Ia
be made to the cu,nn,anlSg. OF bort hnniorl
who had ayoweL himself to be nearly out OF
provisions, that We would abstain from
directing our fire ON Fort sumter IL hc
would promise not to open fire ON our for-
ccs unless FIRST attacked. This proposal
was refused and the conclusion was reached,
that the design Of the United States was TO
place the bcs.eging force at Charleston be-
tween the simultaneous fire OF the ficet anu
the fort. There remained, therefore, no al
formative but to direct that the fort should at
once be reduced. This order was executed
by General Bcauregard, with the skill and
success which werc naturally to be expect
GO from thc we'll known character of that
gallant officer; and although the lombard
ment lasted but 'thiriy-threc hours, our iing
did not waive over its battered walls, until
after the appearance of the hostile feet oil
Charleston. Fortunately not q life was
lost on our side, and we were gratitied in
being spared the necessity Of useless elfu-
sion OF blood by the prudent caution
Of the officers who commanded the
fleet, in abstaining from tho evidently futll
effort to enter the harbor for the relief Of
Major Anderson. refer TO the report of
the Secretary of War and the papers which
accompany Il for furthcrs details of this
brilliant affair.
In this connection cannot refrain from n
wcll-dcseryed tribute to the noble State,
the eminent soldierly qualities of whose
people were so conspcuously displayed in
the port of Charleston. For months they
had been irritated by the spectacle of fort
held within their principal harbor, MS a
standing menace against their peace and
independence. Built in part with their
own money, its custody confined with their
own consent to an agent who held no power
over them other than such as they had thcm-
selves delegated for their own beneht IN
tended to be used by that agent for their
own protection against foreign attack, tney
saw it held with persistent tcnacity as a
means of offensc against them by the very
government which they had established for
their protection. They had bclcagucred 1t
for m0nths-fclt entire confidence in their
power to capture it-yct yielded to the re-
discipline curbed theirimpa-
ticncc, submitted without compliant to the
unnsfs.stomeI .harilships, labors ana priva-
tionslofa protractcd siege; and when at
length their patience was rewarded by the
signal for attack, and success had crowned
their steady and gallant conduct--eyen in
the very moment of triumph-they cvinccd
a chiyalrous regard for the feelings of the
brave but unfortunate officer who had been
compelled 20 lower his flag. All lmanifesta-
tions Of exultation were checked in his pres
cnce. Their commanding general, with
their cordial approval and the consent of
his government, rcfrained from imposing
any terms that could wound the scnsibili-
tics of the commander of the fort. He was
retire with fhn hon0rs If war
ITO salute his aag TO depart freely with All
his command, and was escorted to the YES
sci in which lie c,eirbafked, vita the highest
marks Of respect from tlDse against, XaoW
his guns had teen 80 recently d.teS sritt,
Nop ehiy uoSs eNefg ,Gghesp honor on South
~ 53..ggRh, but Tho forbearnce of her people
and Of this government, from making any
harsh,,sr Ola victory ohtaiaed undcr Cir
of sueh pecnliars proyogation,
attest tothe fullest extent tle absence OF
any purposc beyond securing their own
andahe sincere desire to aYoid
the calamitios Of war
Scarcely had the President Of the Unit
ted States reccivcd iutellircnce of lie iail-
ure of lie schemo,wlGeh lls had devised FOR
tJle rSlhtVrcpinUnS ~ HVrt afN ph'ui3l lN'i'ff ~
Issued The declaration sc war against] tllis
Conr-deracy winch has prompted me 10
you. In this extraordinary pros
duction, that high fnncticnary affects total
ignorance of tho existence of an lndepen-
dent Government, which, possessing the en-
tire and enthusiastic devotion Of its people,
is exercising its functions without question
over seven sovereign Statcs-ovcr more than
five millions of peoplc-and over n territory
whose area exceeds half q million of square
miles He terms sovereign States "combi-
nations too powerful to be suppressed by
fi,e ordinary course of judicial proceedings,
or Inv the powcrs vested in the marshals by
IowH Ue calls for an army of seventy
f;ve tbousond mon to act as n posse comifa-
tyc in ali Of the ntocess of the courts of
;,,s,ioo H. stntos vbcro NO courts exist
=, ,Losn r,n-,,J.to. o,J dccreoe ave not cheer
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10y w aii', ,.,t,o sr,, sorrice 70 he
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