The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-09-07

of the most decided Republicans either
were not prepared to draw the sword or
thought the time had not yet come to say
So But the hour was coming. Sumter
fell, and great scas The fall hereof: No
trumpet calls from any of the worlds great
captains ever sought Ak such a resi- onse..
AT The sound of Beauregard mortars. men
awoke from their sleep of death, and a IA
ton sprung to arms in a day!
The President gladly and instantly re-
sponded to the call Of his country. lie is
sued his proclamation for 5000 men. and
for Congress to meet at Washington the
4:h day Of July. 1861. The call for $4,000
men was answered by 100000; Congress
met and voted half million Of men and
five hundred millions of dollars; passed the
revenue measures; repealed the operation Of
the sub treasury. and adjourned. 1t was q
Congress long to be remembered-a Con-
grsss Of deeds and not Of words.
In spite Of the mob at Baltimore. the
volunteers came; Washington was garrison
ed. and Baltimore itself quietly protected.
its disIoyal police displaced. and the State
of Maryland secured to the Union.
When the traitors Of East Virginia, against
the voice of her people, few into the lille
climate embraces Of the Southern Conted-
eracy, and attempted runaway marriage,
her children across the mountains forbade
the bans Of matrimony. as she was already
married by Washington to a better husband,
from whom she had no lawful divorce
They deposed Gov. Letcher, (most proper
name.) elected Gov. Pierpont. and Sena-
tors aud Representatives in Congress The
gallant Nc Clellan, Rosecrans and Cox with
the brave boys of Virginia. Ohio and Tndi-
ana soon drove Gen. Wise across the noun
tains as Mcclellan will Beauregard and
Johnson from East Virginia. and relieve the
loyal people of that State from the armies
of the invaders. What Mcclellan and
Rosecrans did for Western Virginia, the
gallant and lamented Lyon and Siegel have
done for Missouri.
Old kentucky's triumph alone has been
bloodless. Her traitor Governor and Sena-
tors Breckenridge and Powell, have signal
ly failed to bind her free people to the car
of secession. The land of Clay and Crit
tenden stands loyal to the Union by $4,000
majority in repeated elections. This is our
last great triumph!
against these substantial victories, whereby
Delaware. Maryland, Western Virginia,
Missouri and Kentucky have been relieved
from their thraldom?
Sumter, where Z, 200 overcame 70. the
i'll. dvised affair at Bethel. and the still worse
defea at Bull Run, where our brave men
CALAMITY drove twice their number from
their entrer chments and were overcome
only by additional thousands Of fresh troops.
What did they gain by their dear bought
spoiis of the field OF the day s...s a.. 'a ~.
no respect decisive. We still occupy Ar
lington Heights, and they Manassas. Both
parties gathering strength for a final strug-
gle.
This review. of the. past is longer than
was intended. and now let US more briefly
look At the Pressnt and peer into the future.
We do not underrate the personal valor
of Southern men. We desire, rather as
We cannot we'll afford. to give them credi.
for more than they have. We will admit
them to be in this respect our equals. man
to man. Whatever we may think Of the
honor Of their officers, we admit also their
science and skill. far ue made them. 1t is
asking a good deal to admit that Beauregard
and Johnson. and Lee. and Pillow, and
Nc Clellan. and Fremont, and Siegel, and
Burnside. and Hintzleman, and Bleuker, and |
Banks, and Butler. but admit. if you please, +
that their officers are equal to ours. Ignore T
there is nothing in the fact that The old flag
is ours; that this is the most wicked rebel +
lion the world ever saw, wholly without
cause or even decent pretcxt; an appeal
OF ambitious. bad men from ballots to Jul- .
lets. Say, il you believe it. that the hither-
to loyal Union men Of the South will unite,
heart and hand, to overturn the glorious
work OF our COMMON fathers! Say in the
infdel language of Napoleon that God IS
al,cays on the side of the heacy 6attallions,"
ali which We admit only for The SAX of the
argument. Throw aside all moral ques-
lions; all sentiments founded in the Provi-
dence of God and look at the contest as
one of mere ply steal force. and wha, is III
Is it a struggle Of lie or death between
our and hall millions and twenty mil
ions and the weaker party without money
without credit; without arts; without /
without revenue, and nitA four
Millions Of siases to Keep in su6jugation;
he stronger party with money; with cred.
/; with arts; with commerce; with revenue. /
nd With fill eo MN q nj IF the land and saa9