The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-05-09
WAsHlSGToN, May |.
Has S5,ffS. Y: World!

The following questions have been put
to Us by loyal Republican. whose zeal
has got the better of his good judgement,
aud upon whose pardonable anxiety and
that of Others like him Of the Times has
presumed in its malicious onslaughts up
on the administration. and is cndcavor
to supersepc the constitutional|y elected
President Of the people by some head
strong hero of the hour, Our correspon-
dent writes:
"Will you please point out, in your
paper, one single act Of the government
which foreshadows vigorous detcrmin-
alton on their part Of sustaining the hon
or and integrity Of this country, and re-
sisting the treachcrous combination that
is arrayed against it? | ask this in
spirit Of patriotism, as one who desires
to know just what duty is in this matter
CANDID READER. "
What has been done ?" On the
14th Fort Sumter was evacuated on the
18th President Lincoln issued his proc
lamation calling for $4,000 men. jeff.
Davis followed with his piraticsl mani
fcsto. The next day President Lincoln
proclaimed a blockade These two proc
lamations, preceded as they were by the
attack on Fort Sumter, which declared
and pat willtul end to the possibility
Of negotiation, have fred the country.
The people are united to man, and the
surgng patriotism which they have
aroused almost expects that the accom-
piished act shall be as sudden and COM
p|cte as the spoken word; that the cam
paign shall be ended before it has begun,
and the sea swarm with gun-boats before
the ink is dry on the paper blockade,
Omnipotence could do no more than this
Reasonable men will hardly expect so
much of the human beings who are in
authority at Washington.
The federal army is mastering as fast
as the States which send them are able.
Mr. Lincoln cannot hurry the States nor
fight battle before he has got his troops;
nor make 4 way through Baltimore till
he has secured Washington.
The public acts Of the administration
, have been hs rapid aud vigorous, since
the conflderacy declared war, as those of
aov administration or any monarch. The
secret and efficient means which it is tax.
/ ing to carry out its ends it is not the
lusincss Of tho people to know when
publicity would peril their success. We
stated, two or three days before the
Times began to clamor for gun boats, that
70 sret5n evHy rrrte4 urctssiYed tiiYe p4sSAkaEs 44syASEs
ito, f'P"ia'
And here are two Indications, which
come to hand as we write, that the gov
crnment is neither slumbering nor irac-
tive. The Enquirer, published in Gin
cinnati, the city of Secretery Chase's
residence, says:
"a letter was received in this city on
Saturday from member of the cabinet,
which stated that within few days after
the inauguration an agent was sent to
Europe with orders to purchase 800, 900
stand Of arms, and that these would now
be arriving by every steamer at New
YORK.
And a thousand miles away another of
the Brinrian hands is gathering the links
which will chain secession to its soil
Says the Toronto Globe:
" An agent of the American govern.
ment is negotiating with our government.
at Quebec for the purchase of the Baby
tug-boats They may probably DO got
rid Of on advantageous terms
Because the government does not tell
its plans upon the housetop, candid read
or, shall we say it has no plansy