The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-02-10

The frst Of January. 1851. Mr.. bUesASss
attempted 10 ssud supplies TO the starving
garrison OF Fort Sumter. The steamer star
VI the ws~t Vas commissioned fes that err
rand Of peace and mercy. Eight days later
Mi.-issippi severed the bonds which conDsc
ted her With the Federal Union. 20 asst ia
the Inauguration OF this feast OF blood anu
d2ncs Of death" The Star Of the wss:.
bearing the emoie m Of our nationality. which
had b~sn honored and respected upon all the
SEAS. on entering Charleston Hsrbsr With her
supplies. Vas frsi upon and comps led "a
return Thee .pd then was IA, srst qua
fred. aid IL rsverber ting Sounds arouse
tie pstr TIN If more than twenty m..li"sA
y. people. A deep and ImPens'rabi'
IN -stti~d down upo.i the country. be, oss
~h ea "a 20 OF our statesmen pfeteuiei 4
Lok Well might NJ. ckIrrIspEs say
The present 1rplorasls civil var Us bcea
forcs1 Oh he c.'ua.ry o. tho deuni0s sts .
she s,ushsru Sta.es" HID lur Pre-idena
lhsa bc~n OF stern and unnrnchiug courage.
tie impending 81 On might have passed over
Us w,sho.. harm. This expenditure of mo
ney and lie might have besu avoided. Bat
such VS. not the case. To his weakness, to
. great exfeur. U y bs attributed the events
Which haze silce occurred. He elaborated
long messages u prove that NO State had a
right to secsde from the Federal Union. but
Il the secsr-ion VI q SITE did occur. there
wss no alternative but submission OF the
part vi the Federal Government. This doc
trips w4s entirely sa.e and altos ether agree
able to The Southern sscessionists State
AFTER State cut Loose FROM their moorinss
and driited from their hsrbou. without Oh art.
or helm or compass. into the shoreless ocean
OF disuaior and blood. On the 2lst OF Jasu
Senate Chsmber Ut the United Sites tp en-
gage In the madness snd insanity OF secessio..
On the sab OF February be AS eesteu
President of the Confederate States. s.ce
when time ne has cors-crated his snergier
to the destruction OF the only Government
Wherein the salssss riStts OF n,u are guar
sntssl by lsw To Do tbs he has com elled
tho Inauguration Vi . var whose liue % bat
tie stretches scross . continent. aud sirJls-
three th,ussnd m les OF coast. Tranquil
waters and smiling fields have given away
TO battling sqaadroas aud sm 4 ng ruins
But the fring OF that .sru gan has not ,et
been fully avenged. Ii i- sad TO contemp-
lato he unutterabie anguish and woe with
which treason and rebellion have filed the
land. DIS ass. and want and the sword have
lost ~ the Preside OF msny q once happy
home. the sou. hush md and father Bat
they are given up oy the srisi-stricken vie
and mother a. sacrifices for the pubic good.
In the grandeur OF III. pageant as lts.eel-
along. they are "a nousht. but the weakest
voice Vt that vie or mother. upllIted to
God in PRAYER. oil CT down a power before
which the iron ..ssrts ut the IN ghty Warriors
OF secession aud treason sill crumblc into
duss- The Uaisu army has grown la magni-
tuds until IL 10 nov moro than all hundred
thousand strong. From the Potomac to the
Mo ssipps stretches u columns now ready
"a vsxin the -ofk ~hieh shall crush 80
With . giants grasp" ths nso-s nendsh rsbel
Ion. Wlthia the Coming tAses months. bat
uss will Dc fought which will rival Ia hi-tpric
rccol ectlon thv-s OF " Waterloo. Lesfse o.
w.xran-
In mo ordinary course Of oseis sne ~.
drvl lhoasaad msa an Q thsr lie na5t .taln
. brief period os . ms cone IN oaalst. The
10 sdsrs Ut The rebellion admit that their ouly
reliance - upon a desperate courage -
They are compelled now % d-ht OF yield
cause. Gen McCielsn d,uhtie-r me 1T II
actis sa,t es.I. sacu he rem sfxel d q the
~.rssq' be e. ba s.n-uia<ry mi 10 =
~ "a E e sia: Ia our troos. re
- :. equipped. sn1 "a er " H. rambc :.
n .sDg I . sr, .er Allow sa-s 'pr he c..lo
. .cp-. /. b.tt.e ws TO eto ta,t sishn fe
ae1txx no.las. tie Af sas 81 81 rrd
sad tl.s .atAfify - he 80 lef,i Govern
n ~ ia ~ indiested : .afb I rois. bpa-i
81 ~her 'ls hTa ga rss fref dA. Ter
sases.ry ssult 6 - pnc.r en.es 4-trtess "a
tie ms.u..eas Psrisr. OF the merchants oi
fh.I.de phia asl Bos.ou Her boa.t -,
nais 800 ssn She least.s-s he a higher
epintsa Of Northern ,sios uo~ th.a then -
.lrs4dy ne F~ieri f,ree- are a,an her
80. 81 sac i esliolt ihs no~er 1. dr,s
k~- %. faey are near Asf iasse-s c.sy AL
all. sse long. occugy i. Aui the boosted
cty 81 treason. ~hich witnessed ne hase sl
Ito -. gee. At The Federal s'ssmsr. III
"a compelled - fsrasa quarters to he Tao.
army. o. before me ere o. TIE isa ca. .
.ill De made desol.le. sr4 = s. hsbsistesa III
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