The New York herald., 1862-01-08


wa. beyond their roach. The President Of the United
tates dsavowed the intention ID reinforce tho little
pand Major Anderson had said in eA unofficial COME
rehto with The Confederate leaders, in words that can
not rsreat without emotion, elf am nat battered TO
pieces IN forty eight hours shall be starved st" They
would not allow him the poor privilege of starvation.
was cool, Machavean act OF policy, intended 80 pace
!he United stat 8 government in necessity or putting
lts military power into aclon and 50 Compelling VfS
ma, VI She meart 10 keep her word 10 JOIN them in tho
resistance That this attack Sumter was made with
perfect knowledge and foresight its necessary conso
q ences Is not a matter oe conjecture Tue lombard
men as you remember began on the l2h Of April last
Rapidly rs tho tdiDgs spread through hs south they
were everywhere received with raptures o oy Al Mont
soInery Davis and his associates were serenaded cyc
svos OF artillery fred the who's population IN an ecsta
cy OF triumph. The Confederate Secretary OF war,
Mr. Walker. harangued his excited fellow cili.
pray you mnrk'--"No man !" said he ''can foretell
tne events Of ne war this day lnsuguraiedon ih 1ath
gay OF April Consequently It was no--as has been
since pretended by less parsonage than Jefferson
Davis- was not Lrcolns proclaim atiUn that began the
war for that WAS issued the 18Th 'No man, says
NJ Walker 'can oretel the events OF the war nangu
rated but vii! venture TO predict tha, the Tag which
now hoats on the breeze Chat was his miserable ssces
sion nag, will before the IL. OF May. float over the
dome OF the oid Capitol at Washington and they ch ose
10 try Southern chvary aud test ,he extent OF Southera
resources, vii! eventually float Faneu Hall, IN Bos
ton" Bu, think that part Of the programme Will havo
70 wall III we soc how III ngs turn OF. in Beaufort South
oaro.sa daughter and app.ause) know II has oeea
sad that this atroc!ous threat not oficlatho I'M
premeditated werds OF a speaker In moment OF ex-
cilemenbat suppose when an indv idual hsppens 70
ence OF his chef and his associates he Is addressing his
fellow citizens the measure long planned
Ior weeks and months pannsd--and now OF its de-
sired achievement, suppose when, under these
circumstances, he addresses his fellow citizens
nc Is pretty apt to speak from the fullness
OF his heart aud to dsclose the intentions wishes and
plans OF the government OF which he is member.
remember TO have afterwards In tho National m
sAgsneer whole column of extracts from the leading
southern prints, In which precisely this sentiment was
either by anticipation declared before they had heard or
what was said by Mr. Walker, echoed after they had
nf .l.-t
pace the whole South was brstling in stolen arms
Tho primary object OF the attack IRE the Southern
heart by bold movement, tho report Of which should
spres throughout the land Bet, contrary TO their
pecta,icns 1t had jus. the opposite effect The bombard
nen Of Sumter alone was wanting to rouse and Are the
Northern heart calling forth every sentiment OF patriot
Ism, passing all feeling, and arnng every citizen for the
defence Of tho Union He would admit that the feelings
which aroused In his heart by that could
adequately be described. He believed such scene and
such acts unparalleled in the history Of civil war
1t had been the idea Of South Carolina that Vr.
united with her in her against the Union But Viz
gina had never anticipated the extent to which south
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war; With all s responsi ibies was soon TRANSFERRED 70
her shoulders And now civil war is wasting her fields
and her prosperity from the mouth Of the Potomac TO
the foot Of the Blue Ridge. And in order to show how
groundess have been the expectations OF Virginia As 10
the feelings OF the people, the verdict OF Western Vir
BY ono Of those who were present at tbs
passing Of the ordinance Of secession in Virginia
tnat Wnen question came R3 10 what suouiu
done with tho people Of Western Virginia, the answer
we'll cut their throas" 50 litto right Is there
in the @ that this n + war Ct 81 sss e
sion on the part Of tho South. (Appause II is sni
cidal war to the whole country but there is no doubt
that the part Of the South has been wanton and
murderous in the highest degree II is necessary TO
consdor tho condition OF the country to sec how
derously secession acts upon H. Here the speaker
briefly reviewed tho condition OF this country
showing that the systen OF Capitalization
mon 10 European countries was altogether absent
tot eg.- r,ranr
taking its place. The result Of this has been that
prosperity has been unexampled in tho history of tho
world. From thirteen original States have gradually
increased {, thirty four and from three millions OF pco-
plc at the time Of the Revolution, have advanced 10
population OF over thftyon millions. And there is
limit 70 of r-c1uction and increase In population and
wealth in the boundaries OF the continent. The
future Of. the, republic is therefore grand and
Century should no. see Us posses possessed o. dfly or
sixty States and of population almost equal to that Of
the teenng empire OF China and this by no system of
united in bond Of Union. The lapse Of time would
show tho benefit OF wise system But the barbarous
Intervention Of warhas threatened 10 break up all this
glory and the future spcndor which tho Union Of heac
States has promised to man in order TO give us second
third or fourth rate position among the family Of
nations, instead OF tho very first in union nnd
strength, equal to tho defiance Of world in arms
No man, North or South, can deluds himself with tho
established lot be admitted and proved that tho uncn
stand without coercng any member who may endca
vor to withdraw from it OF dissention will spring
from the foundation Of the sprung up, and
such must be expected TO arscwhich instead Of be-
ing adjusted under the federal government by the wise
the kindly influence Of patriotic feclingnstead Of being
adjusted in this way, State after State, these local
controversies arise goaded on by demagoues the eternal
Of free government in all ages will successfully
break away the federal family be resolved into its org
nsl elements and sti further resolved into miserable
frsgmonts in tho North American country and like Ger
many In the Middle Ages be reduced to hundreds OF nds
pendent prinoiralit!es Only for moment apply the
O.rs, tAu n- frntt va hall knaa-
themS'' Look at the fruts Of secession 10
the few months that IL has existed, and how caan
they have been all around u.s. at homo and abroad
In Europe in tho present state Of things influence and
responsibility in the family Of nations is annhilsted
Foreign Powers are jubilant over what they deem tho
fact tha. the bubble OF democracy has burst IL it
pleasant sight TO see that the great experiment OF
free government promsing bound!css happiness 20 the
country and 10 tic whole human race, should fail Then
thsrc Spain re possessing herself OF st. Domingo aud
conceftirg with England and France TO conceal her At
tcmpis on Mexico Dark clouds OF war are oyershadow
ing the land Armies larger than those led by tho great
captains OF Europe are coming FORTH All kindly in
tercourss, once source OF SO much happiness
between the different sections OF the country cut
Of. Thousands Of family ties arc rudely sun
deroi The staple products Of the South arc
picked and rog upon the plantations Those branches
OF Northern industry which, in wholesome course Of
trado should have furnished equivalent, parayzcd
An expenditure OF million aud quarter Of dollars is
forced upon the North aud unpaid liability to equal
extent Of course accumulated tho South. Three hun
droi millions OF debts owed by the South 10 the North
have been repudia,sd and probably equal OF
property ious invesments belonging 10 the North
in the South have been threatened with condensation Aud
thou all the namcless events OF The battle field, the
wounded bleeding tho earth, the homosck captain
lingering prisoner: and oh darker and sadder than all,
tho hundreds aud thousands lying stark and ti in
their bloody graves All this has ,ssion brought
70 in soven eight months, aud the cognryis strv
ing every limb aud every muscle and nerve FOR success
Whom consider all those events, brought upon tie land
bya few disappointed asplrsnts for ofncc-mon whose
unhaowed ambition has brought these upon tho
laad-I am ready excain In the language Of Mr. vco
President Stephens uttered IN tho Capitol Of Georgia
the ltth Of November--ani think DO without
any breach fChrstian chnry'ls il there not some Lic
Gus curse chosen thunder in heaven 20 blast the
who uses his greatness 90 bis connrys run (Chocrs)
But when consider the subject in reference 20 our foreign
relations especially We bear IN mind that II secession
prospsrs the sections Of the country will become
fore en nations each othor II il whom Wow tho sub
iect 10 this light that am amazed not 50 much with tho
vic sdness at the stupendous folly of The movement
long course OK fortunate cvonts rather let me call thcm
proydertal interpretations such rs the success Of our
Iyuege for epandcpce, Tho consolidation of the
try under the constitution OF the Unted Statcs, tho ncu
,raly that We able 10 preserve during the wars OF
tLa French Revolution the acquisition o that vast empire
in the West, louisiana nllng up tho continent between