The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-10-02

commanded by Gen. Lee in person. Gen. jackson
and Gen. johnson are TO have commands IN IT. It's
not known when the expedition will start, but the
impression prevails that ii will be soon. 1t is de-
signed TO make the whole move suddenly. The city
is To be invested. If the present plans OF the rebels
are carried out, an attempt Will be made to capture
the city either by stratagem or by assault or by
both"
1t will be member that the above was
printed in New York thirty days before Jackson
invaded MARYLAND. The crisis has comet was
expected, it was needed. As one of the Secreta-
ries of the government at Washington said in
July, : : we need to have Washington menaced
again, before the people realize the magnitude
of the struggle" The invasion of Maryland
and Pennsylvania must raise the public excite
ment as it has never yet been done. The North
has not began to feel the weight of the war.
The people must soon arrive, says the ). f.
Herald, which for a long time sympathized with
the south, : : at that frame of mind when meas
ures of the most extreme character to suppress
the rebellion will be urged with overwhelming
force upon the Administration. distractions
re obsolete. The slavery question which has
been so tenderly dealt with, all loyal men will
be agreed upon. IF it stands in the way of the
peace of the country, slavery must be wiped out.
If State lines are interposed to prevent 4 speedy
settlement of our difficulties, they must be obGt-
Grated. The people of the North will place
themselves on equal terms with the Rebels in
this respect, that while the South seeks to sub
vert the institutions of the country, the North
will subvert and destroy the institutions of the
South. At Il time like this, it is of no use to
fight a man with rgument or with your fist,
while he meets you with rifles and cannon"
Although we have the fullest faith in the ulti-
mate triumph of the Government, it is not to be
dissembled that the month of September was one
of awful peril to it. But only when the people
come to view the situation in that light, as they
must have viewed it, will they rise in their
and power. In Forney's Press we find
an article which shows that Pennsylvania is al
ready walked up. 1t is such talk as this that is
needed, and not simply words, but actions
ASSIMILATION Shall the Republic be annihilated
or shall the Rebellion be annihilated: Such is the
distinct alternative. Which shall we choose? The
hour for hesitation has passed. The hour for deter
mination has come. Every minute adds alike 10 the
responsibilities and to the perils of the government.
But the government must be saved. In this great
necessity all minor issues, doubts, and interests are
1t is one of the grand characteristics of
our people that ever new danger calls from them
new courage. Victory does not create over exulta-
for victory is their deserved reward, and they
accept it as such. But defeat maddens them. They
do not find the word defeat in their vocabulary and
and they have not yet learned to submit to the de-
that Il cause so right as ours may sometimes be
by the worst of foes. But they rebound
every fall with herculean energy To such a
the alternative of the annihilatior OF their gov
or the annihilation of the rebellion is now
presented. They will not weaken under it. All that
IS that they should feel that it is so. This done and
he great work is begun. There are some things
should be written on our hearts like those
lXioms that have lived SO long rs to become petrifed
acts. These are No peace that is not conquered.
The rebels fight for their lives and for our death.
could not give what they would demand, with
at consenting to our own degration, and to such u
OF our own soil as would leave US doubly
In the west as in the east, the rebels were ad-
'ancing north through Kentucky, apparently
With little hndrance, for as they advanced, the
Jnion forces fell back from place to place.
frankfort and Lexington were in their possession,
nd Louisville and Cincinnati menaced. We do
Ot believe that they will cross the Ohio River as
as they did the Potomac, nor is there the
anne inducement for them to do SO, for they
ould not find sympathisers in Ohio as they may
n Maryland.
In the South West, they still hold Vicksburg,
nd threaten New Orleans. But it is doubtful
'hether the latter place can be retaken or held
y them without gun-boats to support them,
hitch they do not possess, but which the federal
rmy has in abundance. The trade between
lew Orleans and Northern ports is increasing,
nd large shipments of sugar, molasses and cot
IN had been made, upwards of thirty cargoes
aying been sent off.