Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-11
CHARLESTON FOREVER.

-CuAELESTON FOREVER.
Old Sumter POSSESSES strange charm Tor
the Yankee nation. II has become what Car
lyle calls ,hc.r liked idea They firmly be-
lieye that il they had replaced upon the ruin
ed walls al Sumter, that Old flag, which was
lowered hy Anderson Of the first lombard
meut, TIE rebellion" would be as good as
crushed 'lne character Of that nation bus
come to be essentially Thespiam, AID they
think all Things can be best accomplished by
theatrical effect They have all along con-
ce.red themselves to be enacting magnificent
drama, which fixes the regards Of the uni
verse aud, as the war begau by the hauling
down vt that piece vi drapery ON that parlicu-
lar fortress, :" they arc OF opinion that The
fifth at OF The PLY would certainly be u bril-
liant they let the cuitain luil upvu an
other grand tableuu-tho same identical piece
of bunting waving once More over It's ruins.
The midnight attack upon the ruined fort,
in thirty barges, with mutled oarS-and the
rebel batteries ali lying asleep-the surprise,
the escalauc, and then the thunder Of one
grand final salute, Us the sacred stars and
stripes mounted VIGOROUSLY into the mid
night sky, ANNOUNCING TO all the ends OF the
earth that The grand American drama was
flushed Ill this woul1 certainly have beer
a triumph OF sceI.c e:iecE. But one single
circumstance spoiled ail--Vur batteries were
not asleep; and 81, in>lea OF the superb mid
night iaJIeuu arranged 10y the talented mal!-
aver, the gray vi l,luIn'rg dawned upon the
crippled auu siialieleI Remnant u that barSa
t~tiI!a Crawling Dack ~ their ships, filled with
mauglel AID rruuulng wrGtches-the Cuu
fcdela;e lauuer sill flying over the much
lonSed-iUr Wu.Is; and, worst of ali, HAT vid
article " theatrical property, the Anderson
Flag, borne cti 10 lie hung up ior u trophy Ill
some Church If the rIUuu clIy Of Secession :.
How Is the play ever TO lie p!aycu tut Ii lis
acts are 70 he interiered with in this unwar-
rahtuble nanner?
Evidently this attack was u great CGvrt.-
Dahlsren and Gilmore We're tired If the cut
rugeous conduct OF Sumter in resisting so
pertinaclousiy. Evidently, also, they thought
tue success vi the ctvr; quite essential to the
capture vi tie city; Ior Yankees 20 not adj
venture upon uIr.ns feat OF arms out Of q
foolish cliyalry. Tie ASSAULT seems to Us u
proof that they iUu"d Ley could make uo lur.
ther progress with the sicsc uLiil that fortress
the Desiegers. >TneselVre, as General Beaurv-
gard would not give up Fort Sumter, on Il sim
pie ueiIaud, 'hcy resolved ~ accept his polite
invitatIUn-lunte and tGte ;t-in lne spirit i'll
trvus luiiure ol tile.r enterprise will certainly
make them iaOrc cautious lur the future, in
undertaking any uasning uttack and they
viii 20 6ucN 10 tLeIr sale and cUwardly sys-
TEN VI welfare, with IOnS-iunSc guns.
Meuuwullu Sumter stands dehunt as ever.
anu with au uureoia vi glory more radiant
thuu ever enclrci.ug lis llumVrtui ruins. No
wonder INC Yankees are so eager tv set pos
session Ol Iii, So shlvcred walts; they have
mvrS rsusvus ivr this than tuU=e connected
Will mere sccaic elect la lac;, they wish 10
maze II pay the eApenses Vi lis own destruc-
r.uu, ~ ua.trr IL down mas cost them lar
more, cvuu,Iug mere AMMUNITION, than ever
it Gus. 10 bald. ouyeu thousand i've uui,dr.d
and lit, -Juc sliois have been ired ~ tue fort.
IL has Leeu struck 1901 times. vi lhesu
ehv,s 5 Jy3 struck lLt outer walls, and =, l.g
struck lusiuc Inc old walls have swallowed
all these enormous add costly III. ssiies, ana
dIccSLvu liellI; uLu r,euas-' linz Ir!iCriIu VI
AiIu. uaTemuyeI -uelI;tnL iuu u..Uruulng Us
e,.r. ~. ,Areus,s "a tuis reprcSeui..ivn
have been Sr-4.; aud une Vi the W.
iects Ut V1r Calculating cnculJ Is, il they
only get pusscssiUu vi .ua place, to sell tie
bricks III Bus.Uu and New L Urk the opera
ton wvuiu rcatIzr large profit piece vi
Sumter brick, set IN gViI, presented ~ ii Mas
sachusells riuy, wouiu Lc lruly Il ueilc;tte al
teutlun. Piymvutn rucA would bring no such
prices We presume tuat sunlc piu,,cut con-
tructvr mus already !armeI the shattered BRICK
wv.k IRON the Uvvcruiurnt; but tnen IT is Tie
Wrvug UvyeruuIeul Tie CONTRACTOR must send
III u sealed teuder " lue UuYelLmenL which
has II u pUssessIOu. Uu the other hand, Inc
bricks y; al aittQksH Sumter would not sell III
Bvstuu ; let them only tiy; let them put upon
The market SJ.no tuOse Drlck bats wl.lciI
Major EuiVCL'o uIeu uIale tlic;n present OF.