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been true that Mr.. Lincolns supporters were
but 700. 600 out Of S. 0OO, 900, thatwould seem

but 700, 600 out OF s. 900, 900, that would seem
an excellent reason for peacefully awaiting fur
Their developments, instead of rushing madly in
TO rebellion and war. A party or section out
voted NAV have a color of excuse forrevolt not
one that, with large majority at its back,
divides its strength and deliberately beats itself
III. The formation of the Coniederacy can
not have been occasioncd" by an attempt to
subiueate the Southern States by Military oc'
cupation;" since it is very certain that no such
attempt was made by Buchanan, and Lincoln
was not inauguratcd till March a, 1861: whereas
South Carolina formally seeded from the
Union. Dec. Goth, 1860; Mississippi followed,
Jan. 9th, 1851; Florida, next day; Alabama the
next; Georgia on the 10Th; Louisiana Oh the
Goth: and Texas, Feb. lst. The first Coined
crate Congress met at Mont gomcry, Ala Feb.
lth; and JEFF. Davis was chosen by it Proyl'-
jonal President of the Contederacy Feb. 9Th;
while Mr.. Lincoln did not even leave his Hi
nois home for Washington til the llth. Mean
time, the authorities and people OF tho seeding
states were busily intent on Selling and appro'
priatng Federal forts, arscnals, armorics, minis,
sub.trcasuries, &c.: and the principal portion
of our little Army was trcacherously "supJu'
gated" to the Rebellion by its commander, Con.
Twiggs, at least ten days before Mr.. Lincoln
was inauguratcd. We submit these facts and
dates as incontestble proof that Secession was
not caused by any Federal attempt to "subJu'
gate the Southern States by military occupa-
ton" and could not possibly have been, any
more than tie creation of Adam can have been
caused by the Noachian Deluge.
-Our Reverend author, carefully supprcssing
all allusion 20 Slavery. makes smother attempt
%. 40 to set forth the origin of the War, and
succeeds in falsifying most notorious facts a,
follows:
"The first collision Of the War for Independence Of
the Southern States occurred at Charleston IN tue
Spring Of sol. and was Occasoncd by the President
elected by the citizens Of tie Northern States attempt
ing to s:e provision and occupy the forts in Charles
harbor. and Turn he guns upon ne city the! were
designed 20 protect
This is rather steep; but the Reverend author
had Just before asserted that " the first decided
outbreak of the Revolution Of 70 occurred III
Charleston. in November, l775 that is to
say. seven months after the bloody collision Of
and British flight from Lexington, Mass,
april 10TH and five months after that tolera-
bic chunk o: fight (June 18th, T5) on So
called Bunker Iilli Our clerical friend Is
plainly not the man 10 stick at triiies. And
when he asserts that the bombardment OF Sum
ter was occasioned by al attempt OF Prcsi-
dent Lincoln 10 seize the forts in Charles
ton harbor and turn their guns upon the city,
We must regard it merely as a way he has.
But Mr. Stewart would not be perfect in bis
par, as champion Of the Confederacy If he
were not rs clever at insinuating falsehood rs
directly asserting it,
He not only includes among his Confederate
States" Kentucky and Missouri, which have
pcrsistcntly. Overwhelmingly refused to secede,
bat MARYLAND and even Delaware, where the
Rebellion has not even tried 10 have "a local
habitation and name" He is 70 knayish a.
even 10 assert, in a note Up. lOJ) on the Dead
Sea, that
"1his celebrated las recently been explored by
IN American tAIIp!inf party hih'N ~ ~
Commodore Lynch. 81 he CoHJfderate SAFES Nary
which is Just as true and honest a. would lie q
British Tory statement that Virginia was
rayagcd in I7o0 by military force commanded
by Benedict Arnold, one of the earliest AMI
most efficient OF the officers who upheld by their
swords the Colonial Rebellion.
Mr.. Stewart is not content with the complex
role of historian, geographer and politician; he
must be a prophet az well. He tells W (p. 43)
that great efforts have been made by the
Northern Government to capture Richmond
and break up the Confedcracy, but that,
"By tie constant. evident and acknowledged aid o:
the God 81 Battles and King Of Nations these efforts
have all failed; and at vast expense II suffering and
blood the people Of the Southern States have fought
their own way to political independence and TO the
respect and ary Of the great nations Of the world
which, fit should only serve TO admonish some
Of our over-sanguine folks not TO halloo before We
are out Of the woods, nor count their chickens
before they are Matched, nor insist on having
cuiprits hung before they have been caught, will
mot have been put forth utterly in vain.
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