The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-22

Err authenticity n the reported downfall n
Charleston no longer sdmiis Of a doubt Union
soldiers occupy the city, Union war vessels lay
quietly at ~ vhhrveA aud a." Union emblem,
which nearly four year. ago was rnt. lessly torn
from the ramp.rts ~ Fort Sumter ny traitor
hands, once more trump snuy waves over
g. arl,-,on and its defencrs. The same htu.h,y
oousJlrators Who ast,tel CALnorss germ o. re-
beuon until is influence permestei the ennro
South; the same eowardy traitors who :. last
IRA led IN the aust tho fAg under whose protection
,hoy bad no long prospered the same ds-ards
who gloated over the capture Of Major AsDTasos
and his ninety men, have deserted the scene Of
their ignominy tn ESCAPE that re,rlhution which
SlwayS sooner or lN,er o'er.akes the evil-doer.
To fate Of Charleston is an example which in the
fturc will Ne pointed n proof tina, night mus,
always triumph m Me end. In this case the
triumph long deferred, but was
not the less glorious therefor The city
which hears the unenvishle reputation OF hsv-
ing been the instrument through which
the war WAS insugurated, seemed for . time
~ defy all efforts for its reduction The Efforts Of
he Union forces To secure It's capture ineTec-
tual. The Boosting and defiance ~ the traitors WAS
tumillaiing and the North WAS obliged to look
dpou the unsca,hed front Of the city which had
brought the calamity Of civil war upon the nation.
The moral erec, Of the capture Of Charleston,
therefore Ia inestimsble. II IS stroke 81 the very
root Of treason and rebellion, aud one whose effect
VIII necessarily 10 felt throughout The length and
breadth OF the ConfolerAcy. To It's people, also,
whose Sediuous teaching and example sowed the
socds q disInion, the remembrance Of this epoch
~1ll citing while they live. The thought that Il wa
themselves who precipitaci tho contest which has
eAused the voice Of mourning W he heard in every
Southern home will remain upon their minds Ike
the inefsceshle blood stains upon the hands ~
nacleih. nut the mser. eject nj tie capture Of
Charleston il not TO he overlooked TWAS tho lug-
c,, aud WITH the exception Of Richmond, ,he only
city n much consequence remaining - tho rebss.
on tho water ide ID was the most completely forr.
dcI city in tn South, and WAS perhaps ~ nearly
'nurr-nahc IT il possible for science and human
'0g ruitv to make city lis not YET stated what
tmolnt ~ stores munitions Of war, or other vsus
h'cs have fallen into the hands Of our forces OK.
crunr thst two hundred spiked cannon have been
canurcd; but il Ia not probable that tie rebels sue,
oc,ded IN removing all else that was valuable
They evidently made an attempt 70 destroy tn,
whole city by conGAsrsuon, and their efforts wer,
portally successful. Had they wholly succeeded
t'cro would have been regrets nom the NJ. d
ior nothing tut hre can purify tho incipienl re5e
lily FROM ,he foul pollusion Ct IsAIon. Il WA
modern soiom, aud deserved the f,ts Of the "ciue
~ the PLAIN" hut 1t is perhaps - well that par
q i remains standing in the ruin. Il will serve a
monument to mark the fAte Of treason, aud vii
'cn Warning thSs crime never can escape = Jus
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