The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-04-12

4 Tragical Delusion.

Tie tragical delusi0n Of the madmen OF
Charleston four years ago, that they cou d
overthrow great nation as easily as they
could Ire upon provision ship or upon a
AtIle insulated garrison. is vividly ilns.rs
TED by the two following extracts. The fr-t
Is from the Charleston Mercury OF The l0th
Ol January, lo6l, and the second from q ler-
ter 10 the Tribune, written IN Charleston.
on the 2Oth Of February. 1868:
"Ihe expulsion Of the steamer STAR of
the West from Charleston harbor ve,terda,
morning, was tie opening Of the haA of the
revolution. We would not ex-
change or recall that blow for millions
The naughty echo Of her cannon has ere
this reverberated from Maine to Texas
through every hamlet Of the North and
down along the great waters Of the south
west. And though greasy trcacher0us ruf
hans may cry on the dogs Of war. and trait
orOus politicians may lend their AID in de-
cepuons South Carolina Will stand under
her Own palmetto-tree unterrltied Lv the
snarlng grOwls or the assaults OF the one
undecelved and uuieterrel bv the willy nla-
chinaiions Ofthe other. Andifthat red seq. ,t
blood be still lacking 10 the parchment of
our liberties, aud blood they want. blood
they shall have. and blood enough 10 stamp
II all in red. For by the God Of our fa,b-
ers. the soil OF South Carolina shall De
free >"
30 wrote men who were ready and eager
TO smother in blood q government which
they did not pretend had ever harmed them
and which they had absolutely controlled
-Four years pass. one by one their hopcs
disappear And now, amidst the deserti0n.
according 70 Governor Vance. OF halt their
army amidst the imprecatlOus ana erie. OF
Richmond journals that their leaders shall
not fee. by the mere wind OF Shermar-s
numbering march Charleston falls without
q blow, and tie crazy CITY that calsele,sl.
deLed a government a strong Is il is be-
nign. Is thus described:
Ihe wharyes looked as If they bad been
deserted for half g centurr-brOken down
ulial41alea- grass and moss peepiDg up be-
tween lne p4Vemeuts, where once the busy
feet OF commerce tr0d incessartlv. Tie
warehouses near the river: the streets as
We enter them; the houses and the store,
an1 Tie pubic Dul1lngs-we look II them
anu hold our Jreaths IL utter anazeuenr.
Every step We take increases cur astOuisl-
meat. No pen. no pencil no tongue can
10 justice 10 the scene. No IMAGINATION
can conceive Oi the utter wreck. the univer-
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-Tuln-r1in above and below: OIL the r.glt
hand and On the left; ruln-ru.n--uin-
everywhere and always; staring at Us from
every paneless window; looking out IL Is
nom every shell torn vail: giar.ug IL rs
from every battered door aud pillar and
veran1a; croucAing beneath our Zee. on
every sidewalk. Not Pompeu. not Heron
laneum. nor Thebes, nor the Nile. have RI
lbs 80 complete, SO saddeuing. 50 plalntive-
y eloquent; for they speak 10 Us of an age
no- ours, and long ago dead. win whose
people and life and ideas We have no svn-
painy whatever. But here. on these shat
tered wrecks oi houses. built In our 0wu
sly many OF them doing credit 70 the arcn-
lecture u our epoch, We read names Ian.il-
iar 10 us al telling us Of trades ard pro-
tessiOus and commercial institutions. which
every modern city reckOns up by the hun
dred; yet dead. dead dead: Is silent As The
grave u Tie PhaTa0hs: = deserted a. the
oaZaars oftle merchant princes ofO.ITr!e 90
-HTper's Wssk,y.