Daily Republican., 1882-04-13

Twenty-One years ago this morning
the Northern heart was fred on the
receipt Of the news from the South thai
Fort Sumter in Charleston Harhor had
been fred upon by General Beauregard
and his rebel army the day before
Twenty years ago this day the ma
ton stood gazing at the CORY front OF
civil war with no means of escape from
the direful consequences. kilograms
were scanned over, and the newspapers
read aud reread that contained any
news whatever from the seat of war.
All hopes of peace had fed from the
Northern heart and the people solemn
ly prepared for the worst The flag of
their country had been fred upon,
National fort dismantled, loyal blood
shed and the honor Of the Nation dis
honored There are hundreds of citi-
zens Who will feel little of the old
time thrill as their thoughts 60 back
to shat day when the news came that
the war had actually commenced and
there was no honorable backing out Of
it. The people felt that when the first
ball lett the red throat of the cannon
and implanted itself in the parapets OF
Sumter on that eventful 18th of July, a
civil war was kindled up that would
not be quenched except in rivers of
blood. All the events CT the 18th and
18th of April, 1861, crowd thick and fast
upon the memory, and in Imagination
we can yet see the gallant Anderson's
transfer of his entire garrison frrm Fort
Moultrie, weak station to Sumter,
which Beauregard reported to be by
natur "a perfect Gibraltar" the APP
pearance of the South Carolina Com
missioners at Washington with the de.
sign of having him removed the traitor
Floyd's desperate attempts to bring him
to grief; Buchapan's wretched halting
between various opinions, none of them
patriotic; the seizure of fsundry forts
and other property of the United
States by the Governor Of South Caro-
lima; the building of batteries, upon the
island forming Charleston Bay; the
unsuccessful attempt of the "Star of the
West" to supply Anderson with mon
and provisions; the tarmal demand up
on Buchanan for the surrender Of
Sumter made by the Attorney General
of South Carolina; the expedition
ordered by Lincoln to relieveAnderson;
Beauregard' demand for the surrender
of Sumter and Anderson's refusal e
surrender; the bombardment that fol
lowed; the evacuation of Sumter; ali
these are salient points in the com
menceme1t of the great civil war fol-
the psrpetuity of the Union which will
be gone over in the memory of thoSt
who stop and think that it is twenty
one years since those stirring events
transpired How different that
to these times of peace and prosper
ity.
The young men and women of to day
who have Just arrived at a majority
age do not know that the red hot de
mons of war were let loose in the nation
about the time that they were born ex,
cept as it has been told TO them by
their fathers the SCARED veterans of the
present day, but the young active sol
diers OF the day, and by reading it 10
the history of their country. None o.
the hero officers who took post in the
defence of Sumter are now living ex-
eept Generals Doubleday, Seymour ant
Crawford. The latter is now writing {
book concerning the defence of For
Sumter which will be full of thrilling
intr-es st when issued. We can onl,
supplement this brief review of tina
important epoch in our coputry's his
tory With the remark; "How tim
flies"