Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-05

al Congress. Twenty days later, jan
uary 9th, Mississippi followed and her
delegation, Jefferson Davis and the
rest babe Congress good bye. Next
day, out went little Florida, and the
next day Alabama. Eight days later,
January 10Th, Georgia passed her or
dinance of Secession and one week at
| ter Georgia, Louisiana took herself as
she thought, out of the Union. Texas
was out, so she supposed, March LIST.
Meantime Mr.. Lincoln, had gone in i'm
minent peril of his life to Washington.
At his Inauguration, Chief Justice
fancy, author of the notorious bred
Scott decision, that negro could not
become a citizen of the United States,
and that no cOlored man in this coun-
try had any rights that white man
was bound to respect, administered the
oath of office. The tone of Mr.. Lin
coins inaugural, was conciliatory, but
firm. He assured the South that there
was no purpose, or any right, to inter.
fere with slavery in the States where
it existed, and that all occasion of irri-
tation would be avoided; but that the
so called acts of secession were of no
validity and that the supremacy of the
government must be acknowledged,
and would be maintained. 1t was re-
ceived at the North with great satisfac-
ton. At the South, it was regarded as
declaration of war.
South Carolina having made herself
proud sovereign state had sent ENJOYS
to Washington during Mr.. Buchanan's
administration, to negotiate for the
surrender of Fort Sumpter, by the Gov
eminent, asserting her claim to the
Fort as sovereign state by right of
eminent domain" Failing in this,
she had planted powerful batteries at
every point. On the 9th of April the
steamer Star of the West, sent out by
the Government for that purpose, at
tempted to provision Fort Sumpter but
was fired upon from Fort MOultrie and
| by two Confederate steamers, and drly-
EN- out of the harbor. On the 18th of
April at half past four in the morning
a battery of heavy Columbiads on Sui
livan's Island opened on Fort Sumpter
and soon the Fort became the target of
all the concentric batteries. Gen. An
derson, after gallant defense, was
forced to surrender, though with the
honors of war. Saluting the flag with
fifty guns, then formed and with side
arms, and with colors flying marched
out at nine a. m. of the 14th, the band
playing Yankee Doodle" and Hail
to the Chief"
These soldiers know and the older
generation here know the tenseness of
feeling at the North, as the fateful tele-
grams came one after another over the
wires. You remember the crowds
around the bulletin boards, and the
fever heat of indignation. 1t had not
been thought possible that the South
would force the conflict or fire on the
old flag. Next day April 18th, came
the Presidents Proclamation, calling
for 5000 men, for three months, and
commanding those who were in arms
against the government, to dispense
within twenty days. Jefferson Davis,
read the proclamation to the COnfeder-
ate Congress at their called session at
Montgomery, April 29th, and especially
the mandate to dispense within twenty
: days, amid shouts of derisive laughter
| The shouts would have been less con.
, temptuous, the laughter less derisive
if they could have known the calls that
1 were to follow, to the tremendous sum
7 total of 2,S00OOO men. The governors
g answered the call with impudent re
| luSdl. hdSolllll, ICDliOu
Y Kentucky will furnish no troops, fol-
e her sister Southern States" Letcher
t Virginia: 1.-THE militia of Virginia
+ will not be furnished to the authorities
/ at Washington, to help subjugate tn,
g South" Harris, Tennessee: "Tenne
: see will not furnish a single man, TO
d coercion, but $1,000 if necessary. for tn,
y defense of our rights, and of our South
t ern brothers." Jackson, Missouri: 9Th,
l. requisition is unconstitutional, illegal
It revolutionary, inhuman and diabOlica
l. and cannot be complied with" Quit,
in contrast was the prompt, patriotic
e ringing response of the governors o
S northern states Governor Andrew, o
II Massachusetts, had anticipated the cal
d and four regiments were ready. From
IL Maine to California, there was the rol
i, of the drum the muster of men ant
S regiments hurrying to the defense o
d the National Capital and of the Union
n You remember how the MaSSa
/, chusetts 9th, the first regiment to at
# tempt to pass through Baltimore, wa
: attacked by the mob, two killed ant
! several wounded and how they strug
l. gled through; killing eleven of the moi
e and wounding an unknown number
l. Through Baltimore" became tn
t watchwOrd and rallying cry and crowd
S cheered the departing regiments of de
t, termined men. The way through Bal
e timore, was reOpened at length despit,
: Coy. Hicks, and the Maryland Legisla
# ture, who implered Mr.. Lincoln to max
d peace with the Seeded States and sen
# a message of sympathy to the Confed
# crate Congress. On May 18th, tn
e Pennsylvania LIST, fully armed ant
l. equipped passed through the city o
y scowling secession sympathizers, witt
h band playing and with colors flying
d on the 18th, Gen. Butler with the New
o York 9Th and Massachusetts, 9th
\ which had been so roughly handled il
IS the streets of Baltimore, took posses
II sion of Federal Hill commanding Bal
l. timore and Fort McHenry, and tn
+ old flag shook out its folds, over tn
IS Court House and Custom House ant
+. Baltimore plug-uglies, roughs and riot
II ers, were like little lambs under tn
t muZZles of Federal Cannon. Virginif
l. Tennessee, North Carolina and Arkan
t. saS vent out of the Union and into tn
Southern GGlfederacy after the procla
ID nation of the President. The Confed
lie eracy comprised eleven states.
N A permanent constitution had bee
K adopted on the 18th of March, mainl
in a copy of the constitution of the Unite
Of States, but making the institution c
it Slavery and the Sovereignty of tn
IN states as contracting parties, prom
r nent with a curious clause in referenC
le to the selling of negroes found on boar
ce captured vessels but prohibiting tn
tie slave trade. Theis material of war ha
I'd been the most of it stolen from tn
as United STRAIGHTFORWARD perhaps, fl
at it was mostly returned. They toe
Of possession of twenty.nine forts of I'll
a United States with 3,ll2 guns an
to which had cost the United States 81;
at $4,000. Troops from the north al
of troops from the south poured into vi
al ginia. On the 2lst Of July was foug
as the first important battle of the wa
d. Bull Run. Gen. Mcdowell had b1
lg 350O5 isep; less than a thousand
I'd these were OF the regular army. Tit
y. knew almost nothing of the MANUAL
ie of evolutionary tactics, and nothing ;
ey all OF the smell of powder, burned
nj | aotuol E.ttla Most of the thrI