The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

Iect and army which the Blacle ItcD,,b.
llcan President has sent TO subjugate
charleston. the Carolina forces have
been forced in self-defense to attempt
the reduction OF the fort, which so
long mas mcnaccd their homes and
tlrcsides, and which Lincoln. had for
maily notified them he was about to
supply with provisions. 'peaccably if
ny can; torclbly If he must: n not!ti-
cation which. backed up nv an i'm.
'i'chse naval and military force, was
o1 course Il declaration of war Tho
war mus inauguratcd by the executive
representative Of the irrcprcssible con
ihc'' south Carolina and the Confed-
crate states have sought by every
honorable means to avoid
As long as Major Anderson rc-
NAMED In Fort Moultrle in accord
ance with the understanding bc,wo.,,
| the Carolina and Ircderal authoriti..
'ia' ne military status Of the har-
! DOT was not TO be changed not a
Carolina hand was laid upon a single
lott IN the harbor Fort Sumter vas
well known to be the kev OF mo
whole position. Yet the Carollnians
might easily have seized at any time
mis- undefended stronghold They
stood rigidly by their pledge until.
availing himself Of the darkness q,
| the night. and in utter disregard OF
me compact between two govern
mehts, Major Anderson seized, occu.
Flcd and possessed Fort sumter
spikinG the guns and turning tho gun
carriages of Fort Moultrie-an act OF
war recognized as such by all mill
tarS authorities as we'll as BY com
mon sense, and tho first act OF war
In that irrcprcssiblc conflict which
Abraham Lincoln has now fully In.
augurated.
OF an immense feet and army In the
nciGhborhood Of Charleston harbor.
intended to slaughter and destroy
their people. and 10 ciothe the whole
Southern cline in sackloth and ashes.
that the citizen soldiers OF the South
have made at last. when no other re-
source WAS left them. a solemn ap-
peal TO the God OF Battles
No Invasion, Snyx Lincoln.
ing. April II, hut the paper Of April ! )
carried under Washington date line
President Lincoln's announcement OF
the commencement Of hnstilitics II
also tells OF I4incoln's interview with
the Virginia Commissioners as to the
policy Of the administration. Mr.. Lin.
coins letter TO the commi ssi oncrs
printed in full. says, There Will be
no invasion--no using OF force against
or among the people anywhere"
Under the head Of Local Matters
the papers OF Monday, April IS, tell OF
great rejoicing among the people and
unparalleled excitement over the sur
render Of Fort Sumter. There was a
great gathering In the Capitol square,
when patriotic addresses were made
By J. g. Shelter w. NJ. Amber, G. lrv-
ing John NJ Patton, .lr.. G l.. Gordon
and r. B. Wexford Jr The Dispatch
says: IAN entrance was effected into
the Capitol and several inpulsive
gentlemen. making their way 10 the top
of tho structure. soon had the glorious
emblem of southern inde Pcndence way
ING in tho breeze. II was Afterwards
taken down by order of Governor
Letcher." There is also an account OF
the raising Of a faG OF the Confcderacy
at the Trcdegar Iron Works.
Richmond Celebrates.
TIE nag was salutcd with seven guns
for the seven states then In Secession
and zone big gun Was fired in homo,
OF Virginia, in hope that her repre-
sentativcs will soon do their duty.
Speeches were made by John Randolph
j Tucker, Acknowledgement. and by L. ,
I Hall Thousands of people gathered n
Main Street and there were speeches
at the Spottswood Hotel. Dispatch Of
II fee Exchange Hotel, 'honfires on
Church and Union Hills" torchlisht
~ nlOf
tons
Matters were approaching a crisis
Hon. William Ballard Preston, Alex
H. H. Stuart and George w. Randolph
were named by the convention as COM
missioners to visit Mr.. Lincoln and as
certain his intentions toward the seced
ing States. a Washington dispatch
printed in the Dispatch Of April 15
says: 1.-THE commissioners are said to
be f'isgusted with the arrogance Of
the Baboon Of Illinois, a somewha;
scornful reference to the President 81
the United States, in view Of the fact
that Virginia had not then seeded
Preparing for War.
There arc accounts Of q pared of the
First Virginia Regiment, under Captain
James H. Chamberlayne; drills Of the
IIowitZers and all manner of warlike
preparations. Meanwhile, according TO
tic papers, the Hastings Court went
pcdCcIull oh, ithcWlfS tdNcll dho
ordinary licenses.
A Dispatch editorial of April IS
urging secession, asserts that such a
step would save the expense of war
with the North and leave a surplus
The same day the Dispatch refers cdi-
torially to Black Republican ruffians
and cutthroats. who expect to invade
tho South and to set our cities on fire
The fire that thees inccndiarics have
kindled in Charleston will involve
every city In the North, until the
whole land Is enveloped in flames. Let