Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-01


not take place until SO days later Peo FouaM
pie this thirteth of May must have
iet tnat there would be a conflict coo, L4
"hen or where no one could foretell II wos -
day of suspense. was
Lincoln, at the time, had not served tbroo
months as president. Between the time - 49,
.ion anu MS inauguration seven of the south
cru states mad seeded. Soon after his inaugura
uon virginia had seeded, and before tbis tLi
teth of May Arkansas and North CoroIi L,
1oloWed the example of Virginia Inmodio+I
aiter the fall of Fort Sumter Lincoln had igo,as
MS call for $4,000 troops Most of tbe nor+ta.r
states, in loyal obedience to this call bod aoI4
troops 10 washington; but many of the states
near the border line between the North ord 49,
south had defed the call Some of the Questions
asked by the people of the North on +bi -
must nave been: "Will these states too socodo ~
Gan president Lincoln hold them in the Trnioo o.,
buC question, more mOmentous than tboso
winch must have been asked by these naon1o
was: Can our troops at Washington defend tha
CITY! For 1t must be remembered that if wao
only II days before this thirtieth of Nav ,vbon
northern troops had been fired upon nv ,noh
while they were passing through Baltmoro ~
their way to Washington y"
Many people, at the time Interpreted tbis ont
to mean that Maryland, too was about n sooodo
True, the Union soldiers at WASHINGTON 5000
at thls time to be successfully defending the
before
ueth OF May had crossed the Potomac and had
taken possession of Alexandria This had 80
the Union people hopeful. but they were nv No
means confident, for at this time they had inst
received news from abroad about the exnrassionc
OF JOY which had just been made by certain En-
Iopeans VINO were predicting the immediate
do"nfall OF the American republic Then, too
many of the news items about events of the
war which were appearing in the daily news
papers indicated that there might be some foun-
cation for the prediction of the people in Europe
Here are some the news items that the people
OF the North were reading in their home papers
Inc Boston Journal for this thirtieth of May con-
tanned the following telegraphic dispatches:
The report of the surrender of the United
States troops in Texas, under command of Lieu.
tenant Colonel Reeve. the Confederate force.
under command of Colonel Van Dorm, is fully
confirmed"
General Mcdowell been informed that
General Lee. with $4,000 rebels, is advancing on
Alexandria
The New York Tribune for the same date was
to its northern readers somewhat more hopeful
Here are some Of its headlines:
Frank Blair Ordered to Fortress Monroe"
"Harpers Ferry Threatened The Rebels Like
ly to Be Surrounded"
10000 Troops to Rendezvous at Cairo"
These news items. taken from northern news
k4pers reflect the general mood and shirt of tho
people in the North who were at the time read
Big the papers. Among them there was spirit
Of uncertainty and doubt. They were uncertain
rs to the strength and purpose of the South
They doubted the ability of Lincoln who had re-
Gently been elected by new and untried DO
itical party. They were uncertain as to whether
he would yield to the demands of political BOSSES
Lincoln was not trained soldier. They were
uncertain as to whether he could succeed in the
management of his army
But the people of the South, on this thirtieth
II May were hopeful and confident Loyalty
rom their point OF view meant allegiance to
heir states. They held that the general govern
nent had no right to interfere with their forma-
ion of new government. Their loyalty 20
heir cause almost amounted to enthusiasm. They