War Or No War

The seceders marched in armed bodies, and compclled the guards of the United States forts and arsenals to surrender them ; but it was not war. With arras in their hands they captured niillions' worth of cannon, small arms, and munitions of war belonging to the United States ; but it was nol war. They seized tho ships of tho United States ; but it was not war. ïhoy seized the mints and the monoy of the United States, and applied them to thoir own use ; but it ivas not war. They fired on an uuarmed ship, carrying supplies to a fortress of the United States ; hut it was not war. They are bosioging tho fortresses of the United States, have surrounded them with military works, and cut off their supplies ; but it is not war. But if the UnitediStates attempts to relieve their beleaguered garrison, or even send them provisions in an ucarmed sel, it n war. If tboy atteinpt to transport a cannon from ono fort to another, or from a í'oundry to a fort, it is war. If thoy transfer a soldier from fort to fort, or from State to State, it is war. If they send out a ship to proteot their loyal citizens, it is war. To talk of oxeouting tbeir laws, protecting their oommeree, or collocting tbeir revenue, it is war, horrible war. Since the foregoing vas written, the rebels havo taken Fort Sumpter. Js that