heard of in their dignified retirement,
or hounding on the fanatic warfare, or themselves joining 'the noble
army of martyrs for liberty' marching on the South."[779] Other papers
were no less indignant. "We are told," said the Richmond _Examiner_,
"that the whole North is rallying as one man--Douglas, veering as ever
with the popular breeze; Buchanan lifting a treacherous and
time-serving voice of encouragement from the icy atmosphere of
Wheatland; and well-fed and well-paid Fillmore, eating up all his past
words of indignation for Southern injuries, and joining in the popular
hue-and-cry against his special benefactors."[780] The _Enquirer_,
speaking of Daniel S. Dickinson as "the former crack champion of
Southern Rights," sneered at his having given his "adhesion to Lincoln
and all his abolition works."[781] To the South which believed in the
constitutional right of secession, the contest for the Union was a war
of subjugation, and whoever took part in it was stigmatised. "The
proposition to _subjugate_," said the _Examiner_, "comes from the
metropolis of the North's boasted conservatism, even from the largest
beneficiary of Southern wealth--New York City."[782]

[Footnote 777: Richmond _Examiner_, April 15, 1861.]

[Footnote 778: April 26, 1861.]

[Footnote 779: April 23, 1861.]

[Footnote 780: April 24, 1861.]

[Footnote 781: April 22, 1861.]

[Footnote 782: April 30, 1861.]

In the midst of the patriotic uprising of the North, so disappointing
and surprising to the South, an event occurred that cast a deep shadow
over New York in common with the rest of the country. The press,
presumably voicing public opinion, demanded that the army begin the
work for which it was organised. Many reasons were given--some
quixotic, some born of suspicion, and others wholly unworthy their
source. The New York _Tribune_, in daily articles, became alarmingly
impatient, expressing the fear that influences were keeping the armies
apart until peace could be obtained on humiliating terms to the
North.[783] Finally, on June 27, appeared a four-line, triple-leaded
leader, printed in small capitals, entitled "The Nation's War-Cry." It
was as mandatory as it was conspicuous. "Forward to Richmond! Forward
to Richmond! The Rebel Congress must not be allowed to meet there on
the 20th of July! By that date the place must be held by the National
Army!"[784] This war-cry appeared from day to day with editorials
indicating a fear of Democr