Source: The Friend: Honolulu, Volume 19, Number 4, April 1, 1862
The news from the United States is of the most thrilling interest. Every arrival from San Francisco, brings the intelligence of one or more Federal victories. After the battle of Bull Run on the 23d of July, the Government and people of the United States, fully realized that the rebellion was a foe requiring a strong arm to put it down. They addressed themselves to the work. It took about six months to arm and equip an army of six hundred thousand and blockade a roast of two thousand miles.
During this season of preparation the South was crying, "come on," "one southern soldier is equal to five northerners," "the black flag is our banner," "we ask no quarter, neither give any." The Northern leaders kept quietly at the work of preparation, waiting for the right moment to strike. The time has come for the strike to be made, and already Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee have been nearly cleared of Secession troops.
The latest intelligence is, that Manassas has fallen, and the Northern armies flushed with victory are upon their triumphant march southward. We hope the day is near at hand, when the rebellious traitors will be put to flight and the Union lovers, scattered throughout the rebel States, will be allowed to speak out their patriotic sentiments. The plague spot of slavery, we are glad to learn, is already disappearing from that favored land. Its doom is sealed.
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