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or that the army rendezvoused and equipped within its small limits was destined to hew its way to the gulf. The men of the West would not believe that the South would ever establish a blockade or fire upon the flag of the free. Finally the shot was heard, and the wide-mouthed cannon mounted on the river-bank at Columbus, turned toward the north, announced the establishment of the barrier. Fired by indignation and patriotism, the people rallied to their country's call like the hosts of Roderick Dhu. Accustomed to pioneering and roughing it, they were equal to the exigencies of the times. The spirits that controlled in the South and Southwest were so daring and so reckless that they would have undertaken any venture, no matter how mad, had they not learned of the preparations to prevent them from coming up the river. The volunteers waited not for the regulation appointments, but, with earnestness that meant success, began at once to acquire the profession of the soldier. The o