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Aotti poittrit.
TUE Tllllllll2 R•BS§
I weer • tight at tke window pane
Oaa can and starry nlght,
had.' know, there wore btuTptere them.
Ildsldog • riihemo White:
Lad I knew that their hearts werelight sad' a 7
La they sowed-the adornipplatry
A boantifid wreath they hid twined that day,
To do on hoz playa brown hair ;
Midi know they bad foidod a snowy volt
To clasp on her marble brow
--liii-Verikit"*. - 10111e -- br - bersid; •• •
stand, e
• And utter the solemn vow.
• I saw a fight at the window pane ..,.;.-x...
1 When the wind went sobbing by,
And odd and Iltlid drifts of rain
Yell from the weeping sky.
And not is star from Its home looted down
On the dwellings otmeo below;
And the pale moon shrank from the fearful frown,
And bid Its foe in the trolling gown c „
ON the nimbi, in het grief and woo ;
i And I knew there were busy fingers theirs
Owning a robe dg white ;
..4 11 014 la AOKI IVIIPatk. for_ hat palchrowniudr, ---
• Bedewed with lb. tams of those watchers so Ads,
• • They bad twined by that n.idnigbt light..
Away. above, where the iweet•lioedinitre
Am singing ereation's hymn, '
Thine ahinith a glory so pure sod bright,
That the lisle of the aunt if dim.
-- There I see a ooneourwrof angels Aar
Preparing a robe so White,
Ommolog a mown forth* pale brown hair
Ufa beantifloutiden awaiting there
To be envied ao morel bright.
Thee L ktmew that one home In this world of eon
1 •
Ead,vrltonesd a sad farewell.
Aad, I knew that the angels had weloommi her
, to their beaatilla home to dwell.
a 1 isplitatutaus.
LITTER FkOM 12L-PRESIPFXT 811
CHANAN.
To Ms Eceturs of Me National Intelligen
ces
On Wednesday last. I received the No ,
!tonal Leielligencer, containing Gen. Scott's
address to the public. This is thoughont en
undisguised censure of my conduct during
' the last months of the administ,ratiop, in re
' gard to the seven.Ootton-States now-in re
, hellion. From our past relations, I was
greatly surprised at thu appearance of such
‘. a paper. In one lespett, however, it was
highly gratifying. It has justified . me, nay,
it has rendered- t liAsolutuly necessary, that
I should no kmgealusain Silent in respect
' to chalets' which:Tina -been long vaguely
circulating, butrzare now endorsed by the
responsible name of Gen. Stitt. -
I. The first and most prominent among
these charges is my Talmud immediately to
garrison nine enumerated fortifications, scat
tered over six of the Southern States, ac
cording to the recommendation of General
War Department on the 29th and 30th of
October, 1860. And it has even been al
leged that if this had been done it *Ott
have prevented the civil war. t Ohl""
This refusal is attribnted, without th e
least cause, to the influence ( Of Governor
Eoyd. All my Cabinet must bear me wit
newt that 1. was the President myself, re
sponsible for all the acts of the adminiatre..
six
. montiut previous to the 29th December,
ISO, the day on which be resigned his office,
after my requi*,.tie exercised leas influence
• n the administration than any other mem..
per of the Cabinet. Mr. Bolt was immodi2
ately thereafter transferred from the Post
Office Department to that of War ; so that,
which woe by far the moat important period
4 the administration, be performed the de,
••
lea of Secretary of War to my entire satin
faction. 41
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But why did not immediately z garrison
nine 'ow in enelvinenner, to
vise the of Glen. as to make
any attempt to taco ani one of them by
surprise or comp-de main ridiculous ?"
There is ow answer both easy and. eoncla
) live. even if other valid' commis did not exist.
• There were no available troops within reach
which could be mot to these fortifications.
lo have attempted.' military operation on $
• nude so extensive by any means within the
/ President's power would have been simply
.beard. Of this Gen. Soott himself Boerne
A to Imo been eareinced, for on the day after
thetate of his Brat "views" he addressed
(on the 30th October) supplemental views to
War Department, In which he states
"There is one (regular) company in Boston,
one Amt. (at the Narrows) one at Psteberg,
one et Augusta, Ga., one at licuou Rouge—
in all fine companies only within reach to ggr,-
rises or reinforce the forts mentioned es 'the
"
Pin companies—four hundred non—to
occupy end reinforce nine ftrtificatione in
six highly suited Southern thates,! The
force "within reach!' was so entirli Waif& '
gnats that nothing more need ne said on the
subject. To havii attempted such a milita
ry operation with so Wile a force, and the
Presidential election impending, would have
bees an invitation to collision and secession.
'lndeed, if Um whole American Misr; don-
Mining then of only sixteen thousand men,
bad bees "within reach," they would have
• -it scarcely sufficient for tills purpose.—
' • Ch was owl want of trove that, although
Gen. Scott, believing, In opposition to the
opinion of the committee naiad in the How,
of Representatives, that the inaugaratiOn of
Mr. Lincoln might be interrupted by milita
ry force, was only able to assemble at
Washington, so taut as the 4th of March,
Six hundred and Afty three men, rank
_and
ale, orttlisaney. And, to 'minks up this
nutaMt, even the uppers and miners were
brought from West Point.
'i;"7 - 7"- - •. . , 1 , .i. orce WI -
in myth /s This question could be better
ansicereteby Gen. Scutt, hiiself than any
other person. ' Our timid!" regular army,-
. h the. ir_ciiip - AriiiTsr - -s:isits-htiodtekt men,
were out of reach, on our remote frontiers,
where it had been continually stationed for
years, to protect the inhabitants and the em:
*rants on their way thither against the at
tackstof hostile Indiana. Ail were inside.
cient, and both Gen. Scott and myself had
endeavored in vain to prevail upon Congress
to raise several additional regiments for this
purpose. In recommending this augments
Lion of the army, the General states in his
report to the War Department of November,
1857, that "it would not more than fur
nish the-reinfoeeetnents - nowgrestlyvneded - .
in Florida. Texas, New Mexico, California.
Oregon, tt ashington, (T.,) Kansas, Nebras
ka. Minnesota, leaving not a dompany for
Utah." And again, in his report of Norem•
her. 1856. he says . -. . ..
"This want of troops to give reasonable
security to our citizen in distant 'settlements
including emigrants ,on the plains, can
scarcely be toe strongly staled ; but T will
only add, that often as we base been oblig •
ed to withdraw troops from one frontier in
order to ref force another, the weakened
points have been instantly attacked, or
threatened with formidable invasion."
These "views" of General Scott exhibit
the crude 'notions then, prevailing even
among intelligent and patriotic then on this
subject of secession. In the first sentence
the General, whilst stating that "to save
time the right of secession/D*4 be conced
ed," yet immediately says, "this-is instant
ly balanced by the correlative right on the
part of the Federal Government against an
interior State or, States to re-establish by
force if necessary, its former continuity of t r
ritory." For this he cites "Parley's Moral
and Political Philosophy, last chapter." It
may ksithere, but I have _been : unable to
And it. Whilst it is difficult to ascertain his
precise meaning in this passage, he renders
what he did not mean quite clear in his
supplementary "views." In these hh says:
"It will be seen that thir•viests' only apply
to a case , of secession that mikes a gap in
the present Union." The falling oft of Tex-_
as, or of all the Atlantic States, from the
Potomac south (the very case which has'oc
curred) was not within the scope of General
Scott's "provisional remedies ;" that is •to
say, to establish by force, if necessary, the
continuity of onr territory. In his 'views'
he also states as follows : •But break this
polvical madness may contrive, sod there
would be no hope of recruiting the frag
ments except by the laceration sod despot•
tllilitetorttr' Trbffect inicliiesuit the
intestine wars oI our Mexican neighbors
would, in comparison with ours, sink into
mere child's play.' In the General's opin
ion 'a smaller aril (than these intestine wars)
would be to *How the fragments of the,
great Republic'to form`A
Confederacies, probably four,"
points out what ought to be the
between the new Unions
of each goes so far as ores
cities which ought to
three first on this
lundaries
at the and
G indicate the
the capitalß or the
e of the Rocky Moun•
olumbta, South• Carolina,'
twine, to Wit,
New . excluding, Washington city alto
ge .r. This indication of capitals contain : ,
d in the original now in mrposseession is
curiously omitted in the rinsion a publlshed
in the National Intelligencer. Pie desig
nates no capital for the fourth Union on the
Pacific. The reader will judge what en•
couragement these views, proceeding from
so distinguished a source, mite:, have afford
ed to the secessionists of the cotton StateiL
1 trust 1 have said enough, and more than
enough, to cOrivia every mind why 1 did
not, with a force Wive companies, attempt
to reinforce Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on
the Mississippi ; Fort Morgan, below Ho"
bile ; Forts Pickens and M'Oree, in••Fboes.
cola harbor ; Fort Pulaski.. below Seran•
had ; Forte Moultrie and Sumpter, Charles..
ton harbor, and Fort Monroe, in Virginia.
These 'views,' both original and supple
mentary, were published by General Booth.
in the National ha elligencer of January 18,
1881, it the most important sad critical pea .
nod of the administration. Their public&
Lion; at that time, Gould do no possible good
and might do much harm• To hero pub•
lished them, without the President's knowl
edge and consent, Was as much in violation
of the leered eontldende which ought to pre
vail between the comminrding general of the
. y and . the oorninander in chief as it
Ogld have been for the Secretary of War
to public!' the same documents without his
authority. What is or more. importance.
their publication was calculated injuriously
to affect the compromise reworks then
pandiag-hcfore_OoagturicermL_ the _uountry,
and to encourage tile geoptsionists itc their
mad and wicked attemi to shatter the
Un
ion into fragments. From the Inat respect
which I then entertained. tot tile General I
it our In silenec.,_
It is worthy of remark that soon after the
,presidential election representations of what
these •riews' contained, of more or less cor
mules& were unfortunately circulated, es
pecially throughout the South. The editors
of the National lntelligencer, in assigning a
reasorifbr their publication, state that both
in public prints and in public sten silty-
Woos had beet made to them,and me mis
t * vrehensions of c •
abroad.
2' and 3.. General,Scott states that he ar
rived in„,Waalditgunt qo the 12th. and 'ac.
cea.paoied by the Secretary Of _VVar,Aeld
convifrattion with the President on the 15th
December. Whilst I have no recollection
wfuttever of this Conversatioit he doubtless
states corrowly that I did refuse t 4 send
Three hundred men to reinforce Major An
derson at' Fort Moultrie, who had not then
re m oved to Fort Sumpter. The reiulon for
this refusal is manifest to all who . recollect
the history of the time. But twelve days
before in the annual message of the 3d of
December, 1 had urged upon congress the
adoption of amendments to the Constitution
of the same character with those subse.
quality ftiVPtakd by Imo. Critiendea , tailed
the 'Crittenden Compromise.' At that time
high hopes were entertained throtighout the
country that theme would be adopted. Be
sides, I-believed, and this eorrepilx.ots the
event proved. that Major Anderson was then
in no danger of attack. tilde - M - 1e and his I
command were then treated with marked'
kindness by the authorities and people of
Charleston. tinder these.circumstauces, to
have sent such a force there 'would have
been onlytco impair Ile hove of compromise:
to provoke collision and disappoint thefoun
try.
There are some details of this conven
tion in regard to which the General's mem
ory, must be defective. At present I shall
specify oaly one. I could not have stated
that on a future contingent occasion I would
telegraph 'Major Anderson of Fort Moultrie
to hold the forte (Moultrie and Sumpter,)
against attack because, with Prudent fir.s"
caution, this had already been,don, several
days before through a special messenger
sent to Major Anderson for this very pur
pose. I refer to Major Buell. of the army.
The General's supplementary note of the
same day, presenting to me kkar: Jackson's
conthmtjh'l3B, 'dining the - oeriod
cation, as snlexample, requires no special
notice. Bien if the metes were not entirely
different, I had previously determined upon
a policrof my own, as will appear from any
annual message. This was, at' every hits
and, to collect the customs at , Charleston,
and outside of tistport;if need be, in a ves
sel of war. Mr. Colonels, the existing col
lector, as I had anticipated, resigned his of
lice about the end of December: and imme
diately thereafter I nomtated to the Senate
then
note tha commander of the war 'lnitials o@
Pensacola, and Lieut. Stemmer, command.
ing Fort Pickens, to oommit no act of hos.
tility, and not to land Capt. Vogdes' com
pany unless the fort should kw attscked.'—
Ale afterwards stages, vain brackets,
'Tha oi. note Ine
0 annul ice W4B consequent upon the meet•
iag of the Peace Convention at Washington,
and was understood to terminate with it.'
Theseitatements betray a singniar want
of memory on the part of-Genera-Scott:- It
scarcely credible that this very joint note,
presented . in such odious colors, was submit
ted to Genera& Scott on the day it was pre
pared (29th January) end met his entire ap
probaticn. I would not venture to make
this assert:on if I did not possess conclusive
evideace to prove it. On that day, &mots
ry Holt addressed me a note, from which
the following is, an extract ,'1 have the
satisfaction of saying that on submitting the
paper to Genera/ Scott he expresipdhintseff
satisfied with it, saying that Wqe could iai
no objection to the arrangement en a milita
ry point of view or otherwise.' This re
quires no comment. That the General had
every reason to be satisfied with the ar
tansemeet will appear from the Allowing
statement
A revolutionary ouihreak had otiourrad hi
Flonda ; the troops of the United States
kg been expelled from Pensacola and the
adjacent navy yard ; aid Lieut. Skimmer,
of the artillery, With his brave little com
mend, had been fowled to take refuge In
Fort Pickens, where he was in imminent
danger ever/,moment of liming captaind by
a vastly superior force. Owing to We inter-
ruptiou of tegnlar communications Secreta
ry Holt did not receive infortiation of, these
eyeata until several days lifter their occur
ranee:add then through a letter addressed
to a third parson. lie instantly informed_
tietrresiden4 or thefairi itilfithiforcements.
provisions, and military 84res Were
patched by the Brpoklyn to Fort Pickens,
IMMut a moment's unmessintry delay.—
She left Fortress Monroe on we 24th oP.Tan
rump
Well &MOO apprehensions were bowel , -
er entertained at the time of her- departure
that theereinforcemants, with the vessels of,
war st db great distance from rryrf Pickens,
could not arrfve 4 ln time to &BO it -*elle
the impending attack. in this state
pease, and whilst Lieut. Ellernmer was in
extreme peril, Senators Slideillitisfer and
Bigler received • telegraphic dispatch from
z' • Plovdiv, p . • -st 7 Pen
saeola, on the 28th of him , with :he ur
gent ripest that they should lay it before
the Pr4ident. This di w i ck expressed
earnest desire to malutaia the peace, as well
as the most positive warm* that nowt
tack would be made on . Port Pickens if the
present status ahoujd. be preservedi
This proposal was carefully ~ considered.
both with a view to the beet, of the , fort,
and the unhappy effect which an actual col
!Ilion either at that or any other point
might produpe on the peace convention then
about to assemble at Washington. The re
sult was that a joint dispatch was carefully
prepared by the Secretaries of War and Na
aczepting the proposal.• with important
modifications, which wsia transmitted b
teTegiiiiiioniii - e - 29th January to Lteut•
Skimmer and to thenaval commanders near
the station. it is too lopg for transcription
sullicelt to pay it wits carefully guarded at
every point for the security of the fort and
its free communicatTon with Washing'
ton.
The result was highly fortunate. The
Brooklyn bad a long passage. Although she
left Fortress Monroe on the 24th January.
she did not arrive at Pensacola until the 6th
February.' In the Meantime Fort Pickens
with Lieut. Slemmer (whose condiEt des
erves high commendation)and his Ws little
band wete placed by virtue of this Arrange
merit in perfect security until an - adequate
.fore_had arrived_ te_defend it_ against any
attack. The fort is still in our possession,
Well might Gen. Scott have exressed
his satisfaction with tkis arrangement.—
The general was oorrect in the supposition
that this arrangement was to expire on , the
termination of the Peace convention.
V. But now we, come to an important
period when dates wilt be essentially ne
cessary to dise'ntansle the statement of Gen.
Scott. The South Carolini Commission
era were appointed on the 22d, and. arriTed
, ard all friendly political and personal
Bourse finally ceased between the rev
lary Senators and the President, and
~l
and especially by Mr, Jefferson Da
ndeed their intercourse had previous .
of the coldest °harbor ever since
'resident's anti-seoetssion message at
)mmencement of the session of Con-
er these changed oiroomstanoes, Gen
kr note on Einnday.lhe 30th of De
r, addressed the following. ing,uf-
==
11MI
031:3
•'Will the President permit ,Gen. Sao t,
_without reference to the War Department,
and °themes as mired, as possible, to
send two hundred and fifty recruits from
New York harbor to reinforoe Fort Sumpter
together with some extra muskets and rifles
that a stoop of war and cutter may be or
dered for elevate. purpose • to morrow. , ~
The Otnieral seems not to have then
known thit Mr—Floyd was out of office.
Never did a request meet a more prompt
compliance. It was received on Sunday'
evening, Deoember 30th. On Monday morn
ing I gave instructions to the War and Na
ry Department and on Monday evening
General Scott tattle to congratulate me that
the Secretaries had issued the necessary
orders to - the army and nav'y officers and
that they wire in Ins possession. The
Brooklyn with troops, military stores and
provisions, forthwith from fortress Monroe
to Fort Sumpter. I am therefore. utterly
latireestrisaffinerwlty the General in his
statement should have why
South Carolina Commissioners bad aireadit,
been many days In Washington and
movement of defence (on the pact of the
United States) was permitted.' These ma;
• ithiotseriawrived in Washington on the ,
27th December ; Got. SOcittii request was
made to the President on the 30th. It was
complied with ou the 314, and a Single day
is all that represents the "many days" of
the Oeiteril.
Again, Genetiil ( tiditt :speeds, fa the face
of' these fads, that the Pleitidetit refused , to
Allow arty dittesept4 be statie-tto relnibree
Port Sumpter—because he wiulthol ding ne
gotiations with the South Oarobes Comm's'.
loners. And still s agsin that 'afterwards
Secretaty Holt and myself endeavored in
vain to obtain a ship of war for the purpose
and were finally obliged to employ the pas%
Senger - itteather'Srsicif thelrest" l-- Will it
be believed that the aubatttation of the 'Star
of the West" 'for the powerful war steamer,
ikifilial's, of which he imw complains, was
the advice of Gen Scott himself I I bate
er heard thii doubled tuttli I Mid the
Untie° t.
At the interview already referred to be
tween the times! and myself, on'the even
log of Monday the 31st of December, 1 sus
paled to him that although I had not re•
leaved the South Carolina Oettitnismonors to
their official capacitice, but merely ; as pri,
rate gentleman, yet it might be considered
an improper act to send the Brooklyn wilt.
reinforcementa to Fort Sumpter until I bed
Tecaltvdvi answer (Foto them to my letter
of the Preceeding day ; that the delay could
not continue more than forty eight boursH
e•prvmptly - amenrettitilhis auggeatiou ae
gentlemanly and proper; ind the - ordere
were not transmitted to the Brooklyn that
eV - ening. My anticipations were correct for
on the morning of the Ind of• ,launoary I
received their insolent note and sent. if 611 ck
to them. In the meantime howeier the
General bad become convinced by the rep«
reeentations of a gentleman whom 1 Co. bear
to name that the better plan, as the Sucre.
Caries of War and Navy informed - me, to se
cure secrecy and success end reach the fort
would be to send a fast side wheel mercan
tile steamer from New York with the rein..
West was selected for this duty. The sub.
salt ion of this mercantile steamer for the
Brooklyn, which 'timid have been able to
defend herself in case, of attack, wag nitro•
tantly yielded by the to the high military
judgment ottlen. Scott.
The change of programme required a brief
space of time ; but the Star of the West left
New York for Charleston on the evening ef,
the Stii.of January: On the very Jay how.
ever when this ill fated steamer left New
York. a telegram was dispatched by Oen.
Scott, to Col. Scott to countermand har de- ,
pasture ; but it did not reach
. its destination
anti) after she bed gone to sea. The reason
for this oountertnand shell be stated in the
-language of Secretary Bolt; to bE found in
letter addressed by him to Mr, Thom
the late Secretary of the interior on.
March Mi. and published in t
Intelligrucer. Mr. 1.1411. Bs
"The countermaind s. - en of (by Air
Thompson) was not , . re cordially sanction•
ed by the Presi • .1 than it was by Gen.
Scott and 113 - elf ; not beam:ado( any dis
sent ho .e order on the part of the Prost.
dent .ut because of a letter received that
• • from Major Anderson, stating in effect,
that he regarded himself secure in his peal.
Lion ; and yet more from intelligene which
late on 'Satarday evening (AM January 111-
61) reached the Department, that a heavy
battery had been erected among the sand
hills at the entrance to Sharleatown harbor,
which would probably destroy any unarmed
vessel (and such wtb toe Stai of the Watt)
which might attempt to make its way to
Port Sumpter. This important infbrmation
satisfied the govern Bent that there wai no
present necessity for sending reinforcements
and that when sent they should go, not is a
vessel of commerce, but of war. Hence the
y them in the
to New York ; but the Teasel had sailed a
short time before it reached the officer, Col.
Scott, to whom It was:addressed..
A statement of these facts established by
dates, proves conclusively that the Presi
dent was not only willing but anxious in the
briefest period to reinforce Fort Sumpter.
• On the 4th of January, the day before the
; • departure of the Star of the west from New
Anent admits
succor was rent to Fort Taylor, Key West.
and to Fort Jetforsoui Tortugas island,
which reached these polite In tame for firth.
security. He tieverthiless eireettlates on
the consequences which, might have follow•
ed had the icinforoemente net roadbed their
destination in d.. -
that, -
el ins ettriordinary opinion . with the'
posession of these the rebels might
have purchased an early recognition.'.
I shall next &dreg( to the statement, -that
the expedition Wider - Captain Ward, 'of
three or four small iteamers belonging to
the coast survey was kept back by soar
thinglike a truce or armistice 'made hers,Ll
embracing CharlestoS and Pensacola lime,:
bore, agreed between the late President and
certain principal seceders of South Caroline,
Florida. Lonisenia Lc. And We truce las
ted to the end of the administration—Things
Iltogethet distinot in their nature aro often
so blended in this statement that it is daft.
cult to separate them. Such is eminently
the ease in conneatiug the (acts relative to
Charlestop c3th Pensacola. ,JSavtdOlitedtimated of the charge of
I,ingAtltt4raelcreinforoentents from Pen.
wools, 1 shall now as. something of the
ottaxg• of haivimg also kept-them book from
Charleston . Neither a .triste, nor quest
lene*, nor anything Steil was eveb oar
eluded befireitilhe Presititroland sity be
ano authority esueerimag. Charleston. Ou
the oostrary, the South Owens.' Comintes
liners, Seat and last, and all the ditia, were
iskarsted that the President meld- Afelrer
surrender Fort Sumpter, nor deprive hhit
self of the most entire liberty to seed
Ibreements to it whenever it was believed to
be in danger, or relcested by Major Anfer
ann. It is strange that 91en. Scott Was not
apprised of Gili well kodwn fact. It Was
then with some astonishment, that I learned
from the sMtentent of the General that he
-
- had s en Muth, 1861, itdvised
that Major Andereon should be •instracted
to surrender tbe fort as soon as suitatle
transportation could be procured to carry
himself and his communal to New York ! •
military ••••••itY at • o•PMlllation may
bare existed in case tbere stionld be an at
tack upon the fiat, or a demand for Its air
render ; bat surely nop% such could bare ex
isted for Its voluLtitty surrender and atom
donna*.
Probably that 1o : -which the• General
ana to refer was not the quasi, but the
•101 l truce of arms concluded at diaries
n on the 11th January 1861, betweer. Gee
• ickens and Major' Anderson, - without the
nowledge of the President. It was on the
di January : • . ,
he Amerioan Reg, was fired upon in the bar
..r o?Gharleston by order of Gov. Pickens.
Immediately after this outrage Major, An
• arson sent a flag to the Governor stating
t he presumed the act had been ulna
orised, and for that reason be had nut
.peoed fire from Port Sumpter on the adjs..
batteries ; bat demanding ita disavowal
od, if , this were not sent in a reasonable
jibe, he would consider it war, and fire on
oy vessel that attempted to leave the bar
r Two days alter this oocurence, on the
lth January, Governor Pickens had the
audacity to demand of Major Anderson the
IMMO date the Major !wade the follow
ing proposition : 'Should your Excellency
deem fit, previous to a resort to arum to ni
ter this matter to Washington it would afford
me the Meanest pleasure to depute one of
edge of the transaction. But will it be re
collected that no time intervened between
the return of the Star of the West to New
York and the arrival of the messenger bear
irkka copy of the truce at Washington
within which:it would have been possible to
send reinforcements to port Sumpter. Both
events moved about the same time.
Thus a tinze arsuapenaiou of arms was
concluded between the parties, to continue
until-the question of the surrender of the
fort should be decided by the Presidelit.-1
' Until this decision Maier And _mon had pia.
aed it out of his own power to ask for rein.
forcements, and etmally:out of the power of
the Government to send them wi•hout a vio
isticre of pubho faith. Tkla rey what - wri
ters on public law denominate' '"partial
truce under which hostilities are suspended
only iq cart r um places, as between a town
sad the army Wailing
It is possible that the President under the
laws of mar, might have annulled this trace
upon due notice to the opposite party : but
neither Gen. Scptt nor soy other person ever
lIMEI
National
have been to emit a reflection on Major An
derson, whu, beyond question, acted from
the highest and purest motives. Did Gen.
Scott ever propose to violate• ibis Woe du
ring its existence I If he did lam not now
nor never was, aware of the fact. ladied I
think he would bare been one of the last
men in the world to propose such a meas
ure.
• , (says Mr. Molt ; ) with all the multipli
ed proofs that exist of the President's anxi
ety for peace: and of the earnestness with
which be has pursued it, the authorities of
that State shalt assault Fort Sumpter and
imperil the lives of the handful-of brave and
loyal men shut up within its walls, and
civil war, then upon them and those they
represent mast reel the responsibility.
The truce was then ended, and' °fliers!
Scott is incorrect in stating 'that it lesion to
the ead of the administration.'
An expedition wee quietly fltte4 out at
New York, under the supervision of Gen.
Scott to be ready for any contingency. Ile
arranged its details, - and regarded the rein
forcements thus provided for as Mfficient.—
This was ready to sail for Fort Sumptlr on
five hours notice. It is of this .expedition
that Gen.Bcott thus speaks :
flayue did' not deliver the' letter
which he bore from governor Pickens de.
mending the surrender of the fort to the
Prodent untlrthellat oijan eery. The dec.
unmade containing the reasons for this wor
iTing.delay wen communicated to Congress
in a special message of the Bth of February.
To which I refer the reader. Ou the sth of
February-the lecrotary of war. under the In
structions of the Presidnt, gate,a perempto
ry refusal to this demand in an 'able and aons
ndiensite letter, reviewing the whole gad
pot, explaining and justifying the *viaduct of
the President throughout' Its oswisdsall
soutanes is both eloquent and emphatic
k:AiGthll44ol4 when doe (the Winn) bad.
Passed away, &oratories Bolt end.Tonoey,
Apt.-Werd, of the envy. and lyedf, with
the knowledge cd the President. settkd up
on the employment. sudsy the Cloptatu, or
three or tow steamers ktelooginig to 11ai
Coast Survey, but be was kept L hack b7 lbe
truce,' -
A-streiga Immistimcirlierttma
expired with Mr. flop's tatter to OoL Mayne
on thi Sth of Febreary.and lbw, Scott is
hie statement wiya, *it would have beeseacy
to reinforce this fort down to shout the'
twelfth or February.' • Why.'tberridel net
the reitifeeceeeeeta proceed ! The 'Wel
eitopli boons, of einsumesiiiitifill
jor Anderson. It ins =M t 11tr4101111# gat
they did not proceed.; lhoesossikstessialr •
fear email *Women width erorerislieNNlllMlll
would never have nesobed c ,Ars, 1.161111411111 -
the site* must hive Woo difill 6 l, ll .__* •
some The vast inedoquO,
provided to aceomplioti the oil* ens Jsiw
oustretedlq isßineatinie
jor Anderson at the wee Depletion* tul le
last day of the admioielratiop.
inargelY jorbssint premise Waif . ll,llll
on thin subject, lest I..ini‘htubstariasitAiliar---------
tentionally do litigant* to Oille i ar Miff 4
the 'partial °awaited, is eueireqwwweeilea..
brevity required by the aware of Meow , -
munication. The farts re4tinst to wI s •
the appropriate settompatibearnts: Atm bails
fully presented in • Oletoripil
pared a year ago, wbioti will ere king be
published. ..This review rout:gam a iikellelt
of the four last Danube of lay
tion. It is impart:al : soda is
evaesetiou. Tket-it has not yet
haled bee striae solely from I 11.pwitior
lion, no longer warns -;. 101160411 •
~,,
„.• Government is fa via
,4llit of the MI..
.oe Constitution mad tins asilisina•
4e Union, was far, wary het ball
After a carefoltstroapect._l nail
declare bt fore God and•tuf celsalf4=
cannot geprorth myself with •awf AK of
commission or omisawm Owe tls.
trouble{ commenced. I hams mow EsuM
ed that my countrymen - wonlid t rat 'dm SIP
justice. • In my special siasismagomft thu Ilsb
of January. 1881. I pnweatad
Gar exposition of the almsaing analliturt d
the country, and urged downs niVms: w
adopt measures of compression. cif, WIN*
thisTid prefisilaroir tbalati Apannebre..
both respects my r-commandslloll MO as.
regarded. 1 shall close this daaninisse
a question of the last sentenced 114114 tiaF
sage, as follows
interferesbe with
=
tenance
I=r
ntentwn
10 conclusion it easy be worsened se let
rompik that I have ohm warned ow owes
trymon of the dsngere which now shootentil
us. This may be the hot time 11 .teal ram
to the subject officially. I del Oak ow do
ty hail been faithfully, 'daps* IS sew be is
peony, perftn'med t : one othatenrillTue fie&
may be. I 'ball carry hew pare Ike: eis•
sciourneac that 1 at last meant sell littegy
•
country.'
Yea* obedient servant.
JAMES
WIIIIATLAND, near Lastiaher, Ostailme 211.,
11362. • •
EARLY LIFE IN 0/I.IIOOX. .
—lt was ih the' summer of 1848 Owl • 1;
young chief of the Walla Wallas 1.1t11t.y...4
enteral Owl fort end appropria#4l .
some articles of little value—u,pluegAgeree ,
from a lot of..which, lying 41w1•- . •
whenever they chose, fur the porpowlisso...
king whip handles. The liores Raj,},
strictly forbidden, as the wood am eto , •
Ocular kind and of service tie 1110,,,Ipmar. •,.
It was in an exptotulatioo watt tisejpeggi. ,
Ilhief that a young clerk in the ttneepo 7 .
sos,
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ceived a signal affront, in ertdellatlM*4 I
a reocnire the chastittenterti of lOW
&see whites et the front, and eallhattgit 140
building wee enclosed byeteekadeayealllume„,
were uo means of effectually ensiOretg
entreacea. The stockade waa of Juigipa r __ 7.
'ciqiitruotion, and the gates bad eutallers
made, nur were they till a year eon,
equ 'ley it was, *comparatively s
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, • ti : • ..!
On the next day the Indian% ne(ms . 44l I
as h . tribe, crrwded into the 11k4 111 011711
I
I. revenge themselves' in tbk 0,0 1 4. ,
T——. Talking °fluid *obis!' , !rill L„ -.. ,3
hat
eery consistent means WiMil'supestedfir
vain to appeise the turbulent env _ .., ..,
i lL
The men belonging to the fora roam at !grit . i
in tie fell, even could their resomelt .1 1 9 1 1.; I
effected any good in the issue: _ - • s• .B . , c ,
The Indians were breadisblaAlsokiriaglit. 1
ores, and seemed to be fully twatal'aFffiek,., 4 .
oiperiurity, and dis'pos'ed to mponas,M . ht . , 44
summary mannett... Already bail 14,, 51N.,.,,
Kiel, suffered rudiguitimu-illtftnieffla ;I'
T-- was defending Minot& swrik_ WO
, d ,
was able, when Mr., Mediitris plost ,
the cruwd that surrounded. St%
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to the etcitiihg store r00m...,
.._ A . ' 3,441...
powder, a steel and' VAL r
plaoed the keg in the ousts '•
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knocked in its heed. =' gat
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' kill hint if you will." s,
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" but at that eastrat I iiil jrln 16 . ;as
Nus can die when tbeie we. 0
tulle with us." ! d.4..wirt 1 -Att
The Proposed slasildet rat att.
ere a scale for the Italians; tit : ' ro i4,
theca ; tbey bused la dimity — id -.. . .....--
precipitately from the 14111101,..„ , _, i, . ~.:4
ity.lll4wtsi,l last
tho r dhl elbsoiri '
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and difel hob soiliopso qii
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