Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-21

The obstii.ate refusal Of The President TO
send reinforcemenls TO Fort Mopltrie is .censu-
/ red and denounced on ali hands and produces
| general Indignation. He has publicly an
1 nounced his determination to hold the forts at
Charleston, but refuses to send them additional
men. though they have been called for by the
officer in command ana It is notorious that the
force there at present is inadeqnate to their
defence. In the days of notification Gen.
| Scott was in command of Fort Noutrie with
! over 500 men, While the present force under
Col, Anderson is less that 100 1t is said
| there is force 2,o00 strong in Charleston Or
paniZed to take the forts ta when they deem if
advisable to do so-and a Charleston military
company, all the members of which are bitterly
hostile to the government, have charge OF the Y,
S. arms and ammunition in the public arsenal
and will not permit it to be- removed. The
government is thus menaced, insulted and de-
fed, and still, lest it might be regarded by the
people Of South Carolina as a menace, Mr..
Buchanan will not send additional troops to
the forts OF attempt to assert the rights of the
Government by taking possession of the public
property in the Charleston arseIal.
The delieaey of the Presidents position is
generally appreciated but the course he ls'pur
suing is far more likely to lead to trouble than
to prevent if, and had he shown bold front
from the start, and by his actions evinced his
determination to hold the forts at all hazards,
disunion would not have attained the Roadway
it has He excuses his action in this respect
by pleading the assurances given him by South
Carolina officials that the forts will not be at-
tackled or the collection of the revenues inter
fered with during the continuance of his Ad-
nivance with the plotters of treason-as if his
only anxiety was to himself avoid meeting the
issue, and leave the incoming Administration
to take the action which he shrinks from,
though clearly in the line of his sworn duty,
urged by chief military officer, and demand
ed by policy and considerations of h umanity
Each candidate for Governor, according to
Charleston correspondent of the New York
Tribune was required to pledge himself that
IF elected he will resist the reinforcement of
the troops in Charleston harbor, whether such
reinforcement is attempted before or after the
State has seeded" And the same correspon-
dent gives the following interesting intelligence
from that locality, which shows the temper of
the people of Charleston toward the Govern
ment aud the condition of affairs at Fort
Moultrie:
" Concerning the Strengthening of Fort
Moultre, the Courier makes remark which
fully corroborates what | have so frequently
said. just so soon as more troops are sent
to the forts in Charleston says the Courier,
s'that moment will the sword be drawn; South
Caroliunns will consider the movement caSus
belLI, and we are informed from the most re ia
Bile sources, will prevent the landing of such
rcinforcements' The Courier might have ad-
led that it is a part of the purpose of Carolin-
ians to take the forts within the next two
weeks. They have probably not less than two
thousand soldiers, who have been drilling al
most continually in Charleston for the last