The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-07-13

Nn 70 ons. uMprOp tttcnhts snare OF the
federal nu'ksis and rifles had sowehou found
their way into thoss stasss and had bssn
seized to Be used against the Govs,upsnt.
Accumulation Of the public revenue, lying
within them, had been seized for the SANE
object; the navy YES teattsrsd In distant sea-,
leaving but very small part a. II within
the INN ediste reach Of the Government.
great numbcrs ard Of thos, rssigping, slsrge
proportion haa token up arms agsinst the gov.
ernmsnt. simultsneOusly and 10 com
men with all this, the purpose 70
ssver the Federal Union was openly
avowsd. In accort ance With this purpose, an
ordinsncs bad BEEN adopted In each Of these
sts'ss declaring the s,st.s respectively 10 be
separated from the Rational Union. A for.
muIa Tor instituting q Combined govsrnmsnt
of tboss states had been prom ulgatsd, and
| this illegal organization, 10 the character
OF tho "C1f fsderate States" Wal already In
yokiDg recognition aid and Intervention. from
foreign powers. Finding this condition Of
things. Snd believing 1t 70 be an imperative
duty upon the Inc )ming Executive 20 pre-
v'nt, II possible, the cODsum nation ot such
att mpt u destroy the Federal Unin q
choice of means TO that end bsca ne indis Jetss.
| tls. This choices was made, and was declared
IN the inaugural sddrsss Tue policy chossn
looked TO the exhsut tion Of al, peaceful MEAS.
ares betors q resort TO any stronger o.s'
D
pr party not already wIested from th. Govern
mont, and IN collect the rtvenus relying for
| ihs rest on tine discussion, anu the bsllot-bpN;
! Il promised eontiruane Il the mails, at Gov
einm.nt expo -, 10 tbs very people who wers
I,sittiDg the Cove mn nt, and II gave re-
peAttd plsdg's against any disturbances TO
sry Of the Pc pile or any OF their rights, " all
that which President might consttutionLly
ard j1stiahAb!y do in iueh Q case, eyerythlog
! Vas forborne, without which Il was believed
| possibl, 10 ktop b, Government on foot.
On the fifth OF March, tho present ing1m-
lonts fret full day 10 oflit a Letter from M.j
| AnDFRsoH comRaudi1K at Fort Su Hter writ
ten on ths 2Sth d Fobru uy snd received at TIE
! War Department on tho fourth ~ March, vas
by that Department placed il his hsnd. This
| letter expressed tho prof sionAl opinion Of the
writer, that reibfcrcemshtt could not be thrown
intO that fyrt within the time for his rolief rsn
dered neesssery by the mited supply Of pro
vis,Ons, and With n view ~ bo' ding 'ossession of
tie same With force Of lees than 20, 600 good
aud VIII die pin mon. This opinion was con.
cured In by all the officers OF his command,
and their memoranda on the subjsct were made
enclosures ~ M, jOr AsDERsoH's letter. The
| whole vas INN diatsly lad before Lieutenant
Gsrtral SCOTI, who AZ once oOncurned With
| Msjor ANDHIgof in his oriJion. On rshsc.
| ton, hopover. no took full time COM ting
with other officers both u the army and the
navy, and az the end o. fur days came relus-
family, tut decidedly, 20 the sans cOnClu
sion as before. He also stated at the
same timo that no such suticient force
was item at the control Of tho q 1verr-
ment, or could ba ra.d and brough, 10
tho ground within the timO when the proyls-
| Tors in The fort would 30 exhsusted. In
| purely military point OF vie ~ ttis red1cei tbs
duty a the Ad uihistration In the case 20 the
m'fe mattor q getting the gsrrson 'afs'y cut
Of tho fort IL was believed, however, that TO
aha hat Eel H. III
stances, would be utterly iu'nous that the
necessity uudsr which Il was to DO done
by many II would be construed as
a part OF voluntary policy; that at home,
IL would discourage the friends Of the Ution,
ombodsn Us advarsaiies, al d 60 far to insure
10 tho latter a recoPni ion abroad tina, in fact,
| II would b. cur national destruction consum-
mated. This could not be allowed. Starvation
| waJnotytt upon the garrison, ana ere Il would
bs reached, fort Pickens might DO reinfo' csd.
This last would 20 a clear indication OF p Icy
and would better enable tho country 10 &C.
cept the evacuation q Fort Sumter. AZ q
military necessity. an ord.r wa a. once d.reN'.
81 to DO sent for the landing OF tina trVops fro-n
the SITES mship Brooklyn into Fort rieksts.
thi, order co aid not g9.py land, but must take
tho longer ind slower fcute by sea. Ths first
return news from the ordor was received at
ono week before the fall = Sumter. Tho Bowl
it',t was that the tfticfr commanding the
| babiDe TO which vassel the troops had been
transferred from the Brooklyn, acting upon
some qrati arm'slics o. the late administra-
| tiaH, and OF the existence " which the present
administration, up 20 the time tho order was
/ dispatched, mad only too Vague sui urGsrt ala
runners 70 fix attention had reused g. laLd the
troops TO reinforce Fort PiCkens, before n ctisis
would DO reached at Fort Sumter was imp9ssi-
| bio" randered 50 by thu gsar exhaustion
/ Of provisions In the latter named fore.
| IN pee iution against tuch u col juucture, this
| Government had u To- days before cO,nmenc
| preparing an sxpoaitior, az well adapted AS
might b. 70 relieve Fort Sumter, which expo.
dillon was Intended 20 he Hit' ma ely ussI or
| no according 10 circumstsi COS. The strank.
IS. anticipate cas-. for using II was now pre-
seDt-d and 10 was resolved 10 sand ,t for ~srd
o. bad been inttnaed. IL this oostingtncy ,t
Wan rltD 7. solved 20 tolty the Cove. nor Of
South Carolina thu, he got sx Dec, Al attempt
would DO NJ sde 10 provision the Fort. snd that
II the attempt should not be resisted, II sI o
would be n auomp. TO throw In me-, arms
| or slDmuDitOn. " thOut further notice, or In
CAGE OF an attack upon the Fort. tn notice
was accordingly glvtr, whereupon he Fo.t
| was hta,k ed and bombGrded to its fall, with.
/ ont evan awaiting tho arrival Of tho provis.
, ioning eSp'diti'n.
1t IL thas seen that the assault upon, and re-
| auction Il Fort Su inter- was In no aen'e, 9
matter ~ sci -d.toucs on the part Of The as-ail.
Srts. 1hoy well knew that ,hs garrison in ihe
tcrt cUluIa S- no possibility, commit aGsresi m
ufon them they Tkrew, they we're eN oressly
notified that ihs giving OF bread to the few
hrSvo and hungry n gu ftho s garrison wes al
which would on that occ Hi1f lie a,.,'amp:ei
unless Themselves by resisting 50 nS,1ct
should pfovoks more. They knew that the
Government desired TO keep the garrison in
the fort, not to AssAn them, but merely 90
maintain visible possession, and thus 20 pro-
serve tho union from actual and i'm date dis
solution, Trusting a. herein before stated, TO
tine, discussion. and thu ballot box, for final
adjustment, and they assaulted and reduced th'
fort, For precisely the reverse object, 10
Dive out the visible authority Of the Federal
Union and thus force II 10 Immediate DIS
solution that this was their object, the exc
cutiVe well understood, and having said In the
10 them In the Inaugural AddtesA You can
have no conflict without being yourselves
the agRraesors," He took pains not only TO Keep
this declaration good, but ALEC TO keep theca
so far from injurious sophistry, az that the
world s,ould rot nisundsrstal d It.. by the
sn'sira at Fort Sumter, with its surrounding CIR
| consumes that point was reached. Then and
! thereby the assSil ants Of the Government began
the COZ fliet Of arms Wi hout a gun In sight OF
Ia expectancy TO return their FIRE, save only the
! fow in the fort sent to that hArbor Year, b,fore
| for thar own protection, aud still ready to
! give that protection In whAtever was lawful.
In this act discardipg all else, they have forced
Up N the country the distinct issus immediate
disll luton or blood. And this issue embraces
more than the fate Of these United States. IL
presents TO the whole family OF man tina qu sstlou
whether a Gem lna Republic or De-
| nocTacy foyernment of the no Dpla bY