Nebraska advertiser., 1861-03-21
The Evacuation OF Forts Sumter
and PfckerS.

isiraiion has decided on Withdrawing ihr
forces FROM Fons Sumpter aud Pickens
The Southern "agiiatOrs" are, perhaps
both as,onisbed and aggravated At Ii,
sudden disappearance Of "Othelos occu
pationm All their hopes Of "precipita-
ticu'' and 'conaict" by which the whole
Of the slave holding States were 10 be
ayrayed in deadly strife against the Gen.
eral government Is unexpectedly quasAsd.
and the pressure brought about by Seces-
sion viii hasten a reaction il the Southern
mind which will sweep the traitorOus
leaders into oblivion.
It is an old saying "lhere is policy in
wal. and, perhaps, there was nevera time
when. surrounding circumstances seemed
more imperadvely To- demand the exercise
Of policy, TO a great extent, at least. All
parties save the traitors who are seeking
the overthrow Of the Government, feel
that an internal war is ~freighted with in
calculable calamities 10 each and every
section Of our beloved. and hitherto pros
porous country, and are ready and willing
to sustain and endorse any course calcu-
lated TO prevent bloodshed and bring about
again a healthy state Of affairs. The ac-
ton Of the Administration must be ad-
miled a master stroke OF policy" 1t
vii not suit fanatics in either the North
or the South; 5u, Union men must admit
its correctness. 1t may be misunderstood
for the time being in Europe, and have a
bad effect but its practical workings in
the future. when fully understood, cannot
fail 70 be appreciated and approved al
home and abroad.
Ia speaking of this matter the Wash
ington correspondent Of the New York
Times says:
Gen. Scott advises that reinforcemen:s
cannot TOW be put in without an enormous
sacrifice Of life. OF course his views on
he-sUbject cannot be known officially to
the public, bui he is understood to say
that we have neither military nor naval
force at hand sufficient TO supply the fort
against the threatened opposition, which
At would require twenty thousand men 10
overcome. Besides, If II should initiate
civil war, in addition to uniting the South
and overwhelming the Union sentiment
there in the waves Of passion, it would
require two hundred aud fifty thousand
Government soldiers to carry on the strug
gle, and a hundred millions of money 10
begin with. Ia such an event, twenty
thousand men would be needed 10 pre-
serve Washington and the Government
archives.
The New York Tribune, a paper we
would naturally suppose would be the last,
under any circumstances, to agree TO such
concession, says:
Bot let il be borne in mind that this
huniliation comes, if it must come, not
= from any negligence or feebIeness Of the
present Administration that il is not an
evidence Of a retreat from a well-dehned
and strong position; that it is a conces-
sion neither TO the rebel power Of the
South nor to the limid expostulations of
the few in the North whose e%ounsels are
weakness; but that 1t is one Of the last
litter drops in the cup left in our hands
by the Government which has so long
weighed US down, and which has now
hardly passed ont of our sight. The evil
which Administrations, as well as men,
do, lives after them, and we must expect
TO feel tie curse. The duplicity, the mean
sCheming, the inconceiyable baseness
which have brought Us 10 the present com.
plieation Of our national affairs cannot
lose their poison a. once.
No maAer. if the treason which has
woven around US its tolls compels a step
which no one wishes 10 take no matter
If rebellion seems to have advanced It's
banners, or If treason turns more conf
IDENTIFY toward us lis brazen front. The
policy IF The Government remains en-
changed, and its firm foot is Just as Inn
movable as ever on the Constitution and
the laws.
In case the predicted event happens,
the people will place on the proper heads
the responsibility Of the act. They will
follow the late President to his retirement
with a sharper indignation than they have
before felt; they will, moreover, ask,
with an earnestness which calls for a re-
ply, why the repeated assurances went
forth. from the b~eleagured fort that the
Commanding officer needed 10 aid, no sup
plies they viii demand from all who
have bornea part IN the transactions Of
the past two months with relation 10 this
important place a strict account of their
stewardship. They viii none the less
renew their confidence in the power they
have set over them at the Na,ionsl Capt.
sal, aud will bylhat confidence strengthen
the hands of the Administration for vigoE-
Gus action in the future and forward.
The NatiOnaI Republiocn, Washington
City, says
This measure has been taken as one Of
Cancellation 10 the border States. The
fort has no strategic Importance, and il
may have been supposed that the yielding
q a point of pride TO South Carolina could
very well be afforded by a great Govern
ment, would satisfy the country generally
of the pacific policy Of the Adminislra-
ton, and enable it, without the appear
anca of coereion IN he mora STRINGENT In