The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-07-11

ernment and gave repeated pledges against
any disturbance 90 any of tho people or OF
their rights of all that which a President
might constitutionally and justifably do in
such case. Everything was forbornc
without which it was believed possible To
keep the Government on foot
On The 9th Of March, the present incum.
bcnt's FIRST iuil day in office, letter from
/ Maj. Anderson, commanding ut IT, Sumter;
written on The 2Sth of February, and rcceiv.
| cd at thc War Department on the 4tl OF
! March, was by that Department placed in
! the Presidents hands. This letter cxprcss.
cd the professional opinion of the writer
| that rcinforccmcnts could not be thrown in
| 10 that Fort in time for tho relief rendered
necessary by The limited eupply of rrovie-
iona, and with q view Of holding pogscps.on
oi the aame with u force OF lcss than 10000
well disciplined men. This opinion was con-
cured in by all The otlccrs Of his command,
and their mcmoran1, on the subject were
mado iucloaurcs of Mai. Audcrson's letter.
The whole waa Immediately laid before
Lieut.. Gen. Scott. who Mt once concurrcd
with Mai Anderson in his opinion. On re-
Hcctjon, however, hc took full time in con
sulting with other oiFccrs, both of the army
and navy. and at the end OF four days came
reluctantly, but decidedly TO the same con.
clusion ~ before. He also stated ut the
srmo time tlIat no such suicnnt force was
then n. the control of Tic Government or
could be raised aud brought 10 tie ground
within the time WHOM the provisions in the
Fort would hp exhausted
In purely military point Of view, this
reduced the duty Of Tie Administration TO
The mere matter of getting the garrison
safely ont oi the Fort II was believed, how
Ia, Il. ,I
the circumstances would Lcutictly rliuous:
that the necessity under which il was to be
done would not be fully understood; that
hy the mmy it would be construed az n part
Of a voluntary policy; that at home it would
discourage the friends Of the Union cmbol-
den its adv2rsliCs aud 20 far to insure to
the latter a recognition aboard; that, in fact,
il would be our national destruction con-
sllnmatcd. This could not be allowcd.-
Starvation was not yet upon the garrison.
and ere it would be reached Fort PickCns
m 81 be rc-inforccd. This last wQul hc
clear indication Of policy, and would bet
ter enable the country to accept the cyacua-
ton Of Sumter as a military necessity.
Then an order was at once directed to hc
sent for the landing of the troops from the
steamship Brooklyn into Fort P.ckcns. The
order could not go by land, but must take
the longer and slower route 10y sea. The
FIRST return ncws from the order was rccciv-
cl JUS! ono weak before the fall OF Sumter,
me news i'Scll was that the officer com
nandhS TIE Sabine, to which vessels the
troops had been transferred from the Brook
lyn, acting upon some quasi nrmisticc Of the
late Administration and of the existence
OF which the present Administration
had only too vague and
uncertain rumors to fix attention, had re-
fused TO land the troops. To now reinforce
tori flckcns before II crisis would br reach
ca AT sumter WAS impossible, rendered so
ny The exhaustion ol provisions III the lat
ter named folt. In prccaniion against
snch hluhcliVe the GoNcrnmcnt had II
low days before commenced preparing an
'Nnod'iion as wei adapted as might be to
rel eve for' sumter, winch expedition was
intended 10 ne Ultimately used ornot, accor-
uhig To circumstances. The strongest an
ilcila'eu case l"r using 1t was now rroscn-
YEA ana " vas resolved to Scnd 1T forward
as a. ' l''u neen 'h'Tn"Gu' IN li's contingency
W'S H'So ~ rcSo'Vea 10 no'''y inc "oVeth'r
y, "o"''' N''o,,', '''a' nc h'th' cNl an
2!'',"Pt WV"lu uc maze 10 provision the
'o,' anu ''a' II ''' a''H'hp' hhouiu not be
ioN'S'eu 'oerc Woulu ne no attempt to throw
iVtrV' IVY; IN coSo o' an altact upon lhe for'
, "'" no.'IS ~ M"S "cVuI",I'Eiy gwen "hGrG-
"l"' tim rin " was "l''cNc' "ii" "o'''oarocu,
" ~" ''''' MH'ou' o>'" "wu''u'S Ihe arrival
'" ,''G i"N'S''ul'E rNicu'''"n'
i'. ~ ''"' '" Ic'', t,''' % t"c assault upon ana
reduction "I Pnri sumter was m no sense a
na',vi "' ST,'-.e,''TS on thG part OF the as
~: a'',,'''I =; IVY WSl N'c" '"n' INC ino garrison
W u'r OF vo"'u o$ no l"aS'n"'ty commit
"'S' NoS'"m "i''' ,!c'n; my NocW Ulcl
IVY, IVY utN? "''''''" u'aI the giving "l
~ a''' y" u,v ~" ut"i' "u" nu,'Sry men Oh
'',v N"' iNu. WINS III, u" "o"td ON iHat oc-
,"'.', w "'.V,n ,'V" "''S"S 'nei'"''NoS ny
1v,N'7uuS ,S 80 I'ucu' "uo"'" provoke more
ivy N"'" O''' ''tS noNGt"ineht u'SlfHd ln
NN,vp 'io 5'II'9oh III '"e rolV' not TO aSSaH
''''' ""' W''N'H |" MAINTAIN NiS'h'e pos
'',NH' an" mus 10 preserve h' th'oh irom
"'''"n a''u i'''h'"'a'c ulSSo''lt"h; trusting
'' i,' H''t'", i" ''in'' discussion
n"'' '"' '1''"'-",N l''r hnai auluSimcht; ana
'a'E 'HS'"V" al" re""ceu lhc fort Tor pre-
t'Hc'y thc reverse Object to drive
ou' inc N'S,h'e authority OF the Federal
,n!o'' ",u wv mus iorco II To- immediate DISC
'",,W"' Im't t1'S was tnH'r ohlect the IN
vI""lu :, Nt' W''"'rH'ooo, ana haN'ng sad to
,lV'" !" ms l,'auSurol Actress, you can
nave no cohH'tl without beng yourselves
,h' 0SSreSs"rS he took pains not only To
keep the declaration good, but also to keep
.ne case so IA, lrom the ingenious sophistIy
NAV 'h' world should not mlsmdcrStand ii.
hy the altar at Fort Sumter, with its sur
round'nS circumstances, that point was
reaGIed.
Then and there bY the aSSoilantS of thc