The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-08-28
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IVtb 1uuitcI hHu, Ot course, III inc OBJECT
|ot that Administration was to betray the
Government into the hands Of the Secession
lists, as is charged in the article, then Major
Anderson must have been party to the
treason; and if he informed the new Presi-
dent. on the fourth of March, as is said to
be the case, that he could not hold the Fort,
then he acted out his part fully in aiding 10
place Mr.. Lincoln aud his Cabinet exactly
where they we're, and to compel them to
evacuate the fortress, or to use the garrison
as victims. to be slaughtered on the unholy
altar of blind ianaticism, and mad ambi-
ton.
know the fact from Mr.. Lncoln's most
intimate friend and accredited agent, MIR.
Lamon, that the President of the United
States protested desire to evacuate Fort
Sumter, and he MIR. LamOnl actually wrote
me. after his return to Washington, that he
would be back in a few DAYS 10 aid in that
purpose. Major Anderson was induced to
lexpect the same thing, as his notes to me
prove. know the fact that Mr.. Fox, Of the
U. 5. Navy, after obtaining permission from
me. upon the express guarantee OF former
gallant associate in the navy, 10 visit Major
Anderson for pacific purposes" planned the
pretended attempt to relieve and reinforce
the garrison By fleet, and that Major An
derson protested against il. / now believe
that il was all scheme, and that Fox's dis
graceful expedition was gotten up. in con
cert with Mr.. Lincoln, merely to delude
the Northern public into the belief that they
intended 10 sustain and protect Major An
derson, when, in fact. according TO the arti-
Gle now published for the first time, they
decided 10 do no such thing, and acted with
the deliberate intention to lei the garrison
perish, that they might thereby excite the
North and rouse them to unite in this unho-
" and unnatural war, BY which the desper-
ate profigate leaders Of an infuriated and
lawless party might crafty their vengeance
and lust Of powa over the ruins Of their
country, and amid the blind passions Of a
maddened people.
The document now published, and the
peculiar circumstances, show the basest and
most infamous motives that have ever actu-
ated the rulers Of any people, except, per-
haps, in the DAYS Of the French revolution,
when history shows that wholesale murder
was often planned BIZ insurreciionists in
Paris. under the deliberate guidance Of ma
ligant leaders, whose whole objects were
universal plumber and murder, in order 10
exterminate one party and ride into power
themselves.
A moments review Of the line Of argument
pursued in the article, will show that the
policy finally adopted in regard = Fort
Sumter was intended and desired by Mr..
incnln anJ b,s ad,..sars Il, laaI ~ = ....
not to be regulated BY The rules and usages
among civilized and cnlig hteged people. but
10 one Of rapine, murder, and utter exter-
minalion Of the people against whom il was
intended 10 be waged, founded upon no
principle of right. seeking not 10 re-estab-
lish any disputed authority, or accomplish
any other object than to crafty lusl for
power and revenge.
For the purpose Of directly proving the
motives and impulses Of the United States
Government in the Inauguration OF this war,
Il is also necessary TO make several extracts
from the article in question, as they will
serve also 70 direct the special attention Of
the public to those portions which most viz
idly prove the unhallowed purposes Of Presi-
dent Lincoln and his advisers.
One of the chief ends Of rhe article seems
to have been the proof Of treason on the part Of
President Buchanan, and through all Of II
rams the oft-repeated alternative" LETT them
by him, Of permitting Major Anderson
and his command to starve within fifteen
days, or Of ignominiously abandoning it to
. nest Of traitors" &c. This alternative
is dwelt upon as il 10 direc: special atten.
ton 10 il; and this worry alternative"
proves, above all the rest, the purpose which
they had in view when they adopted their
final policy. Il Is argued, and very elabor-
ately. too, that the purpose Of President
Lincoln was 70 preserve peace"-not To
make war" 10 protect the sacred Con.
stitution" conhded to his keeping--and 10
gain over, BY his asowedly peaceful objects.
those who had deied that Constitution
and broken its laws. II i asserted that
President Lincoln could not suppress the
" tears" Of anguish which his signing the
order for the evacuation Of Fort sumter
called forth aud il is said, too. that be de,
sired TO discharge his duty 10 humanity -
and yet he has chosen TO " discharge, that
!" duty in the singular way If resolving on
a policy which, III his own words, he knew
would raise through cut tl.r mighty North
feeling 81 indignation, which in ninety
days would have emancipaied every slave
on the continent, and driven their masters
into the sea-
The sacrifice was made Anderson and
his command we're forced 70 become liable
A. victims 70 fanaticism; Fort sumter was
wrapt in flames; and yet, forsooth, they
tel ~ that tie only man who could have
prevented il was resolved to discharge his
duty g humanity" and that bis purpose was
!" peaceR-his aversion war" Ills pur-
pose was changed, and he resolved to bring
on this unhallowed war. II Is Government
actuated with these feelings that we are 10
defend ourselves against; Il Is this kind Of
war, then, that tie people Of the south are
to meet and under these circumstances IL
becomes my duty % publish the article In
question for the information Of the people Or
the Confederate States, and the cool and
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