The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-11

~ "'u s"bahs sous OF South Carolina and
| thess hireiings. Woe to the people who bring
| On sueh copfiet, but from dire necessity -
! s IL necessary No, no, no. 1t Is not only
n9otisss, desperate, but wholly unnecessary.
| tack any State for seeding All the Black
Republican presses say the same thing. But
tnes mean 10 collect the revenues. This. to be
| sure, is war In disguise, bat practically IL Is
harmless, and we VIII be able TO keep it In
| dise uise until the proper time for us TO strip
the monster of its veil.
| The Black Republicans think and hope that
| when their Collector Is sent here, the State
will deal ith him in some way that will JUS
| tify open war upon her. To fire into the yes-
| sci that brings him is exactly the thing which
| they want. Hence the vessel that Is coming IS
| named. her dispatches are hid from public
| view-they may be peaceful beiligerent
| something seemingly peaceful will be pat
| into them for future uses.) the Collector is
named. Now, for Gods sake, people of South
| Carolina do not tall into this trap. Let the
Collector come, let MIN land. treat him polite
| iy, introduce him to Mr.. CoIcock, and tell hin,
you hope the Collectors of the two sovereign
lies Will settle their respective claims in the
spirit OF courtesy and kindness Do this and
the President of the Republicans Will be- beau
tifully check mated. An the time consumed
| in these coariesies will be bringing on your
allies. The end OF IL Will be that the revenues
will be collected ont at sea.
be II so let them have tnem let your COM
merce go on until our Confederacy is formed.
Before that time, floating custom houses will
be strung all along our Southern coast and
we will have Contederacy of the cotton
growing States. Even then, would not pre-
cipitate a war The new Coufederaey will
Ger tainiy be ackno " led ged by France and
Epgtanf, and they will enter into treaties of
| commerce with us, By which they will obiigaie
| themselves 10 push the floating custom houses
| aside, and open glorious traffic with us
| Thus, by little delay, and The forfeiture OF
| the Gus toms for few months, We gain every
| thing we desire, without the loss OF drop
| of blood-without spelling our harb"rs, and
| without interrupting our commerce for sim
| gle hour. And now for the tlcklish point ::
| Suppose they come 10 strengthen the posts p
| 1t the salvation of the world depended upon
| II, could you prevent them from 80 doing? II
you could not, why would you waste blood
and treasure in attempting to doit! Is it any
disgrace not TO initiate hopeless conflict
ANY nation would DO excused for declining
such conflict; but no nation could be ex-
cused tor beginning 1t. What must be
thought OF the nation who would begin IL on
the water, withouta gun-boat or Il sailor to
| sustain it And what sort OF a beginning of
| 1t Will IL be, TO fire a few useless snotS at a
mere Government cutter Provoke open and
unequal war to prevent the streng thening Of q
tort which is already too strong tor US!
| Here Is the beginning and the eId of the plan
proposed Fire a few worthless shots a. YES
sel-set Sumpter TO firing upon Mouitrie-
hold mouitrIe till some hundreds of our sons
are buried in its ruins--then desert it, and
| wait the wrath of the United States upon our
devoted city Ii all the forts we're crammed
| full OF men, they would not attack the city
| unless first attacked. If we were sure they
| would, we cannot prevent it; why, then, in
| the name of God, bring On war OF such tear
ful consequences Ii you mean 10 hold Fort
| Moultrie, l implore you TO let The first shot
come from the enemy. Burn that prscspt tmto
your hearts, ~ y0n desptSe all else thGt haze
| trri'te" But L would abandon it now, II de-
| mauded, putting il just as Anderson left it
| But Nc, i: must be neId, desperate rs is the
| tenure, or we shall be called towards. Fools
| may 80 call you-no wise man Will. 1t must
end in a war;" says one, land we'd well
| bring it on al once" II never will end in a
| war, if the South will be prudent, and We
must let no Southern State begin it. And if
| Southern State is to begin it, let her not be-
gin II on the water. 4. b. LONGsTREET.
| CoRREsPoNDENCE BETWEEN sECa TARY
THOMPSON AND PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
| The following is the CORES pondence which
| passed between President Buchanan and Sec
| retary Thompson, on the resignation of the
| latter:
| WARRINGTON, Jan 5. 1861.
| SIR: 1t is with extreme regret | have lust
learned that additional troops have been ordered
to Charleston: This subject has been frequently
discussed IN Cabinet Council; and when on Mon
day night, 3lst OF December ultmo, the orders for
feinlofcen ents TO Fort Sumter were counter
| manded, distinctly undeIsto from you mat no
| order OF the kind wond g made without be ing
pTevious, consIae red and decided in c 4bInet Ii
is true that on Wednesday, Januar, I'd, this sub
Ject was again discussed IN CaDuet, bat certa My
| no conclusion was reached, and the " ar Depart
ment was not justified In ordering reluforceneuts
| without sometnlns more than was then SAID. /
| learn however. this mOrnlng, for the first time,
that the steamer Star Of the est sailed from New
| YORK last SATURDAY night with two hundred ana
| hity men, under Lieutenant Bartlett bound for
| Fort Sumter. Under these circumstances / feel
| Myself bound To resign M commission, as one OF
| Jour constitutional advisers, into your nauds
| w lth HIsh respect, your ob't serg't,
| His Excellency James Buchqaan.
PRESIDENT OF the United States.
WAsHINGros, ian. 9, 1861.
SIR: | HaVe recaIVPt
natlpn, on Yesterday o. the office of Secretary of
On Monday evening, 3Ist December. 1850, | sus
pended the orders which had been issued by the
var and navy Departments, to send the Brookiy n
informed you on the same evening. [ stated to
you my reason for this suspension, whicn you
Knew, from Its nature woula De speedily removed.
n conseq renee OF your request, however, pro-
missed that these orders should not be renew ed
II Cabinet" THIS premise was faithfully Observed
on my part. in order 10 carry II into effect,
"a January, l-6l, IN walch the question of send ng
fetnlofcemenis to Fort Sumter was amply dis
enssed both 10y yourself and others. The de
cldad majority of OPINIONS was against you -
Al thus moment the answer of the South "a O. ina
commissioners 10 my COMMUNICATION TO them
oil 3Ist Decor mDer was received and read. Ii pro-
duced much Indignation among the men beTs OF
tue Cabinet. After further briet conversat.on
ehpoie ed the following language: - Ii Is now all
over, and relniorcene must be sent - Juuge
Black SAID, at ,hs moment OF my decision, that
after this letter me Cabinet would be una nlmous,
and heard no dissenting voice. Indt ed, he splfiI
and tone OF the letter left doubt on my mind
that Fort sumter wou d be Immediately attacked,
and hence the necessity Of sending reintorce-
ments there without delay.
W hist you admit tnat on Wednesday. Jsnua-
ry 20, this inject was az IN discussed in Gabnet
you say, - but certainl, no conclusion was reach
ed, and tie war Department was not justified IN
ordering TeInfoTcements wItht ut somethlss more
than was then SAID" You certainb nlistak
en- IN alleging that mo CONCLUSION was reached
In TINS your reco lection Is entirely dliie from
that of four Oldest colleas in the Cabinet
Indeed, my language was so unmlstakable that
apHf . fh.ah n
10 act upon 1t without any further intercourse
with III, s.lf than what ycu heard. or mis ht have
heard me say You had been SO emphatic III op-
posing these reinoTcements th It | IN ought YOU
would resign In consequence of my decision. |
OF laet though hrm y believe honestly mistaken.
Stlil tits certain have not tho less been mis-
takea. Ioufs,very respectfully,
Hon. Jacob tn cnpSon,
THK DKFENCKs OF CHARLESTON HARBoR.
Such measures have been adopted to prevent
ALI vessels of an offensive character en- nlcring
tue harbor Of Charles ton, that even those be-
longing 10 that city cannot get out without
ala All the buoys have been removed, and
some, II not all OF the beacons, taken down
All Iights are extinguished at night, except
tnat upon Fort Sumter, which. for the pur.
pose of navigation, might AS well be a hundred
miles on and the light-ship has been with
uiawn. FROM Cummin's Point to the light
mouse, distance OF several miles, sandba
batteries nave been erected aud well manned
ara vessels laden with paving stones and
other neavy substances are placed at impor.
tant points to sink. so that any vessels of an
opposing character that might presume to
prowI in would be stopped ii ths STAR Of tho
West attempts TO carry her living cargo 10 the
help Of Fort Sumter, she will be at once sunE
by the South Carolina troops stationed along
The entrance OF the harbor, as determ iuation
exists among them not to allow of reiaforea
ments arriving at that fort Pilots have be. n
firmly charged not TO pilot vessels Of war into
the harbor, bat no restrictions are placed upon
pf and trade
steamship Columbia was ready for sea, al
though she belonged to the city Of Charlest ton.
20 completely had all marks Of the channei
been oblitsrated. that it cost the sum OF one