The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-16
Especial despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
Affairs at the National Capital.
WASHINGTON, March IL.
FORT SUMTER.


When closed my dispatch last night, I little
expected that the policy in regard to Fort Sum-
ter would be so soon developed. 1t seems that
at Cabinet meeting yesterday, it was fully dis
cussed and understood that ut no distant day the
troops will be withdrawn from Fort Sumter. 1t
| is quite impossible to give Major Anderson fur
Their supplies, or reinforce him without the EN-.
| ployment of large force, and no alternative is
| left but to withdraw him from the fort. The Re-
publican, in its issue of to day, Endorses this pol
icy, which it has no reason to doubt is authentic
and considers that this measure has been taken
as one of Cancellation towards the Border States
1t concludes as follows: "The fort has no STRAIT
egetic Importance, and it may have been sup
posed that the yielding of the point to the pride
of South Carolina could very well be afforded
by great Government, especially as this would
satisfy the country generally ofthe pacific policy
of the Administration, and enable it, without
the appearance of coercion, to be more stringent
| in the enforcement of the revenue laws"
Gov SEWARD RECOVERED.
Gov. Seward has quite recovered from his i'll
| ness, and was present AZ the State Department
to-day, as also on the floor of Congress, attract.
ing great attention in the latter place from the
people, and in the former from office-seekers.
ALMOST A DUEL
Wigfall came very near getting into duel
last night. He left the city for the purpose Of
sending challenge to Capt. Jackson of Ken
lucky. The difficulty grew out of the fact that
at dinner party Wigfall became very abusive
OF Senator Crittcnden, when Capt. Jackson, who
is warm friend of Senator Crittenden, resented
the insult by Shaping the Texas Senator's mouth,
at which he became very indignant. All was
peaceably settled this morning, however, and
Wigfall appeared in the Senate soon after met.
A VETO BY PREslDENr DAvIs-It is said that
the President has vetosd the act recently passed
by Congress to suppress the African slave trade
The grounds of the veto are not as yet known,
but it is certainly unfortunate that there should
be difference between Congress and the Exc
cutive on such subject. Slavery is the imme.
date cause Of the Confederacy. That differ
ences should already arise concerning 1t, in its
councils is very much to be deplored.
That Congress expected no such thing is plain
from the fact that it removed the Injunction of
secresy, and published the act to the world. This
act is modification of the laws of the United
States upon the subject, which were adopted
with all the other laws Of tho United States, by
the Congress of the Confederate States The
laws of the United States make the importation
of African slaves piracy. This act Furnishes it
as high misdemeanor. To veto the latter is
to keep in force the former. Can this be the
object of the veto?
1t is exactly month since the Provisional
government of the so-called Confederate States
got into operation. They have been steaming
ahead at full speed ever since; have already
adopted Constitution, elected President, and
passed batch Of the practical laws necessary to
keep the wheels of government going. But with
the first variation from the Constitution which
they repudated at Washington to rcadopt at
Montgomery, the Confederacy runs aground
President Davis has vetoed the act recently
passed by the Provisional Congress to suppress
the African slave trade, and which defined it
misdemeanor instead OF piracy; under which
definition, as being an adopted law of the U. S.,
Mr.. Davis veto leaves it. Nothing could so con-
spicuously show the utter folly of attempting to
make slavery the basis and foundation stone Of |
q nations existence. The attempt to national |
ize local institution has been the cause of all
our troubles; but here is an attempt TO create
nation for the very sake Of local institution, I
and upon the very first act which concerns it the |
Legislature and the Executive split.-New York
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