Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-07-12
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
fcll0w cliscHs y lle SHaie


term four months ago. the function, of the FEEDER
al Government were. fenind CO.. hu generally suspcu-
dcd with the several States of South Carolina
Georgia Alabama Mississippi. Louisiana and
Florida cxccpdnr only those of the Post Office
Drpariucut within these Statcs Within thr.p
Stato. al fort. ar.eual.. docLy,r,l. cu.tom-
houses. and tho like. inciuding OBJ, movable and
stationary property in and about them had been
srizcd and were held i'm omen hostility to ti. Cow
ernmcnt oyceptipo only Forts picLou.. TAYLOR and
Jcaerson ON and near tlio Florida coast. aud Fort
Sumter la Cb,rj..t,,, borl,or \ e. Tha f,rts
thus seized had hecp put u improved condition
and now One, had been bmlt. and armed forces
had beou or,,efized and s.cfp .r..4nizit,g alI
a,owedIv with tlt. sau,,, hostile uiiruo.e
The fort. remaining In Che po.e..Iop of the Fed
erai Government len and near fla.,. States. were
either bo.icre,l or p,ef,,I D., ,,arlik,. prepora-
tsu.. and e.i,eriall, Fort et.t.r MAS n,arI, s,.-
rounded hy we'll pr5icctca hostile batteries with
run. conai in qualf, 20 fr. btst of DO, o,yr. and
ouftiirubariua tbe latter perhrns t.p %, onc A
ii.Yrepottiot,t. share Of tbr Federal inu.lct+
m.d rides had somehow found thoir ,at into Those
St,fe. and lad been seized TO bo used arair.t fia
Federal t,o,ct,mcut. Arcluulations ol thr pub-
l r.,.nua lyine within ticin bad been seized f1.
the .lrne object The NAVY was scattered iu disc
tatf SENS le1yin,, but y,r, small psrt o ID with
if tine immediate. reach 4f fta Governments OH
cor. of tIc Federal arny and navy had resigned
iu rcat numbers. and oI tho>o r.siriiiu,s "a larr
IfI tlf
mo6f
Simultaneously and in connection with an tl,i.
tb, tt,y,,o. to sever tbe Federal mon ,y,. omen
/ d, aHo,ed In a,cor,lnr,. ,yitl t,i. puri,o., am
6rli,pr b,l bo,r ,do,,,, I'm ea,l, of tbot, Ct,tr.
dorlsrin, Tho State. r,..r,.fiyoi, q, bc separated
0,,u aha. National oiou t6rq,ipl, f,r iu.titn-
fnr a combined yo,rrnropt of No.r .t1i.. had
b,,1 t,ro,u1lo,trd and N,is Ilso,l nr.,,rizatiof.
I'm tl. character of the t,pi,d.r,i. States. was
,Ir.aI,. iu,okip,, r,r,.l.tio, ,iJ and ntcrycu-
nou from for.i,,o no,yor.
Finliu, tti. ropIitio, of t,ino. and h.I;e,i,,
ittoh. .f i,,,..r,t,,.. lt. Y0,, tl. ip.,,,;,,.,
E,ncuti,, ID, ,t.,.tti If ,,ll., t. t,
of .,,cl 30, ,tit,,,t t, t.,,, "a. Federal Union,
.,l,,.,. nf mean. ID, ti.t and became in,.i~pcnsg-
.Il. NH. rb,.,. ,,a. ui,,i. and declared in ti.
/ lnsr.8,iI a.llr..s
Tho poliry chosen iooled to fb, o.y baustiop of
au r.,,,Il,- iY,,.0r,.s lef,-.. a ro.,rt ID, ,uv
stranger ono. ID .ouaht moi oplt to b,lJ fhe
nrli,.. .uI.. ,rl fr,u.rt, mot ALREADY vr..toi
nom l.. f;,,cy,lu,,,t auIf, collect fb, rs,arii,s
r,f,iu, for tb. r..t on tipe discussion aud thc
b,ilot-bov n ur,n,i.al continuance of the
u,il. ,t ,.o,crl,,,,,t yt,nse 10 fb. ,,,, rt..-Ia
MIA, ,,.r.. r....t;,,, tb,. G,,,,4,,,,nt ,,d i .,,.
,.,t,l ,,l.I,.. ,.,,i,,t ,r,, Ii.t,,rl.,,,. d., .,
of an. r.I,,l,, or ,1,of d,sr ri,,b,. of aN aka
which pl..;d.nt p,i.l,t r,,.tifnfiop,il,. audi iu.
tiG,lJ, J, i'm s,,'i =, 7.,.. E,.r,ti,;r. ,,,. t,r-
i,r. without ,i,;., IL ,,s t,,.,,.d no..,fi,. ID,
t.,., ,l,.. C.,,,',rr,,,.,,t M, f,,t