Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-04

Now, would it BE- rcasonab to suppose
that the President, Immediately after sh1uld
yield to other things. when he sholld refuge to
yield to his prime officer? Mr.. Buchanan can
not be so weak, so vacilitating feel that
there is, therefore, not the slightest earthly
reason to fear his administration will reinforce
these garris )ns. Do any Of you whats Iever
C ,ncede it? If so, am not talking to you.-
Does any honorable gent.enln OF fhs fl1or
wish to procIre collision with the General
Government, while our sister States are nov
ut.olsly approaching to our sid. Do we
wish to present the specialize to the civilz d
world of any thing like weakness, cowdrdce
or tindity? Instead retiring pnacefnlly. it
would he rashness, even thon5h car: yng ont
logical technicllity, which wolJ bring about
a bloody civil war. Th2 strength of our pO-
sition before the footstoul of Almighty God
is, that we will not strike unless first assault
cd What is the condition Of these forts? A
handful Of men in Fort Moultrie-ac actully so
small that their power is worn ont
Do you believe do you have any appre-
hension that these sixty-fvc men will injnre the
peace aud security of the people of Charles
! ton-that they will turn their guns and fire
shot upon Charleston? And suppose you
have? How would you answer the first shot?
1t will be time enough to talk then. We are
told that it is strongly fortified. Why if
was in Major Anderson's situation should
consider myself utterly derclict in my duty if
l did not take just the steps he has taken -
He is there with handful Of troops, and he
does not knew that he will be reinforced. We
nj, a.. a. II L
Charleston there never has been such wild eX-
citement as prevailed a few WEEKS ago. You
ecu d have gone up the Bay shore with me
crowd on any night, an;l rushed upon Fort
Moutrie; approaching in the rear, and thry not
suSpecting you, you could have mlSsacred them
in the night. 1t is right to make these pre-
parations for defence, and these arc MT Often
sve preparations. but preparations for defence.
Is that to batter down The city OF Charleston?
As to the works at Fort Sumter. So much
the better; Let the General Government spend
as much money as it chooses, an put the fort
in the most efficient condition, So long as there
is not a man there to defend it. So much the
better it must be finally ours, ami the works on
an empty ratification, which we can control
and seize in a moment, should certainly not
/ give us any lpprcucIlSloil' Te-5Icts Mr- z )
idcnt, that it is not in my power to stats
things which know coni,lontially, and which
| think would produce in the minds of every
member the strong conviction, | entertain
that we need not appr9bcnd any collision, or
any attempt ut the use Of tl1esS fortifications
for offensive purposes against us at all
The Governor of South Carolina, in speech
made at the Mills House, in respn to Il ser
enade, Friday night, said:
"The Convention, in all human probability,
will, in few days, soud the ordinance to
Washington, which proc,aims you to be, as
you have right to be, a free and independent
republic. (Applause) And, until they pre-
sent the claims Of South Carolina to your forts
anil your public places now in possession OF
the federal government, it is our duty to await
II free and fair demand. But it in the mean
time, there is any attempt to increase the iorce
that now garrison Them SO fur as am con-
cerned, it shall not be done without an al'-
deal to arms. Toud and prolonged cheering