Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-24
1ailp Appeal.
TIE REASON FORT FECAENs WAS
NsT' TAKEN
PENSACOLA, September =, 1861


We ind the following deeply interesting cor
respOndence published in the Pensacola o.
ssTDef;
PENSACOLA, September =, 1861
To xcssrs. EitcbeIl, RushiusRnd Others
GENTLEMEN: tie undersigned observe in
the public press Of this city, that as youc i'm
mediate representatives, they are called upon
10 give such information as they may possess
touching an ''srmistiee" entered into between
Florida and James Buchanan, late President,
etc, etc.
Acknowledging the right of the constituent
At all times to demand Of bis representative
any Information Of acts Of A high public ma
ture, affecting the rights Of the citizen, and
touching the honor and interest Of the State,
and supposng, from the public manner in which
You have m3Ge The demand, that you desire
that our reply Should be equally so, for your
infor nation, we beg leave TO state tnat on our
arrival at Tallahassee, il November last, we
waited on the Governor Of the State, repre-
scented 10 him The vast importance which the
possession OF our foEtihcstiohs at this point
EoGld be to the State, and their then defense
less condition; and that our fellow itiZsRs
were anxious to take possession OF all the
forts "a this haTboT, requesting simply his per-
mission to DO 81, assuming to themselves snV
responsibility resulting from the act, though it
should be treason (ibis State thsn not having
seeded The Governor thanked Us for this
offer, and remarked that the subject should re-
csiye his attention.
Oa the resssembling Of the Legislature in
Iaauar>z, ass2-sr-ssvrfv-r J1E
State, we again rendered the services of our
feilow-cirizens, with the additional assurance,
that during the session Of the Legislature, toe
plan had been so perfected that the enterprise
would certainly prove successful, and urging
ft5 immediate eXecutiOn-tO all OF which we
received ia substance The same reply made
upon the previous tender. We subsequently
learned from the Governor that MsJ1r Chase
had been commissioned and ordered TO stake
Pickens without waiting for secession" and
when Capt. A. H. Bright, Of the Pensacola
Guards, rendered the services Of his company,
asking, "sasll We take tas f0riiheations-im-
portsnt 20 he received orders TO "eo-OPeTate
with Chase and Perry"
Iae events which Jranspired at this point,
al that time, YOU are familiar with.
The Governor being unable TO obtain cor
rect Information Of the proceedings here, and
perceiFing no good reason why his orders
were not executed, dispatched the undersigned,
Mr AberCTomble, to this place, with full in
slructioBs relative to matters here. Mr.. Abr
crombis failing to make the views Of the
Governor to be carried out, or his orders to be
obsyed, returned to Tallahassee.
4 short time after this, it was with the ut
most as enlistment, that the authorities Of
Florida received q copy Of the following
agreement, entered into, not between Florida
and james Bachanan, but between Hon. s. p.
Mzllory and James Buchanan, (Which was az
ierwaTd confirmed by Mr.. Mallory and Col.
Chase, touching the occupancy Of Fort Pick
ems which fully explained the mystery which
oysrhuag this Tlole aif8ir, and accounted for
the noR-csPture Of this fort