Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-13

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Political circles were feverishly excited to-
dav ~ 8 Isgu1t shai tlIs -UVasustioH e Fort8s
sumter aud Pickens had been determined
upod iu the Gabinet meeting last night
Although nobody could give any posi- i've
authority ioF this exciting fever Of news It
YET obtained general currency and was
discussed a. ~ ths Aolels. Al the washing
Ton House a SORT OF Informal indignation
meeting Of Weslera POLITICIANS was held this
afternoon, and the presumed baking down
OF the republican administration commented
UPON in anything but complimentary terms,
hm able, however, % state positively that
M such conclusion has been arrived at by
tlie new rsgins. IT'S certain that the subject
Dt reinforcing the forts has largely occupied
tie iatleation Of the President and hls eoustt-
tutl6nti advisers, and that in the face Of the
obinid0 OfGensral 6oon apd otber spthori-
ties -thst, in the present status Of the military
filrces of the government q Feinioroement Is
imhfacticable, the question Of abandonment
has been raised: but the President and the
Oabiaet Knew that M the eyes Of their party
tkeE' Arslln hoaof aud duty bound 70 hold
ltBe posts and thht any other line OF poney
would NiFe an pgeFWhelntng storm OF IN
2dlgnaiion ,an0ng their sgPportefs--hlie',nL.oesl
even II they favored an eEaeuhtioni which
4he Presidsns and the majority Of the Cabinet
do not q present. they could not aot accord
ingly. owing othe desires and expectations
,oF their party.
Th9 Was6laglon Republican Of Monday
savE. 1'1oN 3 Eit l gs-5l '- Do 4s
Late last evening we learned that in oabi.
net meeting, on Saturday, it was determined
70 eyacuate Fort Sumter, II the news is aq' az
thentic, Of which We have No resson to doubt
this lie sure has been taken as ons Of con
clliation q the border States. The fort hai
no stfaaqie Importance, and II may haE'
been supposed that the yieldiRg q point o.
uride 10 South Carolina could very well p
afforded. BY q great Government woulc
satisfy the country generally Of the pacific
polsey ofthe Administration and enable i
without the appearances Of coercion, 70 p
more stringent IN the enforcement Of the rev
enue laws.
I The Washington dispatches Of the N. Z
Times, says;
SHALL FoRf. sUEFTER BE EzHEEoHCED z
The question of reinforcing Fort Sumptei
has been under consideration in the Cabinet
and it is understood that the question wheth
ei or no it is not desirable to withdraw al
the troops, except two or three men, rathe
than Incur the bloodshed which viii probabl!
occur before troops and supplies are put int
I il. is now to be decided. YES llGg
/ The immediate necessity Of settling thi
I question crows out Of the tact that there /
only a limited supply Of bread at For
Sumpter, but plenty OF salt meat, and it mus
either be resupplied or abandoned very soon
The question has been under discussion il
high military circles for several days. sa
Gen. Scott advises that reinforosments can
not now be put in without an enormou
sacrifcs Of life OF course bis views on th
subject cannot be known officially to tn
I public, but be is understood 10 say that vi
have neither military nor naval force at hanC
sufficient to supply the fort against th'
threatened opposition, which it would re
/ quire twenty thousand men to overcome
Besides, if it should initiate civil war, in ad
I dition to uniting the South and oyerwhelm
/ ing the Union sentiment there in the wave
/ of passion, it would require two hunlred anC
I 6fty thousand Government soldiers to carr
on the struggle, and hundred millions o
money to begin with. In such an event
twenty Thousand men would be needed Il
preserve Washington and the Government
archives.
The general impression here on the street
Is that the Administration has determined pI
Withdrawing the troops from Fort Sumter
leaving only one Corporal, two men and th'
Stars and Stripes. compelling the chiValrY {,
capture Tho Fort after all. They have beeI
threatening 10 DO it for three months, ant
Jailed when there were only about seventy
men lit. They nay have an opportunity
10 accomplish it against only three.