Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-14
=, nronosnn rracution CT FORT Sumter.

rr,,o proposcG EyacGtion CT Eort SUMNER.
The runor that Fort Sumter is to be cTacua'
ted s,rS ap the Republican press and they all
break on, with renewed energy IN denunc'a,
ton of Mr.. Buchanan for dong nothing
although it is exactly the same thing MI Lii
coin proposes to do, and all that he can 49,
without powerful army, millions OF collars,
n civil war, and the sacrifice of hundreds Oh
valuable lives
The New York Post (Repubcan) thus pro-
tests against the evacuation, when, IL al
legss, vii! produce general nov OIL !''''s
nation
we do not know that it is yet wholly i'm
| ,.s;bir To save the honor of the nation the
military advisers of the Cabinet. who are CON-
netent 70 form an opinion, vii! decide upon
that Joint but We DO know that Ii ME)or
Anderson is ordered 10 Lcat an IgnoEninious,
retreat, The act will produced general howl OF
INDIGNATION. No real American, we care not
what his politics, will consent to see MS nation
jr ,radcd and dishonorcd, without vehement
protest ..,,,, or tho yor.
r;.nn from Fort Sumter will have gond euecl
in rhe border States, that it will deprive 'he
src.ss,onists there Of their principal means Oh
in,Ianing the popular passions; but s"c', P'r"s
,r,. both useless aud cowartly. HE oo,"cr
states do rot mean to leave tho Union tneli
nnonlg have given evidence enough OF .na.
t,ct and il is but poor compliment 10 'ie.'
patriotism and their honor tosSay that their au'
hcreucc can onlY be purchased ny sacr,nIes
wh,ch involve tho lasting disgrace Of Tue
I-n,oo Let il he once understood that the
Union can ONLY be saved by racatlnS the gen
arai government Of all its functions, III" ."e
oprstion will arise whether II Is worm sa'''5
at all" :, ,r
prised and indignant. 1t says:
.W. would fain hope that the president
will soc n way to escape from such commence
ment of his administration and pe saFea tle
necessity OF thus sererng the last INK OF Inc
federal sovereignty over the State vi Soilh
Carolina, aud by Consequence over the o'her
so,oi;,, STATES = But this alleged
purpose of evacua,in, Fort Sumter and giving
n,S.esson OF it to The rebels is in some respects
ineypIicable, and may after all not really De
entertained, II the Qualifications around
Charleston harbor are sc formidable that no
force the United States can bring against them
can compete with them, how came II To pass
thar Lie M Gen. Scott, who had frequent in
terviews with Mr.. Lincoln, permitted the Pre-
sdent elect to remain in ignorance Ct the iac''
and to declare in his inaugural message that
he would hold all the forts and other puolic
property handed down to him, and collect the
revenues in addition :? 1t is not supposab!e
| that Gen. Scott was ignorant OF any military
operations in the port OF Charleston, even II
he were not informed OF the straits 10 which
Major Anderson is now alleged 10 be reduced
The Commercial concludes that il Fort Sum-
ter is surrendered, Fort pickens must be also
given up, and therefore 1.-The controversy Is ut
IN end. The revolution in the South is sue
cessfuI The Southern Con!cderacy Is rival
sovereign republic on this continent
The New York Express says the rumor OIL
the proposed evacuation made Wall street jump
with ioy on Monday Dead stocks started TO
life and living ones ran up from t~o to three
pur cent. Trade, corn, grain everything, IN
stead Of "hawking," were all dancing with de-
light. But the '.howls'' Of the rabd Rspubl.
cans will, it is feared, knock everything dead
again. The same paper adds:
III General Scott gives it as his judgment
that Fort Sumter can only be reinforced at an
expense Of thousands OF lives-American lives
the lives of men who are his own country
| ilS!li SOuLliI d!S'' Va -A'' !>'''~N''A
would it not be tie extreme Of folly-nay, the
extreme Of wickedness-,o appeal from that
| Judgment to that Of the wild men Of the Re-
publican party who think differently? The
SCARED veteran OF Lundys Lane and Cheru-
| busco knows something OF the horrors oil war.
The wild men, on the contrary, WHO cry out,
Retake the forts, crush the cnnSplratorS. en-
| force the laws aud hang up the traitors, know
| nothing of them, save in their iukStandS or on
pauer and, therefore, between the opinions
| of two such authorities, IT seems 10 US no wise
man, in Mr.. Lincoln's place, ought long to hes
itatc."
Tie Tribune groans, means and howls.-
| Hear it:
Better 81 once give up the Federal Govern
nrnt as an exploded humbug, than attempt to
carry it on with half our ports open TO foreign
goods without pay ing duty, or At least without
paying any into the Federal treasury.
AUTHORIZATIONS as it may Seem-we cannot
| feel nor affect ttanktulneSS for that kind Of
acguiescence in the rule Of President Lincoln
which axacts Of him an abdication Of the es.
seutial function Of his Office as n condition
precedent, and strips him Of half his riehtful
power while concediag him MS title and
salary"
A Washington correspondents, Of the Tribune
writes:
There is great fever among the Republ-
| cans in the city on account OF the orders for
the retirement Of the troops from Fort Sumter.
Every man is fcrocious ut the bare idea Of such
thing. The act is deprecated and denounced
in every form Of anathemn yet it is an act in
which the Cabinet are compelled to be com.
paratively passive. They merely follow the
judgment Of Gen. Scott no advises the cvacu-
alton, and OF course. takes the whole rcspon.
sibty Of the act But the reason OF its sur.
render must not be misunderstood. 1t is done
wholly because it cannot now be reinforced
before the supplies Of the garrison ex-
! hauSte'l
'rhe rumors about Fort pickens being given
up is entirely unfoundcd. This fortress can
be reinforced, and will be. The Forts at Key
West and Trr'rg;rs cannot be given up, be-
cause they may be easily reinforced, and are OF
national importance in military and CONNER
cial aspects. Fort Sumter involved i point Of
| honor only.
An extra session Of Congress is likely to he
soon called to supply the omission Of the last,
and enable the administration to Assert the
authority Of the government The policy will
probably be to repeal the laws making ports
OF seeding States ports vi foreign entry, and
| w FSSSS!S bIlClGs.t ~
foreign importations
The National "Inteligencer' says:
1--WE need not say that We receive this intel.
ligence (the proposed evacuation) with great
satisfaction, which is enhanced by the reason
assigned III explanation Of the decision to
which the administration is said to have come
in the premises. Ia making such concession
to the cause Of Cancellation and the preserva.
ton Of the public peace, the Federal Govern.
ment will strengthen itself in the hearts of the
people throughout! all the States in which a
spirit OF apprehension now prevails
The Philadelphia nsyl7an;an" says:
"li the news be true that NJ. Lincoln has de-
cldcd TO evacuatc Sumter, then will he present
the world with gratifying evidence Of some