The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-03-21
March 20, 1861.
THE POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRA.
TON.
tRr6m the National Republican,

- - THE POLICY OF Tl T,,E ADn1S1'rRA'
. l1r6m the National Republican.
The question ~ to the policy Of thu
= Administration 10 this, the most event
tul crisis Of our history, presses home up
on the American ksurt, cresting q pro-
found and painful anxiety, throughout
Il the length aud breadth Of the land, which
, can b. alsyed BY no pomps Of iuaugurs.
" ton and 10 distribution OF Federul offices.
In judging Of this policy, We look only to
/. the sentiments Of Mr. Lincolu's inausur.
g vi, ~ seen IN the light Of his political
an.eceden:s and personal character, and
to the course Of events by which this pol.
icy-not its distinctive principle, hut its
: application to particular cases-must, Of
D.. course, in some measure, be controlled.
:, The inaugural enunciates two cardinal
proposition: First, "that the laws
(shalD be faithfully executed in all the
States second, that "the course thus
J indicated will be followed with view to
, a pesceful solution Of our national trou,
bles" TO reconcile this seeming incon
gruity in the practical operation Of the
Government, is the most delicate and
difficult task of the present Admiuistrs
ton. So far as its general policy is con
cerued, this is sufficiently obvi3us. being
as briefly stated in the inaugural, "to
hold occupy and posses the property and
PAGES belonging to the Government, and
to co!cc: the duties on imports
the questions Of retsking tho forts
captured by the seeded States and Of the
mode IN which the revenue shall be col
!ectcd, may be safely left to b. decided in
the future, after the most ample consid-
Grafton The Grs. and most grave reg
possibility which meets the Admiuls,rs
ton is 10 reference to Fort Sumter, ina,
{ much its present condition imperative
~ requires immediate action. Shall it
be- relieved or evacuated, is the simple
question One thing is clear, no half
way policy can be adopted. The troops
must be at once withdrawn from the fort
or they mus. be at once reinforced. The
idea Of leaving seventy men cooped up If
Government fertilization to perish by
starvation or assault in the presence o
thirty million Of people looking on IL
fearful solicltude aud hopeless imbeclllty
l. is not to be tolerated for momcut-
= The consequences of such catastroph
}. are fearful to contemplate. The blood o
these brave and loyal men crying alou
- for vengeance, aud for the redress of tn
- insul,ed aud disgraced honor Of the ma
At ton, would demand the recspture of tn
n! fort, as the alternative of Northern re,
10 olution, at whatever cost Of life and trea.
- ure, aud the country would be inevltabl
prec;pitated into civil war whose end o
A. man could foresee.
n Shal. the troops then be Withdrawn O
H. reinforced There is much that may b
urged with grea, plauSibiIi,y on bot
,, sides Of the question. On the one side
~ it is said tina: by such withdrawal tn
n Government ia effect abdicates it's trus,
ID and with its own hand haus down tn
$, old flag upon one Of its own ratification
y before the rebel forces, which are array.
ed against it; that it virtually yields t.
80 revolution and recognizes secession as 81
g. unaccomplished fact; that thereafter i
lie must .llnqush the other forts and aban
If don all thought of the collection Of tn
; revsnue; and that the principle is con
= ceded that the Government can only b.
a. maintained. if at all, by moral suason.
80 On the other hand. the evacuation O
!. Fort Sumter is pronounced to be a mill
tary necessity. The oldest and ables
= militia and naval commanders in tn
y service are understood so to regard it,
= The vessels Of war necessary for the effec
z tual relief Of the fort could not be concet
as trated at the port Of Charleston in seaso
to accomplish it, and there is no availab
u force to man them Again, the fort do
al not command the entrance to a great i
err land sea. ike the forts Of Florida, and
i. occupation is chiefly desirable for loo
-. defeLce, that of the harbor and State
" South Carolina, which, in these time
q" there is 40 hardship IN leaving the Sta
an to look to i,seif. Even II actua, war e
o. listed between the Government and t
State, the fort is no, worth what it won
cost to reinforce, and the true policy
60 war dictates no useless expenditure Of Ii
'ot and treasure. General Scott, it ia sal
in. favors this opinion-the old hero who
hs loyalty shines as bri sht as the sun
- MONDAY, and in following whose couns'
70 disgrace can never come upon any pc
in pie Ifthis assumed necessity exists.
Ir. and of this the Government has the be,
ii. ifuot the only means Of judgment-th,
49,, there is nothing more to be said, Il
y question is concluded.
&C. If the withdrawal of the troops is d
'n' termined by this necessity-and this,
10. our view, could alone justify it-then
ne involves no surrender Of principle l.
!, no acknowledgements Of the defeat
=. the Federal Government, or thst 18th
~ Union is utterly dissolved, past al! poss
1t. bllity OF reconstruction, except by Il
on most abisct concessions" 1t would for
err. no precedent for the surrender of an
other fort not in the fame extreme peri
." 1t has 10 sort Of connection with the CO
lection of the revenue which is. after a
re the pfae,i2al test of the Government, al
nc the vital I:i:iou Ct "a, rnio, Ma