Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-07-08

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isstlos, 70 Ne eAAssetse Of the svn1sdsrste
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and istarveotios from forsign powers. Fading
that eosditioa Of things, and believing Il 70 be
20 inpss.ssve duty upon the Incoming
Eseeocve 70 prevent, II possible. the con.
ANIMATION Of suoh attempt to destrov m.
Federal union, choice q two things 70 this end
became Indispensable. This cheico was made
and declared 10 The Iaasgaral Address. The policy
shossn looked TO the sshaastian Of all peaceab.
means before . resort 70 any stronger. II
not already wrestsd from tn. Government, and 70
collect the reveoas, relying for the res,
on free discussion and the ballot box,
for pr0mised the continuance Of the mails ct the
0overnmsnts expense, " thevery people who
we're resisting the Government, and gave repeated
pledges against any disturbance Of any Of the poo
ple, Or any Of their rights. OF all that which q
Prssidsnt might constitutionaily and justi6ably
do in such case, everything was ioreborne, with
out which IL was believed possible 10 keep the
Government on fost. On the 5th of March, the
present ineumbents first full day in Office. letter
from Maj. Anderson, Commanding Il Fort sumter.
written on the 2Sth Of February, and received 1t
the war Department ON the Atm Of March, and
was BY the Department placed in his hands. IT, il
letter, expressed the professional opinion Of the
writer that rsinforcements could be thrown into
that fort in time fer his relof rendered necessary
by the limited supply Of provisions. and with view
OF hodingpossossioA Of the same with force OF less
than 10000 we'll disciplined men. TINS opinion
was concurred in BY eli the sficss of his com
mand, and their memoranda ON the subject were
maac, inclossd in Maj. Anderson's letters, The
whole were immediately laid before Lieut.. Gen.
Scott, who tonce concurred with Maj. Anderson's
decision. On reflectlon, however, he took full
tune in consulting with the officers both Of the
Army and Navy, and at the end of four DAYS
came reluctantly but decidedly to the same con
elusion as before. He also stated, at the Same
Nme, that no such sufficient force was
Len 1t the control of the Government or
could be raised and brought to the ground within
the time when the provisions in the fort would be
exhausted la purely military point Of view THU
confined the admi nistratien 10 tho nero matter Of
getting the garrison safely cut Of the fort 1t was
believed however that 10 so abonion that situa-
uoh under the circumstances would bs utterly
famous that the necessity under which il was to
% done would not DO fully understood that by
many II would 10 construed as n mar,
ola voluntary policy; that hence it would discour-
age The friends OF the Unor embolden its adver
sares ana 60 lar to insure to the latter, recoxni-
ZION abroad, and that in fact it would be ouu
national destruction. This could no. be allowed
STARVATION was not yet upon the garrison. and ere
II would DO reached, Fort Plckens might be rein.
forced This last, would be a clear indication OF
country to accept the evacuation OF
Sumter % military necessity. Then an orde,
YES - once directed TO DO sent Tor the landinp
OF the troops from the steamship Brooklyn 10
to Fort Pickens This order could not 20 bx
land. hut must take the surer and sIo wer rout,
BY sea. The tirst returning news f,cm the or
der was receive just one week befor. the ia /
Of Sumter. the news itself was that the Oil
Ger com handing the Sabine TO which weasel III,
troops had been transported from the BROOKLYN
acting upon some armistice Of the late admin
istrat'0n and OF the oxistance of which the pre-
sont administration, up to the time the order wal
despatched, had only too vague End uncertsi,
rumors to NIX attention, had refused to land tn,
troops. To now reinforce Fort Pickens before tn,
CRISIS would DO reached ut Fort Sumter was i'm
possible, rendered 50 by the mere exhaus,io.
OF PROVISIONS in the latter named
Fort. Ia pr ecaution against sucb
a contingency, the Government. had few day:
before commenced preparing d n expedition as wei
adapted IS might be to relieve Fort Sumter
which expedition was intended to be ultimatel,
sedu OF not according'to circumstances The strong
est anticipated case for using it was presented ano
1t was resolved to send it for ward ms ad been in
tended. In this contingency it was re- solved 70 no
thy the Governor Of South Carolina that he nigh
expect an attempt would be made to provision tn,
Tort, and that If the attempt should no
be resisted there would be no attemp
10 throw In men,arms or ammunition without pub
lie notice in case Of an attack upon the fort
notice was accordingly given, whoreupou the for
was attacked and bombarded to its TALL, withou
even awaiting the arrival Of the provision expedi
ton. thus seen that the assault upon and reduc
ton OF TT Sumter was in NO sense matter Of self d
fense on the part Of the asssiants. They wei
know that tho garrison in tho fort could by N
possibility commit aggression upon them. 1hey
knew they we're expressly notified that givinI
bread to the few brave aud hungry men Of tn,
garrison was all that would on that occ sion be at
tempted, unless themselves, by resisting so much
should provoke US more. They knew that thi
Government desired to keep the garrison
in tho fort not to asseil them, bu
merely to maintain visible possession
ana thus to preserve the Union from actual anc
Immediate destruction, trusting, Is hereinbefor,
stated, to time, discussion and tho ballot box fo
maj adjustment, and they sssailcd and reduced
the Fort for precisely the reverse object to drive
out tho visible authority Of the Federal Union
ana thus force it TO immediate dissolution. Tha,
TINS was their object, the Executive we'll under.
STOOD, and having said to them in the inaugural
address, you can have no conflict without you
oc!ng yourselves tho agrcss0rs, he took
pains, not only to keep this declaration
good, out also to keep the case so far from ingen
lous sopnistry that tho world should not misundcr
stand 1t. Wy the AFFAIR ct Fort sumter. with il
surrounding circumstances, that point was
reached. Then and there By tho ASSISTANTS Of the
Government, began tho conaict, without = gun in
s'gnt or expectancy TO return their firing, save
only the lev IN the fort, sent t. that harbor
year, before, for theft own protection, and
still ready to give that protection il
whatever was loyal. In this
act, d'scarding al else. they have forced upon
the country the distinct issue Of immediate
dissolution or blood, and this embraces more