, 1861-03-21
FORTS sUmTER AND PIgRENs.
Sumter to be Evacuated--Rfospec o'
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The decision in regard to the Witha5aWat, aa,o ol
Major Ande1son's commaod now Eest9 excn. ~
siyely with the PresIdent. He has -haa q ne
.allest oral md written opinions Of zen. scotI
= Ss-he ruosEa officers OF the arny. anu
ana. -~u xndwrittau counsel Of every mem-
Eas me spohS H. ,7>hinet No deteEmins11on VIZ "as
reached yesterda,. Mr. Lneen u as e1nd rasts
bie:of. the imporfant1> aas1l gde nfnslY viii the-
upon him, aud will dec. >ear t. before The
fa1l knowledge that he Is to-t
country. -: sn3festiqa-
It is known that after deliberate ..s1seeT 20 sT.
ton Of all the facts, The Cabinet, with p: #
ception, approve the military 1uogmeans gaaeass,tv
General Scott. and Weld to 1t aa Necessary
which cannot be avoided. This almost una3n, MI.e
nous concurrence on the part o. mem "no
been supposed to regard this suGleet 1rom .;e -
posite standpoints, and to ho!d ea9fa snsrent to
show that there must be the most sulAeae1'
reasons for this conclusion. .,.,,e;
Various modes have been suggested ioT r..
inforclng Fort Sumter, but not M one q :ael lnea1
can stand the scrutiny OF sclentnc M.nsaas
authority, and all others AreunWotLny " eon ,,s
sideration Some emanate rom c.vl1hs1 auI
others from naval officers OF frespectaoie stanu
thfoueh the ghaIiow Tarts Of the entrance to
Charleston harbor,: sending In the men anu ,ea
supplies by boats. These plans nave 9een ~ ~
cussed for some tiuie In naval circles, put
with few exceptions they have not 1een r.
garded Us practicable, though there are many n
officers who would cheerfnfly command such
an: expedition.
II vessels Of light DRIFT or gun-boats could
run the gauntlet Of the extended coast-ssuatu
ard batteries which line the entrance TO eosn
channels, it Is questioned Il they Wonia pe
able to lind reinforcements under Inc nle "
| the vigilance Of 1ookouts everywhere, aiio any
| suspicious fact would ediately slgnaied 70
| that and all other points.
It is stated upon the best military authority
that Major AndersonsB present force conld nol
! hold out forty eight hours In the event OF a
| collision with the batteries now concentrated
against him in full play. The physical endnr,
a1ce required to work his heavy guns would
be exhausted in that time, He could, doubt
/ less, destroy Fort Monltrie and sacrifice many
hundred lives beside, but would be compelied
| to surrender from causes beyond human con
troll It is easy for those who have no respon'
/ sibility to propose plans and blame others 1ol
not adopting them; but if an experlmen,
should be tried against the advice Of the mos,
experienced soldiers and fail, who would ayer1
the execration which would follow It :: Mr
Lincoln will deliberate well before deciding
There is no intention Of. abandoning tor'
PickenB, whatever may ba the necessity II
regard to Fort Sumter. On the contrary, Einct
the recent military preparations By the reyo
1ntionfsts, orders have been sent to land fhs
j troops from the Brooklyn and other sloops.ot
war to reinforce Lieut.. 6lemmer's command
That was MIR. Holt's order at the first sign o
hostile purpose. The re-inforcements Wer'
not actualIy landed, because assurances lWert
given that no attack was med1tated, anu Il
satisfy the Peace Convention.
Jefferson Davis has recently sent orders tt
the commander Of his troops at Pensacola.
WILL TEE SOUTH cARoLN1ANs PERMIT TIL
EVACUATION?
The Charleston correspondent Of the n. Z
Tribune writing under March 18Th, says:
! have already expressed doubt whetle
Anderson to withdraw and evacuate Fort Sum
ter. While the great mass Of the people her
would be willing to see that done, the militar,,
leaders, with whom the question rests, hay
other notions. They say that since Major AZ
derson's Withdrawal is in pursuance OF q mill
tary necessity, solely, it must be conducted &C
coriing to military nsuage. The fact is, BIZ
jor Anderson can do nothing but remain il
Fort Sumter, except at the will Of those b
whom, for tie last two months, he has bee
beaieged, It is impossible for him to eyacuat
except they allow him to do 80. The questlo
arises, on what basis shall he have that privI
ege-for, after all, it is but privilege PRIV
ilege accorded to tile Federal Government b
the Rebels-to evacuatc Fort Sumter. sha
thu garrison ho permitted to embark on boar
Of q Government ship which will be perm1tte
to approach near enough? 0rahan Major AZ
derson be required to formally surrender th
fort, himself, and garrison as prisoners Of wal
heard leader say to dag, Now, see how th
Government is in a place where it must recos
j uize Us and confess our power" And SO
would seem. At least such appears to be II
views Of those who, as have noticed, are th
extreme men Of the Rebellion. Everybod
else think, would bo willing to alloW Ma}e
. Major Anderson to manage the business
cording to his own notions, which fact is a
indication, more or less significant, Of, tt
; modifying effect which the proposed action
the Government has had on the popular min