The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-08
THE PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION.


position of our national affairs, is thus clas-
sifed
East Tennessee, comprising twenty.eight
counties, voted: For Convention, 1900;
against Convention, 32,547.
Middle Tennessee, comprising thirty.three
counties, for Convention, 26,539; against,
1885.
West Tennessee, comprising eighteen
counties, for Convention, 2O,ll7; against,
6,918.
Recapitulated, the vote was:
Against Convention. ...................67 81, 800
For Convention. 1876
Majority against Convention. ,2O4
"A correspondent of the New York
Post, writing from Charleston on the 10th
ultimo, says the State troops are all for as
saulting Fort Sumter. They think that the
honor of their State demands the pulling
down of the stars and stripes, and, as Wei.
lington said of his young soldiers, will crush
to death as to dance" in the attempt. The
correspondent adds:
1t is very possible that these words may ex
cite "pooh'' or ''pshaw,'' but the men are in
earnest, and have pluck enough to render any
cause formidable. The garrison, mostly Irish.
men, have been working night and day in COM
plotting the Notifications. At the period of
their occupation they were in such an imper-
feet state that they could not have resisted an
attack, had one been made by the Charlesto-
mans. The main doorway is built up so that
two men cannot walk abreast through it; one
armed with revolver or bowie knife might
defend it against hundred assailants suppOs-
ing he were not shot himself. Just within, op-
posite the door, is huge mortar. The stones
on the wharf have been removed to strengthen
the weak side of the fort. There are piles of
hand grenades ready for use. The lower case
mates have been closed fast, the guns shottled,
and piles of grape and canister placed beside
them.
The maj looks harrassed and wan, but per.
fectly resolute he can talk of nothing but the
fort and his new position; he admits that he
dreams of it by night-when he sleeps. He
deplores the responsibility forced upon him,
admits that his sympathies are with the South,
but declares, first OF all, he is United States
officer. He objects TO his endorsement by alb
clifton journals, declares that they publish
forged letters attributed to himself and his Of
fcers. His men are all faithful and resolute, in
perfect military discipline; they never grumbled
or mutinied-all stories to that effect being un
mitigated lies. They look haggard and worn,
and preserve strict silence when questioned
They do not now expect to be reinforced. Ma
jor Anderson still hopes the business may be
settled without bloodshed. He will defend
himself to the last, if attacked. Such, three
nights ago, was the internal aspect of Fort
Sumter.
The Augusta (Georgia) Constitutional
ist, of Tuesday, contains the following spe
cial dispatch
CHARLESTON, February Is.
The floating battery is nearly completed, and
will be launched at two o'clock. 1t is said to
be very complete work of its kind.
We stated some days ago that Sena-
tors CHANDLER and BINGHAM, of Michigan,
had written to Governor BLAIR, desiring
him, if possible, to have the Legislature re-
consider its refusal to appoint Commission
ers to the Peace Conference at Washington,
and suggesting themselves as proper candi.
dates for the appointment. The reason they
urged for the adoption of their suggestion
was that compromise was in majority in
the Conference, and that Michigan could
turn the scale the other way. Governor
BLAIR has abused the confidence reposed in
him by allowing the modest and patriotic
correspondence of these gentlemen to be
made public. Both letters appear in the
Detroit Free Press both are to the same
effect. That of Senator CHANDLER being
the briefest and most pointed of the two,
we publish it below:
WASHINGTON, February IL, 1861.
My DEAR GovERNoR.-Gov. Bingham and
myself telegraphed you on Saturday, at the re-.
| quest of Massachusetts and New York, to send
| delegates to the Peace or Compromise Con-
| gress They admit that we were right, and
| they wrong that no Republican State should
have sent delegates; but they are here and
Island are caving in, and there is danger of H.
linOis, and now they beg u.s. for Gods sake, to
| come to their rescue and save the Republican
party from rupture. hope you will send stiff
backed men or none, The whole thing was
gotten up against my judgment and advice,
and will end in thin smoke. Still, hope, as
matter of courtesy to some of our errng breth-
rem, that you will send the delegates.
Truly, your friend,
q. CHANDLER.
His EXcellencv Austin Blair.
P. S.--Some of the manufacturing States
think that fight ,oould be a,cful. Without a
little blood letting this Union ,c,N not, in my es-
t,mation, be ,oo'th a rush.
The Legislature refused to send Com
missioners; and Messrs. CHANDLER and
BINGHAM were foiled in their traitorous
work.
The brother OF Hon. JOHN SHERMAN,
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means in the House of Representatives,
Gen. w. L. SHERMAN, has for many years
past occupied the position of Superintend.
ent of the State Military Academy at
Alexandria, La. When it became evident
that the State would secede, he addressed
the following letter to Gov. MOORE:
jan. Is, 1861.
Gov. THOMAS o. MOORE, BATON ROUGE SIR:
AS 1 occupy quasi military position under
the laws of this State, deem it proper to &C.
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