The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-17

out.e Sou ioopo tnas ~ss suu "a sa8niucance,
nse power Tor evil Whiiss your mee were Aspu,ng
H ne PRESIDENCY ana whist was me saneot on VIM
and abuse which never answered undertook
Iefrinc nour came you, ana AL u you, ana each o.
suu, snVun sey tais maa uas uoIs n'g au.y ~
paa0he Pardon mo for the eg"Ihm IL u God Aimi&nsys
truth and God knows It. l saw assure IN the iceberg
coming knew thero was no power between earsh ana
stand this moment, tha. as Il had split everything in lie
path, was destmeo 70 spit the OF inc
United states. ! s.ooo him; uentsenen, ING n~sags
Oh Me President OF the United states seos 70 DC oon
uadicton Let me come again 70 the snppos 10 Justice
az what believe 70 ne that good oa man Sontomptuoas
lauehter Was there, since God made this earth, man
ever placed Ia so dhcult poHton ~ the President OF
the United states was placed my Han ne not been true
to VOW Had his administration not oeen an,u 70 the
Cnion because II WAS distinctly ana iearesy constsu
thnaH DO not come here 70 censure gentemcn, put
VIII cay because J. y due - the rum .. ns.o,y .nss
In that terrific conflict in which be was engaged ne was
not os well sustained oy te Seutn ~ no observed 70 pc
Perhaps was intended that tns present catastrophe
should be precipitated upon the country they Mad
taken different course this would doubtless, not have
c'me But II ID not 10 naman nature 70 De ~ true 70
another as 70 the mother tnal gave yousncs. Augnll
Mr. Buchanan could not come 10 the Position OF the Ssun
as son Of the South would: There were TWO policies
embodied ~ that message Inere u tne policy Of pesce
ami there the policy o cocrcion however much hey
may BIO conpos"d-however well they might keep
together up AND W the meeting OF congress ana Ire or
marion 81 commuters, tnere was .le comlne whoa snc
roads FORK lie mad SAID ana proclaim si-anu II was
great consolation TO me-we cannot make war ana WIN
not make war Gentlemen, was contented linen, ana
will toll you the reason. But he said, VIII execute
the laws That was Dir. Attorney General Black doc
trine-these lawyers have reyerentMu respect icr
laws-a very good thing. don't know OF Dol.
ter substitute Tor the law than lawyer, exCeps
in times OF great excitement. (lAugnterl wen,
they said wo must execute the laws, ana !
SAID agreed, gentlemen But the fresioent sald
this question Of the fort question Of property Well
tapped my hand at that and said, Is question OF
ly solved said, grant that this is question OF proper
ty-Mr. President am your Secretary OF War, and the
property and the army are under my charge have
oath which il recorded in heaven, and am de-
ermiped that the responsibility for this prope y which
hold shall be- turned my SUCCESSOR IL God gives
Question Of property, max YOU in the forts The mill
ary power displayed IN the forts the political signn
expressed in the forts blended into each other so
that twilight you could harily tell where the
hight stopped where the darkness commenced. said
i wac question Of property s am with you 70 the
en- hanncned that was amonest them What little |
tnow isaTned there Was nj school there for years
and craan,t.d in their coliecc I kneyg the men who
- ,h ,..t;na man mon The ,oi,ca arena there
ana knew them we'll knew thoy were no fanatics
Tickens and MANY others who are no less promi.
,aat n South rsrolina noItcs ara men 70 nc relied
on TJey ore GOOD men thew are great men
md ehould 1sfond tbem h the very last
dep o. my Dooa @aa applause sa , %ai l no,
eba under ~ cso ~ care If vour nroncrtv in
troduce INTO this country power that viii rise up pre-
y -. ~ sas 80. ,h,s 80 ,haro l. aangs1
y, 1 ~ r ,.h,sh c,u,d no need hx ma
tha tha.p
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,ha, had fremont n,arvsws with the p,es,dent of
~ ~, "a 49,. 49, nlaas,r ~ haor,na ,nstno
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1 ~; Ca e ar 20 ,bs h;s whole ana antirs so,c
g. 49, a., -, 49,. :oa ~ ,.o.om,, W. ,.,sas ~.
su ~ "P 1870. W. .s. r.. p - ss.n,s,nr a. 49,
,or ahon ~ All ,ha1 a,pesrs IN tha nassna nars
tc"nd an, ia not true Some tbirca in them are true
1ba pres,cnt s,l ~ reand 7 tho9gbt mayer nv, him
IN NV life Io an nnch like what comes IN TO NV dea
m PRECEDENT OF he Tinted states as he LOGGED that
rneer;,. 70 Cha,,aa,o, ~ a,ranr,hec the osss VIA,
ahont seraing ,ei,torcements IN (harJeston9U was
taken very much by surprise to find the President
naLipg ths ipouirv indicating IN INV mind chang, IN
nolrv n his mart aid .sMr pres;dent nothing about
recruits ~ (arIeson uDnn,t Won said be
t.nd re ,he forts ~ 40 no, in
go y, sran,hn ,hs tor,s q, Cha !, rrramanSons
snn,usel saws no ssMr F,ovd would ra,her he ir the
sp., h o,"r,oc 10 nyrnv han ,hs, ,hese forts
In Chsrcatcn should fall INTO In, inaris OF IN
tend 10 take them II will destroy me- sirn Anu said
he "Mr Floyd il that thing oc-urs 1t win cover your
na,neaid II ia an honorable name, sir-wh intnmy
that all time can never ee beca so Il Is in vain
YOU viii attempt 10 show that you have not
Them That ia what the PRESIDENT said TO me Gentle
men If YOU STOOD In the preeence Of the President and
conyers.d with y man you respected aud loted, these
words would have brought pondcroos Significance.
What had to do and what hatf1 TO sayp saia, "Mr.
President there no danger trust IN SIR trust
there no danger viii willingly rsk my reputation,
whstsvcr that may bel viii trust my Ie-that he forts
Charleston safe under the decla atoms Of the gentle
men OF Charlie sionthat they cannot ~ touched cloud
would have gwen the blood OF my life As soon as q
Chew OF tobacco 10 stranger IN the wilderness to make
that good. Tremendous applause) lie said TO me,
" that oil very well but parton 30 for asking you,
does that secure the orss SAIL No sir; but IL Is
guaranty that am IN earnest Ia tho belief that OK
pressed TO that the forts are secure" said he
am not satisfied" said, II am sorry for IL. Now,
SIR is for you to order the President and
order You say TO this come ard he comoth;
go and he goeth you have right to order that these
forts shall he strengthened When you make that or
der, then viii ,oislier your orders; but would be no
cTe.nt 10 you IL did not tell you that this policy OF
garrisonpg the forts wall lead To certain conflicts; IT Is
The Inauguration d civil war and the beginning OF the
elusion OF blood II II Is question o; property, why
not pvt ordnance sereeana man who goes about with
sort Of wrsted eparette upon his shoulsr and stripes
down his breeches-he rs representative man is .
significant pcrsonagehc tells with peculiar einthAas,
am the representative OF the stars ana stripes, Oh
Hail. Columbia, aud Yankee iSodie and IN the
name OF aI-in the. Lamo OF ina. great shibpo
ieth-l stand mere ,he repfcsenIAese Oh tnc
property Of the United States daughter said that
this would be enough 70 secure tne iorts ii " ques
ton OF properly he represents H. ana et us wait until
the issue ~ made py soGth crona she goes out OF the
Union, and sends her commissioners here she sends
them 70 the Executive Up to this point the action Is
insignificant Action after TINS demands Inc attention OF
the great council OF .he heon Les us SUB