Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-07-12
Tie President says !.

fF ." io"'iy iusuIteu ny rebel hands @
American soil.
The President says:-
On tho 9th OF March, the present ucumbebt, frs, Ia
day In Office leiier Of Major Anderson, commauae,
lfoft sumter, written the 9aih Of Pebrsrv ana T.
eeVed at tho War Department on the an of March ~,
bY that Department plAcei Ii his hands This letr i,
pfeFsed the professional opinion Of the writer th. ra
ioreemenis could not be thrown uio that ort within ii,
'uo ar ms feliei rendered necessary by the limited su,
w " provisions, and with view OF holding possession
'ae same WIN force Of less than twenty ihousan
soou and we'll disciplined men, This oplnton WAS a..
CURED in " all the officers of his eommsnd, 1 ,,
memoranda on the subject were made enclosures of Nao
Andelsons letter. The whole was Immediately lsi, IL
iufe Lieut. Gen. Scott who st once eoncurred win Nat
Auuerson in that opinion, On reflection howevar n,
TOOK inll time consulting with other officers both o m
au navy and at ils end fionr days come reluet
"',y gni decidedly to the conclusion as before
ne also slated at the same time that no such suaiei.n
o'ee wH then within the control Of the Government n,
souiu ne raised and brought 10 the ground within I'M
"nen 'he profis'ns 10 tho fort would bs exhausted
" Pu'ey military point Of view this reduced the ,tv
Of the Administration IN the case to ,be mara matt, ~
getting The garrison safely ont Of the lon
IL was believed, however, that 10 80 abandon ,b,, ost
non under the erenmstAnas, would be utterly ,uinous
'nat the necessity under which Il was to la ons would
not be fully understood that by mAuy it would la en
s'rned as part of voluntary policy; that at os /,
would discourage the friends Of the Union emboldsn n,
AdVersarles and so far TO insure to the latter
llen abroad that, in fact Il would be our National IL
s,fueilon eopsummatsd. This could not he alowel--
was NOT yet upon the garrison, ere would
ne reached, Fort Pickens might be reinforced Ts
would be clear Indication Of policy. aud oii
enable the country to accept the evacuation of Po Sun
Ter as military necessity An order was at oncn a,,
Cd 10 be sent for the landing Of the troops f ta s
snip brooklyn into Fort Piekens This order eopla ~
go oy land aud must take tho longer and slower ota M
sea- The htst return from ths order ,yas ,oa,
Jusl one week before the fall of Fort Sumter This nav,
's'n was 'pat 'he oheer commanding the Sabine, 10
""i vessel the troops had beeu transferred from bs
brooklyn acting upon some quasi Atmistire of th t,
administration, aud Of the existence OF which the rra
sent administration up to the time the order wss de-
pA''ned mad only too vague aud uncertain rumors ia
nA Stlen'lon-had refused 10 land the troops.
40 now reinforce Fort Pickens before crisis woud h
reached at Fort sumIar impossible rendered so by
the near exhaustion Of provisions IN the atter nsod
iort' In such copjunetme, the Government had fac
uays oefre commenced preparing an e edition. as we'll
auap.ea as might be- to relieve Fort Sumter; which ex
PeuiOn was Intended to be ultimately us or NOT me-
suns 70 circumstances The strongest anticipated case
Tor using 1t was now presented and It was resolved 4,
send 1t forward had been intended in this eon,ina
It was also resolved to notify the Governor Of sont
carolina that the attempt should not be resisted tbra
would be no eioft to throw in ineu arms or aumupito
nont iurthsr notice Or in Of sn attack upon s
ort' This notice was accordingly given, whsreupon ts
ofl was attacked and bombarded to It's fall llhon, ~
waiting the arrival Of the provisioning expedition MN
nus seen that the assault upon and the reduction of p,.
u'er was in no reuse matter of ssltdeiencs on the
St, Oh ,he aSsaants They we'll knew that the garrison
he,
ipoh lhem. They knew-they were expressly nstie,d-
nat the giving ot'bread to the few brave and bnn, ~
y ihe garrison was all which could on that occasion la
uempted' unless themselves, by resisting sn much
uouiu provoke more. They knew that this GoyerBmsr,
eSea TO Eeop this garrison in the fort not 10 ss.at
hem but merely to maintain visible possession ,,st,n
herenhcors stated, 10 time, discussion and tba h.u
o. or mat adjustment And they assaii-i aud reduced
lie Tort for precisely the reverse Object to
lsible authority ofihe Federal Union. and tbus r ~.
D Immediate dissolution.
That this was their orjeet lie Executive wall nal,
ood aud having said to them Ia The Inaugural Alr.,
you can nave no conflict without being yontselvas a.,
sessorH ne took pains not only to keep this l.l.r,
ION good, but alsU to keep the case SO free from , 49,
OF Ingenious sonhistry that the world sboud M, H.
pe 10 ml'nhaersiand It, by the affair at Fort Sumter
IN Us surrounding circumstances that point was reach
D. Then and thereby tho assaants Of ,hs Gnysrn,s
,,o,.,..,, q, s,"i """out u gan IN sight, 81 iu 5
Apee"ey' TO return their ne, save only the fe IL ,i
orr Ssnt to that harbor years before f6r Thai, - !
ehon' and still reSdy 10 give that protection in ,yh.
Yer was lawful In this aef, describing ali Ok, tey
ave oreed upon the country the distinct issns-irn. 4
ale dissolution or blood. Aud this issue emrspes
an the A'e Of these United States II pre.ants IN h
lo'e Amily Of man ihequsston whether copsltnon.
hepuohe or pemoeracya government Of IA, neori. n
ne people can or cannot maintain lis terr,tari, II
ssy Asa'us' us own domestic fees. presents the e.
eslion whether dseonten,ed inaiyidp,is ,o, ~. /,
mhers to control the administration according 10 ,hs
'anc law In any case, always upon the prstepce.
'de in this case or on any other pretsucs, bres nm
'ir Government and thus pe caly put an end TO te
yernment upon the earth .,