Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-20
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ID appeGrs, according 70 the 7Sibnns's wash.
|iuglon coffsspGnaen bp. that Tue question Of shs
eyaeuatioo of Fort Sumter how reais exclusively
with The President How long It win take him
to come to decision Ia not intimated. All the
members Of the Cabinet, Il is stated, have, with
single exception, approved the military judg-
ment Of General scorr, and yielded othe With,
drawal of Maj. ANpRRsor's command, as a
necessity which c.nnot be avoided. =
!Batthoueh the Cabinet are thus almost unan.
imoas, the President every day encounters fresh
difficulties and 10 vexed by new complications
He may have made up his mind as most OF his
Cabinet have made up their mindss that the
withdrawal of Major ANDERSON and his troops
is an Unavoidable necessity; bnt The question
that doubtless perplexes him now .is, In what
manner and under what circumstances that
Withdrawals Is to be accomplished. In order to
be sure Of an abandonment Of the Fort without
molestation, it would seem to be necessary to
recognize in. some way the revolutionary govern
ment oftae South, and negotiate whit for the
safety of ANDERSON and his men till they are
out Of the territory and the waters over which
that government claims jurisdiction. The idea
of negotiating with those whom the organs Of
his party have steadily denounced az rebels and
traitors is not very palatabIe TO sold Abe"
In the mean time, all sorts Of rumors are
aAoat to scare him and increase his nervous
anxiety. One of these rumors is that General
BEAuREoARD, who commands the secession for
ces at Charleston, will refuse tr permit ANDER
SON and his band to DEPART except as prisoners
of war. Be this as 1t may, we have good Re-
publican authority for the statement that Pres
ident LINCOLN and his Cab met are fully salts
to the entrance into Charleston hsrbor of any
vessel or vessels for the purpose Of carrying
away Major ANDERsoN's command, or TO theil
withdrawal by land, unless upon express stipul1
tions, not only against every thing like SUR
price or ruse, but for the abandonment of the
fort and its armaments in as sound, complete
and undamsged conditions as they nov are.
This is most humilating position for the
new Administration to be placed in, after all
the bluster its friends have made sboat holding
on to the forts already in possession Of Federal
troops, and repossessiug those seized by the
Cotton Conlederacy. Bat how will President
LINCOLN act in this emergency Will he enter
iuto negotiations with the Commander In che
of the secession ermy at Charleston7 This ht
canno: do withoutan implied acknowledgment
that the authority under which General BEAU
REGARD acts is atleast an independent govern
ment de faeiO, il not of right. Mr. LINCOLN viii
doubtless hesitate long before he viii bring
himself to the conclusion to make this humilia.
ingeeknowledgnent Ys1TaG 59A r
Sincs4he foregoing paragraphs were written
a dispatch has been received announcing tn
fact that the Administration has succumbe'
to the sscessionsts, by entering into negotiation
with the Commissioners fthe Southern Con
J federacy for an armistice Of ten days, which tn
latter have magnanimOusly granted, and order
Z have accordingly been issued to Major ASDEn
SON for the immediate evacuation of Fort Sum
ter Il is thus that the Administration Of
4 party which refused to yield TO any concession
or compromise for the sake Of preserving tn
Union, is yielding to, and entering into nego
tiations with the secessionists, with the ulti
mate design Of destroying the Union. nr