Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-04-06

from Washington TO the Chicago Tribune
complete rofutAtion ofrAll charges Of "tsn-
porising and hs1i.sncy On the part Of The
Administration. WehaVe never had doubt
upon this matter ourselves, but tOt the sake
Of those who hGps doubted, We publish the
letter. The writer We know to be so situA-
ted asto have unusual facilities fer knowing
fthe wishes and intentions Of the Administers
ton;
HNoW that the Administration Is delivered
to considerable extent from the perpleTlng
task Of distributing the federal patronage, the
lcountry may safely look for some decisive ex-
scutive action In reference 10 the various
bearings Of the Southern imbroglio at an
early date The hour Of reckoning has been
delayed, but is now about coming. Passive
ness viii not much longer characterize the
administrative attitude. Not only frmness
Of resolution, but also boldness and energy
Of execution, will soon become manifest
There are doubtlsssly pussillanimous souls
here and elsewhere, that have been haunted
some time with fears of intentional Ianguor
on the part OF the executive. Let them rest
sasy. Who has ever known Abraham Lin
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known him 10 ViOlate q trustT Who has
ever known him TO Violsts sacred obligations,
Quail before difficulties and coWer before
threats2 Il is true, be occupies position
that would unnerve many q one. It is true,
he has been surrounded By influences that
were not apt 70 exercise an invigorating
effect upon his intentions. But fortunately
he is made Of sterner stuff than the general
ity Of our modern politicians. Luckily, he
does not possess that Elasticity of character
and conviction, that has rendered so many a
/ political leader untrue to his record in these
trying times. he is 3 nan, and will act like
a man. BE iS Republican, and will be true
to the Republican faith. BE has sworn to
uphold the Federal Constitution, and will not
violate bis oath. he has pledged himself to
the nation in his inaugural to see the laws Of
the land enforced, and will redeem his pledge
in fine, be means to be President in the
most comprehensive and conscientious sense
of the term, and not like his predecessor, q
sham and q mockGy.
Let then, the Republicans Of the North
west cohfds in him, aud appsase that IN
grounded apprehension, that he will do aught
IN conttaYention Of his promises and their
own hopes and expectations. The laments-
bic, but insxorabe necessity of evacuating
/ Fort Sumter, the realization of which may
now be expected at any hour, affords no just
cause foF dependency or doubts as to the
character Of the executive policy. It is 8
step under which no one will ohafe more
than the head Of the Administration. It is
measure that he was most 10th to con-
slider, and that will not be carried out with
ont the bitterest regret.
But although be viii be obliged to yield to
uncomfortable circumstances in this one in
stance, his distinctly proclaimed intention to
g hold, possess and occupy the federal prop
erty," viii be acted upon in ell others. The
report of an abandonment of Fort Pickens
Immediately after that OF Fort Sumter, is alb
soiutely hlse. No such idea has ever been
broached- d-eVen not BY the so-called con-
sorVatiTe members Of the Cabinet lam able
\ to state PpGtVely, on the contrary, that it is
the determination of the Administration not
only to bold that and all other points still
under its control, to the very last, but also
to strengthen them with all the resources at
Its command, so as to render its possession
secure as against all the forces the revolu-
tionary Authorities will be able to raise. 1t
I is certain that orders to this effect have been
Issued froin the War and Navy Departments
nearly two weeks ago, and that if they have
not been carried cat ere this, it is only owing
to the stoPpage of all intercourse between the
/ Federal Government and the South BY the
rebels, and the impossibility of communicat-
ing with the forts without resorting to STRAIT
agems, seTeral OF which have already proved
failures. The mail has not been trusted with
official conmunications for some months
| But even special messengers do not always
get through. The War and Navy Depart
I meats have both repeatedly been without the
least information as to the condition Of the
federal forces in the South, for weeks, and
isiiillHsl less 20 act, out nom a want Of
knowledge as to how to act ora Lu1--
All the talk about the "srmistioe" that Is
said to have been concluded between the Adj
ministration and the three representatives Of
the abortiJe cotton republic, is simply 'Fbo5h.
The Government is not quite ready to lower
lis dignity So far as to enter regular negstia-
tions with rebels and traitors. Tive Of the
Revolutionary trinity called on the Assistant
Secretary bfState, after having vaiAly. waited
lf1 some days for written reply 70 the an
nouncsneat Of their arrival and business,
which they had previously msde, when they
were politely told that Mr.. Seward was So
busily engaged with other matters that no
attention eeuld possibly be given them for
some time. Whereupon they concluded to
await the leisure of the Secretary of State
This is all about the armistiee."