, 1861-04-04
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.


Especial Correspondence Chicago Tribune]
WASHINGTON, March 80, 1851.
The adjournment Of the Senate has proved
q great rc1iet to both the President and the
heads Of departmersta$s. Their time was all but
mopop1ized, since the commencement Of the
extra session, by se4stors wha vera au1ious
No proride for hienas and necessarily had t.
: be tndnlged, and henca the departure Of fheso
distinguished borcs u anything but regretted.
!: Thed1sappe&tence Of the senatorial solicitants
frqmthe ante foouas Of tha:TFhite Houaa, snd
the departments, was the signal for the exodus
Of a number Of fclamorons, ,impozturate coteries
Of placehunters- numerical depletion, which
II herewise source Of congzatuIation to all
concerned. .~-.---~,--~-
/ : Now that the Administration Ii delivered to
considerable extent from the perp1exing task
of distributing the federal patronage, the
country may safely look for come decisive e1-
ecutige action IN reference to the various bear
ings Of the Southern lmbroglio. at an early
date. The hour: Of reckoning has been de-
loyed. but is now about. coming. Paasivenesa
Will not much longer characterlze the admin
istrative attitude. Not only tlr1nness Of reeo-
luton, but also bo1dness and energy Of execu-
tion, viii. soon. become manifest. There are
doubtlessly pusi1 si1laaimous souls, here and elae~
Where, that have been haunted some time With
feart Of Intentional languor on the part Of the
executive. Let them rest easy. Who has eyer
known Abraham Lincoln to be unfaithfu1 to .
trust? Who has ever known him to violate
sacred oblgations-quai1 before difficulties
and cover before threatsf It Is true, he oc-
cupies q position that would unnerye many 4
one: Il is true, he has been surrounded By In
faences that were not aptto exercise anfn-
rigorating effect upon his Intentions Bnt
fortunately he Is made Of sterner stuff than
the generality Of our modern politicians.
Luckily he does not possess that Elasticity Of
character and conviction, that has rendered
80 many political kader untrue to his record
in these trying times. He is a man, and will
act like q man. He is : Republican, and will
be true to the Republican faith. He has
sworn to uphold the federal Constitution, and
will not Violate his oath. He has pledged
himself to the nation In his inaugural to see
the laws OF the land enforced, and will redeem
his pledge-tn fine, he means to be President
IN the most comprehensive and conscientious
SENSE Of the term, and not Ike his predecessor,
. sham and a mockery.
. Let, then, the Republicans Of the Northwest
eondde in him. and appease that ungrounded
apprehension, that be will do aught in contra
vention Of his promises and their own hopes
and expectations. The 1ainentab1e, but inex-
orah1e necessity. Of evacuating Fort Sumter,
the realization Of which may now be expected
at any hour, afords no just CAUSE for de-
spondency or doubts as to the character
Of the executive policy. It is step under
which no one will chafa more than the head
Of, the Administration. It is q measure that
be was most loathe to consider, and that will
not be carried out without his bitterest regret.
Bat although he will be obliged to yield to IN
controllable circumstances in this one instance,
his distinctly proclaimed intention to "hold,
possess and occupy the federal property" will
be acted upon in all others. The report Of an
abandonment Of Fort Pickens imme ediate4y af- .
ter that OF Fort Sumter, Is absolutely false.
No such idea has ever been hroached-even
not by the so~called conservative members of
the Cabinet. am able to stats positively, on
the contrary, that it is the determination Of
tbe Ad n;1istrat,on. MT on1v tn hold that and
n, other nosts sill. under its control: to the
yery last Init also to strengthen them with all
the resources at lis command, 60 as to render
its possession secure as against all the forces
the reyo1ntlonary authorities will be able to
raase.- Il is: certain that orders to this effect
have been Issued from the War and Navy De-
p.rtments nearly two weeks ago. and that, if
f1,av b.re mt hepn ca,r;ed mt ere tbis # ia
onlv ovinp to the stonnape Of all intercourse
batweep the Federal Government and the
sonth hv tha rebels. and the jmnossibj];ty of
communicating with tha forts without resort
inc tn etra+arems several of witch hare al.
rladv moved fai1nrea The rna,, has mt heen
t1n,tsd viii, ,ftic;,1 1co,orn,,n;c,+,on, f,-
n,o,tba R,+ evon anac;a1 =, oesantrors d.. ~
=, zvavs o,et +b-onob The War and N,1v N.
->..t.,ost. 49, sot,, -a,,..t.z1- 49,. .-:...s4
t,,s 1.ast ;,form,t;on .s r. ths oonatt;aa ~
t,,o fada,o1 f,rcoa i, +1a sor+h for -oa1-s 49,
t1e ann,rent 1nertnesa of The Adn,nist-at;on
IL the premises arises not a. much fror an nm
willingness to act. but from want Of know
1edoa AZ IN how to act
All the talk about the "armistice " that is
said to have been concluded between the Ad-
1ninistratiou and the three REPRESENTATIVES. of