, 1861-03-14
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> Huehananss LegatYtI:::
Correspondents Of the Philadelphia Pfeas.l

49, W1sH1KaroH, March 10, lshl.
81 Tho country, ond the Administration OF
Mi. Lincoln are beginning to reap the harvest
the seeds Of which were 30 deeply and indus
Of those who think present evils are to De
cured By indu]ging In Idle recriminations as to
past mistakes, particularly when the Authors
Of these mistakes have done all in their power
to atone for their misdeeds; but now that We
ate In the face Of new complications "and neW
should be located where 1t justly belongs.
We can now understand why Mr. Buchanan
waited upon, aud pa1tered In SO many senses
with, the Southern eo1spiFat oFs-why be per.
mitted the, ,ehle{s o. secession TO remain In bis
CabfNet, and why, when they retired, he fet-
tered the hands Of the three braye and patrf-
otto spirits who succeeded these chiefs. Com
pletely controlled by the disunion leaders in
the cotton States until his Cabinet exploded,
hc vas: sufficiently managed by them after
this explosion to yield to thelr efacting de-
HanGs, and to Prevent the reinforcement Of
the United States fortresses in the South The
un"onted u spectacle Of taking no steps Until
while the enemies Of THE country wera sur
rounding him on ali sides with batteries and-
preparations Of #aH has feau1ted ii leaving
MIN completely at the mercy Of the south
Garollna troops. Posterity will hold James
buchanda = ail awful account for not, as long
ago as Octot.ee or November, 1850, taking time
~ the forelock, and throwing troops, arms,
and ammunition into the Southern forts, In
advance Of the treason ut that: day boldly pro
claimed. His inertness, hts refusal to do this
thing, was not Initiated - Els Cabinet His
Secretary Of the Navy sent off our ehips-of-
var to distant and to foreign stations !; aud his
Secretary Of War threw into Georgia, South
Carolina, Mississippi and New Orleans an in
credible amount OF ammunition and arms
s&f ArC fo1
himself in undermining the credit Of the No
tional Government, by disseminating the doc
tfine that this Union could not and shonld not
stand In the event Of. Lincoln's election.
Where have these proceedings left unr eoun-
try to d6y? Hew does Mr.. Lincoln ind him
self On entering upon the discharge Of his
high duties 2 The answer is to be found in the
opinion freely given BY thevene.able Lieut..
General Of the Army of the United States,
Winfield Scott, who declares that Fort Sumter
cannot hold ont ten dAYH against the South
Carolina troops and batteries, and that it could
not be reinforced without the aid Of an army
Of ten thousand men, backed BY our entire
navy.
Hence It ID that the opinion begins to be en-
tertained and announced Of recalling Ander-
son from Fort Sumter, in order to spare the
etfnsion Of blood. Late intelligence an
nonnces thst fifteen days hence Major Ander-
son and his troops will be at the point Of star
Fallon anu nlSniy distinguished AulaorlLy
argues in this wise; Shall we let them sur
render, and thereby give the Southern con.
spirato1s q chance 10 rejoice? Would it not
be better il the government should say to the
people Of South Carolina, You have been mis-
led into the belief that the Republican party,
if in power, would encroach upon Jour rights,
and bring upon the country civil VAT. We
Withdraw our t1oons, and show you that you
were mistaken- We could have laid Charles
ton in ashes, but We. forbeara believing that
time will teaeh tou tbat yoti 8ete wrong, that
your best interest Is to return to the Union,
and that nothing but humiliation and disgrace
will await you outside Of il. Yen are etiM onr
brethren, and therefore ne do not wish to
she'd your ttond." I am not giving you my
Own opinions, but simply stating facts as they
exist, The responsibility, awful and unparal-
leled as it Is, must be laid at the door Of James
Buchanan. It Is for the new Administration
TO deal with realities as It finds them.
OCCASIONAL.