The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-04-12
Tho Policy Of the Administration.

csgo Tribune, a complete reiutation
Of all charges Of "temporising" and
hesitsncy on the part Of the admin
iatrstion. We have never had a
doubt upon this matter ourselves,
but for the sake Of those who haze
doubted, we publish the letter. The
writer we know to be so situated as
10 have unusual facilities for knowing
the wishes and intentions Of the ad.
ministration:
Now, that the administration 10
delivered to considerable extent
from the perplexing task OF distrib-
utins tue federal patronage, the coun.
try may safely look for come decisive
executive action in reference to 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 will not much longer character.
ize the administrative attitude. Not
only firmness OF resolution, but also
boldness and energy Of execution,
will soon become manifest. There
are doubtlessly pusillanimous souls
here ard elsewhere, that have been
haunted some time with fears of in
territorial lsnguor on the part Of the
Executive. Let them re.t easy
Who has ever known Abraham Lin,
coin to be unfaithful to a trustl-
Who has ever known him to violate
q trust! Who has ever known him
to violate sacred obligations, quail
before difficulties and cover before
threatsl 1t is true, he occupies a
position that would unnerve many
a one. 1t is true, he has been sur
rounded by influences that were not
apt to exercise an inVigorating effect
upon his intentions. But 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 40 many political
leader untrue to his record in these
trying timcs. He is a man ard will
act like man. He is a Republic
an, and will be true to the Republic.
an 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 in fine,
he means to be President in the most
comprehensive and conscientious
sense OF the term, and not like his
pred cessOr, o sham aud u mockery.
Let, then, tho Republicans OF the
North. West contle in him. and ap
pease that ungrounded apprehension,
that he will do aught in contraven-
ton OF HE promises and their own
hopes and expectations. The la
mentable, but memorable necessity
of evacuating Fort Sumter, the real
ization of which may now be expect.
ed at any hour, affords no just cause
for dependency or doubts as to the
character OF the Executive policy
1t is a step under which no one will
chale more than the head of the ad-
ministration. 1t is a measure that
he was most 10th to consider, and
thar will not be carried out without
the bitterest regret.
But although he will be obliged
to yield to uncomfortable circum-
stances in this one instance, his dis
tinctly proclaimed intention TO "hold,
/ possess and occupy the federal prop
erty," will be acted upon in all 9th
, ers. The report Of an abandonment,
OF Fort Pickens Immediately after
that OF Fort Sumter, is absolutely y
false. No such idea has ever beer
broached-even not by the so-callet
conservative members of the Cabinet
) am able to state positively, on tho
contrary, that it is the determination
Of the administration not only to hole
that and all other points still under
3 its control, to the very last, but also
K to strengthen them with all the re
sources at its command, 30 as to rem
der it's possession secure us agains
all the forces the revolutionary au
e thorities will be able to raise. 1t Il
u certain that orders to this effect hav,
been issued from the War and Navy
!, Departments nearly two weeks ago
= and that, if they have not been car
i ried out ere this, it is only owing t
the stoppage of all intercourse be
:, tween the federal government an,
= - the South by the rebels, and the i'm
h possibility of communicating wit
IS the forts without resor,ing to strata
: gems, several OF which have alread
IS proved failures. The mail has nc
r been trusted with official commupi
= cations for some months. But eve
,e special messengers do not always ge
ID through. The War and Navy De
ID partments have both repeatedly bee
~ ~ without the least information as
10 the condition Of the federal forces |
Q, Q, the South, for weeks, and the appi
- rent inertness Of the administrstio
he in the premises arises not so muc
ii from an unwillingness to act, br
N IN from o want Of knowledge as to bo
I'd to act.
of All the talk about the "armistice
"a that is said to have been conclude
lis between the administration and Il
three representatives Of the aborti,
Cotton Republic, is simply "bosh
'eI The government is not quite ready
NO NO lower ita dignity SO far ~ to enter in
en- regular negotiations with rebels ar
to traitors. Two OF the revolutional