Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-11-13

llSltS l upEbN tItttiSiilt tpA SHA ''A-O''.'
;ioll, with other papers, which will eve the
reasons by wlich was influenced at the tlIe.
On the 9th day OF january, ordered
Ian to be agreed upon by our engineers, anu
reported 10 me, for the most certain and SCI.
cntifc mode Of reducing the fortress, anu
upon that plan tie batteries were erected
which finally did reduce it. Copies oi TINS
n,ao. and the orders, arc also transmitted.
lad is>,,cd orders TO prevent, il possible,
nil reinforccmenlS OF supplies, and, II neceS-
sary, 10 fire on any vessel that might attennt
TO cnrcr the harhpr On the !)Ih "i January,
u large vessel, bcariug two hundred aaa my
United States troops with arms and supplies
Of all sorts. was fired into and driven back.
\ few days befnre This, a telegram from
member of the Cabinet at Washing gtnn was
shown to me. asserting that no such vessel
wouIl be sent. and Il great effort was luade 10
induce me tn suspend tue order TO fire. MAI
Andersen demanded Il ,hsavowal o Tie ac!,
accompanied will! a positive threat, ti.a', II
n disaruwe,l hv me, he would olHn lire up
or ,nv vessel wit, our flag in the larhor.
ayowetl tie ac : lie rcracted lis threat. ara
asked time To consult his Government. Alter
his suggestion on that point, | sent to Wash.
ineton our highest law officer in the State, u
gentleman of eminent standing and worth, IN
order to act in The iairest and most liberal
spirit. This correspondence has all been pub
lished, and shows the imbeciity and duplicity
with which our opponents Conducted the 10
sues then presented
After President Lincoln was ipaugurated. he
sent. in The latter part Of March, confidential
aren't. Mr. Fox. who WAS Introduced ny
gallant officer of our navy. II" saul he de.
sirs,i 10 visit Fort Sumter, and that his OBJ
;.cts were ''entirely pacific. Upon the guar.
nntcc of the officer Introducing him: Capt.
! .Tartsicne. he was permitted to visit Major
i Anderson. in company with Capt. llartstene,
roon tie pledge of ''racilic purposes" Not.
with>tamlins this, he actually reported plan
for lie reinforcement Of the garrison by force,
which was adopted. Major Anderson pro,
tested acausti it, enclose with this copy
of papcrs 10 be u>e,i uiilicr your wis, dis
crc;ion, which viii Place these facts hcyond
cautru.crSy.
i In Il very lew days after, another confidential
agent, Gel Lanioi WAS senI by tac President.
! VIII, Informed lnr that lie had colnc To try
a;;i arrange tor tho removal %! tie garrison,
and, wLea he relulnrd from tho fort, asked
! il var vessel could not DC allowed to remove
t:..,n. replied that no War reSsel could be
a.;Jw..i To cl.tcr the ;.arbur on any terms
lie ssi Inc belieTe;i Major Anderson preferred
an ordinary steamer: and agreed that the
garrison might be thu removed. lie SAID nc
! hoped to return in very few days Tor that
purpose. Thcn, on the Sth of April, Mr. Chew,
All Official in the State Department, WAS sent,
in counany with Lieutenant Talbot aud read
to ine Il paper, which the President of the
United States, he said, had directed him to
read 10 me, in relation TO scuding in supplies
to tie fart. He gave ne no information rs
to awning, but only read the paper: and SAID
i he was not even directed to ask my reply. j
scut lor General Bcauregard, as the com
manning general OH tie part Of the Conied-
craze Gnvyrnnen., aid had the paper again
read In lis presence. a copy OF taiS paper
is herewith transmitted. 1t bears upon its
f.ce IN utter want of manlneSs and straight
forward conduct. | give this minute state
men; ii lac,s, because they are deeply impor'
tanl to thorough understanding Of the true
orig;a vi tliS fierce and malignant war, which
practically commenced in the capture OF Fort
Sumter. ON The 18th oi April last. Its effects
will be deeply fclt throughout tile world, anl
tits due to our sister States that they shall
know the psrt which We were forced To act
in its origin.
Every step in the commencement Of this
terrible conflict has been marked by decelt
ard duplicity OH The part Of our enemies. BY
so duirg they have iii1rgU-atcd events well
calculated to produce. not only proiou2d
impression upon our own country, but upon
the destiny OF American civilization; and We
have every reason to be deeply grateful. as a
Christina people, to I experimenting Prow-
! tlcncc, for the direction given thus lar to
these events. The whole rise and growth ol
these States of North America has been the
most rapid and gigantic ever before exhibited
amongst the nations of the earth. Under
institutions the most popular and captivating
to the enthusiastic mind, We had made such
development of strength and power, in little
more than three quarters OF a century, as
seemed 10 overshadUw most modern govern
/ ments.
In theory, the distribution Of all power ap-
pearnd TO rest upon principles of equality
and Justice; and Il the Government had been
honestly and wisely administered, it was the
noblcst system ever created lur rational men.
Dut NAH was: us ilc ever Has ",c", "1''"
and ambitious, and. unlcr the guide Of those
passions, the whole syStein becamc thorough
ly perverted from It's original ilesislisi
1t was a Cuulelcrated Republic, with pow.
ers expressly granted by States, and defined
under Il limited compact Or constitution, aud
never was, in any sense, a simple Democracy,
with majority Of people TO govern 1t was
this profound laIlacy as to Democracy, orig.
mated by designing drrnas sosues or superficial
thiukcrs, which, within the last thirty years,
radically changed the whole nature Of the
| Government.
In the Northern States they had no divi-
sion of classes or castles that were openly
acknowledged as the fundamental law OF
society, and, as natural c3nseqaence,; tue
onlv division was between capitalists and Ia
borers The former, to act more efficiently
in the struggle for ascsndancy, became or
:;auizctl under the style and title OF corpora
:iol.s, in every shape and form. from the
smallest 70 The highest matters. This was
done in order to give associated wealth more
anll more absolute. power over labor. This
was their political slavery. After they had
thus mastered the labor Of the North, they
engaged in struggle TO master the Federal