Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-10-30
cEN. scovr's vtNpicArioN,
The Patriotism and Foresight OF
'' the Old Hero.
THE DAuNIra RECORD OF BUCHAN.
ANS ADMINISTRATION

aoc" WiNttFbD ocoIT, ueemlng MS past
fidelity to the Union and his disposition to
maintain it by force, when necessary, dis.
trusted byt2,ps recent publications, sub
mits in sclfdefense the following memoran-
da, which he makes public through the
National lntelligencer They cannot pos
sibly damage the reputation of the thief md
traitor Floyd, nor Of bis contederates, How.
ell Cobb aud Jacob Thompson; but we should
really like to know what ex.Pfesident Blu.
chanan and ex-Secretary Toucoy have to
say to them.
SOUTHERN FORTs-A SUMMARY &C.
October 30, 1860, | cmphatically called
the attention. Of the President to the neces
sity Of strong garrisous in all the forts be
low the principal commercial cities of the
Southern States including, by name, the
iorts in Pensacola harbor. Oct 81, I sug.
gestcd to the Secretary Of War that circu.
lar should be sent at once to such of those
forts as had garrisons to be on the alert
against surprises and sudden assaults
iSee my" Nc,cs' sitce printed
=, After o long confinement to my bed in
New York, came to this city Washington
Dec, H. ANeNday personally urged upon
the Secretary Of War the Same views, viz:
strong garrisons IN the Southern Forts
those OF Charleston and Pensacola harbors,
at once; those on Mobile Bay and the Mis-
sissippi, below New Orleans, next. &c, &c.
lagain pointed out the organized compa
MES and the recruits at the principal depots
available for the purpose. The Secretary
did not concur in any of my views, when
begged him TO procure for me an early in
tcrylcw with the President, that nigh,
make one effort more to save the Forts aud
the Union. -
BY appointment the Secretary accoupan
led me to the President, Dec. Is, when tn,
same topics, Secessionism, &c, were agair
pretty fully discussed There being at the
moment lin the opinion of the President) ne
danger OF an early Secession, beyond Souti
Carolina, the President, in reply to my ar
guments for immediately re.cnforcing For
Sumter, said:
"Fhe time hasno arrived for doing so that he shou,
wait Tie ucton o!ihe Convention OF South Carolina IL
expectation that Commission would he appointed snt
sen, to negotiate yh him and Congress respecting III,
Stccsson ol tic staic aii me property ofue Unite,
Stnlrs held within It's limits aud that il Congress shout,
decide agninst the Secession then he woud send re
sn'orcgnnl nlid telegraph the commanding officer MA
Jor Anterson OF Fot Moultri- hold the Forts lNoul
irin nnd SUMTER against attack
|
Aud the Secretary, with animation ad
ded:
| D,v.
ncss at Nortok and he woud then send three hundrc,
men in her from For Monroe To Charleston"
To which | replied, first, that so man,
men could not be withdrawn from that gar
rison, but could be taken from New York
Next, that it would then be too late, as tn,
South Carolina Commissioners would ther
have the pima in thnir hands h,, 6,,, ,s;,,
,nd ,hon a,,,,; u $50 u1''s
anu tncn cutting the wires, that Us theri
was not Il soldier in Fort Sumter. any hand
t,J ~ ..n,ol D.; y ""u
~" VI a,,"eu oecessiohists miRht seize aht
occupy 1t, &c.
| Here the rem,rk NAV ho ,orn;,,od ,bo
if the Secretaries 3DtJ men bad than n,
some time later, been sent to Forts Moultri,
and Sumter, both would now have been j,
the possession off United Stotes. ond no
battery below then, could have been erect
cd by the Secessionists; conseouentjv tb,
access to those forts from the sen woul,
now 1.-THE end of Marchl he unobstrnc,ef or
and free.
| The son,e d.y Da.anharIE u. A.
- ~ nc ea"'o uayi Deceuiper 10, wrote INT
foliowing note:
"l,eiu .t;en Scot, b,ys ,l,, pr,.jl,,, T., ,., A..
ior ,,nulyiu, IN ms ,,,,. ~ -, m y" P,'"oi .n
inorinr nj lie ini,ryiew Win ,ycl hn ~ 70 sny ~, ~
| the PrsiieI, ' "''' u" ""' "o'o''u U!
"Ionr nrior In IN, forc. hin rI,r,,,, tsaa, ...
the issns of his rrrInun,ion md i r,, 49, r,io, r.
saue of the ,rlipnuc, nj ,i,;,,o,i,,, r;,, 20 p,
son nader ,he moi nj nrch a dny ',, w 'u', 'uoh
nloyIIrni Of Inc land nnI nny,i ] ,g,'S uv gu
Lrccm.nta IN he sent m Ior1 Nn,nr; " n 49, ~ v ~ u
war m. Nn,cI,', ,i,l ,,, '"o',,e % m,u soop OF
10 Cbnrlesto, l,n,l,s i; orr 'V"u .,,s, & 10 pp sen
of ,bnt ior by ,hs ,,ul6r a,i !" ~ uu sei1ur'
cuon Of tle r,ycn,, ln,ys W, So, t,,f "o ~
N, l,hnr,sor M. Inv n,,,r ,, @ @ ' H"S"'' ,'tIst'
of nuIlGrnIInn mi nr,,v az H. ~ 81 ~ o','''io'
w,r, th,n ,u rni, ,nr ,,s snn w., ,.s,i o""P""e
| president Jnck4nn innii,riv s,,I ~, w., ,i, .,,,.
b,. ih. ,ss,,mhl,, =. of , ,r 49, a. ~ H. w. " ~, ,n
sss b, 90 \, ',n, m ,,nr =, , W. ', ,aw M pnrpo
Curolinn tha nn" ,ys, mon w., Ia ~ W"u @ We sou"
.Gen T. who c,iv,d I,s Grs .'au i'a'es,
IN. pr.s,,l,n, H. ihs . @ " ~ i uEhll IRON
OF wssassa Sa..l 'rns"ssr: those expressions well
'saom N'a'''' pec5ie' i7o
Do 90 ASa'"' utter MhJOr Anderson
nau gallantIy ana wisely thrown his hnDdfil
| of men from Fnrt Moultrie into g,rt Su,,,ar
| I..: Al. NV ~ o".nto'
| .eainihg :. th"t, On ueiilthd OF south CuiO
lima, there was great danger he miuht h,
| ordarod bv ,ha Saora,o.,, S"t "
| iI " I'o S'o'0,a'y u"oh to tIie les
| teuaDfe WORK, or our OF the harbOr-l writ,
| this note.
/ ',,t-.. ~,
Lieu, lra'',oen. scou iwho has Ind bad night mud ca
seateey hou up ms mead hls mornnSl begs Ia express
@ ue nope 10 the secretary o. Wnr.l That orders ma
~, ~ ns rs,. grn 70, inc OF For suiner Thu
manon aud subsistence S"s @ res sSUS vepablrs I am
pS.a,Js', &c onions @rnps md O. That one or two arnr
Lieut'He = avails himself OF this opportunity als'
wads NV b;n ~, p a,e 90 , her'nlor