New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-04
he was holding negotiations wits the Souh Carolina
And sill again. that "afierward

# the Star Of the West for the powerful warstean-
r. Brooklyn, Of which be now COMPLAINS, was by
he advice of Gen. Scott himself7 | have never
heard this doubted until | read tho statement.
AT the Interview already referred to between ths
General and ysclf, or the evening Of Monday, The
lltt Of December suggested to him that atheugh
had not received the South Carolina Commission
ers In their official capacity, but merely az private
gent lemeu yet It might be considered an Improper
&C 10 seld the Brooklyn with rSlfcrcfmonts TO |
Fort Sumter until had received an answer from
them TO nav letter Of the preceding day; thai the dc
l4y could not continue mere IMAM IS horIs lie
prompiy concurred IA this suggestion as gentle
manly and proper aud the order was non tfan-lnii.
ted 10 the BROOKLYN on that evening. by articips-
patiOns were correct, for on tho morning Oh tho al
OF January r'oeivsd their insolent nolc, aud cent
il back 10 tl. u. In the mean time, however, the
General had tecmno convinced by tho representa-
tious of At.tieman whom / iorbear to name thai
lhe te.f.f ri.u rs the Secretaries Of War and tho
NAVY lt1fa..t me, TO eecure eecrecy and succesS
r.o reach !h, '1rt. would DO TO send i.!si side
,,hs. mercantile steamer from New-York with The
r,eri0roe.atn' Accordingly, the Star Of the West
~, selected for this duty. The 81 s1buiion oil 'ni5
mercantile .teamer Tor TIE Brooklyn, which would
nave tecn able TO defend heTfeli IN case OF attack,
"a. rlu.,rnily yielded hy me to the high military
sd uleht VI Gen. SCOT
re- change of programme required brief space
IL sine. but the Star Of tie Wost left Now-Yoik for
Charleston on tie eyeniug Of Jan. .. % the very
day. However, when this illatod steamer leit New
YORK., telegram was dispatched by Gen. Scott TO
Col. Scott to cOunt6Tmand nor departure. but u ga
not reach il defamation u.l alter she had gone 10
sea. The reason of this cOun ernand shall be sieted
in tie language If Secretary Hot, 10 he found IN
let,sr addressed by HIM to DR. Thompson, ths late
Secretary Of the Interior March D. 1901, ana pun
li,hed in The National IhHgeHeer. MI Hon
says.
The couaermand SPOKEN q 10y Mr.. Tsompoul was not
more cordially sanctioned by the President than II was ~
he oef ca lie aI tie Presidcn 6ut because q letter
that osy from Major Andsrson stating IA erect
Tat he aided himself secure ~ hs posln and TX,
more nom iAe .euce whch late Saturday evening l3
ofJanlay ls6 reached the Department. that heavy pat
frv had lccn among the sni ILLS At the eutrsrce 10
Charlie ton h0rbor which ~oud probably destroy any M
armed yesoi (aud sueh the Star Of the We' which
mi LID aemft g. make IT, way Fort Sumter. This ILL
posisut Information satisfied TIE Government ihst there was
no pseri necessity lsT sending Environments and tst
when sen. they should co. IN vessel Of commerce BIT
OF wsr Ileacs the couneumsDd dispatched BY sis'
5eioe Il reached lie oicer (Co.cns 3.oU 10 whom il was
addressed.
A statement of tlese facts, established by dates,
nroves conclu.iycly that the Presdcn, was mol only
wiling, but anxious in the breies, period 10 Te'eh-
force Fort Sumter.
On the i,h January, the day before tie departure
OF lie Star of tie West from New York. as General
Scot in his statement admits, succor wis sent to
Fort TAYLOR, hey West and to Fort Jefferson, Tor
tugas Island which reached thess points in time ior
tAis secun Y. lie ueyerlheless sptculaifs on the
Consequences which might have followed had The
rs.eulorcements not reached their desiuaion IN due
time aud even expresses the ext aOrdinary opinion
that vita the possession OF these forts tie Rebels
might have purchased al early Tccog iilpn'
shall next aiyer; 10 the s.aiemeAt that the expo
dillon under Captain Ward, OF three or four email
steamers belonging 70 the Cons. Survey" was kept
back Nv something like truce or aunislice lrnads
berel embracing Charleston and Pensacola hgrlors,
]. l. D. md, tam rffu
eal secoders OF SouthC .roiinn Florida Louis ana,
&C. and this truce las.oi 90 tho end OF tie aduiais
traitor" Things altogether Gifi mt M their nstnr1
are oicn 20 he 4ded IN th3 statement that u Is dill
cult 10 separate t4em. Such 10 eul4eutiy tho caso
in connecting tie fac,s relative to Charleston viii
PulHccl.
Having already treated o. tho charge OF having
kent back rs.cI iorCe nouts from PcnsacCls ,ifll
now say something 81 tie charge of having also
kept them back lrcm Charleston. Neither trlce,
nor quasi truce, DOL any Ding Ike 4, was ever c1n-
dudsd between tho Pre- .delt and any human be-
ing concerning ChaIl ston. On the contrary. The
South CGfoiinz Commissioner, fret and las, and
ali the tne were informed thai the President could
never surrender Fort Surior, nor deprive hiuicli
of 4 mott entire liberty totsnd agreements TO
il. whenever il believed u De- IN 9inger, or re-
qleslei ly Major AndoTson. IL ist.gHugo that
Cen SCOT MOE "oi arrs-.i Of nls Stliku0wn
fact. Il was, theni WIZ some aionialmeni that
earreI from the statement Of tho Genorni that be
And rson should he initrdced 10 eyaenalo tho lorl
"a coon a. suitable transportation could be procured
10 carry h,mse! and hi. command 30 New-lork. 4
military NECESSITY for population nay have ex.
istcd, in ~ there should he an attack upon tie
Tort or demand iOl IT, surrender; Lut surely none
euch could have existed Tor ~ voluntary surrender
and Abandonment
Probably that to which the General means 10 70.
fer vas not tie quasi, but tie actual truce Of arms
concluded a. Charleston On the llth Of January,
1861, between Gov. Picken8 and Major Anderson
without tie knowledge Of the Pre- ldcni. IL was on
the oh Of January that tie Star Of the West, under
the American flag, was hgOd upon IN tho harbor OF
Charleston by 0.def Of Gov. IIcgCne. Immediately
after Ills Outrage Major Anderson soni hag 10 the
Governor staiing that he presumed tho oct had been
unauthorized and for that reason no had not opened
fro from Fort Sumter the adjacent batteries; bat
its d.say0wal, and II Ibis were not sent
H. q reasonable tine, no would consider il war, snd
fire on Hny vessel that attempted 10 leave the har-
Dor. Two days after this occurrence, on the llth
January, Gov. Pickons Lad tho audacity TO demsCd
of Major Anderson tie surrender oil tho fort In bis
answer Of the sarae date he Major made the follow
Ing pIoposilion:
Should your Fycercncy iser a. pfovou, 10 re,or. 70
arn' 70 ieof this matter TO Warrington II would aayfd mo
the sDcorst p!ea'uc to dcpuir Of my officers to
piny me.erger Jol nay aeeH proper TO DO The bearer
or demaid."
THIS proposition was promptly accepted by the
Governor, and, IN pursuance thereof, he sent On his
..t the ion. d. W. Ihyhei mo Attorney -tenersGl
F., Sous. tnfOlaa, 10 " ssAinRt0n, while Major An
isi.la i'plted Lieutenant Hall, Of tho United
3.ateaali.Y, 10 accompany him. Ihsso gentlemen
fruyed .o. 'tucr in Washington on the evening Of
Tie 1911 o.. January, when the President obtained
he hrsi kuou edge Of tho transacton. But ii will
J1 recOllec 0d t'at no time inicTyened between the
etnrn Of he olar Of tie Yves. 10 New-Yorl aud the
arrival Of tire messenger bearing copy Of the truce
At WashiDWon within which II would have been
Ossiblc 10 lond TeGnforcements TO Fort Sumter
Both events occurred about the same time.
Thus atrucc, or suspension Of aruis, WINS concluded
between tho pailcs u continue until tie question
# Tie surrender OF the fort should be- decided by Ito
President. Until lis decision 81 or Andcs s0i lad
ilaged il out OF La own power 70 ask Tor ragalorco-
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