Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-07

the revenue snd % tske back the forts He had
placed himself ia chsir Wish rounds II. al
i feet upon tie highest rUund--s loug. lanky
M, With yery lsree SIDE ~hisksrs 18th hi- e.
bDvs upon his knee. and his hauds upon the
sides OF hi-flce, IN listening attitude aud when
he woul spe,k be drDpped his hands, and raised
has head. Dropping his hands anil raising his
head be said he would iell me = little snecsiote
which had happened when he first came to the
bar. An old man, he said. had applied TO him to
bring suit, and made oct capital case as he
thought. but. when the evidence was detailed
be ore the jury il was the worst case that he
had eve. lislened 10. and whilst the evidence
gon- on The OH mn came listening 10 the evi-
dence him-eif. amt whispered in lIis ear. "Guy
IL ap" Lauehiei
Now. said he ..C;overror. wouldn't this be
'guvin is upl" sid % him. MIR President. it
may he said that il would be .gnrin It up. but
hadn you better guy IL up without blood~bed
than trench tins land with blood aud then have
to guy u upl'" Appliance He said he had
sworn % zee the laws faithfully exeruied. aud
addressing himself To me. he said. Il wo1ld like
tO know from you what | am to do with NV oath
of officer | said To- him that he hid taken a
solemn oath to see the laws faithfully executed,
but that Congress WIS then ia session and appli
cation had made o. Congress o. give To the
President of the United States the power TO
collect the by armel vessels outside
OF the ports, aud Congress hid refused TO give
that power.
III" said. Congress fails to give the neces
sary power u YOU. Mr President. To collect The
revenue by vessels outside the pprts. how are YOU
to coleci Hr d. YOU think that you en- send a
collector 10 the port OF Charleston. The port of
Savannah. or # New Orleans. to collect the rev
nue. the'eT is II not AN imposs bility, and does
your { bind YOU T. do thing that Is mpossi
beI a. to the forts. that j. mere IN ,tier with
IN your direction. sir. You can withdraw The
troops ii you please. You are the Comma nder-
IA Chief! and IL belongs TO you either To keep
the IN there or TO Withdraw them totally and pre-
vent "a collision and consequent deadly and ru
inOus war
We'll, +" said he. raising himself again, Il will
only answer YOU by telling YOU = little auee.ote
which struck me-excuse me, saws he, "a liz
tie anecdOie which struck me a. YOU were going
ON. IL is from E-op's Fables. and doubtless in
your school boy days Won have read IT, EsOp.
you know, says he. illustrates great pIiucIp Is
often by making mute anmlls speik and act
and according to him there was "A lion once that
WIS desperately IN love with beautiis lad, ,
and he courted the lady. and the lady bees me
enamored OF hun, and y reed % marry him. ami
the OLD people were asked Tor their consent
They were afraid of the power OF the lion with
his long and sharp claws ami his uskS. and they
said to him. We can have no objection TO 80 re-
spectacle per>onage you. butour daughter is
trail ami delicate, and We hope that YOU will sub
NIT to hive your claws cut Oft and your tusks
drawn, because they might do very serious injury
To her The lion submitted, being very much in
love His claws were cut oft and his tusks
drawn and they took clubs and knocked him on
the head Laughter.
| replied, | think, about in substance this:
that II WIS an exceedingly interesting anecdOte,
l A huf mt ali tlrr ats
~ answer To me We had before that cOnversed
sitting ~ semi-crcie round the President; but
MIR Reeves rose from his chair. and, with "a dig
nity aud an elOquence have seldom heard sur
passed IN the course of my life. he appealed TO
hun. lie told him he was then very old man
that there had never been throb of his heart
that WAS not IN favor of the perpetualion OF the
Union; that he came there with hope and a
wish To perpetuate n, and that all his eifOr had
been exe,ted in endeavrring Ia procure such
guarantees would perpeluate it; but that lie
desired to say to hin-and he said II with item
bling v0ice-in order that he might know, aud
not say thereafter that he not fully warned,
that he agreed with every worl had said with
regard to the horrors OF this anticipated war. and
that II he old resort to coercion, Virginia would
JOIN the seeding Stltes.
Nay. slr," he said cold as am. and dearly
as have loved this Union, in that eve.t 20
Lincoln jumped up from his char, a. Mr. Reeves
was standing al, anced one step toward him and
said: Mr.. Reeves Mr Reeves! II Virginia will
stay in. | will withdraw the troops from Fort
Sumter Mr. Reeves stepped back ana said
MIR. President, have 10 authority To speak Tor
Nirsinia; but, II YOU do that, il will he one OF
the wlse>t things YOU have ever done. Do that,
and give Us guarantees. and can only promise
You that whatever influence possess shall be ex-
tended To promote the Union and restore it to
what 1t Was We then, all of W., got uD and
were standing. he said: We'll. gentlemen, /
have been wondering ,ery much whether, il Mr
Douglas or Mr. Bell had been elected President
YOU would have dared To talk "a them a. freely ~
YOU have to me- ! did not ex ,ctly hear the
ansM er. but am told ihht Mr. Guthrie answered
him about in this way: Mr.. President, 1T Gen.
Washington occupied the seat that YOU will soon
NIL, ANA had II been necessary To talk to him as
We have To ynu TO save such a Union as this, l..
Tor one, should talk to him as We have to YOU"
Hear. hear
/ here the conversation ended, and the deputa.
ton went away with the impression that wa-
impossible They were, however, soon unde
ceived. The President entered upon the duties
OF his Office with a declnrston that. it there was
collision, it should not he his iault. at the very
TINE That he Was preparing an armament III New
York To reinforce Fort Sumter. The Cohfc'ier
aIes then, observed Mr. Murehead, chu-e to fire
tr>t IN Glide eIse, aud took the fort before the
armament came there.