Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-11-18
GGSGS wa AND RE sourEnRs
FORTS.
ReioindsT Of Lea! General Scat. 20 Tx.fre.iasa,
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The N,uanal Inte,liyrrro: rus!isi..g the
sutiHiaed r"joir;Ier Of Lieut.. Gen. ?.:ot IL
lee recent communication If Es-Prsiien1
Buchanan, md remarks:
The interest naturally asinchius t. tnis dis.
! custom between citlSsns al distinguished, and
who ware called 10 act such a conspicuous
par: at Il most Important epoch a our l,isto-
cy: viii procure fos this rs~pouse OF Ge,,.rsl
S-,ti ,hst sitentir" ~peruaas which il NC les1
deser 7cs FROM tbs dignity ri no =u;.;rc. l.,
which j. ~r:Istes. II IL grsttiyiug to ,.bserss
that ne;:!,"- II ..i. venorsbls Gri emineDt
cnrTsspr:'"uu,a. =. c"n;ruvefting IT,, state
monis ~ tbs nther, tranSorncs the limits ai
cand:H criticism while dsali:!s With ,coiaa IT
c1ce so delicate and partly Of a personal a.-
ture.
LisvT. 6EN. stHTr's k%e1olsosk.
To Tie Ed:tors II ths National I,usUiqsucc :
Ircc-e, 70 find myself in O controvors =
@;.h. tie venerable es-F'tesido7it Buchanan.
Recently o. cher eli you published ms
OH: isl = port 10 Pre- ideut L:1c5la, i lt.t
March 30. 1851. giving s=umnary If ny ,,lsa
recent connection with our principal South
orr f'rtA whtcn | am sorry to perceive hiss
given o1f.ns, ~ the tx. President. That re
suit. purely incidootst, di not enter into mr.
purpHee in drawing ZIP the T.::r, but, on r.
~loctian, | suppose that, under lua rIrcum-
stances, offenSe WAS unavoidable.
Let it be remembered, that ,hs new preei-
dent had a RICH. to demand Of mo-the imme-
dat. commlndsr of the arny-ho@ it had
happened that the incipiept rrb-ls had been
allowed to srizn several of those f,rta, and
| from the bad condition Of others were likely
20 gain possession Of thrm also. Primarily
tho blame resi-d exclusively on me. Hencs,
10 sidicste my sworn allegiance To the
| Cnivn ,ad professional conduct, rho reporI
eal submitted u President Lincoln ut un
snr!v cay, lin his sdrninislratioG1 and ts-
Gently to the world.
TO that short pap4r ex-prssidont Ducharan
publishes E reply Of double the iength in the
"IneYliisencer" 81 the lat instant. nv re-
j"!uder, frnu necessity, if not taste, will be
short, f,r I hold tho psu in A rheumatic hand.
ard an without aid-de-csmP or auauTensis,
and without a p~ri,:ed document, and my
o~r "fdcial pl!srs.
Uuable, n my pretent Condition, to make
At analysis Of the ss-President's long reply,
| avail nysei: CT Il suhSs.tlts furnished ny So
accidental visitor, ~Eo has kindly asrked
the fs* points ~h,oh re thinks uiGy require
| soint pli;,ht no;i"o ~ ny hands,
/. II asr'g7t for Dpt having s.iyi3nnej
sui ,isnt!y the S,uln,ra forts nainDd sr~'rst
anticipated trehsJn snd rebellion, according
10 my many recommendations, beginning o.
s"oer %, 1850, repeated the next day ard
gain nore earnestly December l3. Is. % and
50, the ex-President says: "Tnei- were nn
ivsilsoie troops within reach"
Nov. have NO whsre sail that either Of
hose fo.:s, e:e- WITH the endorsements inr
du:sied. would h.ve hst a arar GARRISON
U-rtslniy not. My proposition WAS 20 put
esch il g condition. as / expressly said, to
guard against q surprise or coup de Tsdt7, ian
;,d-hand aitAek-ono without full prepsrs-
:ion.)
That these nnT-U-nE ~ sas!l 3e'ectr
nents night ess,iy tave hcca nade III 80
vsrlf4r ana Daccu,her, 1850. snd some II
sUa;u az isIs g. tie following mGr:h, cannot
! vs doubted. Eu; lbs eZ-Pf.siient anea1 y!
nv weak device" !:r sseins the forts. HIS
| fo,gcts what The gallant Anderson did, with
= h>r,!fui Ut urIt, III Fort Sumpter, and
i.sr:- car .! tr. account what he IIich! have
! inne vl.h n Iae handful in Fort Stnultr;e,
a""n without further au~>u4eD;stioH Of men to
divide between la safli.on4. Twin ferris ca
the vppcoite spGes Of q channel not only
s.so L cross-fss or the bad Of an ostssk, bus
:le strength of a.:h Is mnrs THAI doubled By
the n.nAins lirs o. the othsr, lhe 5sms lie
uaIA apply ~ tue gallant Lieutenant Stem
ruer. .g!tn MS handful Of brave men In Fort
p!ckrp-. Win what contempt might lie nor
b4ve looked upon Chase or Bragg, in front O.
llu,, H!tL ys:yiag EiaSsus Of from rw" thOn-
..ni TO SIX Thousand men, If Fort PIcscue
aud It's tr;I Fc:t McHs. bad haI Oslw con
,h.1D uniy two hundred m=n!
Now, although it il true that With % With
! NJ: 81. rE-FIlsiient s~pPF.b-:~sa, .Es~S-
cl5t.ry u va hid nearly dsnuded our whole
aeNaru ssGk!a7A 81 troopa il nIter % aus
! ns.i 3ar foI II III t-xss Aud Utxt, | never
-. !=e2 poiut-i odt, ac several O. ,hs above
1...s, lie Elk hundred recruits taoont) which
sc Ind IL III. barber Of New YoIh. ana AZ
G4r.i..s barracks, Pennsylvania, ne*rl7 I'll
yr<s.. lei in.o temporary coalpani-c, Rnd toie-
..ll1 ~,ic:iic! and d'scip.ired-iui;s r9nS! ID
Ctr PM psss in question--hsaides the Eve COM
caure- q: -~,suiars near at band, making 20, u:
! onc td0us.ut zen. Thesa dislns.u!e :Inona
| would ba"e Sis4u <iayy t=o hundred Etu CO
IA twIn frls, Jackson a2d ST. lkilit. t-l1~
3-rr Grlcinn; - .qual lumber 10 Fnrt Dor-
! h.a. la! ~ I.'hiir h reinforcement of ane
! nuutr.j IL. n..o Fort pi:kors, Pensacola har-
Dur. aid o gsr1isou 81 the like NUMBER to roe
ruil f,7:. Mckee; .earrisnn al oos hundred
! zen 70 Fort J Iarscn. Tori;,r-s Island, and
| the Same IL Far: Pulaski, below Savannah,
! shi:n, ,iho Forts Jackson, St. Philip, Morgan
- I'D. -, Soi ,>,B % tnn tIr,o { .,It.r-
having about t~o hundred men for Inc twin
fcrts Moultlis and Sumter, Charleston haT-
Dol, where there vera tive weak companies,
making less IhaD ninsty mel. Fortress hlon-
roe had already 4 garrison "s ION. eight COM
parl:c, one Or tvs ct % Inch might: ~ tn" Cartier
period Of danger, hl-s nfsn spared till Tolun-
lserJ could have been obtained, nct@NEstsnd-
de- printed hsnobil.s we're everywhere posted
10 Eastern Virginia, by al cxcentric eha- NC
ter, Inviting recruits to tabs Inat n0sy lrafof-
tant work.
| have thus sLoWn that sns!i g1rTsone
would at drst nave sutbcsd for the other
twins, Forts Jackson anu St. Philip, also
NJ object was W sac to IN. Cp'on, BY My
mems ut hand, all thoss works, Until Er~
gress couic have tune 10 authorize a call for
eaiuntn4T5-s cal which the President for
such purpo5s, rlight nc doubt have mads
without any special legislation, with tho full
aiprob ,uon Of c7ery ioysl mali IL ina Union.
2. The IL. President almost loses his s!u!a~
b;lt;y in having his neglect Of iorts AattIl-
outcd," an he says, without the lssst csus-;
to Tie iFhusnce 1t Governor Floyd" and,
10 adds, ALI my eabrnet must bear me Wit
peas tbst I wss the President myself, respan-
sioIs for ali tie acts of the administration"
Eow, Notwithstanding this broad assunp-
tor Of responsibility, / should be sorry tn
b .lieve that Mr. Bucksnau specially Consented
to the removal, ~ Secretary Floyd, Of ll5.OUO
extra musk.ts and rifles. with all their in
plenenss lad ammunition, iron. Northern
frpuslt;riss % Soutilern a~rssIale. 81 that OH
IT, breaking gu: Of The maturing rebellion