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Correspondence and Other Papers RELATING TO FORT S~ClTER [Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of this series of correspon lence comprises the letters which pnssed be ween Major Anderson and Gov. Pickens, at he fime the " Star of the West " was fired ipon by Forts Morris ind Moultrie, and have een published in the Courier.-EDs.CoURIER.] No. 4. [THE oOVERNOR TO MAJOi ANDERSeN.] STATE OF SOUTH CAROUNA, EXF.CUTIVE OFFICE, CHARLEs-ro3, January 11, 1861. To Major Robert Anderson, Commanding Fort Sumter: SIR:-I have thought proper, underill the :ircutstances of the peculiar state of public iffairs in the country at present, to appoint he Hon. A. G. Magrath and Gen. D. F. fanison, both members of the Executive ,ouncil, and of the highest position in the 'tate, to present to you considerations of the ravest public character; and of 1he deepest uterest to all who deprecate thl improper raste of life; to induce the delivry of Fort unter to the constituted authoities of the tate of South Carolina, with a pidge, on its )art, to account for such public roperty as s under your charge. Your obedient servant, (Signed) F. W. PhKENS. No. 5. [MAJOR ANDERSON TO THE GOARNoR.] HEADQUARTERS, FORT SUMTES. C., January 11, JW1. j lo His Excellency F. W. Picken' Governor <f South Carolina: t Sia:-I have the honor to ackno'ledge the eceipt of your demand for the surender of his fort to the authorities of SoutiCarolina, nd to say, in reply, that the denind is one with which I cannot comply. Yur Excel ency knows that I have recently set a nies enger to Washington, and that it mil be im possible for me to receive an anslbr to my ispatches, forwarded by him, at n earlier late than next Monday. What ti charac er of my instructions may be, I canot fore ee. Should your Excellency deem fl prior to , resort toarms, to refer this inatter o Wash igton, it would afford me the sincenst plea ure to depute one of my oflicers t accom any any inessenger You aiy deetoper to e the bearer of your demand. Hoping to God that- in this,~1d-l other uatters in which the honor, welfare ad lives ---- r I .ntrvmen are - STATE uo u Ext:c-vTi: OFIrC, H n.AQuAmTERS, y Charleston, January 11, l861.) Suit:-At the time of the separation of the ate of South Carolina from the United tates, Fot Sumter was, and still is. in the ossessio of troops of the United States, un er the counand of ijor Anderson. I re ard that possession as not consistent with ae dignity or safety of the State of South arolina; and I have this day addressed to [ajor Anderson a communication to obtain -or him the pos'ssiona of that Fort by the uthorities of thi4 State. The reply of Major nderson informs me that I e has no nuthor y to do what I required, but lie desires a ~ference of the demand to the Presidenit of je Uited States. Under the circumstances now existing, and hich need no conmnent by me, I have de ermined to send to Tou the lion. I. W. lavne, the At ttorney-G'eneral of the State of outih Carolina, and have instructed him to emand the delivery of Fort Sumter, in the arbor of Charlestr)n, to the constituted au horities of the State of South Carolina. The demand I have inade of Major Anider on, and which I unow ma:ke of you, is sug ested because o1 my earnest desire to avoid he bloodshed which a persistance ini your .t tempt to retain the possession of that fort nl caulse; and which will be unavailing to ecure you that jxassession, but induce a cai amity miost deeply to be deplored. It consequences so unhappy shall ensue, I rl secure for this State, in the diemnand hich 1 now omake, the satisfactioni of having xhauted every attemupt to avoid it. In relation to the puiblic property of the ?mited States, within Fort Sumter, the lion. .W. Ilayne, who will hand you this comn nunication, is authorized to give you the sledge of the State, upon the adjustment of t relations with the United States, of which t was a part. (S.gne4) F. W. PICK ENS. To the Presidenit of the U'nited States. No. 7. INSTtLcTIoXi$ FROM THlE STATE Df.PARTME.NT OF THE r.XECUTIvE OFFICC To THY, HION. I. w. IAvsF..] STATE OF Soc-ru CAmtor.tNA,) ExEIvE OFFICE, S-rArE DEPAR-rm:NT> Charlesto~n, January 12, 18til.) Sia :-The Governor has considered it pro per, in view of the grave questions which now dtiect the State of South Carolina and the United States, to muake a demnand upon the Presidenit tof the United States, for the deliv rv to the State of South Carolina of Fort Simter, now within the territorial limits ol this State, and occuipied by troops of the thul ted States. The Convention of the people of South Ca,. ulina authorized and empowered its Connnis mi.-ioers to enter into negottiations with thn Government of the United States, for the de livery of toi t<, magazines, bmghthmouse<, min other real estate within the limaits of Soutl Car olina. The circumsntances which caused the inter ruption of that negosciation are known to you with the fsormnal notification of. its cessation was the urgent expression of the necestit~ for the withdrawal of the troops of the Ciii ted States from the haib r of Cuarleston. The interruptioni of these negociatins lefl all tuatters connected with Fort Sumter anm troops of the Uuited States withlin the limit: f this State, affected by the fact; that then c ntinuedl po~.session of the fort was not con sistent with the dignity or safety of the State and that an attemapt to reinforce the troop: at that fort would not be allowed. Thi: therefore, beca'me a state of hostility ; in con sequence of which the State of South Carolini was placed in a condition of defen me. Dmrin1 the preparations for this purpose, an attemp was made to reinforce Fort Sumter, and re pelled. You are nlow instructed to proceed to Wash ington, and there, in the name of the Govern ment of the State of South Carolina, eniquira of the Pre-'ident of the United States, whieth er it was by his order that troops of the hUni ad St.t wore sent into the harbor o Charleston, to reinforce Fort Sumter; if h( avows that order, you will then inquire wheth er he asserts a right to introduce troops 0 the United States within the limits of thit State, to occupy Fort Sumter; and you will in case of his avowal, inform him that neithei will be permitted ; and that either will be re garded as his declaration of war against the State of South Carolina. The Governor, to save life, and determined to omit no course of proceeding usual among civilized nations, previous to that condition of general hstilities which belongs to war; and not knowing under what order, or by what authority, Fort Sumter is now held, deman ded from Major Robert Anderson, now in command of that fort, its delivery to the State. That officer, in his reply, has referred the Governor to the Government of the United States at Washington. You will, therefore, demand from the President of the United States the withdrawal of the troops of the United States from that fort, and its delivery to the State (if South Carolina. You are instructed not to allow any ques tion of property c!aimed by the United States to embarrass the assertion of the political right of the State of South Carolina to the possession of Fort Sumter. The possession of that fort by the State is alone consistent with the dignity and cafety of the State of South Carolina; but such possession is not inconsistent with a right to compensation in money in another government, if it has against the State of South Carolina any just claim connected with that fort. But the pos session of the fort cannot, in regard to the -State of South Carolina, be compensated by any consideration of any kind from the Gov ernment of the United States, when the pos session of it by the Government is invasive of the dignity and affects the safety of the State. That possession cannot become now a matter of discussion or negotiation. You will, therefore, require from the President of the United States a positive and distinct an swer to your demand for the delivery of the fort. And you are further authorized, to give the pledge of the State to adjust all mat ters which may be, and are in their nature, susceptible of valuation in money; in the manner most usual, and upon the principles of equity and justice always recognized by indepe-ndeut nations, for the ascertainment of their relative rights and obligations in such matters. You are further instructed to say to the President of the United States, that the GOv ernor regards the attempt of the President of the United States, if avowed, to continue the possession of Fort Sumter, as inevitably lead. to a bloody issue, a question which, in the jodgment of the Governor, can have but one c.melusion, reconcilable with a due regard to tie State of.South Carolinn, the welfiare of the other States which now cous:itute the Udted States, and that humanity which 6--hav all men, but particularly those who A. GI. ".\GlATii. 7O ifmn. I. W. /ti-ie, N cit Eulrlw t /h1 14e State of ;)utl Carolina to the r:e dIent of the !'nited Stale.. No. S. [t.ETTI:iR oF sENAroits or SECF.DJNG sTATES TO njoN. 1. wV. HuYsE.] W.uisteTos Crry, January 15, 1861. Hfon. Jhaac WV. Tlayne : Sia :-We are apprised that you vi-it Washington as an Envoy froin the Sie o.f Southt Carolina, bearn mg a comunuicat ion fromt the~ Governor of your State to the Pre idlent of the Unitedl States, in relation to Fort Smut ter. Without knowing its contents, we ven ture to respiest you to, defer its delivery to the P'resident for a few days, or nti lyaon and he have considered the suggestions which we beg leave to submit. We know that the possession of Ftrt Sum ter by troops of the United States, coupled with the circumostances under which it ieat takenm, is the chief, if not only, sour ce of dilli culty between the Government of South Car. olina, and that of the United States. We would add, that we, too, t hink it a just cause of irritation and of apprehension on the part of your State. But we have also as'urauices, notwithstandinig the circumst ances under which Matjo r Anderson left Foirt Moult rie and entered Fort Sumnter with the feorces un der his counuandl, that it was not takeni, and is I (It heltd, with any hostile or unfriendly purpose towards your State ; but tuerely as propetrty of the Untited States, which th President deems it his duty to protect and preser ve. We will not discuss the questian of right or duty on the part of either Governet touching that proaperty, or th.- late acts ol either int relaeth..n thtere:to h ut we think that. without any compromise of right or breach o1 duty on either sidle, an :~nienb fle aaju..,tmenit of the matter of differences may andt should be adoptedl. We desire to see such an ad jtstmuent, and to pre'.ent war or the shiedding~ of blood. We repre-ent .States which have aready secded fronm the United States, or will hilve dlone sot before the first of F'ebruary' next, and whbich will meet your State in Con vention on or before the lift eenth of that moth. Our people fteel that they have commoitn destiny with youzr people, and ex pect to form with themt, in that Contventiotn a ntew Cotnfederation andi Provisiontal G.,v ernent. We mustt and will share your for tunes, suffering withI you the evil~s of war,i it camnot M~u avoided ; and enjoying with yot thte blessings of peace, if it can be preserved. We, therefote, think it especially dne fron: South Cat olina to our States-to say nothtint of other slaveholing States--that she should as far as she cant consistently with her honor avoid initiating hostilities between her an the United States or any other Power. We have the p~ublic declaratitn of the Presitdent that hte has not the constittutional power ct: the will to tmake war otn South Carolina, ant that the ptublic pe-ce shall not be disturbed by any act of hostility toward~s your State. We, therefore, see no reason why thert may not lie a settlemtent of existitig diflietul ties, if titmie be given for cahnt and deliberati *sannsel with those States which are egnmalla involved with South Carolina. We, therefotre trust that an arrangement will be agreed tot between you and the President, at least til the 15th February next ; by which time you and our Sttates tnay, in Convention, devise wise, just and peaceable solution of existini difficulties. lit the meantime, we thitnk your Stat shottld suffer Mayor Atidersoni to obtain ne cessary supipliets of food, fuel or water, an enjoy free commun~icationi, by post or specia messenger, with the Presidlent, upon the un derstanding that the Presidetnt will not semt hitt re-iniforcemnents tdtring the sante pci iod We propose to submit this proptosition an yotur answer to the President. lfanot clo-hed with power to make such sa rangement, then we trust that yotg will sub ..t o.u. suggetions to the Governor of you State for his instructions. Until you I: received and communicated his response the President, of course your State will .attack Fort Sumter, and the President T not offer to-reinforce it. We most respectfully submit these pro sitions, in the earnest hope that you, or proper authority of your State, may acc to them. We have the honor to be, With profound esteem, Your obedient servants, L. T. WIGFALL. 0 0. C. CLAY, Ja. JOHN HEMPHILL. B. FITZPAPTRIC~ D. L. YULEE. A. IVERSON. S. R. MALLORY. JOHN SLIDELL J. DAVIS. J. P. BENJAMI No. 9. [LETTER OF 1oN. I. W. HAYNE IN REIPLl SENATORS FROM SEcEDING STATEs.1 WASUINOTON, January, 180. GENTLEMEN:-I havejust received y communication, dated the 15 th instant. represent, you say, States which have aire seceded from the United States, or will b done so belbre the first of February next, which will meet South Carolina in Cons tion, on or before the 15th. of that mon that your people feel they have a com destiny with our people, and expect to fi with them in that Conventivn a new Con eracy and Provisional Government; that must, and will share our fortunes, suffet with us the evils of war, if it cannot be a ded, and enjoying with us the blessing of peace, if it can be preserved. I feel, gentlemen, the force of this apl and, so far as my authority extends, i cheerfully comply with your request. I am not clothed with power to make arrangements you suggest, but provided can get assurances, with which you ar tirely satisfied. that no re-nfbrcements wi sent to Fort Sumter in the interval, and public peace shall not he disturbed by act of hostility towards South Carolina, refer your communication to the authc of South Carohma, and withkolding their munication, with which I am at pi charged. will await for their. instructions Major Anderson and his command, I assure you, do now obtain all necessari plies of food, (including fresh meat and tables,) and, I believe, fuel and water do now enjoy free communication by and special inessengers with the Pres and will continue to do so, certainly, the door of negotiation shall be closed. if your propostion i.s acceded to, yo aisure the President that no attack 1 nade on Fort Sumter until a respons from the Governor of South Carolit ;een received by me and communic him. With great consideration and profc tC'w, Very resh ecifully, Yonr ob.-dient servants. (Signed) 1IEN. FrTZ'AT'ICK. .. It. M..LLORY. JOHN S111)ELL. 'To H;is Exrelency James liac-imnan, Pras: dent of the l'nitl S'akts. No. 11. D .i:-rnln or -rn : rl:Si rT, -rulnoVCuI -ru s: lION. a. loI.-r, s?:'ar.-raaY or1 watS, Al) I n:ta. -ro -rin: s.-:.mos or -Iru si:cioDI w:rm:.r.] t W~Ai Dr, .'. -r:.In-r, .Jal- -tr 22, 1801. To the Jtont. Jiuj'tmin F'i~itatik, S. R. .Xallor y/, awl, Jak in Slie! : Gi:sn i.:n :--The President has received( your conIson zic.itionl of t he 19'1t h instant, with the Cep ~j~Of a correspondenice het ween your selves and othbers " representinw State~s which have already secedled from the United States, or will have hone' so befo.-e the~ 14t of Febru ary next," and Col. ]Name W. Ilaynie, or Soutri Carolina, in behalf of the gove*rnment of that St ate, in relation to Fort Sumter ; and you: ask the Presidlent to stake into conlSide.ra ton thle slujet. of that correspondence." WVuh t his rlinesCt he lhaS comptjlied, and di rected mue to conntlunicate his answer. t In your letter to Coel. Hfaynue of the irhi I iniat., you propo~se to hinm to &-fer the deliv ery of a mnes-age fromn the Gtovernor of, South Carulina to the Pre-ident, with which I h. hats bceen entrusted, for a few days, or un til the Pretsident and Col. Hayne shall have cons idered tie snge.tions which you submit. It is unnetcesenry to refer specially to thesei suggestion:s, because the let ter addressed t~oJ you by Col. Ilayne, of the 17th instant, pre seats a clear andl specific answer to them. In this, he .say;: " I anm not clothed with power' to mattke the atrranlgemlent you; 5u::oet ;but prvve out caln ::et assuraLneen, withI which you are enarely satisfied, that no reinforce ments will be sent to Fort Sumter in the in tervatl, and tat t'io public peace will not be diturbed by any act of hostility towards S.,nth Carolina, I wdll refer your cormtzni cation to the authorities of South Citrolina, andl wit hholding the comnmunic:,tionl with which I atm at preenlt charged, will await foirt heCr instructionA." Froml the beginnlin~g of tO heresentulnh-sppy troules, thle P'resident has endeavored to performu his executive dties in such a mmn ner as to prevenlt blood~shed. This is still his. fixed purp:-e. Yout, therf-re, do him no more thanw jnstice in stating that y~ou have assurantces (from his pubhlic mme'-tsages I pre Sme.) that, "notwithstandinr thle circum stances under which Major Anderson left Fort Moultrie and entered For; Sumiter with the forces under his commanI~td, it was not ta ken, and is Dln hel with tany hostile or un friendly purpose towords yourti State, but merely as property of the United States, which the President dleems it his duty to protect and ptreserve," you have correctly stated whiat the President deemus to be his duty. His pole object now is, andt has been, to act strictly on thie defensive, anid to author ize 11 no oemet agaitnst the people of Southt Carolinta, unless~ clearly justifled by a hostile movemient on their part. lie could not have iven a better proof of his desire to prevent he effusion of blood, than by forbearing to resort to the use of force, under the stron~g provocaltionl of an attack (happily without a fatal result) on an unarmed vessel bearing the flag o. the linited States. . I anm happy to observe that, in your letter to Col. Hlayne, you express the opinion, that it is a"especially due from South Carolina to our St ates, to say nothing of other slavellol ding States, that she sho-dld, as far as she can consistently with her honor, avoid initiating hostilities between her and thte United States, or any other power." TIo initiate such ho; tilities against Fort Sumater would, beyond qu.,tion, be an act of war againsot the Uaited Sates. In regard to the proposition of Col. Hayne, and that the public -bed by any act of Carolina," it is imu you any such assur as no authority to nent or understand flicer, be is simply >le property, so far e ; and it would -be i ditty to place him that ho would not - for an indefinite or present moment, it to reinforce Major .kes no such request, tis position. Should uire reinflorcemtents , e to supply them. .-ance from the Presi .eace will not be dis istility towards South will readily occur to :ss, and to Congress r to make war, and it irpation for the Exec rances that Congre.; iower, however strong :d that no such inten ,red, from the letter of ajor Anderson and his .am all rnecessary sup meat and vegetables, d water, from the city now enjoy conntui pecial messenger, with vill continue to do so, .oor to negotiation has t that these facilities I to Major Anderson. )e. Major Anderson is .on ; and I am convinced It which can be attained :he authorities of S.uth on their present amica party being bound by tever, except the high duty to keep the peace, !s of mutual irritation. your ob't serv't, J. HOLT, --y of War, ad intei int. o. 12. 3 OF SECEDING STATES To IV. H1ANE.] * rToN, January 23,184, ne: to your letter of the 1I-h to inforn you that, alter I the President, we have! .gned by the Secretary ol 1 to Mesirs. Fitzpatrick. ou the subject of' our pro-. er we now enclose to you. are not as satisfactory as rod. in reptaison in th '" igen-y o1 lionor to refiain from initiattinlg any liti's a4giP-t any pIwerl. whIteUver, or '011taiking any stels tendling to produce cI)l Son n:1til our State.. which are to shure her rtun s, shl1l h:Ve a-e 1pUrtudity of ji:ing cir counsels with hers. e are, with great respect, Your obedienhet servant, ,. WIGFALI.. j A. IVERSON. . L. YULE;l:..l Joils N 118.1 Ill L Ill. ,.P. ElN.J.\.l I X. R UlIN SLI)ELL. (C. C. CL.k, Jin. .S. Somte of* the signa~tures to the former -te adedres-e I to you aere not afix.d to the r"ei ng eommuniicat ion', int 'onl.4tq uenIce of edepart ure of se verail Sena:tors., mnow on erway to their resp~ective State's. No. 13. Tir:ct oF Ho. I. wv. HIAYNE To sENATo Rs o v :s-rt.n-: :-I have received your letter he 23d inst., enelosin~g a comumunicationl ae the 22d inst., addressed to Me~srs'. Fitz ek, Mallory andu Slidell, frout the Secreta W l~ar amlinterim. Th'Iis commouniention thede Se.cretary is far fro'm bein:g satislae or'to me. Butt, inasmuche as you state thatt e(you) leave nlo hesitation in expre.-sinig ctire c'nmfiece t hat no reizmrements l e~ sent to Fort Sumter, nor will the~ pub iclmdce he. disturbed wit hine the period re.' 1eite for full cot municationl betweenu ytu: l'(myself) and y'our (my) governmm," Utemlianmc' with our perevwnse underetatol. I withhold the commuIntnication with which aat pr'esenet charged, and refer the~ whomle ater tu the atuthorities of South Carolinau, LuIwill akwait their repjly. Mr. Gourdlin, of South'Carolina, now in this cwill heave here by the ev~?eing's train. it1will lay bel'ore the Governeor of' South arlina atnd his Council, the whle cm rres eneie yilrseves anid myself, aend betwee'n tnd the Governement of the United States ; iha commnunicationl fromn me, asking further ucutions. annot, inrel cIing, but express my deep 'e-rt that the President should diem it nle :mssry to keepe a gaLrrison of troops at Fort suter for thce prote.ciiont of' the "proply"! tte United States. South Catrolinia scorns hidea of appr'opriating to heerself' the prop rfjof another, whether of a governmenit or individual, withouet accouunt ing, to the last lolir, for everytheing which, for the preitee ionf her citires, andi ine vindication ol heer hlonor and digenity, shte maLy deem it ne sry to take into leer own possession. As 'sp:y, Fort Sumter is in far greater jeop ory ccupied by a garrison of United Stt a rjs, than it would be if delivered over~to hetate authorities, with the pledge that, in egrd to thatt and all other property elaeimed yte United States withirn the jurisdiction )tuth Crolinea, they would fully account ipo a fait' admjustent. Cpon the other poinet of te preservastiont of ;~ eae, and the avoidance of bloodshed: [~ tsupposed that tho. occupation of a fort in u ered t of a ha~rbor, i' ith gunms hearineg upote ~y positi.,t of1 it, by a G~overnmnent no tome ecknowledged, cant he other thtan the oc ani~ of constanet irritatton, excitemeent and dination'? It creates a eottdition of' things utih I fear is but little calculated t:) adv'ance th bservance of' thee ."h ligh Christian and oal duty to keep the peace, aned to avoid ~l auses of tutuall irritation,' e'ecommendod rthe Secretary of War in his communica m y jtdgmtent, to conttintue to hold Forl Suter by United States troops, is the worst sible means of protecting it as property; ndthe worst possible mecans for effectueg ilaeft solumt ione of presentt difficulties. I beg leave, ine concluisionl, tn say thtat it iu eierece to the uncantimnous Oojecit cx rssed lby the Seneator3 presceet int Washineg l,"-represen ting States wheicht have already~ eded from the United Stattes, or will hav< .~t so befre thea af. of' Fe'bruary next,' that I comply with your suggestions. And feel assured that suggestions from such quarter will be considered with profiound ri spect hy the authorities of South Caolins and will have great weight in deterinjiin their action. With high consideration, I have the honc to be, Very respectfully, 'Your obedient servant, ISA AC W. HAYNE, Envor from the Governor and Council o South Carolina. [DEsPATCH FRoM THE 1oN. A. U. MAGRATH T MON. I. W. H AYNE.j STAE or SoUTH CAROLINA, Extce-riv Or mi, STATe Der'N-T, CHau.aroN, January 26, 18dil. j Sit :-Your despatch has been received covering, with other papers, the reply of th< President through Mr. Holt, Secretary o War, ad interin, dated the 22d of January 1.461, to the letter of Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr Mallory and Mr. Slidell, enclosing to him i correspondence between certain Senators o the United States and Col. Isaac W. Rayne the letter of certain Senators to you, date the 22d January, 1861 ; and your reply ti those Senators, dated the 24th January, 1861 'In the letter of the Senators addressed t< you, and dated the 15th January, 1861, aftei stating that the possession of Fort Sumter bj troops of the United States, coupled with the circumstances under which it was taken, i, the chief; if not the only source of dilliculhy between the Government of South Carolina and that of the United States, they add that they, " too, think it a just cause of irritation and apprehension on the part of your (this) State.' They then further state that they had assurances, notwithstanding other circum stances which seemed inconsistent therewith, that Fort Sumter " was not taken, and is not held with any hostile or unfriendly purpose towards your (this) State, but merely as pro. perty of the United States; which the Presi. dent deems it his duty to protee:. and pre serve." Under the intinences of that feeling of a common destiny which now animates the seceding States; and impressed with the earn e3t desire which seens to have been cherished in these States, to accomplish that separation from the United States, which they regarded as essential to their welfare, without the illa which civil war produces, these Senators pro. posed that time should be given for calm and deliberate conusel with the States, whieh are eqnally involved with South Carolina, in the future issue of their present conduct. To se cnre the time neee-sary for the counsel which hould be had, they proposed that this State "shc'uld sul'er Major Anderson to obtain ne aessary supplies of lood, fuel or water, and Vnd' enjoy free communication by post or pecial mne-enger with the Presidetnt, upon one understanding that the Presidewt will not . , he same pated by Iiew Contedleracy and 1. iment and who -nt an.. ....... r'l (our)' fGrtuno ; su;ferimue with vou (u.) th evil: of wa.r, it' it cannot be avoided, and en jying the Ilessings of peace, if it can be pre erred." The reply of the President to the prop.;s tinn thits made, referring tj tlie .tatveet the initenttions with which Fort Stunteris lidl a derived from his " puilic uessa.res," cotu cedes that his pur.'ose :LS stated, that is, t hol.l Fort Sumit'r - mer.-ly as property of thu United Sutes," which lie "dee~ms it his dot; to prtc andl prsv, is correct. lie de cares it to be hsis sole objeci.t to sect st rictly 0; tie defensive, and to i aunthorize no0 movem.-l againit the~ pI >le of Soutth Crolinat. unles clearly ju~titied' lby a ho-tile mm."e:nent o their p Irt.'' The P'redi'lent then. for proofc his desire to prevenat the effusion of blood alludes to, his forb'earance to resort to " ah use of force under the stro'n: pirovocatio'n an attatek on an uunarmoed vesisel bearing ti fLar :..f the United States." RefAerring next to thle anxios-sdesire of th, Senators of the secedIing State--, tha~t thi S ate " shoul.l a< l'ar as she esor, -ma-sti enit1 with her hono ,,l aid initiating hojstilities bi, tween her and tihe Lnited States, or any othet Power," the Presidenmt declares "that to init ate~ such hostilities against. Fort Sum-er. wool ieyond questi'on, be nua act ofE war agamnst th United States." And in rep 'y to tue pr.'po i-i', that, no reinf reemet~s will be~ sin toF: Sumter," whirlb is staitedl in his letter to h ,your proposoitioni her delares, "it is i.ii p.,asibil tur ine (lhim) to give you (the Sena:nors) a!) auc a,suranZce.' Hie Sta~es that " he has nt .authority to enter into such an arranuremea or unaderstandling," and. tha~t it would b~e" mam fest violat i~m ot hi-; dluty to place himnse under eng~agemaenat-, that he would1 not PeI torm this dutty either for an in-definite ''r limite-d periitl." It is also added by hinm th .at the present m~omnt it is not deemed'[ma cessary to reinaforce .\njo'r Anderson,, becauw he- malkes no oneh requeset, andl feels quite . cuare inm his p.,sir ion." lint should his safet reqluire it, every effort will be made to suppl rei nlorcements.. The letter from the Senators to you, an your reply to that letter, present a marke a-'d agree:.ble conttr-oat to the letter of tht Preident of the United1 Statesg. The Gove: nor appr'eiates the f cling which the letter< the Fr..sidenut mutlst have excited ini the Sema tors to whomn it wats adldressed, their forben; anc in the exp'ressiun of their opinion lil as to its character, and thteir gener''sity in sti continuinig to entertaini the hope that colii-i' maty be avoidled. unil the States they rep'r. senit may Share! the dangers thbat tmenace thi State. Thle Governtor conacurs also in th justice and force ot your reply to those Sen:a tors. The reasons which you have set fo.rt in youtr rep:y to the letter of th.e Senators you contclu-ively establish the propriety of th demand' which t'he letter from the Governori intended to make upon the President; wheta the possession of Fort Sumter be cotnsidere merely in regard to its preservation as a pis c of property claimted bay the United Sta:es, . the conttintuance of its retenitioni be referred a cotnclusion derived frotm the " obligrations which " high Christiani and moral duty" woul make imperative, if thtey were appealed to, ii they sht uld be, in thtis case, as the sole an proper guides for those whtose conduct involvi ; h gravest re~spon.tbtilitie.. The acquiesence of the Presidlent of tli United States int the " arranpementt or unide standling" by which we would be pre'vente from sending reintforcements to tort Samta was intended, antd so declared by the Senaltoi ot the seceding States to be binduing a~pe him, in case of the acquiescence of this Sta in certain mteasuires which they proposed th State shtoutld adopt. With the concessic front the State of South Carolina they e~ dently expected a conicessionl from the Prei dent'of the United States. Anid they pr posed that in the interval which was necess ry to enable yolt to receive a reply from ti Governor. thte Pre-idecnt should not send rei forcemecnts to Fort Sumiter ;and that certa facilities no0w enjoyed by Major Anderson at hi nrrison at Fort Sumter shoatl'd ba eo I tinued. The reply of the President, there I fore, contains his refusal, not only of the gen. eral proposition to abstain from doing until 1, the lfth day of February, the day named by g the Senators in their letter, that which, when ever he attempts, he ktows will be regarded r by the State of South Carolina as an act of war, but he reftses also to abstain fromi at tempting this act, even during the period ne. cessary to enable you to communicate to the Governor the proposition of these Senators. f All that the State of South Carolina was desired. in the letter of these Senators, to do in relation to Major Anderson and his garri. y son, it had done ; not in its acknuow!edgment of any right on the part of the United States, but in the discharge of the suggestions of cou. tesy, and with a desire not to N isa upon Ma. jor Anderson and his garrison the e u-sequences of the irritation which the conduct of his Gov ernment %vasso well calculated to produce. Nor. ' would the acquiescence of the Government of the United States, in the forbearance required fromit, have done more than to have secured the status, in which all matters within the harbor ot Charleston wtere at this time, by putting upon the State an obligation not to attack Fort Sumter, and upon the Government of the United States an obligation not to rein force it with fresh troops. With the supplies which Major Anderson ind his garri~on were receiving, with the facilities which he and his garrison enjoyed in regard to the mails, no ,retext for interference with the harbor of Charleston could be found except in cunnec tion with the right cluimed to reinforce the troops at Fort Sumter; a right which, claimed by the President as involved in a duty, would farther involve a necessity that he should de. termine when his duty was to be discharged by his exercise of this right. It is true that the President, in his letter, intimates that no reinforcemnents will be sent, because Major Anderson has made no such request, and feels quite secure in his position. It is not, however, to be forgotten, that, upon a recent occasion, which it is understood that Major Anderson did uot call for reinforce. ments, and may be presumed to have felt then as secure in his position as he does now, rein forcements were sent to him; nor wis it the fault of the Government uf the United States that they did not reach him. The proposition thus made to the President I of the RUitea States, was the not of Southern I Senators, unsolicited and unexpected. It was i the evidence of a generous impulse, which, i having aninated them in the continuauce of I their connection with the Unite4 States, as I lon.r as that connection could be maintained with regard to the rights of. the States they I represanted, was exhibited, even in the moo ment of their final separation, in an anxious t desire to avoid collision and strife with those. I whomn they could not recognize longer as I their brethren in that political Union .which had been terminated. The moderation of the I terms in which they asked the acquieccence c of the President of the United States will be C long remembered. Their reqest was simply ! that he would ab- .. - - the Unitt ..ards tie Stuti which has proil' dent, s-rves }. L Lieinter is p:operty, what nligher assu r i:,ce of i.4 sa.ety could lie have funld than ege of th! 8 ate of S i,nth Carolina that it Shn ald nt be attacked? If it was 11to b I detn.1 as property, but as a mili tar , p st of the UGite- State-, then, indeel, it 'w..ibl be -' a nanife.,t violation of his duty" to agree not to rehi;force it. The ass r tiou , th.-ore. that it i4 only held as prop--riy is .ie..,tent with th.-e re-juiretments of duy- which the Preidehnt alleg.-a to be hob!iga tory upecli him, but which atre obli>;atory up-,n ht:m: univ in relustion teo a mnihtairy pest. The Gi.vernor i<, thee.,re, forced to conclude that tsippedi of all disguise, the real ptirpose of the P'residet of -!u Unite'd States to keel) and defend F'or ~i -uter, within the limits of South Caurolinn, as a military post of the United States. Thbis conclusion of the real purpose which C )tntroli the Governmenet of the Unite-d States i.i relat.iont t.> this State i, not the less a re . suit of the p:,sitio)n which the President of ,the Untitedl imates has asumed in relation to j..hiropositiona which the Senators of the se . ceding States ha-.e gen:erous-ly nmde thant of r the auction0 of the Pre.,ient of the Un'ted .States in rerdn to other States whic~h have ! .eeeed- And it is censiered biy th: G:vr ,nor to be his dut--ne which the State of SSouth Carolina will so acknowelge-:o regard :-all h ,.,t.l.- atuenmpt, mn:l.. by thle Gjovernmienit L of the Uni:ed 5:a:tes uip .n any State whien e hais a-ceded, as attemnpts tuade directly upon -this St .tu. Tere i, n.> doubt, that at this ,moment. histile purposes, hby the Government t of the Unite-d States, are in operation, which atfee-t Fheeri-la or Geoirgia. It hdo,: not admit. I of a doubit. that an a:mend v.esl uf the United .States is now tfuhsportintg, ih the putrpose r of landing tree..ps of the United States upon ithe soil of' one or more of the Stes which Shatve neceded, with hostile intentions to~wa.ds e sh Stat--. Amenother ,-xp--di: ion, the existence .of whmien is a-c-ertained. but thee precise nature - o whic-h is moore ecncaled. has bieen under -takenm ihr ia like purpose. A4nd that which gives to these hoatile attempts a complexion the least inviting is, that they are secretly un dertaken, and. their execution covertly attempt ed, amid proft a.ions of an earnest. desire to avoid colz.ion, to save the u-tste of life;i and t- t ulfil the highiest ubhegaioens of n orality. Wt tle thei Co~iseitisionier deputed by the Stace of Vi rginiea is hence-tly urging upon the au thioritiesi ot this and oter States to avoid till Ioccasiten of colli.<ien withI the Governmenett oef the Un' itedl States ; aid, wiaile fronm the same Statto anouther Cocmmissiotner is at tetmptineg t-e recommmti1 the .,ami- counsels tol the Pr,-si dent oh the United Statt..s, a hostile expe.d. tion is on its way to attemp~t the coercion of a State, when the Governent of the United States se-ems~ to listen to the sugge-st ions of t :eace from the ancient Commnonweahth. s The Governor regards it as a happy cir r cumtance that in deferring to the wishes of the Setnators who have interposed in the mis -sion with which you were charged, their good r intent has been rewarded, in heading t.. that u declaratiutu from the President, which, in "every secedisng State, wi I be regarded as i equivalent to his declaratiotn of war against them ;and thus save them from the cunse quentcei of a generous, but misplaced, confi dence. Nor is it proper that it shotild be under stood, that what the President is pleased to . cnsidler a proof of his forbuarance, should sem to have the acquiescence of the Gover *r nor in the correctness of that construction of a his conduct, under the circumstanices of a n case, wholly unjustifiable, and more than ag-, e gravatitng.. It is not for the President of the i United States to seem to consider the repulse , of a vessel sent here with reinforcements, as . the attack of the State of South Carolina . upon arr unarmed vessel, ]f it had not the . armament of a vessel intended for war, the 1less excusable was the attempt to introduce. I under the shield of a peaceful trader, armed 2men for the purpose of executinig the orders of the Presidenit. It was. not only a hostile 4 Idemnonstratiog, but, while host~ile, it was at -. tempte to be laa darlsia'utnBasl uR~et a dae guise, which, if it had secured the result which was desired, would have left nothing but the were success to compensate for tle aerifice of the proprieties with which it had been purchased. The opinion of the Governor, as to the propriety of the demand which is contained in the letter, with the delivery of whieh vou are charged, has not only been confirmed by the circumstances which your wision has developed; but is now increased into a con viction of its necrssity. The safety of the State requires that the position .f the Prmi dent should be distinctly understood. The safety of all the i-eedinj States requires it, its much as the saty of Sonth Carolina. If it he'to, that Fort Sumter is held but as pro. perty, then, as pr.perty, the right, whateser they mtay by, of the United Stat.'s, can be ts. .ertjaied ; and for the Autisfaction of those right,, the pledge of the State of South Caro lina you are authorized to give. If Fort Sumter is not held as property, it is held tie a uii ary post; atnd sueb a pzust, within the littitt of this State, will not be tolerated. The letter of the.President may be received as the reply to the question you were instruct ed to ak, as to his assertion of the right to seud reinforcetenti to Fort Sumter. You were instructed to say to him, if he asLerted that rihgt,the State of*South Carolina regarded such a right, when asserted, or with an at tempt at its exercis(!, as a dccaration of war. If the President intends it shall not be so understood, it is proper to avoid any. miscou ceptiou hereiafter, that he should be inft.rmed of the manner in which the Governor will feel bound to regard it. If the President, when you have stated tbe reasons which prompt the Guvernor in nusk ing the demand for the delivery of Fort Sum tWr, shall refuse to deliver the fort, upon the pledge you have been authorized to make, you will communicate that refusal, without elay, to the Governor. If the President iball not be prepared to give you an. iuimedi ite answer, you will communicate to him hat his answer may be transmitted, within reasonable time, to the Governor at this alace. The Governor does not consider it tecessary that you should remain, in Wash. ngton auy longer than is necessary to exe. tute this, the slosing duty of your mission, a the manner new indicaled to you. As ;ou as the (overnor shall receive from you nfornation that you have closed your tit. ion, and the reply, whatever It wiy be of hie PreAwent, he will sonsider the Oon set hich will be nopessary on his part, To the Senators, who have so gonprously nterposed in this matter, the Governor d4. ires you to express the satisfaction he has xperienced with the interest they have ex ibited, and the cxncurrence they have mani sted, in the earnest desire which has gov rned him in his attempt to secure for the tate of South Carolina its just rights, with. ut the waste of life or loss of blood. If tier couneels shall prevail with the Govern, ent at Washington. the (nrt - -' * .: 2...,../c. fele 1 anIofrOmf ge State of South Carolina. Oua TraN MUST CoXEs.-Generation After generation, says a fine writer, "have felt as we tI.)w feul, and their lives were as active as our. tow:. They Taiied like a vapor, while nature wore the same aispect of beauty as when her Creator cominanded her to be. The heavens shall be as lbright over our graves as they are now around our paths. The world will have t.je saute attractit for our offipring unborn t::at she hadl once for us as children. Yet a little while, and all will have happened. The throb~bintg heart will be ittilled andu we shall he at ret Our funeral will fintd its way, and prayers will be said, and then we shall be left aloise in ilence arid in darkness for the warme. A r.d it may be for a short time we shall be spuoken of, but the thinigs of life will creep in, and our names will soon be forgotten.. Days will continue to move on, and laughter rand song will he heard in tlte room in which we died, and the eye that mourned for us will be dried, and ,:listen again with joy: and event oar children will cease to think of us, and will not remember to lisp our ms" St.ANDERs.--Yes, pass it along, whether yon believe it or not; that one-sided whisper agjainst the character of a virtuous female. Yo'u say you dunt believe it, but you will use your influence to boar up, tjie false report, and pass it on the curretnt. &tsnge creatures are mankind ! How many reputations are lost by surmise1 How miany hearts have bled by a whisper! How many benevolent deeds are chilled by the shrug ofa shoulderl Hiovrmany itndividuals bare been utuned by a gentle, mysterious hint ! How many chaste bosoms have beeni wrung with grief by a single nod! Hoiw many graves have been dug by a false report i Yest, you will pass the slander along: you will keep it above the water by a wag of your tongue, when you inight siak it forever. De stroy the passion for telling a tale, we pray. Lisp not a word tbat may mnj tre the character of another. Be determined to listen to ue sto ry that is repeated to the injr of another, and, as far as you are concerned, that slanider will die. But tell it once and it may go on the w'ngs of the wind, increasing with each breath, ti.l it hass circulated throtugh the State, and has b o at to the grave ono who might have been a blessing to the world.. THE McKc~mr ESTAT.-The sale of the estate of the late Win. McKenna, came off on Monday, the 21st ult., at Lancaster Court H..mse. The weather was unfavorable, but we learn a goodly number of the people wau in attendance. Some of the property, *uch aS townt lots, &c., sold low enoug, but negrcos went to their full value. On Wednesday, one hunadred and seventy-seven negroes were sold, amiong which were some young and some sry ohl nra roes, at an' average, as we learn, of near $8 )O. It is thought that the whole e~. tate will yield the amountof $220,000. Maianrso LIFE.-A newly married pair are like two travelera in an unknown country fresh views of each oher's dispositionis are opening out before them every day, rome beau. tiful, some unsightly, and mostly unexpected. A breeze occasionally springs up which may either enliven the journey by clearing the at musphe're, or dampen the ardor of the excur siotuistsa by ending in a thunder-storm. If the couple, however, have ordinary judgment, they will so arrange or dovetail their likings atius disikings as to jog on together agreeably on the whole. The cant of 4' incompatibility of temper" is for the most part the excuse of knaves and fools. WsHNtxoN, February .-Gov. Andrew, of Massachusetts, sent an aid-de-campte Wash. ington, to proffer the aid of the military pow er of that State to the Federal Government, to preserve the capital. Gen. Scott replied that-since the election in Virginia no attack was expected on Washing ton, and said that even if an attack wasu like ly1 it was not probable that Mascuset. wonid.he caJIed on.