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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix G (search)
attack or molest the United States forts in the harbor of Charleston, previously to the action of the Convention, and, we hope and believe, not until an offer has been made, through an accredited representative, to negotiate for an amicable arrangement of all matters between the State and Federal Government, provided that no reenforcements shall be sent into those forts, and their relative military status shall remain as at present. John McQUEEN, William Porcher miles, M. L. Bonham, W. W. Boyce, Lawrence M. Keitt. Washington, December 9, 1860. And here I must, in justice to myself, remark that, at the time the paper was presented to me, I objected to the word provided, as it might be construed into an agreement, on my part, which I never would make. They said that nothing was further from their intention; they did not so understand it, and I should not so consider it. It is evident they could enter into no reciprocal agreement with me on the subject. They did not profess