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February 8th, 1861 AD (search for this): chapter 5.59
Appendix I correspondence and extracts from correspondence relative to Fort Sumter, from the affair of the Star of the West, January 9, 1861, to the withdrawal of the envoy of South Carolina from Washington, February 8, 1861. Major Anderson to the Governor of South Carolina To his Excellency the Governor of South Carolina. sir: Two of your batteries fired this morning upon an unarmed vessel bearing the flag of my Government. As I have not been notified that war has been declared mation as to the time when an answer may be expected in Charleston. With high consideration. I am, very respectfully, Isaac W. Hayne, Special Envoy. Some further correspondence ensued, but without the presentation of any new feature necessary to a full understanding of the case. The result was to leave it as much unsettled in the end as it had been in the beginning, and the efforts at negotiation were terminated by the retirement from Washington of Colonel Hayne on February 8, 1861.
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War in his communication. In my judgment, to continue to hold Fort Sumter, by United States troops, is the worst possible means of protecting it as property, and the worst possible means of effecting a peaceful solution of present difficulties. I beg leave, in conclusion, to say that it is in deference to the unanimous opinion expressed by the Senators present in Washington, representing States which have already seceded from the United States, or will have done so before the 1st of February next, that I comply with your suggestions. And I feel assured that suggestions from such a quarter will be considered with profound respect by the authorities of South Carolina, and will have great weight in determining their action. With high consideration, I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Isaac W. Hayne, Envoy from the Governor and Council of South Carolina. Mr. Hayne to the President of the United States Washington, January 31, 1861. To his Exc
January 12th (search for this): chapter 5.59
uest that I would withhold the communication with which I stood charged, and await further instructions. This I have done. The further instructions arrived on the 30th instant and bear date the 26th. I now have the honor to make to you my first communication as special envoy from the government of South Carolina. You will find inclosed the original communication to the President of the United States from the Governor of South Carolina, with which I was charged in Charleston on the 12th day of January, instant, the day on which it bears date. I am now instructed by the Governor of South Carolina to say that his opinion as to the propriety of the demand which is contained in this letter has not only been confirmed by the circumstances which your (my) mission has developed, but is now increased to a conviction of its necessity. The safety of the State requires that the position of the President should be distinctly understood. The safety of all seceding States requires it as much
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