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n declines. fire opened on the Fort April 12th.> The Confederate States Commissioners—Messrs. John Forsyth of Alabama, M. J. Crawford of Georgia, and A. B. Roman of Louisiana—with proposals from t United States Army, dated April 8th, 1861, and the telegrams from Messrs. Crawford, Roman, and Forsyth, from Washington, establish the fact that the object of the Federal government in delaying its sed us will come at the last moment, if the fleet be intended for our waters. Crawford, Roman, Forsyth. 2. April 6th, 1861. Hon. Robert Toombs, Secretary, etc., Montgomery, Ala.: Nootified of the movement, but the notification may come when they are ready to start. Crawford, Forsyth, Roman. 3. Washington, April 11th, 1861. General G. T. Beauregard: The Tribunef Sumter, and that a force will be landed which will overcome all opposition. Roman, Crawford, Forsyth. The correspondence between General Scott and Captain Fox, the communication of Secretar
isstatements contained in President Davis's book. public sympathy with General Beauregard. General Bragg's letter to Mr. Forsyth. his letter to General Beauregard. answer to the same. General Beauregard's plan of operations in Tennessee and Kend proved what a high place he occupied in the public esteem. Yet some injudicious friends, or mischief-makers—as the Hon. John Forsyth, who had been one of our three Peace Commissioners to Washington, so aptly called them—strove hard to create feelprove of all that had been done in that respect. We give here a few passages from a letter from General Bragg to the Hon. John Forsyth, dated Tupelo, July 17th, written in acknowledgment of a very remarkable article printed by the latter in the Mobn the same subject. After speaking of his determination ever to avoid discussions in the public press, and thanking Mr. Forsyth for the sentiments he had expressed concerning the positions, personal and official, of General Beauregard and himself
mark on the enemy, and add several bright pages to the history of this revolution. I am, indeed, most happy that the command of the Western Department has fallen into such able hands. As regards the action of the President, relieving me of that command, not having anything to say in justification of it, I shall remain silent. Respectfully, your obedient servant, G. T. Beauregard. P. S. The above is not intended for publication. Headquarters, near Tupelo, July 17th, 1862. To John Forsyth, Esq., Mobile, Ala.: My dear Sir,—It has been a settled policy of my life to allow my acts to speak for themselves, and, so far, I have no cause of complaint at the position, public and private, they have assigned me, and especially has it been my will to avoid discussions in the public press; but it is no departure from that rule to return you my cordial and heartfelt thanks for the sentiments expressed in your article of the 15th on Mischief Makers, so far as relates to the positions