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James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 10: (search)
of the President, replied to this demand, as well as to the letter of Colonel Hayne accompanying it. Our narrative would be incomplete without this admirable and conclusive reply. It is as follows: War Department, February 6, 1861. H. R. Ex. Doc, 1860-61, vol. IX, Doc, No 61. Sir. The President of the United States has received your letter of the 31st ultimo, and has charged me with the duty of replying thereto. In the communication addressed to the President by Governor Pickens, unDoc, No 61. Sir. The President of the United States has received your letter of the 31st ultimo, and has charged me with the duty of replying thereto. In the communication addressed to the President by Governor Pickens, under date of the 12th January, and which accompanies yours now before me, his Excellency says: I have determined to send to you the Hon. I. W. Hayne, the Attorney-General of the State of South Carolina, and have instructed him to demand the surrender of Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, to the constituted authorities of the State of South Carolina. The demand I have made of Major Anderson, and which I now make of you, is suggested because of my earnest desire to avoid the bloodshed whic
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 13: (search)
gation and commerce with the Paraguayan Government. United States Pamphlet Laws, 1859-60, p. 119, appendix. Thus the President was enabled to announce to Congress, in his annual message (December, 1859), that all our difficulties with Paraguay had been satisfactorily adjusted. Even in this brief summary it would be unjust to withhold from Secretary Toucey a commendation for the economy and efficiency he displayed in fitting out this expedition. Report of Sec. Toucey, 2d Dec., 1859; Sen. Doc. 1859-60, vol. III., p. 1137. It is a remarkable fact in our history, that its entire expenses were defrayed out of the ordinary appropriations for the naval service. Not a dollar was appropriated by Congress for this purpose, unless we may except the sum of $289,000 for the purchase of seven small steamers of light draft, worth more than their cost, and which were afterwards usefully employed in the ordinary naval service. Letter of Sec. Toucey, May 11, 1860, to Committee on Naval Ex