W. Richardson
Captain
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2011
- Location
- Mt. Gilead, North Carolina
I was reading over Lincoln's message to Congress in Special Session and ran across this..........
"They knew that this Government desired to keep the garrison in the Fort, not to assail them, but merely to maintain visible possession, and thus to preserve the Union from actual, and immediate dissolution—trusting, as herein-before stated, to time, discussion, and the ballot-box, for final adjustment;"
Lincoln, Abraham (2012-12-21). Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings 1859-1865: Library of America #46 (The Library of America) (p. 249). Library of America. Kindle Edition.
Was there talk of a National referendum as to holding or evacuating Fort Sumter? Was it going to be put before Congress to vote on? or was it just to by time?
If so was these actions relayed to Governor Pickens or any Confederate States figure?
Respectfully,
William
"They knew that this Government desired to keep the garrison in the Fort, not to assail them, but merely to maintain visible possession, and thus to preserve the Union from actual, and immediate dissolution—trusting, as herein-before stated, to time, discussion, and the ballot-box, for final adjustment;"
Lincoln, Abraham (2012-12-21). Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings 1859-1865: Library of America #46 (The Library of America) (p. 249). Library of America. Kindle Edition.
Was there talk of a National referendum as to holding or evacuating Fort Sumter? Was it going to be put before Congress to vote on? or was it just to by time?
If so was these actions relayed to Governor Pickens or any Confederate States figure?
Respectfully,
William