. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . y thesegentlemen he objected to the use of the word provided,lest it should be held to imply an agreement on his part,and said that he would not enter into any agreement withthem upon the subject. They replied to him that theydid not understand it as implying any agreement what-ever on his part. The next day Mr. John B. Floyd, theSecretary of War, issued an order to Major Anderson, incommand of the forts in Charleston Harbor, of the fol-lowing tenor: You are carefully to avoid every act whichwould needlessly tend to provoke aggression ; and, fo
. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . y thesegentlemen he objected to the use of the word provided,lest it should be held to imply an agreement on his part,and said that he would not enter into any agreement withthem upon the subject. They replied to him that theydid not understand it as implying any agreement what-ever on his part. The next day Mr. John B. Floyd, theSecretary of War, issued an order to Major Anderson, incommand of the forts in Charleston Harbor, of the fol-lowing tenor: You are carefully to avoid every act whichwould needlessly tend to provoke aggression ; and, forthat reason, you are not, without evident and immediatenecessity, to take up any position which could be con-strued into the assumption of a hostile attitude ; but youare to hold possession of the forts in the harbor, and, ifattacked, you are to defend yourself to the last smallness of your force will not permit you, per-haps, to occupy more than one of the three forts ; butan attack on, or an attempt to take possession of, either.
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