. A history of the United States. HoRACE Greeley FORT SUMTER 395 sions of the country. The multipKcation of raihoads, theclose relations of trade, the settlement of the West by thechildren of eastern families, all combined to make Websterscry, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and insep-arable, the watchword of the North. Lincoln expressedthe same feeling by his declaration in his inaugural addressthat the union of these states is perpetual. Would thenorthern people support such a view by war?. lyoRRrs I86>wi?\ Map of Forts in Charleston Harbor What shall be done with Fort Sumter? — T
. A history of the United States. HoRACE Greeley FORT SUMTER 395 sions of the country. The multipKcation of raihoads, theclose relations of trade, the settlement of the West by thechildren of eastern families, all combined to make Websterscry, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and insep-arable, the watchword of the North. Lincoln expressedthe same feeling by his declaration in his inaugural addressthat the union of these states is perpetual. Would thenorthern people support such a view by war?. lyoRRrs I86>wi?\ Map of Forts in Charleston Harbor What shall be done with Fort Sumter? — The ConfederateStates had as yet met with no obstacles as an indepen-dent republic. Buchanan had finished his term and Lincolnhad become President. The Confederate States had takenpossession of national custom-houses, forts, and mihtarysupplies, worth together about $30,000,000, located withintheir limits. Fort Sumter, on an island in Charleston harbor,held out almost alone among the old forts. Its commander,Major Robert Anderson of Kentucky, had an officersscruples against abandoning a post of duty. But he neededprovisions and reinforcements. In January Buchanan hadsent an unarmed steamboat, the Star of the West, withsupphes, but it was fired upon in Charleston harbor andcompelled to return to New York. 396 A DIVIDED NATION What to do about Fort Sumter was Lincolns first hard prob-lem as President. He assured the North and the South thatthe government would not use force unless force was us
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