Young folks' history of the United States . is wasthe doctrine called State Rights, which had long beenpopular in the Southern States, and especially in SouthCarolina. It was therefore very natural that South should take the lead in withdrawing from theUnion ; and a convention was accordingly called inthat State, and adopted (Dec. 20, i860) an ordinanceof secession. Within six weeks similar conventionshad been held, and similar votes passed, in the Statesof Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,and Texas. These States then formed themselves into The south-what wa
Young folks' history of the United States . is wasthe doctrine called State Rights, which had long beenpopular in the Southern States, and especially in SouthCarolina. It was therefore very natural that South should take the lead in withdrawing from theUnion ; and a convention was accordingly called inthat State, and adopted (Dec. 20, i860) an ordinanceof secession. Within six weeks similar conventionshad been held, and similar votes passed, in the Statesof Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,and Texas. These States then formed themselves into The south-what was called the Southern Confederacy, and federa^y. 290 Attack on Fort Sumter. YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. elected (Feb. 8, 1861) Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, aspresident, and Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, asvice-president. The new confederacy maintained therighteousness of slavery as a permanent institution, andit openly aimed to establish a slave-holding nation inthe Southern States. The authorities of South Carolina at once claimed. ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER. possession of all national property in the State. Seeingthis, Major Robert Anderson, who commanded thegarrison of a small fort called Fort Moultrie in Charles-ton harbor, withdrew his force to Fort Sumter, astronger position, and sent for re-enforcements fromWashington. A steamer called the Star of theWest, carrying two hundred and fifty men, was sent ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER. 29T to Charleston in January, but was fired upon from FortMoultrie, where the insurgents had placed a batteries were erected on the shore; and at last(April 11) General Beauregard, in command of theConfederate troops, demanded the surrender of FortSumter; and, this being refused, the batteries openedfire upon the fort early the next morning. For twodays the fire continued; and at midnight of the secondday Major Anderson surrendered the fort, his eightymen being wholly exhausted, his barracks on fire, andhis gunpowder almost gone. He st
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