. A brief history of the United States . sippi, was chosenPresident, and Alexander , of Georgia, Vice-President. United Statesforts, arsenals, custom-houses, and ships wereseized by the States inwhich they were did nothing toprevent the Scott urged action,but the regular army wassmall, and the troops were jefferson davis. widely scattered. The navy had been sent to distant Cabinet largely sympathized with the secessionists. Nu-merous unsuccessful efforts were made to effect a compromise. It was the general% expectation that thereK would
. A brief history of the United States . sippi, was chosenPresident, and Alexander , of Georgia, Vice-President. United Statesforts, arsenals, custom-houses, and ships wereseized by the States inwhich they were did nothing toprevent the Scott urged action,but the regular army wassmall, and the troops were jefferson davis. widely scattered. The navy had been sent to distant Cabinet largely sympathized with the secessionists. Nu-merous unsuccessful efforts were made to effect a compromise. It was the general% expectation that thereK would be no war, and the cry, No coer- cion, was general.*Yet affairs steadilydrifted on toward Sumter.—All eyes were nowturned on Fort Sum-ter. Here Major Anderson kept the United States flag flyingin Charleston harbor. He had been stationed in Fort Moul- * Even the New York Tribune declared— Whenever any considerable section ofour Union shall deliberately resolve to go out, we shall resist all coercive measuresto keep them FORT SUMTER. 200 EPOCH IV, [1861. trie (map, p. 280), but fearing an attack, had crossed over(December 26) to Fort Sumter, a stronger position. TheSouth Carolinians, looking upon this as a hostile act, tookpossession of the remaining forts, commenced erecting bat-teries, and prepared to reduce Fort Sumter. Major Andersonwas compelled by his instructions to remain a quiet spectatorof these preparations. The Star of the West, an unarmedsteamer, bearing troops and supplies to the fort, was firedupon and driven back. The Southern leaders declared thatany attempt to relieve Fort Sumter would be a declaration ofwar. The government seemed paralyzed with fear. All nowwaited for the new President. In the next Ei^och, we shall learn about the terrible CivilWar caused by this effort to secede. During its progressslavery perished, and the issue of the conflict decided thatthe nation should be henceforth *one and inseparable. The States admitted during the
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