. Abraham Lincoln; a history . members werediscouraged at finding Mr. Buchanan again incommunication with the emissary of a Governorwho had wantonly fired on the flag and a cabal ofconspirators who were about to send him notice oftheir intent to set up a government in rebellion,and with sublime effrontery asked him to promisethem a safeguard for the act. The correspondence between the Senators andColonel Hayne was sent to the President. Twomore days were lost in considering and discuss-1861. ing it, and on January 22 he instructed to reply: The President has no authority toenter into s
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . members werediscouraged at finding Mr. Buchanan again incommunication with the emissary of a Governorwho had wantonly fired on the flag and a cabal ofconspirators who were about to send him notice oftheir intent to set up a government in rebellion,and with sublime effrontery asked him to promisethem a safeguard for the act. The correspondence between the Senators andColonel Hayne was sent to the President. Twomore days were lost in considering and discuss-1861. ing it, and on January 22 he instructed to reply: The President has no authority toenter into such an agreement or understanding;as an executive officer he is simply bound to pro-tect the public property, so far as this may be prac-ticable, and it would be a manifest \dolation of hisduty to place himself under engagements that hewould not perform this duty either for an indefiniteor a limited period. At the present moment it isnot deemed necessary to reenforce Major Ander-son, because he makes no such request, and feels. STEPHEN R. MALLORY. THE SUMTER AND PICKENS TRUCE 161 quite secure in his position. Should his safety, chap. , require reenforcemeuts, every effort willbe made to supply them. In regard to an assur-ance from the President that the public peace willnot be disturbed by any act of hostility towardsSouth Carolina, the answer will readily occur toyourselves. To Congress and to Congress alonebelongs the power to make war, and it would be Hpit to ^ 7 Fitzpat- an act of usurpation for the Executive to give any lory, amiassurance that Congress would not exercise this ®22fi86i!°power, however strongly he may be convinced that i.,^. Jo!^no such intention exists. Both parties could derive comfort from this re-ply: the President that he had rejected the sug-gested arrangement until the 15th of February ;the Senatorial cabal that he had practically grantedit by entertaining their mediation, in disavowingany present intention to reenforce Sumter, and intacit
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