Lincoln in story; the life of the martyr-president told in authenticated anecdotes . the President in office, Mr. Bu-chanan, was surrounded by traitors, who, whiletaking pay for serving and defending the Union,were using their power and positions to destroy it. Thus the Secretary of AYar, Mr. Floyd, sentto the States in rebellion all the guns and am-munition from the Eorthern States wdiich couldbe transported. The United States Treasury of ^ew Orleanswas taken possession of by the State of Louisiana,and ^ye hundred thou-sand dollars robbed fromtlie Government; MajorAnderson, commanding asmall
Lincoln in story; the life of the martyr-president told in authenticated anecdotes . the President in office, Mr. Bu-chanan, was surrounded by traitors, who, whiletaking pay for serving and defending the Union,were using their power and positions to destroy it. Thus the Secretary of AYar, Mr. Floyd, sentto the States in rebellion all the guns and am-munition from the Eorthern States wdiich couldbe transported. The United States Treasury of ^ew Orleanswas taken possession of by the State of Louisiana,and ^ye hundred thou-sand dollars robbed fromtlie Government; MajorAnderson, commanding asmall body of UnitedStates troops at Charles-ton, S. C, was shut up inFort Sumter, and a vesselsent secretly by the Gov-ernment of President Bu-chanan to carry them pro-visions, etc., was fired on ( fC^TuL~^C/Cuby the rebels, shot in sev-eral places, and, being unarmed, was compelled toreturn to New York. Traitors were everywdiere, and open threatswere made against the life of Lincoln—thathe should be killed, and never be allowed to be-come President of the United States. Thus actual. iu<r{ii^cu_^ 106 LINCOLN IN STORY war had been declared by these six SouthernStates against the Government some months be-fore Mr. Lincoln had become President, and theUnited States Government had been robbed ofalmost every means of defending itself. Indeed, in the Southern States, troops werebeing armed with the guns taken from the Gov-ernment before Lincoln had become excitement throughout the country was verygreat. People did not at first understand that theseceding of these States meant the destruction ofthe Union and Kepublican form of government;and many said: Oh, let them go! If they dontwant to stay in the L^nion, we dont want to makethem stay. The Southern people also did not realize whatthe few (forty-two) leaders were doing for did not think the Northern people wouldfight for the Government; and if Lincoln insistedon forcing them into the LTnion, they thought that
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