. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ct Major Anderson to retire fromdum. MS. Sumter forthwith. Chase,Memoran dum. MS. service. Mr. Chase wrote: If war is to be the consequence of an attempt to provi-sion Fort Sumter, war will just as certainly result fromthe attempt to maintain possession of Fort Pickens. I am clearly in favor of maintaining Fort Pickens, andjust as clearly in favor of provisioning Fort Sumter. If that attempt be resisted by military force Fort Sum-ter should, in my judgment, be reenforced. If war is to be the result, I perceive no reason why itmay not be best begun in consequence
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ct Major Anderson to retire fromdum. MS. Sumter forthwith. Chase,Memoran dum. MS. service. Mr. Chase wrote: If war is to be the consequence of an attempt to provi-sion Fort Sumter, war will just as certainly result fromthe attempt to maintain possession of Fort Pickens. I am clearly in favor of maintaining Fort Pickens, andjust as clearly in favor of provisioning Fort Sumter. If that attempt be resisted by military force Fort Sum-ter should, in my judgment, be reenforced. If war is to be the result, I perceive no reason why itmay not be best begun in consequence of military resist-ance to the efforts of the Administration to sustain troopsof the Union, stationed under the authority of the Gov-ernment, in a fort of the Union, in the ordinary course of Mr. Welles wiote: I concur in the proposition to send an armed force offCharleston, with supplies of provisions and reenforce-ments for the garrison at Fort Sumter, and of communi-cating at the proper time the intentions of the Government. JOHN MINOR BOTTS.
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