Then this unfortunate affair of Major An
derson's precipitated the decision at onoe
wivh the administration. But Mnjor Ander
son from some cause determined one night
ti swap forts, and he seised Fort Sumter,
and thus preoipitated this necessity of my
resigning. The President oonoiuded to sus
tain bim, which rendered it impossible for
me to stay in tbe Cabinet, and 1 left it. But
the pr raature act of Anderson's has derang
ed the whole Southern programme, but our
cause is not thereby lost, llow easy oar
friends in Charleston could have gone to
Fort Sumter any bright, sunshiny evening
arid takeo possession of it it was open, the
portals were wide-spread, an 1 they had no
thing to do but to march their troops into
Fort Sumter, whsn the harbor of Charleston
would be impregnable to the world, the Cesh
and the devil. [Laughter and applause.]
But there was a barrier in the way, Andersju
was the marplot of all our plans. [Groans
for Anderson.]
liakes ie so black with treason, shame and V™™
infamy that Bene Jiot Arnold will give plaoe
to John B. Floyd, whose name will continue
through all time the synonym for TBAITOB.
ar fr
'T
making his escape from Algiers, killed a demonstrati&lMi affecting the peace of tbe
nan who attempted,tft arrest bim, tbe Court Capital.
of Queen's B?uch would oertaioly not decide!
,h 0
A
Sumter to be evacuated and the troops With
drawn. He has no hipe that the proposition
will b« accepted, and will wuit but a short
time for a replv. He expects to leave for
home on Saturday.
