 | Abraham Lincoln - 1909 - 60 pages
...attempt should not be resisted, there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort....reduction of, Fort Sumter, was, in no sense, a matter of self defence on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could, by... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - Genius - 1911 - 336 pages
...after the opening of hostilities, he recited the circumstances of the event, and said of it: — " It is thus seen that the assault upon and reduction of Fort Sumter was in no sense a matter of self-defense on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could by no... | |
 | History - 1913 - 292 pages
...attempt should not be resisted there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort....reduction of Fort Sumter was in no sense a matter of self-defense on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could by no... | |
 | United States - 1914 - 428 pages
...attempt should not be resisted there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort....reduction of Fort Sumter was in no sense a matter of self-defense on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could by no... | |
 | Bartow Adolphus Ulrich - Constitutional law - 1916 - 446 pages
...1861. Congress assembled July 4th, 1861 and President Lincoln delivered his first message. He said, "It is thus seen that the assault upon and reduction of Fort Sumter was in no sense a matter of self-defense on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could by no... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 pages
...attempt should not be resisted, there would be no effort to throw on men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort....reduction of Fort Sumter was in no sense a matter of self-defense on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could by no... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 564 pages
...significant. To the special session of Congress convened shortly after, Lincoln thus defined the issue: The assault upon and reduction of Fort Sumter was in no sense a matter of self-defense on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could by no... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1927 - 474 pages
...attempt should not be resisted, there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort....reduction of Fort Sumter was in no sense a matter of self-defense on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could by no... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...proceeded at once to notify Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina, that he should provision Fort Sumter. " Whereupon, the fort was attacked and bombarded to its fall, without even awaiting the arrival of the^provisioning expedition." The President sets forth the course with regard to the seceded States... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...the nature of the impending struggle. Four extensive extracts from the message are presented here. It is thus seen that the assault upon, and reduction of, Fort Sumter, was, in no sense, a matter of self defence on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the Fort could, by... | |
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This notice was accordingly given; whereupon the fort was attacked, and bombarded to its fall, without even awaiting the arrival of the provisioning expedition. It is thus seen that the assault upon, and reduction of, Fort Sumter, was, in no sense, a... 
