The Southern Spy: Letters on the Policy and Inauguration of the Lincoln War, Written Anonymously in Washington and Elsewhere (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Southern Spy: Letters on the Policy and Inauguration of the Lincoln War, Written Anonymously in Washington and ElsewhereIt cannot be doubted, sir, that you procured the battle of Sumter; you had no desire or hope to retain the fort; you neglected to fight, until every chance Of doing SO with success had passed away; and when at last you did draw your sword against the sovereignty Of South Carolina, the circumstances of the battle, the non-participation Of your fleet in it, show that it was not a contest for victory, but onlya shallow trick to entitle you to the advantages to be derived from an action for assault and battery. It was, sir, a trick - a trick to transfer easily, and under false pretences, the matters in dispute between the two sections from the arbitrament of reason to that of arms. How is it that you hope to make yourself not responsi ble for this unnatural and Shocking appeal to war? Was not your formal intimation to the Montgomery Government that you were about to resort to force, a challenge to arms? Could the12 letters OF the southern spy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.