Excerpt from Correspondence and Other Papers, Relating to Fort Sumter I have the honor, therefore, respectfully to ask Whether the above-mentioned act - one I believe without a parallel in the history of our country, or of any other civilized Government Was committed in obedience to your instructions, and to notify you if it be not disclaimed, that I must regard it as an act Of war, and that I shall not, after a reasonable time for the return of my messenger, permit any vessels to pass within range of the guns of my Fort. ...
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Excerpt from Correspondence and Other Papers, Relating to Fort Sumter I have the honor, therefore, respectfully to ask Whether the above-mentioned act - one I believe without a parallel in the history of our country, or of any other civilized Government Was committed in obedience to your instructions, and to notify you if it be not disclaimed, that I must regard it as an act Of war, and that I shall not, after a reasonable time for the return of my messenger, permit any vessels to pass within range of the guns of my Fort. In order to save as far as in my power the shedding of blood, I beg that you will have due notification of this my decision, given to all concerned. Hoping, however, that your answer may be such as will jus tify a further continuance of forbearance on my part, I have the honor to be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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.
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