State Secrets for the People: The Private Letters of Lieut.-General Scott and the Reply of Ex-President Buchanan (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Sunday, the weather is bad, and General S. Is not well enough to go to church.

It was not till January 4 that, by the aid of Secretary Holt, (a strong and loyal man,) I obtained permission to send succor to the feeble garrison of Fort Taylor, Key West, and at the same time a company - Major Arnold's, from Boston - to occupy Fort Jefferson, Tortugas Island. If this company had been three days later, the fort would have been pro-occupied by Floridians. It is known that the rebels had their eyes upon these powerful forts, which govern the commerce of the Mexican Gulf, as Gibraltar and Malta govern that of the Mediterranean. With Forts Jefferson and Taylor, the rebels might have purchased an early European recognition.

But matters of the highest national importance seem to forbid a moment's delay, and, if misled by zeal, he hopes for the Presi dent's forgiveness.

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