washington, January 29, 1861.
My Dear Sir:
With every sentiment of personal friendship and regard, I am obliged to say in
answer to your
note of Sunday, that I have full confidence in the Secretary of War; and
his acts, in the line of his duty, are my own acts, for which I am responsible.
Yours very
respectfully,
james Buchanan.
SOURCE: Samuel Wylie Crawford, The Genesis of the
Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861, p. 277
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