"as long as you give us exactly what we demand"

"how dare you move before we could seized you."

These are not a historical statements and do not require quotes. These are your words.

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"They were not negotiating for reunion or anything other than complete recognition and acquiescence by the U.S. government to their claimed secession."

So. They sure were not attacking Anderson. No military threats by South Carolina had been made. What acts of war occured prior to Anderson's retreat to and unauthorized manning of Fort Sumter?

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"South Carolina was playing false the whole time."

"but that when they were ready to make their own "hostile act" it would be much harder to root him out of Sumter."

Please prove these statements.

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David Upton