If there was not an element of fear and apprehension in Charleston why were all the guns and batteries mounted and aimed at Fort Sumter? The Hardtack and Beans would run out soon enough if no one brought them food. But how was Major Anderson to get that boat load of beans? It was just common sence that Anderson had to be resupplied if he was to hang on to such an isolated post. How was that going to happen without retracting everything the people of South Carolina had said on Dec. 20, 1860.