CHAPTER XIII.

A Pause and a Review.--Attitude of the Two Parties.--Sophistry exposed and Shams torn away.--Forbearance of the Confederate Government.--Who was the Aggressor?--Major Anderson's View, and that of a Naval Officer.--Mr. Horace Greeley on the Fort Sumter Case.--The Bombardment and Surrender.--Gallant Action of ex-Senator Wigfall.--Mr. Lincoln's Statement of the Case.