"If the President, when you have stated the reasons which prompt the
Governor in making the demand for the delivery of Sumter, shall refuse
to deliver the fort upon the pledge you have been authorized to make,
you will communicate that refusal without delay to the Governor. If the
President shall not be prepared to give you an immediate answer, you
will communicate to him that his answer may be transmitted within a
reasonable time to the Governor at this place (Charleston, South
Carolina).
"The Governor does not consider it necessary that you (I) should remain
longer in Washington than is necessary to execute this, the closing duty
of your (my) mission, in the manner now indicated to you (me). As soon
as the Governor shall receive from you information that you have closed
your mission, and the reply, whatever it may be, of the President, he
will consider the conduct which may be necessary on his part."
Allow me to request that you would, as soon as possible, inform me
whether, under these instructions, I need await your answer in
Washington; and, if not, I would be pleased to convey from you, to my
government, information as to the time when an answer may be expected in
Charleston.
With high consideration,
I am, very respectfully,
ISAAC W. HAYNE, _Special Envoy_.
Some further correspondence ensued, but without the presentation of any
new feature necessary to a full understanding of the case.
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