rustbucket quoting SC Governor Pickens:
"Nothing can prevent war except the acquiescence of the President of the United States in secession and his unalterable resolve not to attempt any reinforcement of the Southern forts. ...
Let your President attempt to reinforce Sumter and the tocsin of war will be sounded from every hill-top and valley in the South." So, like any natural-born Democrat, SC Gov. Pickens tells the Union: if your face gets in the way of my fist, it's all your fault.