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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 8 (search)
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 9 (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 2 : (search)
The Daily Dispatch: March 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], The drought in Cuba opening a Market. (search)
The Senate Committees.
--The Standing Committees of the U. S. Senate have been appointed.
The following is a list of the more important:
Foreign Relations.--Messrs. Sumner, Chairman; Collamer, Doolittle, Harris, Douglas, Polk, and Breckinridge.
Finance.--Messrs. Fessenden, Chairman; Simmons, Wade, Howe, Hunter, Pearce, and Bright.
Commerce.--Messrs. Chandler, Chairman; King, Morrill, Wilson, Clingman, Saulsbury, and Johnson.
Militia.--Messrs. Wilson, Chairman; King, Baker, Lane, Rice, Latham, and Breckinridge.
Naval Affairs.--Messrs. Hale, Chairman; Grimes, Foot, Cowan, Thomson, Nicholson, and Kennedy.
Judiciary.--Messrs. Trumbull, Chairman; Foster, Ten Eyek, Cowan; Bayard, Powell, and Clingman.
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Misquotation. (search)
A Misquotation.
--A Philadelphia lawyer, famous for his misquotations, was once attempting to pay a compliment to a friend named Bayard, at a large dinner party, and said, " Like his illustrious namesake, the accomplished chevalier, he was sans cour et sans culotte.
Extra session U. S. Senate. Washington,March 20.
--Mr. Hale offered a resolution, which lies over, that the Senate adjourn on Saturday next, at 1 P. M.
Mr. Douglas' resolutions were up. Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, said the crisis he had long anticipated had culminated.
Seven States have withdrawn from the Union.
He intended to offer a proposition, giving the President the power, by the advice and consent of the Senate, to enter into a treaty with the Confederate States, and thus avoid the other alternative, namely, civil war. He explained the elementary principles of government, and defended the relations between the States and Federal Government.
Secession was not among the reserved powers of the States, but revolution is a common right.--The present state of affairs was revolution, and in this connection the will of the majority was to be considered the will of the whole. --Insurrection and violence in a State may be put down by law, but you cannot meet the collective act
The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], A. J. Donnellson on the existing crisis. (search)
Extra session U. S. Senate. Washington, March 21.
--Senator Douglas' resolutions were up.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, continued his remarks.
He discussed the cause which had led to the withdrawal of seven States, among which was the formation and triumph of a sectional party, recognizing the equality of all, without regard to race, and hostile to the existence of slavery.
Their ultimate purpose was to extinguish it by indirect action on the part of the Federal Government.
After an Executive session, adjourned.
Senator Batard repudiated.
--A large meeting was held in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday night. A resolution was adopted, censuring and condemning the course of Senator Bayard in the United States Senate, for not advocating a compromise between the North and South.
They repudiate his teachings as "having an anti-Union tendency, and unworthy of a patriot of Delaware."
Senator Bayard.
Philadelphia.May 7.--Senator Bayard, of Delaware, arrived in this city this morning, having left Wilmington, fearing an assault upon his person.
He was accompanied by two of his daughters.
A mob followed him from the depot, when finally the police managed to remove Mr. B. from danger unnoticed by the crowd.Senator Bayard, of Delaware, arrived in this city this morning, having left Wilmington, fearing an assault upon his person.
He was accompanied by two of his daughters.
A mob followed him from the depot, when finally the police managed to remove Mr. B. from danger unnoticed by the crowd.
After staying a short time at the Mayor's office, he left in a private carriage.
Mr. Bayard denied having been lately at Montgomery, but had been to New Orleans on private business. two of his daughters.
A mob followed him from the depot, when finally the police managed to remove Mr. B. from danger unnoticed by the crowd.
After staying a short time at the Mayor's office, he left in a private carriage.
Mr. Bayard denied having been lately at Montgomery, but had been to New Orleans on private business.