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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 4: seditious movements in Congress.--Secession in South Carolina, and its effects. (search)
liation, and a disposition to compromise much for the sake of fraternal good — will and peace. On motion of Lazarus W. Powell, of Kentucky, a Committee of Thirteen was appointed by Vice-President Breckinridge, to consider the. condition of the country, and report some plan, by amendments of the National Constitution or otherwise, for its pacification. This Committee consisted of L. W. Powell and John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky; William H. Seward, of New York; J. Collamer, of Vermont; William Bigler, of Pennsylvania; R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia; Robert Toombs, of Georgia; Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; H. M. Rice, of Minnesota; Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois; Benjamin Wade, of Ohio; J. R. Doolittle, of Wisconsin. and J. W. Grimes, of Iowa., The Committee; was composed of eight Democrats and five Republicans. On the same day, the. venerable John J. Crittenden offered to the Senate a series of amendments of the Constitution, and Joint Resolutions, for the protection of Slavery an
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 9: proceedings in Congress.--departure of conspirators. (search)
Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foote, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, and Wilson. NAYs, Messrs. Bayard, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Crittenden, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hunter, Johnson of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane of Oregon, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Saulsbury, and Sebastian. The leading conspirators in the Senate, who might have After a long debate, continuing until late in the small hours of Sunday morning, March 3, 1861. the Crittenden Compromise was finally rejected by a vote of twenty against nineteen. The vote was as follows:-- ayes.--Messrs. Bayard, Bright, Bigler, Crittenden, Douglas, Gwin, Hunter, Johnson of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian, Thompson, Wigfall--19. noes.--Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler, Clarke, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkie, Fessenden, Foot
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 10: Peace movements.--Convention of conspirators at Montgomery. (search)
his father, and J. H. Puleston served the Convention as Secretary during the remainder of the session. On the following day, one hundred guns were fired in Washington in honor of the Convention Compromise. The President of the Convention immediately sent a copy of the proposed amendments to the Constitution, adopted by that body, to Vice-President Breckinridge, who laid the matter before the Senate. March 2, 1861. It was referred to a Committee of Five, consisting of Senators Crittenden, Bigler, Thomson, Seward, and Trumbull, with instructions to report the next day. Mr. Crittenden reported the propositions of the Convention, when Mr. Seward, for himself and Mr. Trumbull, presented as a substitute a joint resolution, that whereas the Legislatures of the States of Kentucky, New Jersey, and Illinois had applied to Congress to call a convention of the States, for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution, the Legislatures of the other States should be invited to consider
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 15: siege of Fort Pickens.--Declaration of War.--the Virginia conspirators and, the proposed capture of Washington City. (search)
n artillerymen, and provisions and military stores. It was also determined to employ three or four small steamers, then in the Coast-Survey service, for the same purpose, under the command of Captain J. H. Ward of the Navy, Statement of General Scott, above cited. who was an early martyr in the cause of his country. These movements were suspended in consequence of a telegraphic dispatch sent from Pensacola on the 28th, January, 1861. by Senator Mallory, to Senators Slidell, Hunter, and Bigler, in which was expressed an earnest desire for peace, and an assurance that no attack would be made on Fort Pickens if the then present status should be preserved. Reply of Ex-President Buchanan to General Scott's statement, dated Wheatland, October 28, 1862. This proposal was carefully considered, both with a view to the safety of the fort, and the effect which a collision might have upon the Peace Convention about to assemble in Washington. See page 235. The result was that a join
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
of president.1788 Thomas McKean1799 Simon Snyder1808 William Findley1817 Joseph Hiester1820 J. Andrew Shulze1823 George Wolf1829 Joseph Ritner1837 David R. Porter1839 Francis R. ShunkResigned, 18481845 William F. JohnsonActing1849 William Bigler1852 James Pollock1855 William F. Packer1858 Andrew G. Curtin1861 John W. Geary1867 John F. Hartranft1873 State governors—Continued. Henry M. Hoyt1879 Robert E. Pattison1883 James A. Beaver1887 Robert E. Pattison1891-1895 Daniel o 1834 Samuel McKean23d to 26th1833 to 1839 James Buchanan23d to 29th1834 to 1845 Daniel Sturgeon26th to 32d1839 to 1851 Simon Cameron29th to 31st1845 to 1849 James Cooper31st to 34th1849 to 1855 Richard Brodhead32d to 35th1851 to 1857 William Bigler34th to 37th1855 to 1861 Simon Cameron35th to 37th1857 to 1861 David Wilmot37th to 38th1861 to 1863 Edgar Cowan37th to 40th1861 to 1867 Charles R. Buckalew38th to 41st1863 to 1869 Simon Cameron40th to 45th1867 to 1877 John Scott41st to 4
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
onnecticut has been indefinitely postponed. It was to have taken place on the 19th inst. On Saturday last there were 9,875 men in the various camps in Massachusetts awaiting marching orders. Eighty-one of the Ozaukee (Wisconsin) rioters, who made forcible resistance to the execution of the draft, have arrived at Milwaukee, looking decidedly dejected and crest-fallen. Mr. Kemp, the merchant who led the mob, has been set to chopping wood for the stoves in Camp Washburn. Hon. William Bigler has written a letter declining to become a candidate for the United States Senatorship from Pennsylvania, and proposing a plan for the adjustment of the national troubles. The following important decision has been elicited by the gentleman to whom it is addressed: War Department, Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1862. Hon. Silas Livermore, Guthrieville, Pa.:Sir: --In reply to yours of the 27th ult., desiring to be informed on certain question appertaining to the draft, th
The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], An appeal for peace. (search)
An appeal for peace. letter of Ex-Senator Bigler, of Pa.--his Plea for peace — the sword not to Decide this Struggle — a plan for settlement. Ex-Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, hEx-Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, has written a letter which, had not the opposition party in the North been successful, would likely have consigned the writer to a Northern prison. It is dated at Clearfield, Pa., and addressed to S. D. Anderson, of Philadelphia. Mr. Bigler commences by declining the candidacy for the Senatorship; thinks that the question, "What can be done to save the country!" is very difficult of solution; aeart, whether I be in private or public life. With much esteem, "I remain, yours truly, "Wm. Bigler." Such is the substance of Ex-Senator Bigler's letter, and such the proposition forEx-Senator Bigler's letter, and such the proposition for peace which he gravely submits to the people of the North. Whatever may be the "object nearest my heart," he may rest assured that nothing but separation can accomplish a peace
The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
prostrate it by force of arms are traitors to the country and the Constitution. Resolved,That we recognize in the states man rise letter of Governor Seymour to the late Albany meeting a noble defence of the principle of civil liberty, to which we pledge our firm and unanimous support. Sympathetic Meetings for Vallandigham — his farewell address. A very large meeting to denounce the arrest of Vallandigham was held in Philadelphia on the 1st instant. Among the speakers were Hon. Wm. Bigler, Charles J. Biddle, Charles J. Ingersoll, and others. The speeches and resolutions were cautions, but determined. Ingersoll said that the ballot box must be reached by the people, "force or no force."--Another meeting was hold at Buffalo, N. Y., on the 2d. Just before leaving prison Vallandigham prepared the following farewell address to his friends in Ohio: Military Prison.Cincinnati Ohio, May 22d, 1863 To the Democracy of Ohio: Banished from my native State for no crim