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or means of reconciliation, to restore harmony and avoid angry debates. North Carolina has always carried the olive branch of peace. Mr. Clingman approved of the gentleman's desire to preserve the Union, and he would be sustained in what he said by a majority of the people of his State. North Carolina was the next to the last to come into the Union. When it ceases to protect her, she will bid it farewell. Mr. Fitch, of Ind., moved that the usual copies be printed. Adopted. Mr. Hale moved to adjourn. Carried. --After the reading of the Message Mr. Sherman, (Rep," of Ohio, moved to refer it to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Mr. Boteler, of Va, moved that that portion of it referring to Secession, be referred to a special committee, composed of one member from each State, with leave to report at any time. Mr. McClernand, (Dem.,) of Ill., said he wanted to offer an amendment, referring the of amending the Constitution and Secession to
out of the Union, but felt sure she would come back again. Do they not delude themselves? When I saw the grey head, the firm, strong face of Crittenden, it seemed to me that there was hope so long as one such man of the patriotic olden time remained to lift his monitory voice for peace. But when I looked at Sumner, in purple frock coat, grey vest and pantaloons, laying back affectedly in his seat, and beheld Seward in close confab with his fellow Republicans, and, above all, when I saw Hale standing back of the seats, with his hands in his pockets, looking down on the Senators as one having authority — when I beheld this, my hopes fell. Hunter, and Bayard of Delaware, sat together on one of the sofas, in earnest converse. Let us hope that if we of the South are compelled to go out of the Union, that gallant little Delaware will go with us. Maryland must be with us, too. In the House, at the time I was there, all was confusion — the galleries jammed with men, women, and ch