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The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1860., [Electronic resource], Remarkable Rascality in Chicago. (search)
repeal of all statutes, by State Legislatures, conflicting with and in violation of that sacred instrument, and the laws of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. Mr. Cochrane proposed an amendment, which was accepted, namely, a recommendation to repeal the so-called personal liberty bills. Mr. Sherman moved to further amend so as to include all unifying laws, so as to receive an unanimous vote; objected to. The main question was then put, resulting — ayes 108, nays 35. Mr. Lovejoy offered a resolution similar to that of Adrain, but adding that it is the duty of the President to protect and defend the property of the United States. Mr. Crawford, of Ga., wanted a proposition stating exactly what rights the South should have. Mr. Barksdale, of Miss., thought the resolution a cheat. Mr. Branch, of N. C. thought the resolution a cheat. Mr. Brach, of N. C., thought the resolution justified the President in using force. The resolution was passed.
The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
e of showing the difference between profession and practice. Mr. Cameron said the difference between him and Mr. Mason was that he wanted an excuse for remaining in the Union, while Mr. Mason wanted an excuse to go out. Mr. Mason responded that he and posterity would be deeply grateful to Mr. Cameron for an excuse to remain in. After further debate, the Senate adjourned. House.--The letter of withdrawal of the Alabama delegation was read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lovejoy presented a petition of Methodist clergymen, asking protection from persecution in Texas. Tabled. Mr. Colfax introduced a bill for the discontinuance of mail service in the seceding States. Mr. Morris, of Ill., moved a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Judiciary Committee to amend the neutrality laws, to prevent armed expeditions being plotted in one State to help the seceding States. Mr. English introduced a resolution, to give the Crittenden resolutions practi
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sent off. (search)
Congressional. Washington, Jan. 23. --House.--The report of the Committee of Thirty-Three was taken up. Mr. Etheridge, of Tenn., argued that there is no reason for disunion. He did not apprehend danger from Republican rule. His speech was an eloquent one for the Union. Mr. Lovejoy, of III., made a strong coercion and anti-compromise speech. The Speaker communicated the letters of withdrawal of the Georgia delegation. Mr. Montgomery, of Pa., proposed that every member of the House resign, and thus bring the question directly home before the people on their re-election. Mr. McPherson, (Rep.)of Pa., characterized the Southern movement as a conspiracy, diabolical in its character, originating from disappointed ambition and natural inequality. Mr. Winslow, of N. C., obtained the floor, and the House adjourned. Senate.--Mr. Iverson, of Georgia, was discharged, at his own request, from further serving on the Committee of Claims. A bill prov
The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Racing in the West. (search)
e Committee of Thirty-Three. He declared he would recognize the independence of the Southern Confederacy rather than go to war with them. He thought that the slave States remaining in the Union were of more importance than those that had seceded, and was willing to make a great sacrifice for them. They had stood by the Union nobly, and he considered it no more than just that they should have guarantees from the Republican party. Upon concluding, he demanded the previous question. Mr. Lovejoy endeavored to make a few remarks, but was silenced by vehement cries of "Order 1" from all parts of the Hall. The yeas and nays were ordered on the motion to reconsider, resulting: yeas 128, nays 65. The question then recurred upon the adoption of the amendment to the report, as follows: Resolved, &c., That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-four
The Daily Dispatch: March 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
nds on the Republican side were making a mistake. He would tell them that public opinion in the States they represent will not warrant their refusal. At all events, it was ungenerous to refuse the people an opportunity to express their opinion. Their position would not be sustained. He would say to his Southern friends, if this guarantee be now refused, let them forego any act of secession until there shall be an opportunity to appeal to the people of the free States. [Applause] Mr. Lovejoy, amid the greatest confusion and excitement, appealed to Mr. Stanton to withdraw his demand for the previous question, which Mr. Stanton most emphatically refused to do. Several gentlemen complained of the confusion, as it was impossible to know what was going on. Some said that the noise was owing to the large number of strangers on the floor, whilst others charged the disorder to members themselves. The Speaker directed the Doorkeeper to perform his duty. The question was t
The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], How to make a Coal fire. (search)
eks, in the political amphitheater at Washington, become heartily sick of Unionism. There is no living in peace or satisfaction the same Confederacy with the Black Republican radicals, who, under such leaders as Chandler, Trumbull, Preston King, Lovejoy, Stevens, Grow, &c, would quickly convert a Paradise into a howling waste, and who would, if they were one hour in Satan's kingdom below, turn it upside down. Such men are not fit to live under a free, civilized, decent Government, for they are utterly incapable of appreciating or obeying it. They are fit subjects only for such sovereigns as the King of Dahomey and the President of Hayti, Swine have just as good a conception of the real nature and value of pearls, as the Chandler-Lovejoy wing of Black Republicans have of the real nature and value of our free institutions. We are totally disgusted with the intolerable and irreclaimable viciousness of these creatures, and are ready to greet a separation from them with our whole heart.
The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Farewell of Mr. And Mrs. Crittenden. (search)
Farewell of Mr. And Mrs. Crittenden. --Hon. John J. Crittenden and wife left Washington, Monday, for Kentucky. The lady guests of the National Hotel gave a farewell entertainment on Saturday night to Mrs. Crittenden, at which General Scott, Members of the Cabinet, Judges of the Supreme Court, many Senators and other prominent persons were present. During the evening Judge Nelson presented Mrs. Crittenden with a magnificent bouquet in a neat little speech, and Mr. Lovejoy, of Boston, conveyed the parting sentiment of her friends in a brief address.
The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1860., [Electronic resource], Horrible murder. (search)
against Pryor and Garnett, Nelson and Etheridge against Wright and Avery, Bristow against Burnett, and so on in all the northern slaveholding States. And if the leaders of parties in Virginia do not act with the utmost caution, do not suppress party for the sake of patriotism, this inter State war will be waged in the House of Representatives as surely as the sun shines in heaven. It was a great mistake in Speaker Pennington to put Winter Davis and Kellogg, who is a second edition of Lovejoy, on the Special Committee. But he is fond of Davis, because it will be recollected that Davis' vote secured him the Speakership. Boyce will not serve on this committee, and I doubt if Reuben Davis does. The action of the Breckinridge electors in Virginia excites the highest encomiums here. A plan is on foot to form a new Republic, including all the States except New England, which will be transferred to Canada. This is talked of seriously; but it will never be done. The Pu
The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1860., [Electronic resource], From Washington. (search)
known here, viz., that Gen. Scott is in favor of immediate force, even to the extent of sending large bodies of Federal troops into all of the Southern States. As a military man, it is natural he should urge strict obedience to the government; and, having lived so long in the North, his sympathies are enlisted there, rather than on the side of his native State and the South. Civil war is as certain, in my judgment, as anything in the future can be. I had an interview last evening with Lovejoy, the pro slavery brother of the abolitionist of that name. He is one of the few Northern men who have studied the subject of slavery thoroughly. His views go the full length of any Southern man's. He says we of the South are a purer people than the North, and that our form of society ensures at once a higher morality and a more stable government. How war is to be averted, he cannot tell. The abolitionists will not yield; the South cannot and ought not to abandon its rights. Deprecating
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
m Oregon, he despaired of his power to do so. Mr. Hallan, of La., addressed the Senate, attacking certain provisions of the Fugitive Slave law. He defended the Republican position. He said the Republicans would not yield an inch, before Lincoln's inauguration. He did not believe the war of coercion would last long, though it might be terrible, and would cost less than the merchants of New York had already lost by Southern sectional agitations, which exceeded secession. House.--Mr. Lovejoy asked leave to offer the following resolution: Resolved. That is the judgment of this House, in the present state of the country, it would be wise and patriotic for the President to confer temporarily his power as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy on Genercott, and charge him to see that the Republic receives no detriment. Messrs. Jones and others objected to this resolution. Mr. Curtis said the President had no such right under the Constitution, to delegate his power
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