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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 8: (search)
ation to reap to the uttermost the full harvest of a party victory. Crittenden of Kentucky, the oldest and one of the most honored members of the Senate, Crittenden had been a life-long Whig. His first entrance into the Senate was in 1817, and he was a member of that body at various periods during the ensuing forty-four ye can control. The resolution of Powell was eventually adopted on the 18th of December, and on the 20th the Committee was appointed, consisting of Powell and Crittenden of Kentucky, Hunter of Virginia, Toombs of Georgia, Davis of Mississippi, Douglas of Illinois, Bigler of Pennsylvania, Rice of Minnesota, Collamer of Vermont, Ss declared their readiness to accept any terms that would secure the honor of the Southern states and guarantee their future safety. The Northern Democrats and Crittenden generally cooperated with the State-Rights Democrats of the South; but the so-called Republican Senators of the North rejected every proposition which it was ho
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 8: (search)
d upon by a majority of the states represented, for certain amendments to the federal Constitution, which it was hoped might be acceptable to all parties and put an end to further contention. In its leading features this plan resembled that of Crittenden, heretofore spoken of, which was still pending in the Senate, though with some variations, which were regarded as less favorable to the South. It was reported immediately to both houses of the United States Congress. In the Senate, CrittendenCrittenden promptly expressed his willingness to accept it as a substitute for his own proposition, and eloquently urged its adoption. But the arrogance of a sectional majority inflated by recent triumph was too powerful to be allayed by the appeals of patriotism or the counsels of wisdom. The plan of the Peace Conference was treated by the majority with the contemptuous indifference shown to every other movement for conciliation. Its mere consideration was objected to by the extreme radicals, and alth
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix H (search)
lities; these things it becomes us to contemplate; these things it devolves on the majority section to consider now; for with every motion of that clock is passing away your opportunity. It was greater when we met on the first Monday in December than it is now; it is greater now than it will be on the first day of next week. We have waited long; we have come to the conclusion that you mean to do nothing. In the Committee of Thirteen, where the resolutions of the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Crittenden] were considered, various attempts were made, but no prospect of any agreement on which it was possible for us to stand, in security for the future, could be matured. I offered a proposition, which was but the declaration of that which the Constitution announces; but that which the Supreme Court had, from time to time, and from an early period asserted; but that which was necessary for equality in the Union. Not one single vote of the Republican portion of that committee was given for
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
hig party). Continental Congress, 1st, 99, 100. Expressions quoted, 100-01. Cooper, Samuel, 21, 308, 392-93. Resignation from U. S. Army, 267. Attachment to Confederate army, 267. Instructions to Gen. J. E. Johnston, 296. Telegram to Gen. J. E. Johnston, 300. Cox, General, 372, 375. Coxe, Tench, 109. Crawford, Martin J., 239, 243. Commissioner from Confederacy to Lincoln, 212-228, 229, 230. Extract from manuscript on events transpiring in Washington, 229. Crittenden, J. C., 52, 58, 216. Crozet, Colonel, 387. Cushing, Caleb, 43. Speech introducing Davis to people of Boston, 473-78. D Dallas, —, 281. Davis, Col. J. R., 302, 303. Jefferson. Extension of Missouri compromise, 10. Compromise measures of 1850, 13-14; speech in Senate, 453-56; extract from speech relative to slavery in territories, 457-64. Reflection to Senate, 16, 22. Nomination for governor, 17; defeat, 18. Letter to Brown of Indiana, 18-19. Member of Pierce's cabinet, 20