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The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
f he did not know that Gov. Brown's opposition was limited to a determination to resist the seizure of his militia officers! A colloquial discussion then ensued between Messrs. Kennan and Foote. which consumed some half hour. Mr. Herbert. of Texas obtained the floor, and addressed the Committee a support of the proposition of Mr. Foote for increasing the army 250,000 by a requisition upon the States. He spoke of the effect of the Conscript Act upon the people of his State. The "Lone Star" had been unfurled twice, and if the extension of this bill was persisted in, it would be unfurled for the third time. Mr. Sexton, of Texas, regretted the tone of his colleague's remarks. He knew that the people of Texas felt themselves allied and identified with the other members of the Confederacy, and he was satisfied that the gentleman did not reflect the sentiment of Texas when he spoke of a disposition to raise the standard of revolt. Mr. Wright regretted the necessity tha