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The Daily Dispatch: December 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], Shoe business. (search)
The President's message --A special dispatch from Washington to the Charleston Courier says! The President's message recommends a Convention of all the States to devise measures for a peaceful settlement of the pending difficulties. As regards separation or secession, the President thinks there is no such Constitutional right vested in a State, and does not regard it as a proper remedy. He opposes coercion, but declares he will administer the laws. Hon. Howell Cobb, of the Treasury Department, has ordered home his moveables. He leaves on friendly terms with the Administration. He will be a candidate for the State Convention, and will stump Georgia. Chief Justice Taney has not resigned yet.
The Daily Dispatch: December 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The length of service of our leading Statement "None of our great men have held so many offices, nor enjoyed such a long and uninterrupted career, as John Quincy Adams. He was Minister to the Netherlands under Washington, 1794-96; Minister to Portugal, 1796-'97; Minister to Prussia during the Administration of his father, 1797-1803; Senator, 1803-'8; Minister to Russia under Madison, 1809-'13; Commissioner to Ghent, 1813-'14; Minister to England, 1815- '17; Secretary of State under Monroe, 1812-'24; President, 1825-'29; and member of Congress from 1831 to 1847, the date of his death. Thus, in a period of fifty-three years, he intervals between the laying down of one office and the assumption of another amount, when added together, to less than two years."-- Philadelphia Press. The official career of General Lewis Case has been even longer than that of Mr. Adams. Commencing as a member of the first State Legislature of Ohio, in 1802, he has been in high public position eve