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The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Fort Sumter correspondence. (search)
acknowledge the receipt of your demand for the surrender of this fort to the authorities of South Carolina, and to say, in reply, that the demand is one with which I cannot comply. Your Excellency knows that I have recently sent a messenger to Washington, and that it will be impossible for me to receive an answer to my dispatches, forwarded by him, at an earlier date than next Monday. What the character of my instructions may be, I cannot foresee. Should your Excellency deem fit, prior to a resort to arms, to refer this matter to Washington, it would afford me the sincerest pleasure to depute one of my officers to accompany any messenger you may deem proper to be the bearer of your demand. Hoping to God that in this, and all other matters in which the honor, welfare and lives of our fellow-countrymen are concerned, we shall so act as to meet His approval, and deeply regretting that you have made a demand of me with which I cannot comply. I have the honor to be, With the
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
The Peace Congress.Account of the proceedings — eloquent address of Ex-President Tyler. A letter from Washington, dated the 5th, gives the following account of the first day's proceedings of the "Peace Congress:" The proceedings were opened to-day by the Rev. Mr. Gurley, Chaplain of the Senate, with a most patriotic and impressive prayer, in which the Commissioners all joined in fervent supplication to the Throne of Grace. The Committee on Permanent Organization appointed yesterday, made their report this morning, nominating Ex-President John Tyler, of Virginia, as President, and the son of Judge S. C. White, of Ohio, as Secretary. A Committee on Credentials was previously appointed, who reported the credentials of all the Commissioners present as bearing the seal of the respective States, and the signatures of the Governors. The credentials of the Maryland Delegates were pronounced all correct. On taking the Chair, President Tyler addressed the Conference in