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Michigan (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
without giving offence both to the anti-slavery and secession parties, because both had been clearly in the wrong. In view of his position, and after mature reflection, he adopted a system of policy to which ever afterward, during. the brief remnant of his term, he inflexibly adhered. This he announced and explained in the annual message to Congress of the 3d December, 1860, and in the special message thereafter of the 8th January, 1861. The Cabinet was then composed of Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury; John B. Floyd, of Virginia, Secretary of War; Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, Secretary of the Navy; Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior; Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, Postmaster-General, in the place of Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee, deceased; and Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, Attorney-General. The annual message throughout, before it was communicated to Congress, had been warmly approved by e
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
e distinction between the power to wage war against a State, and the power to execute the laws against individuals views of Senator (now President) Johnson, of Tennessee President Buchanan's solemn appeal in favor of the Union his estrangement from the secession leaders Cessation of all friendly intercourse between him and thecretary of the Navy; Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior; Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, Postmaster-General, in the place of Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee, deceased; and Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, Attorney-General. The annual message throughout, before it was communicated to Congress, had been warmly apced the correct construction upon both messages, and therefore denounced them in severe terms. The President was gratified to observe that Senator Johnson, of Tennessee, a few days after the date of the first message, placed this subject in its true light, and thereby exposed himself to similar denunciations. In his speech of 1
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
r my inauguration the Supreme Court of the United States solemnly adjudged that this power did not nstitutions. Nor is the Government of the United States, created by the Constitution, less a Governd all Senators and Representatives of the United States, all members of State Legislatures. and a South Carolina, so far as the laws of the United States to secure the administration of justice by Then, in regard to the property of the United States in South Carolina. This has been purchasethat any attempt will be made to expel the United States from this property by force; but if in thie subject, he said: Any government for the United States, formed on the supposed practicability of y among them against the Government of the United States. After an impartial review of all the y been settled by the Supreme Court of the United States, and what more ought to be required? The very large proportion of the people of the United States still contest the correctness of this deci[11 more...]
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
lic property and collecting the revenue in South Carolina, to which Messrs. Cobb and Thompson objectthe Pro-Slavery and Anti-Slavery members. South Carolina had called a Convention for the avowed pur, transmitting the nullifying ordinance of South Carolina to Congress, employs the following languagnt moment, is the case throughout the State of South Carolina, so far as the laws of the United Staudge, a district attorney, or a marshal in South Carolina. In fact, the whole machinery of the Federd to the property of the United States in South Carolina. This has been purchased for a fair equivlations between the Federal Government and South Carolina. He has been invested with no such discreely preceding that relied upon, and whilst South Carolina was rapidly rushing to secession, he expresed to collect the revenue in the ports of South Carolina, by means of a naval force, and to defend t Sumter, on the demand of the self-styled South Carolina Commissioners, the separation became compl[2 more...]
Brazil, Clay County, Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ntry I They, and they alone, can do it. All that is necessary to accomplish the object, and all for which the slave States have ever contended, is to be let alone and permitted to manage their domestic institutions in their own way. As sovereign States, they and they alone are responsible before God and the world for the slavery existing among them. For this the people of the North are not more responsible, and have no more right to interfere, than with similar institutions in Russia or in Brazil. Upon their good sense and patriotic forbearance, I confess, I still greatly rely. Without their aid it is beyond the power of any President, no matter what may be his own political proclivities, to restore peace and harmony among the States. Wisely limited and restrained as is his power under our Constitution and laws, he alone can accomplish but little for good or for evil on such a momentous question. The President then proceeded to show how rash and causeless would be the action o
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
er, 1860, and in the special message thereafter of the 8th January, 1861. The Cabinet was then composed of Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury; John B. Floyd, of Virginia, Secretary of War; Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, Secretary of the Navy; Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior; Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, Postmaster-General, in the place of Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee, deceased; and Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, Attorney-General. The annual message throughout, before it was communicated to Congress, had been warmly approved by every member of the Cabinet, except so much of it as denied the right of secession, and maintained the duty of defending the public property and collecting the revenue in South Carolina, to which Messrs. Cobb and Thompson objected. These having now become practical questions of vital importance, both felt it would be impossible to remain in the Cabinet whilst holding o
Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
that slaves are property, and like all other property their owners have a right to take them into the common Territories and hold them there under the protection of the Constitution. So far, then, as Congress is concerned, the objection is not to any thing they have already done, but to what they may do hereafter. It will surely be admitted that this apprehension of future danger is no good reason for an immediate dissolution of the Union. It is true that the Territorial Legislature of Kansas, on the 23d February, 1860, passed in great haste an act over the veto of the governor, declaring that slavery is and shall be for ever prohibited in this Territory. Such an act, however, plainly violating the rights of property secured by the Constitution, will surely be declared void by the judiciary, whenever it shall be presented in a legal form. Only three days after my inauguration the Supreme Court of the United States solemnly adjudged that this power did not exist in a Territo
Russia (Russia) (search for this): chapter 7
istracted country I They, and they alone, can do it. All that is necessary to accomplish the object, and all for which the slave States have ever contended, is to be let alone and permitted to manage their domestic institutions in their own way. As sovereign States, they and they alone are responsible before God and the world for the slavery existing among them. For this the people of the North are not more responsible, and have no more right to interfere, than with similar institutions in Russia or in Brazil. Upon their good sense and patriotic forbearance, I confess, I still greatly rely. Without their aid it is beyond the power of any President, no matter what may be his own political proclivities, to restore peace and harmony among the States. Wisely limited and restrained as is his power under our Constitution and laws, he alone can accomplish but little for good or for evil on such a momentous question. The President then proceeded to show how rash and causeless would be
Maine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ed the appointment of Secretary of the Treasury to General John A. Dix, of New York, which was, much to his satisfaction, promptly ac cepted. The Interior Department remained vacant after the retirement of Mr. Thompson, but its duties were ably and faithfully performed by Moses Kelly, the chief clerk, until the close of the administration. Upon Mr. Holt's transfer, late in December, 1860, from the Post Office to the War Department, the first Assistant Postmaster-General, Horatio King, of Maine, continued for some time to perform the duties of the Department in a highly satisfactory manner, when he was appointed Postmaster-General. After these changes the Cabinet consisted of Messrs. Black, Dix, Holt, Toucey, Stanton, and King, who all remained in office until the end of Mr. Buchanan's term. The President had earnestly desired that his Cabinet might remain together until the close of the administration. He felt sensibly the necessary withdrawal of some of its members, after al
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ry of State, notwithstanding the message had, but a few days before, elicited from him strong expressions of approbation. Of this resignation and the circumstances preceding and following it, we forbear to speak, not doubting it proceeded at the moment from a sense of duty. Attorney-General Black was, in consequence, appointed Secretary of State, and the vacancy thereby created was filled by the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton as Attorney-General. Philip F. Thomas, formerly Governor of Maryland, and then Commissioner of Patents, was appointed, Secretary of the Treasury, in place of Mr. Cobb, who had resigned on the 8th December, but he did not long continue in office, having also resigned on the 11th January, 1861. The reason he assigned was a difference of opinion from the President and a majority of the Cabinet in regard to the measures which had been adopted against South Carolina, and the purpose of the President to enforce the collection of the customs at the port of Charles
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