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The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Resistance to the laws. (search)
tive measure, obviating "the objections" to the present statute and securing efficiency. Messrs. Benjamin and Slidell, since the secession of Louisiana, have taken no active part in the proceedings of the Senate. They will formally vacate their seats upon receipt of official information of the action of their State. The great point now aimed at by the friends of the Union is to avoid all pretext for collision by the seceding States, in the hope that the adjustment measures presented will induce them to resume their connection with the Union. Secretary Dix has instructed the commanders of the revenue cutters, if attacked, to make the best defence in their power. If they are assailed by a superior force, they are to run their vessels ashore and blow them up. The Mayor of Washington has been summoned before the Grow Select Committee, to give any information in his possession about a "conspiracy" to seize the Capitol. He says privately that he knows nothing of it.