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Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): article 1
— the gage of War thrown down and accepted, &c., &c. The following is the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Commissioners from the Confederate States. The letter addressed by the Commissioners to Mr. Seward is recapitulated in the reply of Mr. Seward entire, and we therefore omit it: The reply of Mr. Seward.memorandum. Department of State, Washington March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. P. Banks, of Virginia, called at this department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivered a sealed communication, which he had been charged by Me
United States (United States) (search for this): article 1
ough Conventions of their people, from the United States, re-assumed the attributes of sovereign po Government of their own, and that those Confederate States now constitute an independent nation de t they may present to the President of the United States the credentials which they bear, and the o or in any way admit, that the so-called Confederate States constitute a foreign power, with whom di hostile nations. The Government of the Confederate States had no hesitation in electing its choicenstitutional power in the President of the United States to levy war, without the consent of Congretes to recognize the independence of the Confederate States. They only asked audience to adjust, inrld, as a declaration of war against the Confederate States; for the President of the United States to the sword to reduce the people of the Confederate States to the will of the section or party whosundersigned, Commissioners of the Confederate States of America, having thus made answer to all th[32 more...]
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): article 1
between Mr. Seward and the Confederate Commissioners — the gage of War thrown down and accepted, &c., &c. The following is the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Commissioners from the Confederate States. The letter addressed by the Commissioners to Mr. Seward is recapitulated in the reply of Mr. Seward entire, and we therefore omit it: The reply of Mr. Seward.memorandum. Department of State, Washington March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. P. Banks, of Virginia, called at this department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivered a
Fort Pickens (Florida, United States) (search for this): article 1
position in the Government, and who, as they believed, was speaking by authority, that Fort Sumter would be evacuated within a very few days, and that no measure changing the existing status prejudicially to the Confederate States, as respects Fort Pickens, was then contemplated, and these assurances were subsequently repeated, with the addition that any contemplated change as respects Fort Pickens would be notified to us. --On the 1st of April we were again informed that there might be an attemFort Pickens would be notified to us. --On the 1st of April we were again informed that there might be an attempt to supply Fort Sumter with provisions, but that Governor Pickens should have previous notice of this attempt. There was no suggestion of a reinforcement. The undersigned did not hesitate to believe that these assurances expressed the intentions of the Administration at the time, or at all event of prominent members of the Administration. This delay was assented to for the express purpose of attaining the great end of the mission of the undersigned, to wit: A pacific solution of existing co
Martin J. Crawford (search for this): article 1
Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th ch he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford to present to the Secretary in person. In that communication, Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford inform the Secretary of State that they have beenomply with the request of Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford. On the 4th of March inst., the then newn the manner described by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, or in any other manner than with the consentomply with the request of Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, to appoint a day on which they may present the is obliged to state to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford that he has no authority, nor is he at libertf State then asked for the address of Messr. Crawford and Forsyth, the members of the Commission, ts understood, with their (Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford's) consent." This is true; but it is alshave the honor to be, John Forstte, Martin J. Crawford, A. B. Roman. A true copy o[10 more...]
John Forsyth (search for this): article 1
mmunication, which he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford to present to the Secretary with all the means of self-support. Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, in their aforesaid communicrates. After making these statements Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford close their communication, ae Secretary of State, therefore, avows to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford that he looks patiently but ey could do so in the manner described by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, or in any other manner thann the contrary, he is obliged to state to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford that he has no authority, noision declining official intercourse with Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford. April 8, 1861. ast. A delivery of the same, however, to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford was delayed, as was understos delayed, as was understood, with their (Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford's) consent." This is trtate,Washington, April 10th, 1861. Messrs. Forsyth, Crawford and Roman, having been apprised[9 more...]
F. W. Seward (search for this): article 1
rtant Correspondence. the Correspondence between Mr. Seward and the Confederate Commissioners — the gage of War throte States. The letter addressed by the Commissioners to Mr. Seward is recapitulated in the reply of Mr. Seward entire, and Mr. Seward entire, and we therefore omit it: The reply of Mr. Seward.memorandum. Department of State, Washington March 15, 1861. Mr. Mr. Seward.memorandum. Department of State, Washington March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the k A true copy of the original, delivered to me by Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, o to the Commissioners. The Commissioners in reply to Mr Seward, Accusing the Government of deception, and Accepting a so A true copy of the original by one-delivered to Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, a T. Pickett, J. T. Pickett, Secretary, &c., &c. Mr. Seward, in reply to the Commissioners, Acknowledges the receipt
John Forstte (search for this): article 1
to their official note of March 12. It is proper to add that, during these twenty-three days, two gentlemen of official distinction as high as that of the personage hitherto alluded to, aided the undersigned as intermediaries in these unofficial negotiations for peace. The undersigned, Commissioners of the Confederate States of America, having thus made answer to all they deem material in the memorandum filed in the department on the 15th of March last, have the honor to be, John Forstte, Martin J. Crawford, A. B. Roman. A true copy of the original by one-delivered to Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, at 8 o'clock in the evening of April 9, 1861. Attest, J. T. Pickett, J. T. Pickett, Secretary, &c., &c. Mr. Seward, in reply to the Commissioners, Acknowledges the receipt of the letter, but Declines to answer it. Department of State,Washington, April 10th, 1861. Messrs. Forsyth, Crawford and Roman, hav
William H. Seward (search for this): article 1
The Secretary of State therefore directs that a duly verified copy of the paper be now delivered. A true copy of the original, delivered to me by Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, on April 8, 1861, at 2.15 P. M., in blank envelope. Altest, J. T. Pickett, Secretary to the Commissioners. The Commissioners in reply to Mr Seward, Accusing the Government of deception, and Accepting a solution by the Sword. Washington April 9, 1861. Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington: The "memorandum" dated Department of State, Washington, March 15, 1861, with postscript under date of 8th inst., has been received through the hands of Mr. J. T. Pickett, Secretary to this commission, who, by the instructions of the undersigned, called for it on yesterday at the department. In that memorandum you correctly state the purport of the official note addressed to you by the undersigned on the 12th ultimo.--Withou
A. P. Banks (search for this): article 1
of Mr. Seward.memorandum. Department of State, Washington March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. P. Banks, of Virginia, called at this department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivered a sealed communication, which he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford to present to the Secretary in person. In that communication, Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford inform the Secretary of State that they have been duly accredited by the Government of the Confederate States of America as Commissioners to the Government of the United States, and they set forth the objec
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