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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 10: Peace movements.--Convention of conspirators at Montgomery. (search)
all of the States to be represented in it. These various propositions and others were earnestly discussed for several days, and votes were taken upon several proposed amendments to the Constitution. These votes were by States, each State having one vote. The eighteenth rule for the action of the conference prescribed this, and added:--The yeas and nays of the members shall not be given or published-only the decision by States. Finally, on the twenty-second day of the session, February 26, 1861. David Dudley Field, of New York, moved to amend the majority report by striking out the seventh section and inserting the words: No State shall withdraw from the Union without the consent of all the States convened, in pursuance of an act passed by two-thirds of each House of Congress. This proposition was rejected by eleven States against ten. Ayes--Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Kansas--10. Noes--Delaware, Kentucky,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 11: the Montgomery Convention.--treason of General Twiggs.--Lincoln and Buchanan at the Capital. (search)
ithful soldier, and act as the interpreter of the wish of millions by nominating Anderson for the rank of lieutenant-colonel by brevet, for his wise and heroic transfer of the garrison of Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter; also by nominating him for the rank of colonel by brevet, for his gallant maintenance of the latter fort, under severe hardships, with but a handful of men, against the threats and summons of a formidable army, Letter of Lieutenant-General Scott to President Buchanan, February 26, 1861. the President, who might, in that act, have won back much of the lost respect of his countrymen, refused, saying in substance :--I leave that for my successor to do. And with a seeming desire to maintain his inoffensive position toward the conspirators, he pursued a timorous and vacillating policy, which greatly embarrassed his loyal counselors, and paralyzed their efforts to strengthen the ship of State, so as to meet safely the shock of the impending tempest. Notwithstanding his