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The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Reduction of the hours of labor. (search)
Senators and Representatives in Congress, and their Senators and Representatives in the Pennsylvania Legislature, the adoption of some measure that would have a tendency to give peace to the country, gave an account of his stewardship to the meeting. The committee, he says, on arriving in Washington, sent for Senator Bigler first, who came out "flat-footed," and told them that he would vote in favor of any compromise that would give peace to the country. They were next waited upon by Senator Cameron, who would give them no assurance of doing anything, and used every exertion to keep from committing himself to any position; but upon being told by them that he and all like him in Pennsylvania would be held responsible by the people of that State, he tried to get off by saying that he would vote for anything rather than see the Government broken up. The Committee denounce him in the most bitter terms. They also reported that the five Representatives from Philadelphia told them that t