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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
nd impending calamities. James Buchanan. Washington,Dec. 14, 1860. The resignation of Gen. Cass. The Washington Constitution (Government ) of yesterday, says the President has resolved toion of Secretary of State, and that in nomination will be confirmed by the Senator to-day. Of Gen. Cass' resignation, it says. To avoid all misconstruction or mis-statement of the reasons which caused this event, we have taken pains to ascertain the true cause. It is not that Gen. Cass differed from the President in regard to any portion of his late Message. On the great question of coercing a State to remain in the Union by military force, the President and Gen. Cass were perfectly united in opinion. The difficulty arose from the fact that Gen. Cass insisted that a naval and militGen. Cass insisted that a naval and military force should be sent immediately to Charleston, to reinforce the forts in that harbor; and that the President was of opinion that there was no necessity for any such measure, in order to secure t
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1860., [Electronic resource], Washington dispatches. (search)
understood, be delivered on Monday or Tuesday next. The position of Judge D. fills the friends of the Union with the gloomiest apprehensions as to the future — at a time, too, when every effort is being made to bring about an adjustment. Gen. Cass was a member of Gen. Jackson's Cabinet, as Secretary of War, and the Old Hero's course in the matter of nullification was fully endorsed by Gen. Cass. It is supposed that the views he then entertained, regarding the right of State revolution, Gen. Cass. It is supposed that the views he then entertained, regarding the right of State revolution, have not been changed nor impaired by the lapse of time, and the President, having declined enforcing the federal power by succoring the fortifications in Charleston harbor in this crisis, he has felt obliged to withdraw from the chief council of the nation. His resignation will precipitate events in the South, and, it is believed in the highest quarters, will render certain matters of a revolutionary tendency which were hither to in doubt. Mrs. Anderson, wife of Major Anderson, in comman
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1860., [Electronic resource], Letter of thanks. (search)
Letter of thanks. --The Washington Star says that the British Queen's thanks to the American people for their kindness to her son have been communicated by Lord Lyons to Secretary Cass. The letter overflows with gratitude and courtesy.
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1860., [Electronic resource], Peace in Syria. (search)
e his desire to obtain the collectorship of the port of Baltimore from Lincoln; and the strong Unionism of certain Southern men is explained on the ground that they own lots near the Capitol. But whose motives are not impugned now-a-days? Gen. Cass' resignation, and the President's recommendation of a day of National humiliation, fasting and prayer, are well calculated to deepen the existing gloom. Much sympathy is expressed for Mr. Buchanan, even by his enemies. Dickenson is spoken of as Cass' successor, but no one knows anything as yet. Judge Hardy, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and Commissioner from that State to Maryland, left this city for Annapolis this morning. Judge H. is a native of Maryland. I have letters from the border counties of Virginia, which state that the secession feeling is rapidly gaining ground. In Nelson's district, in Tennessee, thousands have gone over to the secessionists. The revolution is making tremendous strides. It is folly