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The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1860., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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ll events he had determined to make the effort with the naval force under his command. He trusted that this might be accomplished without collision; but if resisted, then the force necessary to attain the object must be applied. Accordingly, whilst informing Congress that the revenue still continues to be collected as heretofore at the custom house in Charleston, he says that should the collector unfortunately resign, a successor may be appointed to perform this duty. The collector (William F. Colcock) continued faithfully to perform his duties until some days after the State had seceded, when at the end of December he resigned. The President, immediately afterwards, on the 2d January, nominated to the Senate, as his successor, Mr. Peter McIntire, of Pennsylvania, a gentleman well qualified for the office. The selection could not have been made from South Carolina, because no citizen of that State would have accepted the appointment. The Senate, throughout their entire session, n
The crisis.the Cackades — the Press North and South.&c., &c., &c. The mails bring accounts of county meeting being held in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, in favor of disunion. Hon. Wm. F. Colcock, the collector of the port of Charleston, has declined to be a candidate for the South Carolina Convention, as he intends remaining at his post until his State secedes. Major W. J. Sanford, heretofore a very prominent Union man of Georgia, has come out for secession. The Norfolk (Va.) Herald gives the following information about.