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The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Painful accident, (search)
Seizure of a peace petition in New York. A copy of the subjoined petition, numerously signed by Wall street brokers, was seized in New York on Friday, by order of Superintendent Kennedy, who alleged, as a reason for its seizure, that several of the signers wished their names erased from the petition. The copy taken had some seven hundred sigtures attached: "To His Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States:--The undersigned, citizens of New York, beg leave to present to you, most respectfully and earnestly, the following considerations: "While they hold themselves ready to sustain and defend their Government, and you as its legal head, they respectfully suggest that the only remaining honorable position for you to take to prevent the horrors of civil war and preserve the Union, is to adopt the policy of an immediate general convention of all the States, as suggested in your inaugural. "This course would secure a peaceful solution of our national d