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The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Resistance to the laws. (search)
From Washington. Washington, Jan. 28. --The difficulty between Messrs. Rust, of Ark., and Dunu, of Ind., was to-day honorably adjusted, through the intervention of Messrs. Pryor, McClernand and Hindman, and Lieut. Nelson, of the Navy. It is now certain that private letters have been received here from Mr. Lincoln, urging his friends to conciliation and compromise, and it is stated that he indicates the border State resolutions as a reasonable basis for adjustment. This information is reliable. Soon after the electoral vote shall be counted on the 2d Wednesday in February, he will acquaint the public with his views on the pending crisis. Heretofore he has not felt that it was proper for him, in advance of the official declaration of his election, to take a prominent part in the direction of political affairs. The friends of the Union are much encouraged by the friendly responses to the invitations for Commissioners from the several States, to meet here in Convent
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Rejoicing at Vera Cruz. (search)
and galleries, Messrs Ed. Everett and others composing the committee who brought it from Boston. Several amendments to the Constitution were proposed and referred. Mr. Hughes offered a resolution, which was adopted, looking to the retrocession of the District of Columbia, except the city of Washington, to Maryland. The President's message, enclosing the Virginia resolutions, was received. They were laid over until to-morrow. The report of the Crisis Committee being up, Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, made an eloquent speech in behalf of the rights of the South. He assumed that the Union is already dissolved. Peace or war is now the only issue before the country. By their refusal to concede and threats to coerce, the Republicans would involve the country in war. In expectation of this catastrophe, the South is sustained by the conviction that posterity will acquit it of the responsibility, and hold the North alone responsible for this calamity to the country. The N