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ors who by sacred memories were forbidden ever to be foes. The nomination of the members of the commission was made on February 25—within a week after my inauguration—and confirmed by Congress on the same day. The commissioners appointed were A. B. Roman of Louisiana, Martin J. Crawford of Georgia, and John Forsyth of Alabama. Roman was an honored citizen and had been governor of his native state; Crawford had served with distinction in Congress for several years; Forsyth was an influential junder appointment of Pierce near the close of his term, and continued so under that of Buchanan. These gentlemen, moreover, represented the three great parties which had ineffectually opposed the sectionalism of the so-called Republicans. Ex-Governor Roman had been a Whig in former years, and one of the Constitutional Union, or Bell-and-Everett party in the canvass of 1860; Crawford, as a state-rights Democrat, had supported Breckinridge; Forsyth had been a zealous advocate of the claims of D
from Washington and returned to their homes. Their last dispatch, before leaving, shows that they were still dependent upon public rumor and the newspapers for information as to the real purposes and preparations of the Federal administration. It was in these words: Washington, April 10, 1861. General G. T. Beauregard: The Tribune of to-day declares the main object of the expedition to be the relief of Sumter, and that a force will be landed which will overcome all opposition. Roman, Crawford, and Forsyth. The annexed extracts from my message to the Confederate Congress at the opening of its special session on April 29, will serve as a recapitulation of the events above narrated, with all of comment that it was then, or is now, considered necessary to add: extracts from President's message to the Confederate Congress, of April 29, 1861. . . . Scarce had you assembled in February last, when, prior even to the inauguration of the Chief Magistrate you had ele
The undersigned, commissioners of the Confederate States of America, having thus made answer to all they deem material in the memorandum filed in the department on the 15th of March last, have the honor to be John Forsyth, Martin J. Crawford, A. B. Roman. Seward in reply to the commissioners Department of State, Washington, April 10, 1861. Messrs. Forsyth, Crawford, and Roman, having been apprised by a memorandum, which has been delivered to them, that the Secretary of State is not atRoman, having been apprised by a memorandum, which has been delivered to them, that the Secretary of State is not at liberty to hold official intercourse with them, will, it is presumed, expect no notice from him of the new communication which they have addressed to him under date of the 9th inst., beyond the simple acknowledgment of the receipt thereof, which he hereby very cheerfully gives. Judge Campbell to Seward Washington City, Saturday, April 13, 1861. Sir: On the 15th of March, ultimo, I left with Judge Crawford, one of the commissioners of the Confederate States, a note in writing, to the e
ee Democratic party). Reynolds, Lt. Governor of Missouri, 361. Rhett, —, 205, 206. Rhode Island, 63. Rhode Island Delegates to Philadelphia convention, 77, 85. Ratification of Constitution, 90, 96, 108, 129. Letter to President and Congress, 97. Constitutional amendment proposed, 125. Rice, —, 58. Rich Mountain, Battle of, 293. Ricketts, Captain, 329. Rip-Raps, 180. Rives, William C. Delegate to Peace Congress, 214. Rochambeau, Count, 139. Roman, A. B., 239. Commissioner from Confederacy to Lincoln, 212. Rosecrans, General, 372-73, 375,376. Russell, Lord, John, 281. S St. John, General, 276. Head of Confederate niter and mining bureau, 409-10. Saunders, Colonel, 325, 370. Scott, General, 234, 238, 289. Sebastian, Senator, 175. Secession, 96, 116, 218. Right of states, 50, 52, 60, 142, 144-47, 154, 159, 218-19. Ordinance of South Carolina, 51. Preparation, 60. Earlier propaganda, 60-64. Hartford conventi