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The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
bers of the House of Representatives, including two from Kentucky, Messrs. Smith and Anderson; three from Maryland, Messrs. Winter Davis, Creswell, and Thomas--all three from West Virginia, and one from Virginia, Joseph Segar, met in caucus last night. The Hon. Justin P. Morrill presided, and Messrs. Rollins, of New Hampshire, and Soyd, of Missouri, acted as Secretaries. The Hon. G. S. Orth, of Indiana, nominated the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of the State, for Speaker. The Hon. H M. Dawes, of Mass., nominated the Hon. Elihu. B. Washburne, of Illinois. Mr. Washburne declined the nomination, saying that the present situation of the country, when the Government was engaged in a gigantic struggle to crush out the red-handed and cruel rebellion, the wishes, and the interests, and desires of all loyal men should be subordinated to the common good of a great country, and to the support of the Government and of our President, a man whose patriotism and statesmanship, and unchallenged honesty,