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Browsing named entities in Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. You can also browse the collection for James S. Thayer or search for James S. Thayer in all documents.
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Chapter 9:
Northern protests against coercion
the New York Tribune, Albany Argus, and New York Herald
great public meeting in New York
speeches of Thayer, exGovernor Seymour, ex-chancellor Walworth, and others
the press in February, 1861
Lincoln's inaugural
the marvelous change or Suppression of conservative sen 61—after six states had already seceded—a great meeting was held in the city of New York, to consider the perilous condition of the country.
At this meeting James S. Thayer, an old-line Whig, made a speech, which was received with great applause.
The following extracts from the published report of Thayer's speech will show the cThayer's speech will show the character of the views which then commanded the cordial approval of that metropolitan audience:
We can at least, in an authoritative way and a practical manner, arrive at the basis of a peaceable separation. [Cheers.] We can at least by discussion enlighten, settle, and concentrate the public sentiment in the State of New York
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)