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The Daily Dispatch: January 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Nashville. (search)
of Manassas was. Another subject of great interest which occupies the public mind is that of the trouble between Great Britain and the United States. Every telegraphic dispatch to the press of Nashville is eagerly looked for, and devoted with avidity. We were rejoicing until the last day or two over the prospect of war between the two countries, but the lest news from Washington has checked our joy. The bragging Yankees begin to shake at the knees before the growl of the old lion. We fear that Mr. Secretary Welles will swallow his Wilkes's letter of approval, and Congress will eat its own words. England may, however, under the influence of the war fever at home, and the pressure upon her for the want of cotton, complicate the question, and not let the Yankees escape. She has a fine opportunity to interpose now, if she be disposed. Our prayers are that she may not let the Yankees escape. We shall be continually on the qui vive for news relating to this imbroglio. Veritas.
The Daily Dispatch: January 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 21 (search)
of showing it to be picked up by obscure members of Congress embarking in a contest whether the transcendent merits of Com. Wilkes would be best rewarded by by a gold medal. Possibly the simple solution may be that the President has as yet arrived that it has gone too far to have any power of retraction. The Government has re ceived the Admiralty, has thanked Commodore Wilkes, and Congress has now given the seal of its approbation to a proceeding so deeply offensive to Great Britain. It isich has excited even the House of Representatives to gratitude.--This act is thus dealt with by Mr. Gidson Welles; "Capt. Cons Wilkes, in command of the San Jacinto, while searching in the West Indies for the Sumter, received information that James hey were committed to the custody of Colonel Dimmick, in command of that Fortress. The prompt and decisive action of Captain Wilkes on this occasion merited and received the emphatic approval of the department, and, if a too generous forbearance was