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The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Coward in Breeches and a Heroine in Petticoats. (search)
State Convention. [The Convention on Thursday night amended the Schedule so as to designate the second Thursday in March, 1862, as the time for voting upon the question of ratification or rejection, and adopted the first to the ninth sections thereof inclusive.] Friday, Dec, 6, 1861. The Convention was opened with prayer by the Rev. Burwell Spurlock, delegate from Wayne county. Mr. Speed offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Confederate Relations to report what action has been taken with respect to resigned officers of the U. S. army and navy. Executive Communication. A Communication was received from the Governor transmitting an Engineer's report, which was laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Disloyal Members. The report of the committee expelling Caleb Boggess and Sherrard Clemens, was called up, but the chairman of the committee being absent, no action was taken thereon. The Schedule. The Conve
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 21 (search)
ve them hence." The Dick Jacob so applauded by the Abolitionist of the Commercial is a chap who, until he was bought by Lincoln, was so intensely Southern that he could find no fire-eater sufficiently intense for him. He and Fremont married sisters, and his present position is no doubt due to the exertion and management of Fremont. Now he is always ready to do Lincoln's dirty work, and in the bogus Legislature he is the most abject and contemptible of all the Lincolnites there. Mr. Speed, of Louisville, is perfecting a bill for the confiscating of the estates of all who are engaged in the invasion of Kentucky, and it ought to pass. It will have many supporters, but its passage is not secured, as too many of our Union men feel inclined to postpone, the consideration of subjects of that character. The following bill has pasted the House, and will pass the Senate: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That whenever any
The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Twenty-five dollars reward. (search)
Military organization of women --At Dear born, in Michigan last week, Capt. Speed organized a company of one hundred young women, and administered to them the constitutional oath, with the pledge to search out families of volunteers and supply their wants.
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Advices from Fortress Monroe this afternoon are to the effect that Mr. Lincoln found them more disposed to reconciliation than he had anticipated, and that he will return to-night, reaching here by Saturday noon. Governor Dennison, Attorney-General Speed, and Secretary Seward, are believed to be the only Cabinet ministers in full communion with the rebel chiefs; and, with the exception of the two Blaris, none outside are cognizant of the purposes of the negotiations. Many leading Senatorto such a thing as Mr. Lincoln treating with them, are now strong in the belief that this move will bring about a speedy peace. General Dix left to-night for New York, after having been all day in consultation with Secretary Stanton. Attorney General Speed said to him, just before leaving, that if the rebels were only acting in good faith, the final conclusion was certain. An — editorial in the Washington Chronicle of the 3d attracted much attention owing to the relations of that paper
The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Latest from Washington by mail. (search)
-The United States Supreme Court to-day was crowded with attorneys to hear the important argument of Mr. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, advocating the re-admission of Mr. Garland to practice on the ground that the President's pardon restored the petitioner to all his civil and political rights. Although he (Carpenter) sustained the President in suppressing the rebellion, now that the war was over, he was perfectly willing to take by the hand his "re-constructed" brethren. He contended that the test oath was unconstitutional. Attorney-General Speed, replying, argued that Congress has the right to fix the qualification for office, and that though a pardon removed the consequences of crime, it was not a key to unlock the Government offices. Mr. Garland was no more restored to pardon than were those who took part in the rebellion to the offices they previously occupied under the United States Government. Reverdy Johnson will continue the argument next Friday for the petitioner.
The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
t taking the oath prescribed by act of Congress. The question involved is the constitutionality of the oath, which requires every applicant for admission to the bar of a United States court to swear that he never voluntarily aided in the rebellion. Mr. M. H. Carpenter, counsel for Mr. Garland, took the ground that the President's pardon restores his client to all his former rights, and that this bar to his entry into national courts as a practitioner is therefore unconstitutional. Attorney-General Speed replied, maintaining the constitutionality of the oath. The argument was listened to with much interest by a large assemblage of legal gentlemen. It will be continued on Friday next. The Cabinet meeting yesterday was long and important, lasting until 3 o'clock. General Grant was present. It is understood that the matter of the reorganization of the army was considered. Horace Maynard being asked what he thought of the prospects of the Tennessee delegation since the last
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], Tried for Shooting his step-mother. (search)
From Washington. Washington, December 20. --The decree of Maximilian of September last having been submitted to Attorney-General Speed, that officer pronounced the opinion that it makes the working men in Mexico slaves. Secretary Seward enclosed this opinion to our Minister at Paris, who, at Mr. Seward's request, called the attention of the French Government to the subject, but to which no response has been received. The War Department has ordered a reduction of the white troops in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi to seven thousand men. The Secretary of the Treasury officially acknowledges that he has appointed officers who have not subscribed to the test oath, having failed to obtain those who could be relied on for the performance of the revenue duties required, as nearly every man in the South fit for a revenue officer was at the same time either engaged in hostilities against the Government or holding State or Confederate offices, either willingly or unwillingl
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