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The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
The National crisis. withdrawal of the Senators of the seceding States--letter from Hon. George W. Summers--from Charleston — the Florida Forts — the Key West fortifications — troops in Washington, &c. Senators Davis. Yulee, Mallory, Clay and Fitzpatrick, who formally withdrew from the Senate chamber, left ten harleston to the Minister of war Jas. D. F. Jamison: This flag was made extremely by them to be opened for the first time on fort Saunder. Letter from Hon. Geo. W. Summers. Hon. Geo. W. Summers, one of the Commissioners appointed last week by the Virginia Legislature to a National Conference, has written a letter to a memHon. Geo. W. Summers, one of the Commissioners appointed last week by the Virginia Legislature to a National Conference, has written a letter to a member of the House of Delegates, giving his views on the present crisis. The cause he sums up as follows: The sources of our present troubles, and the causes of the present wide-spread dissatisfaction in the South, may be traced, in the first place, to certain unconstitutional and most reprehensible expedients, adopted in som<
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter from Paris. (search)
Hon. George W. Summers. In another column we give some extracts from a letter of Hon. George W. Summers to a member of the House of Delegates. We cannot agree with Mr. Summers in his opposition to the right of secession, and in some other viewHon. George W. Summers to a member of the House of Delegates. We cannot agree with Mr. Summers in his opposition to the right of secession, and in some other views, (he is, however, opposed to coercion;) but it gives us pleasure to accord our humble testimony to the consummate ability and disinterested patriotism of this eminent Virginian, whose shining talents and moral elevation would have graced the best dMr. Summers in his opposition to the right of secession, and in some other views, (he is, however, opposed to coercion;) but it gives us pleasure to accord our humble testimony to the consummate ability and disinterested patriotism of this eminent Virginian, whose shining talents and moral elevation would have graced the best days of the Commonwealth. When Mr. Summers was in Congress, as great a master of the art of rhetoric as John Quincy Adams expressed himself with an enthusiasm not common to his cold and critical nature, of the Ciceronian eloquence of this distinguisMr. Summers was in Congress, as great a master of the art of rhetoric as John Quincy Adams expressed himself with an enthusiasm not common to his cold and critical nature, of the Ciceronian eloquence of this distinguished Virginia Representative.--In fine, we admire this man so much that, whether we agree with his views or not, we always like to hear or read what he has to say.