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The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
ill was taken up. Mr. Regan, of Texas, made a speech, in which he said the Republicans had sullenly held back, declaring that they had no peace propositions to make. If they adhered to their course, by the 4th of March few, if any, Southern States would be left in the Union. The Republicans wanted the dissolution of the South or dissolution of the Union. The South only asks what are her constitutional rights.--If she can't get these, she prefers independence out of the Union. Mr. Stanton, of Ohio, responded, and said the principles on which the Government was founded could not be surrendered under any threats of civil war. He denied that the Republican organization would now or hereafter interfere in any way with slavery in the States. He asserted that Lincoln's administration would be conducted on the principles of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Jackson. He was willing to amend the Constitution, so as to guard against any attempt to interfere with sl