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The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Washington. (search)
, more-over, that he has lately heard Democratic Congressmen of Illinois declare that they owed no allegiance to their State whatever, but to the Federal Government directly, solely, entirely. While we of the South hold doctrines precisely the reverse of these entertained by the North on this all- important point, (for out of it the whole theory of coercion has grown,) how is it possible for us to get along in a common government? The only conceivable plan is that advocated yesterday by Mr. Garnett in the House — to wit, distinct governments for the two sections, and a league of customs, with an alliance offensive and defensive. Mr. Crittenden, aided by Mr. Wm C. Rives, who is now here, does not yet despair of his Compromise, so utterly defeated yesterday by the Abolitionists in the Senate. Seward & Co. are scared somewhat, and will give back a little — just enough to "placate," (that's the Tribune's slang phrase for "please" or "soothe,") the Border States. It seems a pity t