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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 6: Affairs at the National Capital.--War commenced in Charleston harbor. (search)
ation of service to be performed, to the amount of over two millions of dollars. Report of the Committee of Investigation of the House of Representatives, February 12, 1861. These acceptances were so manifestly illegal, that they could with difficulty be negotiated. The contractors became embarrassed by the difficulty, and hit against the Government. The House of Representatives appointed a Committee to make a thorough investigation of the affair, and they concluded their report February 12, 1861. with the expression of an opinion, mildly drawn. that Floyd's conduct in the matter could not be reconciled with purity of private motives and faithfulness to public trusts. Report of the Investigating Committee, February 12, 1861. When the indictment of the Grand Jury and the report of the Committee were made, Floyd was far beyond the reach of marshals and courts. He had fled in disgrace from the National Capital, and was an honored guest of the public authorities at Richmond,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 11: the Montgomery Convention.--treason of General Twiggs.--Lincoln and Buchanan at the Capital. (search)
and deny them recognition. But if peaceful division ensues, the South, after taking the .Federal Capital and archives, and being recognized by all foreign powers as the Government de facto, can, if they see proper, recognize the Northern Confederacy or Confederacies, and enter into treaty stipulations with them. Were this not done, .it would be difficult for the Northern States to take a place among nations, and their flag would not be respected or recognized. Charleston Courier, February 12, 1861. Only a week earlier than this (February 5th), the late Senator Hammond. one of the South Carolina conspirators, in a letter to a kinswoman in Schenectady, New York, after recommending her to read the sermon of a Presbyterian clergyman in Brooklyn, named Van Dyke, preached on the 9th of December, 1860, for proofs that the buying and selling of men, women, and children was no sin, said: We dissolve the Union--and it is forever dissolved, be assured — to get clear of Yankee meddlesomene