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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), The black men in the Revolution and the war of 1812. (search)
tradition of their campaigns under Washington and Greene and Lafayette, and of their cruisings under Decatur and Barry, lingers among their descendants. Yet enough is known to show that the free colored men of the United States bore their full proportion of the sacrifices and trials of the Revolutionary War. The late Governor Eustis, of Massachusetts,— the pride and boast of the democracy of the East, himself an active participant in the war, and therefore a most competent witness,—Governor Morrill, of New Hampshire, Judge Hemphill, of Pennsylvania, and other members of Congress, in the debate on the question of admitting Missouri as a slave State into the Union, bore emphatic testimony to the efficiency and heroism of the black troops. Hon. Calvin Goddard, of Connecticut, states that in the little circle of his residence he was instrumental in securing, under the act of 1818, the pensions of nineteen colored soldiers. I cannot, he says, refrain from mentioning one aged black ma
The Daily Dispatch: December 4, 1860., [Electronic resource], Succession movement at the South. (search)
on at all the United States forts at every tension of the year, and have been very frequent within the past two or three years, owing to a disposition on the part of the General Government to put its works of defence in a good condition. The correspondents take quite contrary views of the temper of the fast arriving members of Congress. One correspondent writes: Among the arrival to-night, which increase rapidly, are Mr. Breckinridge; Senator Fitzpatrick; Ruffle; Boyce and Morrill, of South Carolina: Grow, of Pennsylvania; Gurley, Oliver, Senator Green, of Missouri, and Logan, of Illinois. Many Southern members have brought their families with them, indicating that they expect to stay all winter.--This looks well for the Union. They are very moderate in tone. Ruffin says that South Carolina will undoubtedly go out unless all her demands are complied with. The fear of secession is not nearly so strong to day. Senators Green and Breckinridge are at the Nationa
The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1860., [Electronic resource], Difficulty on board the Mail Boat. (search)
d "minimum" in designating the price of public lands. Mr. Stevens, of Pa., moved the bill be tabled. The Speaker appointed the following to constitute the committee of one from each State on the secession portion of the Message: Corwin, of Ohio; Millson, of Va.; , of Mass.; Winslow, of N. C.; Humphrey, of N. Y.; Boyce, of S. C.; Campbell, of Pa.; Love, of Ga.; Terry, of Ct.; Davis, of Md.; Robinson, of R. I.; Whitley, of Del.; Tappan, of N. H.; Stration, of N. J.; Bristow, of Ky.; Morrill, of Vt.; Nelson, of Tenn.; Dunn, of ; Taylor, of La.; Davis, of Miss.; Kellogg, of Ill.; Houston, of Ala.; Morse, of Me.; Mich.; Hawkins, of Fla.; Hamilton, of Tex.; Washburne, of Wis.; Curtis, of Iowa; Burch, of Cal.; Windom, of Min., and Stout, of Oregon. Mr. Hawkins, of Fla. asked to be excused from serving on the committee. He had been informed that if he refused without being formally excused, he would be reprimanded by the House, but his main reason for making the request was th
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Funeral of a King. (search)
The tariff. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 28. --The Board of Trade here sends a strong remonstrance to Congress against the reduction of the tariff on iron and steel, contemplated in Morrill's tariff bill.
The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
ts from Northern gentlemen that their letters from the South have been violated. One writes that six addressed to him by a lady in Mobile, and not on political subjects, have evidently been opened by unauthorized parties. The Department has promptly instituted an investigation. Lieutenant Sanders, of the United States Army, will leave Washington to-day with dispatches from the War Department for Florida. The Senate's Select Committee will report a Tariff bill on Friday. It is Mr. Morrill's bill, essentially altered. The warehousing feature is amended so as to allow goods to be in store three months instead of thirty days, before the duties are paid. They can remain six months thereafter, and when taken out for exportation the duties are refunded. From private accounts received here the indications are that Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, will be pressed for the office of Provisional President in the contemplated Southern Confederacy, the object being to con
The Daily Dispatch: February 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
motive of the petition. The President's Message was taken up. Mr. Latham, of California, attributed our present troubles to the Northern fanatics, but denied that secession was a constitutional remedy. The South could not be subdued.--He deprecated coercion, and said California would remain in the Union. He made an eloquent appeal in behalf of the Union. [Great applause.] The Indian Appropriation bill was reported, amended and made the special order for to-morrow. The Morrill tariff bill was made the special order for next Wednesday. House.--Mr. Hindman, of Ark.explained that his motion yesterday, relative to the election of Conway from Kansas, was for the purpose of settling the question, whether a State had a right to elect Congressmen before being admitted into the Union. He said the precedent was a bad one if legal. Mr. Kellogg offered a substitute for the recommendations of the Committee of Thirty-Three, proposing amendments to the Constitution o
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Remarkable fact. (search)
and France must have it. The very existence of four or five millions of the English people depends upon it. England and France have their iron, cotton, woolen and silk manufactures to exchange for this raw material of cotton, the very articles which the Cotton States desire in exchange for their great staple.--With a Southern free trade Confederacy proclaimed on the one hand, and a Northern United States protective tariff or tax ranging from twenty to fifty, or sixty per cent. on the other hand upon imported silks, cottons, woolens and iron, is it likely that England and France will hesitate in choosing their market Unquestionably they will recognize the Southern Confederacy as soon as possible, for the sake of the raw material of cotton, and for the free Southern market, which will take their goods in exchange in preference to the hard cash. The Southern secessionists ought, therefore, to feel thankful, as they do, for the aid and comfort promised them in this Morrill Tariff bill.
The Daily Dispatch: February 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 71 (search)
dull and slightly lower. Lower qualities declined most. Bread-stuffs have a downward tendency. Consols 91 ½#0040;91 ½. Congressional. Washington,Feb. 8--Senate.--The usual number of peace memorials were received. A resolution to extend McCormick's Reaper patent was discussed and carried. During the debate sharp language passed between Douglas and Fessenden. The President sent a message enclosing the correspondence with Col. Hayne relative to Fort Sumter. Morrill's tariff bill was taken up and read. Adjourned. House.--A communication was received announcing that the President had signed the bill authorizing the extension of the Alexandria, London and Hampshire Railroad to Georgetown. Private bills were acted on. A message was received covering the correspondence of the President with Hayne. The House refused to consider the report of the Committee of Thirty-Three. Mr. Hatton, of Tenn, made a conciliatory speech. Mr.
The Daily Dispatch: February 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Palmetto in Maryland. (search)
Congressional. Washington,Feb. 8--Senate.--The usual number of peace memorials were received. A resolution to extend McCormick's Reaper patent was discussed and carried. During the debate sharp language passed between Douglas and Fessenden. The President sent a message enclosing the correspondence with Col. Hayne relative to Fort Sumter. Morrill's tariff bill was taken up and read. Adjourned. House.--A communication was received announcing that the President had signed the bill authorizing the extension of the Alexandria, London and Hampshire Railroad to Georgetown. Private bills were acted on. A message was received covering the correspondence of the President with Hayne. The House refused to consider the report of the Committee of Thirty-Three. Mr. Hatton, of Tenn, made a conciliatory speech. Mr. Kellogg made a speech in favor of his resolutions, amending the Constitution. He said he repudiated his party platform for the sa
The Daily Dispatch: February 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Congressional. Washington, Feb. 15. --House.--The memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce against Morrill's tariff was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The bill to benefit Townsend Harris, U. S. Minister, for extraordinary expenses in Japan, was passed. The House refused to entertain a proposition to print a large edition of the report of the Indian Trust Fund Investigating Committee. The Postal bill was up and amended by restoring the inland service suspended since 1859, and passed. The Committee of Thirty-three's report was up. Mr. Vandiver argued against secession. Mr. Dejarnette argued that Northern society had proved a failure, but in the New Southern Confederacy there would be no elements of discord. Capital and labor would work in beautiful accord and harmony. African slavery is the only basis on which Republican liberty can be preserved. Though my people love the Union, they have made up their minds to leave it, unless
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