Memoirs of John Adams Dix . 1860-1861.] FUTILE EFFORTS AND MISREPRESENTATION. 349 At the Pine Street meeting the letters which I referredto were read, together with replies which had by that timebeen received. I regret to say that they were not as concilia-tory as had been expected. Mr. Fillmore was unable to go South; but I earned theaddress and resolutions, and read them to Jefferson Davisand the Governors of South Carolina, Georgia, and general response was an expression of regret that theaction had not taken place earlier, before all parties were sofar committed to secession. W
Memoirs of John Adams Dix . 1860-1861.] FUTILE EFFORTS AND MISREPRESENTATION. 349 At the Pine Street meeting the letters which I referredto were read, together with replies which had by that timebeen received. I regret to say that they were not as concilia-tory as had been expected. Mr. Fillmore was unable to go South; but I earned theaddress and resolutions, and read them to Jefferson Davisand the Governors of South Carolina, Georgia, and general response was an expression of regret that theaction had not taken place earlier, before all parties were sofar committed to secession. While I was at Mobile, makinga Union speech before the Chamber of Commerce by the re-quest of members of that body, irrespective of party (GeneralWalker, brother of the Secretary of War of the ConfederateGovernment then just organized, presiding), the meeting cameto a speedy end, before I had concluded my remarks, in conse-quence of the reception of news by telegraph that the attackon Fort Sumter had commenced. By invitation
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