. Washington during war time : a series of papers, showing the military, political, and social phases, during 1861 to 1865. S BENJAMINPresident of the Society of the War of 1812 HE winter months of the year1860-61 were full of gloom tothe residents of fearful apprehension ofthe terrible nearness of thedreaded Civil War was con-stantly before them. It will be remembered thatafter an intensely earnest andanxious canvass, AbrahamLincoln, the candidate of theRepublican party, had beenelected on a platform thatdenied the extension of slavery in the new States. Distinctthreats that th
. Washington during war time : a series of papers, showing the military, political, and social phases, during 1861 to 1865. S BENJAMINPresident of the Society of the War of 1812 HE winter months of the year1860-61 were full of gloom tothe residents of fearful apprehension ofthe terrible nearness of thedreaded Civil War was con-stantly before them. It will be remembered thatafter an intensely earnest andanxious canvass, AbrahamLincoln, the candidate of theRepublican party, had beenelected on a platform thatdenied the extension of slavery in the new States. Distinctthreats that the success of the Republican candidate would bethe signal for disunion, made during the heat of the canvass byextreme leaders in the Southern States, were soon found to betrue. On December 20, i860, South Carolina passed an ordi-nance of secession and several of the leading members of cabinet manifested their clearly defined opinionsby promptly withdrawing from their offices. It was indeedfortunate that staunch Union men, such as John A. Dix andJoseph Holt, were induced to take up the arduous duties of the. GEN. CHAS. [ 15] WASHINGTON DURING WAR TIME Treasury Department and the War Department at that criticalperiod, even though it was but for a few months. Of the former, whose appointment was made at the urgentrequest of the financial men of New York city, it is a matter ofofficial record that when he took office there were two revenuecutters at New Orleans which he ordered to New York. TheCaptain of one of these, after consulting with the Collector inNew Orleans, refused to obey. Secretary Dix thereupontelegraphed : Tell Lieutenant Caldwell to arrest Captain Breshwood,assume command of the cutter, and obey the order I gavethrough you. If Captain Breshwood, after arrest, undertakesto interfere with the command of the cutter, tell IyieutenantCaldwell to consider him as a mutineer, and treat him accord-ingly. If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag,s
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