. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . e profession did not wellaccord with the signing of the con-spirators secession address by thatsenator only three days before. Ilistened yesterday to Mr. Crittendensspeech, wrote another friend, in sup-port of his proposed compromise. Inmy opinion he is one of the mostpatriotic and at the same time mis-chievous of the Southern senators. . .After Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Johnson ofTennessee took the floor. . Hissimple declaration that the supposedwrongs must be settled inside of theUnion is worth a hundred-fold morethan all the patriotic wailing o
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . e profession did not wellaccord with the signing of the con-spirators secession address by thatsenator only three days before. Ilistened yesterday to Mr. Crittendensspeech, wrote another friend, in sup-port of his proposed compromise. Inmy opinion he is one of the mostpatriotic and at the same time mis-chievous of the Southern senators. . .After Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Johnson ofTennessee took the floor. . Hissimple declaration that the supposedwrongs must be settled inside of theUnion is worth a hundred-fold morethan all the patriotic wailing of theantediluvian Crittendens. % There were plenty of correspon-dents to announce and describe the I have never in my life, wrote Mr. Cor- present and impending dangers, but none towin, chairman of the Committee of Thirty-three furnish a solution of the national difficulty.(December loth), seen my country in such a There was no end of wild suggestion, anddangerous position. I look upon it with great that too from prominent men ordinarily capa. HON. E. B. WASHBURNE. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY. alarm, but I am resolved not to be paralyzedby dismay. Our safety can only be insured bylooking the danger full in the face and actingwith calm dignity in such way as [that] ifpossible we may ride out the storm. ble of giving counsel. One, as we have seen,was for accepting disunion. Another thoughta letter or proclamation from the President-elect would still the storm. A third wantedhim to drop down into Washington with a These few extracts out of a multitude must carpet-sack. A fourth advised him to marchsuffice to indicate the current and character of to the capital with a hundred thousand wide-the reports which reached Mr. Lincoln from awakes. Still a fifth proposed he should createvarious quarters. The hopes of the more san- a diversion by the purchase of Cuba,guine were, unfortunately, not realized. The It was a providential blessing that in suchtimid grew more despondent, the traito
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