. Young folk's history of the war for the union . 1861.] THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 45. was lost, but the despatch was j)rintecl in all the newspapers ofthe free States, and a medal in honor of the event was struckby friends of the Union. In this medal, which is of the exactsize of the picture, the words of the despatch are not quotedquite right. After the capture of New Orleans the old flag ofthe McClelland and the secession flag which was hoisted in itsl^lace were sent to General Dix by General Butler. While the disunionists were thus setting up governments inojjposition to the Federal governme
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . 1861.] THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 45. was lost, but the despatch was j)rintecl in all the newspapers ofthe free States, and a medal in honor of the event was struckby friends of the Union. In this medal, which is of the exactsize of the picture, the words of the despatch are not quotedquite right. After the capture of New Orleans the old flag ofthe McClelland and the secession flag which was hoisted in itsl^lace were sent to General Dix by General Butler. While the disunionists were thus setting up governments inojjposition to the Federal government and possessing themselvesof the United States property within their States, nothing wasdone in Washington to stem thetide. President Buchanan, whofelt powerless to act, only awaitedevents, while Congress uselesslydebated the slavery question andwasted time in seeking a cure forwhat was already past cure. But ^^ medal. before judging them we must remember that the best men inthe country Avould not then believe in the possibility of war,and, shocked at the bare thought of a stru
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