Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . was pased. The direction of the tide of opinion was indicated by thevote of the Connecticut delegation on the proposal to soamend the Constitution as to prevent Congress from everinterfering with slavery. Mr. Dixon voted for it. did not vote; the House delegation voted againstit. The Fourth of March approached; apprehensions ofevil filled the air; but still the North hoped that Southern irewould vent itself in words. Connecticut was ill-pleased that her contribution to Bu-chanans cabinet, Isaac Toucey, a Hart
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . was pased. The direction of the tide of opinion was indicated by thevote of the Connecticut delegation on the proposal to soamend the Constitution as to prevent Congress from everinterfering with slavery. Mr. Dixon voted for it. did not vote; the House delegation voted againstit. The Fourth of March approached; apprehensions ofevil filled the air; but still the North hoped that Southern irewould vent itself in words. Connecticut was ill-pleased that her contribution to Bu-chanans cabinet, Isaac Toucey, a Hartford man, wassuspected of using his authority as Secretary of the Navy todisperse our warships to distant seas, and was known to haveallowed officers, shipyards, and stores, to slip away fromgovernment control without reproof or opposition on his received, on March 2, the censure of Congress for hismaladministration, Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts beingchairman of the committee of investigation. The minorityreport, given by Mr. Branch of North Carolina, was rather 38.
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