THE SECESSION MOVEMENT; POSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATION; Editorial: The President and Secession (11/20/1860)

New York Times archives - Times Machine ^ | 11/20/1860

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WASHINGTON, Monday, Nov. 19. A distinguished Southern Senator, now in this city, not only denies the right of secession, but thinks that President BUCHANAN is at fault in not giving the refractory States to understand at once that the whole power of the Federal Government will be used to sustain and preserve the Union. The speech of Mr. RHETT, in which he says that Gen. LANE had tendered the services of himself and sons to South Carolina in the event of secession difficulties, is being much commented on in political circles here. Q. WASHINGTON, Monday, Nov. 19. The President has completed writing his annual Message. Judge WAYNE, of the Supreme Court, has, it is understood, written a letter to a friend in Washington saying, among other things, that four-fifths of the citizens of Savannah are opposed to secession. According to an article in to-day's Richmond Dispatch, Virginia can at the present time arm efficiently about 25,000 men. She has at least sixty bronze and rifled field pieces and howitzers. A contract has been made for 3,000 shells and shrapnell, in addition to those purchased with the Parrott guns. Five hundred barrels of Dupont powder have been purchased, and stored in magazines built for the purpose. The model of a new Virginia musket is determined on. Other warlike preparations are also in progress.

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

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The Secession Movement: Position of the Administration – 2-4
Editorial: The President and Secession – 4
Editorial: A Shameless Threat – 4-5
Military and Naval Intelligence – 5
Editorial: The Allies in China – 5
The Election in California – 5
Central American Union – 5

[M Kehoe]

Mr. RHETT

As in Rhett Butler?

Okay, Ms. Mitchell would disagree.

5.56mm

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No. Robert B. Rhett. Former Senator from South Carolina.
Leading proponent of secession