THE NATIONAL TROUBLES: Confirmation of Mr. Holt as Secretary of War; THE SECESSION MOVEMENT: Impossibility of Destroying the United States Government (1/19/1861)

New York Times archives – Times Machine ^ | 1/19/1861

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OUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 18.

Col. HAYNE is surprised to find by the Herald that his communication was sent to the President yesterday, since it was his intention to withhold it until Monday. He still doubts the correctness of the report.

HOLT's nomination was confirmed in Executive session to day, after another exciting debate, in which Messrs. SLIDELL, BIGLER, DOUGLAS, CRITTENDEN, WIGFAL, MASON, GWIN, and others, participated. The question discussed was whether HOLT was a cooperationist -- his friends denying it and maintaining that it has his earnest desire to prevent bloodshed, but to maintain laws by every possible peaceful means. The vote on confirmation was 38 to 13. This result gives great satisfaction to the Union men here who now feel confident that they will control the Senate for the preservation of the Government.

During the debate on the nomination, Mr. CRITTENDEN is said to have taken the ground that as Kentucky is now a Central State, enjoying all the prosperity consequent upon the present Union and form of Government, she would never consent to its breaking up and the formation of a Southern Confederacy, of which she would be a Border State, exposed to all the dangers and losses of such a position.

It is stated that he was much affected during this portion of his remarks, and the manner in which he upbraided the Southern men who defeated his compromise in the Senate was very severe. He took the position that the Union must be preserved at all hazards, either by peaceable means or by force, and that force used against the lawless citizens of a Government is not coercion of a State. The speech, being entirely unexpected, created a great sensation among the Senators.

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The National Troubles: The Confirmation of Mr. Holt as Secretary of War – 2-4
Editorial: Affairs at Charleston – 5
Editorial: The Gulf Trade-How it is to be Affected by Secession – 5-6
Foreign Commerce and the Seceding States – 6
The Battle of Morris’ Island – 6
Kindly but Not Seductive – 6
The Secession Movement: Impossibility of Destroying the United States Government – 7