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The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Anecdotes of Jefferson, Davis. (search)
Senator Bayard on the War. In the Senate of the Northern States, on Friday last, a resolution endorsing all the acts of the President being under consideration-- Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, took the floor, and said that during the month of March last, when seven States had already withdrawn, he took occasion to express his views of the question which agitated the country at that time, and indicated the course which, in his opinion, ought to be adopted; that the only alternative was to acknowledge the revolution, or be involved in a horrible civil war; and subsequent events had shown that he had been correct in his opinion. He said that no power had been conferred by the Constitution to coerce a State, and the attempt to do so was a violation of contract. He believed that the withdrawal of those States did not subvert the power of the Government, and the acknowledgment of the withdrawal was the only way to avert the civil war. He indulged in the hope of conciliation as the on