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Floyd good plucking, and Messrs. Wigfall, Benjamin, and Prior could even have their chewing done by proxy, for the native pauper employs the old women to masticate his Ava into drink. There they might continue to take their food from other people's mouths, with the chance now and then of a strong anti-slavery clergyman well barbecued, a luxury for which they have howled for many a year.
Benjamin of Louisiana, Mr. Hemphill and Mr. Wigfall of Texas, Mr. Iverson of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Arkansas, and Mr. Slidell of Louisiana, were in their seats, but refused to cast their votes. "I sat right behind Mr. Benjamin, and I am not sure that my worthy friend was not close by, when he refused to vote, and I said to him, 'Mr. Benjamin, why do you not vote?
And what was the response of the South to this generous and conciliatory message? Personal sneers imputations of Northern cowardice boasts of Southern prowess scornful rejection of all compromise and an insolent challenge to the bloody issue of arms! Said Mr. Wigfall, in the United States Senate, on March 2d, alluding to Mr.
I must not forget to mention the presence of a Mephistopheles in the person of Senator Wigfall of Texas, who stood with folded arms leaning against the doorway of the Capitol, looking down upon the crowd and the ceremony with a contemptuous air which sufficiently indicated his opinion of the whole performance. To him, the Southern Confederacy was already an accomplished fact."
And what was the response of the South to this generous and conciliatory message? Personal sneers imputations of Northern cowardice boasts of Southern prowess scornful rejection of all compromise and an insolent challenge to the bloody issue of arms! Said Mr. Wigfall, in the United States Senate, on March 2d, alluding to Mr.
To many good citizens there seemed some reason to think that the best hope for avoiding the fulfillment at the North of these sanguinary threats might lie in the probability that the anti-slavery agitators would not stand up to encounter a genuinely mortal peril. When the Star of the West retired, a little ignominiously, from her task of reinforcing Fort Sumter, Senator Wigfall jeered insolently.
The speeches of Seward, of Douglas, of Crittenden, of Andrew Johnson, of Baker, and others, in behalf of the Union, and those of Benjamin, Davis, Wigfall, Lane, and others, in behalf of Secession, did much toward fixing the responsibility for the approaching bloody conflict where it belonged.
Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Crittenden, Douglas, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnson of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Slidell and Wigfall 30. "The vote being taken immediately after, on the Clark Proposition, was as follows: "YEAS Messrs.
He left for the rising and new born State of Texas. Years rolled by, and the next meeting of those fiery antagonists was at the Capital of the United States Brooks in Congress, and Wigfall in the Senate. Reorganization or the Troops Volunteers for Confederate Service Call from Virginia. Troops Leave the State. There was much discussion at the time as to who really fired the first gun at Sumter.
"I hope," he said, "that, having come once to rest in this room, you will often let a good wind blow you here " Other guests claimed his attention. "Ah, Mrs. Stanard Mrs. Enders Ha, Wigfall! I saw your Texans this afternoon " Judith found General Stuart beside her. "Miss Cary, a man of the Black Troop came back to camp yesterday. Says he, 'They've got an angel in the Stonewall Hospital!
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