The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-01-12

~ acting commissioner, and % him Ill
NJ nlenslinr business will BE transferred
s nm i no probability Of al appointment
ii NM plac6 III Mr.. Thomas who retired
Y, ~, 18th. and entered upon the duties 81
Secretary of che Treasury.
Il. aoYRMEaTs oF POLITICIANS.
Secretary Thomson had d long private
;sterFIew With Gov Floyd today. II which
a w l. ma 10 have urged the propriety oi
h " Tcsianing. Gov. Floyd declined eo-
Srsratii5n, and declared his purpose TO re.
min III bis post ill The close Of his admin
istratiah. .s
On the 18th, Senator Fitch, Of Indiana,
ala ,JelI. Davis that if the present ssces.
son movement was continued his State
would remain BY the Union and demand
coercion Heis preparing q strong Union
coercion speech. II 8 III, I.
senator Slidell has had an Interview
with the President, which is said TO have
l,en very bitter, and that he tainted Mi.
Buchanan with iiibecility, charging him
with the responsibility Of the crisis.
lieutenant Gen Scott has expressed
me opinion that additional forces should
h sent to South Carolina for the pro-
action Of public property, but the PFesi-
aent, however, Is stiIl opposed 70 such III,
eyease for prudential reasons, being ali.
ptehensiye TINT il would but augment
tbe present excitement. as3jss ..
Attorney General Biloxi has received
he appointment Of Secretary Of State.
II 4 reported that Edwin Stanton, form.
,flg of PENNSYLVANIA but now resident of
Washington, win be appointed Attorney
General. i.5,y M .;s,,
Tho President declares he will defend
The fortiiications Of the country against
iii attempts 10 take them GOV. Floyd
EXPRESSED himself warmly in favor Of the
Union aud il very decided In tho course
be should take In opposing any attempt
,hat may be made 70 seize the property
ofthe Government. HI. 5....3 iSs :.:5
On the nth, . prominent South Caro-
hnian arrived from Columbia, and report
"a the popular sentiment there as being
opposed TO The peace policy now under
Iiood between that State and the federal
Authorities. They urge immediate seizure
of all public property within the limits Of
South Carolina Tho proclamation Of
Governor Gist seems to favor this senti.
melt 54 .t5 it I. SiiG5. 35os3 ii,
Keitt left for home on the Ilth, with
the understanding that he should never
cone back. Miles declares his intention
to leave on Friday the 18th, permanently,
and said South Carolina will not inter-
tere with the federal authorities unless she
vasinterfered with .. H.. { K. .:.=s III =
Senator Cfittenden declared on the
lsth, thai he could perceive no evidence OF
compromise or concession on the part 81
the Republican leaders, and unless some
guarantee is given Kentucky will go with
the South. .s@ =. d "a H:5
.Ata1meeting Of the committee Of SO,
Mr.. Nelson submitted q proposition which
htdeems suitable basis for adjustment.
Ultra Southern members are inclined to
reject all propositions aud declare a re.
construction Of the government impossi-
lie. i. ss..s
AMOS KENDALL. on THE cRxls. 81
Amos Kendall publishes another letter
$500 $500. ~ y , y, we ules-
II hare read this admirable aud IMAM.
IgeFable document or the Presidents against
,6e pretended rig,t So se,,essina mi its
force on the public mind is much impaired
by the conclusion at which be arrives. Ii.
is very true that the Constitution confers
no power on Congress TO declare or carry
on war against State, for snch power
Eonld have been inconsistent with its.
leading principles. But it does eonfer,
power to coerce every citizen Of aState
detected in the violation Of It's provisions.
md the laws Of the United States The
power il no Wav aff;ectod IL fka. II.o,asfer
be sustained by all the authorities Of lis
State who may become his aceompliees,
themselves punishable, not as State Off.
GERS hut as citizens Of the United States.
The truth Is, the right Of the United
rit,on !, :" ,s.na ~ e'et!
State NAV enact resoIys ~ " .,asf sns
as any Granted ricl,t nm he e HI ti tI[e
times and modes d it, eserc;sc lonn,,1 ON ON
circumstances, and 10 some ex,srt IN The
s5.2s.. ur,p M, i, .s8 IT e. !.
The H,yald tnvots, th0 p...;,i,,,, a,s.t
1t sayst - ,,:,',s .ssl =" e -.
Moved nv b;gher n, !, ;vos Ara. az &,
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