March 6, 1861; The New York Herald
The numerous despatches from various portions of the country on the subject of President Lincoln’s inaugural which we furnish this morning will indicate the manner in which it has been generally received by the country, and the different lights in which it is viewed by persons of different party predilections. One of our despatches from New Orleans, published in another column, states that in that city it was considered as contradictory, incongruous and ridiculous.
Despatches from Montgomery, Alabama, the capital of the new Southern confederacy, say that it is considered there that war between the North and South is now inevitable. It is said that the Congress of the confederate States are busily engaged in organizing a standing army for the anticipated conflict.
The Cabinet of the new President is given to our readers in another portion of this morning’s issue. It will be found to be the same as that published in the HERALD some days ago.
Mr. Crawford, one of the three Commissioners from the Southern confederacy appointed to negotiate with the governor of the United States for the transfer of the public property, arrived in Washington yesterday. He will not announce his mission to the government until the arrival of his colleagues, who are expected in a few days. It is supposed that Mr. Lincoln will decline all conference with these gentlemen.
In the Missouri State Convention yesterday resolutions were adopted appointing a committee to wait on the Commissioner from Georgia and inform him that Missouri dissented from the position taken by his State, and very respectfully but emphatically declined to accept the invitation of Georgia to share with her the honors and responsibilities of secession.
A despatch from Raleigh gives us some further returns of the North Carolina election for State Convention. So far as the results have been obtained the Unionists are in a large majority. The vote on the question of holding a convention is said to be so close that the official returns will be necessary to decide it.