March 29, 1861; The New York Herald
In the United States Senate yesterday Mr. Trumbull offered a resolution declaring that in the opinion of the Senate the true way to preserve the Union is to enforce the laws of the Union; that resistance to their enforcement, whether under the name of anti-coercion or any other name, is disunion; and that it is the duty of the President to sue all the means in his power to hold and protect the public property of the United States, and enforce the laws thereof, as well in the other States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, as within the other States of the Union. Mr. Trumbull desired to have a vote on the resolution, and the democratic members expressed themselves in favor of an immediate expression of opinion on the subject. The republicans, however, would not come up to the mark, but preferred an executive session for the apportionment of the offices. A motion to that effect was carried, and the Senate confirmed a large number of nominations. Subsequently, the President having no further communication to make, the Senate adjourned sine die.
A list of nominations confirmed by the Senate yesterday may be found in another column. The only New York city appointments confirmed are those of Hiram Barney, for Collector, and Thomas McElrath, for Appraiser.
The English papers continue to denounce the Morrill tariff, and declare that if the law goes into operation the blunders of the statesmen will be rectified by the hardihood of the smuggler. We reproduce this morning an important article upon this subject from the London Times of the 12th inst. We also publish an article from the London News, the organ of Lord John Russell, upon the policy of the British government relative to the recognition of the Southern confederacy.
This being Good Friday, the law courts will not hold their sessions.