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150 The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861.
The members of the Convention met at Jefferson City on February
28th and organized, by all members taking the oath of office to
support the Constitution of the United States and "of the State of
Missouri." They adopted the rules of a previous convention; elected,
on motion of Jas. O. Broadhead, Gen. Sterling Price permanent
chairman; resolved to continue their sessions at St. Louis, and made
their resolutions, taken thus far final, by laying a motion for recon-
sideration on the table; this latter was carried by a vote of 65 to 30,
showing the ruling tendency of the convention. After this, the con-
vention adjourned to St. Louis, into an atmosphere more favorable to
the Union cause. Shortly before, on Friday, February 15th, the
Legislature tried to tune the convention by passing Mr. Vest's anti-
coercion bill, which emphatically stated that, upon the invasion of
any State, "the people of Missouri will instantly rally on the side of
their Southern brethren, to resist the invaders at all hazards and to
the last extremity." This resolution may to some extent have in-
fluenced public opinion, but had no binding force upon any one
member of the convention, nor its decisions, which upon the ques-
tions at issue were the supreme law of the State. However, events
must be related now which exercised an influence upon the transac-
tions of the convention.
NATHANIEL LYON.
During the Kansas troubles, a military officer stationed in that
Territory called at the Missouri Democrat office, to settle his sub-
scription. Daniel M. Houser, one of the proprietors, met him and
expressed his gratification to find among the very conservative ele-
ment of the army an officer who would support the radical tendency
of the Missouri Democrat, to which remark the officer replied with
great earnestness: "Every possible means should be exhausted be-
fore another Slave State is admitted into the Union." This man
was Captain Nathaniel Lyon. When it became evident that a
change in the command at the St. Louis Arsenal was absolutely
necessary, D. M. Houser suggested to a conference of Union men
Captain Lyon, whose appointment was secured, and who arrived at
the St. Louis Arsenal with eighty men, Infantry, not as a stranger,
but as a well-known, resolute, uncompromising Union man and a
Free Soiler, notwithstanding that he had been a Democrat, favoring
free trade.
Object Description
| Title | The Union cause in St. Louis in 1861, an historical sketch |
| Author | Rombauer, Robert J. (Robert Julius), 1830-1925 |
| Subject.LCSH |
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories Missouri -- Militia |
| Coverage | United State -- Missouri |
| Source |
475 p. : front., illus. (maps, plans) pl., ports. ; 24 cm. St. Louis, Mo. : Press of Nixon-Jones prtg. co., 1909 |
| Language | English |
| Date.Original | 1909 |
| Date.Digital | 2004? |
| Type |
Books and pamphlets |
| Format | JPEG |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact contributing institution for information. |
| Contributing Institution |
University of Missouri--Columbia. Libraries |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library Special Collection, University of Missouri - Columbia at (573) 882-0076 or email: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
Description
| Title | civm000005p0150 |
| Description | 150 The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861. The members of the Convention met at Jefferson City on February 28th and organized, by all members taking the oath of office to support the Constitution of the United States and "of the State of Missouri." They adopted the rules of a previous convention; elected, on motion of Jas. O. Broadhead, Gen. Sterling Price permanent chairman; resolved to continue their sessions at St. Louis, and made their resolutions, taken thus far final, by laying a motion for recon- sideration on the table; this latter was carried by a vote of 65 to 30, showing the ruling tendency of the convention. After this, the con- vention adjourned to St. Louis, into an atmosphere more favorable to the Union cause. Shortly before, on Friday, February 15th, the Legislature tried to tune the convention by passing Mr. Vest's anti- coercion bill, which emphatically stated that, upon the invasion of any State, "the people of Missouri will instantly rally on the side of their Southern brethren, to resist the invaders at all hazards and to the last extremity." This resolution may to some extent have in- fluenced public opinion, but had no binding force upon any one member of the convention, nor its decisions, which upon the ques- tions at issue were the supreme law of the State. However, events must be related now which exercised an influence upon the transac- tions of the convention. NATHANIEL LYON. During the Kansas troubles, a military officer stationed in that Territory called at the Missouri Democrat office, to settle his sub- scription. Daniel M. Houser, one of the proprietors, met him and expressed his gratification to find among the very conservative ele- ment of the army an officer who would support the radical tendency of the Missouri Democrat, to which remark the officer replied with great earnestness: "Every possible means should be exhausted be- fore another Slave State is admitted into the Union." This man was Captain Nathaniel Lyon. When it became evident that a change in the command at the St. Louis Arsenal was absolutely necessary, D. M. Houser suggested to a conference of Union men Captain Lyon, whose appointment was secured, and who arrived at the St. Louis Arsenal with eighty men, Infantry, not as a stranger, but as a well-known, resolute, uncompromising Union man and a Free Soiler, notwithstanding that he had been a Democrat, favoring free trade. |
| Source | The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861 |
| Type | Books and monographs |
| Format | JPEG |
| Identifier | civm000005p0150.jpg |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact koppk@umsystem.edu for more information. |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library special collection at: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
