[146]. On the 15th of February, the Montgomery Congress provided for the appointment by their President-elect of three commissioners to the Federal Government, for the negotiation and settlement of a peaceful separation.
[147]. 1 Stat. at Large, p. 424.
[148]. 12 U. S. Stat. at Large, p. 281.
[149]. Cong. Globe, p. 316.
[150]. Ibid., p. 645, bills of H. R., No. 698.
[151]. Ibid., p. 1001. bill 1003, H. R.
[152]. Cong. Globe, p. 1232.
[153]. Cong. Globe, p. 236, bills H. R., No. 910.
[154]. H. Journal, p. 465.
[155]. Buchanan’s Defence, p. 153, et seq.