"In this sentiment," said he, "I may be overruled by the people of my State and of the other Southern States.".

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"Nothing, however, will bring Georgia back except a full and explicit recognition and guaranty of the safety and protection of the institution of domestic slavery." This was the final indication of the original weakness of the secession cause in Georgia, and of the extraordinary means which were taken to impress the people of that State with the belief that secession would lead to reconstruction on a basis of more efficient protection to the South and greater strength to the whole Union.
On the 4th of February Mr.Slidell and Mr.Benjamin delivered their valedictories as senators from Louisiana.

Mr.Slidell was aggressively insolent.