In the Senate, Andrew Johnson introduces his half of the joint resolution limiting Union war aims

The House had passed John J. Crittenden's War Aims Resolution two days before. Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee offered a similar resolution in the Senate.  It was taken up the next day and passed on a vote of 30-5.  The resulting Crittenden-Johnson Resolution was an effort to set conservative goals for the fighting, holding that the only reason for Union military action was the reconstitution of the United States and no other, such as the end of slavery, should be considered. It was repealed the following December. (By John Osborne) 
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In Congress, John J. Crittenden introduces his half of a resolution limiting Union war aims

John J. Crittenden of Kentucky introduced his War Aims Resolution before the House of Representatives and it was passed the same day.  Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee offered a similar resolution in the Senate on July 24, 1861, where it passed the next day on a vote of 30-5.  The resulting Crittenden-Johnson Resolution was an effort to set conservative goals for the fighting, holding that the only reason for Union military action was the reconstitution of the United States and no other, such as the end of slavery, should be considered.  (By John Osborne) 
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General Beauregard attempts to rally Virginians against "the tyrant" Lincoln and his "Abolition hosts"

General P.G.T. Beauregard issued a colorful proclamation from his headquarters in Manassas Junction, Virginia, aiming to rally Virginians against the Union.  It stated in part that a "reckless and unprincipled tyrant has invaded your soil. Abraham Lincoln, regardless of all moral, legal, and constitutional restraints, has thrown his Abolition hosts among you, who are murdering and imprisoning your citizens, confiscating and destroying your property, and committing other acts of violence and outrage too shocking and revolting to humanity to be enumerated."  (By John Osborne)
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In London, the British Parliament overwhelming rejects a call for debate on recognizing the Confederacy

The British Parliament narrowly avoided a delicate diplomatic situation when it deliberately and overwhelmingly declined to take up a member's suggestion of an extended debate on the possibility of the United Kingdom recognizing the Confederate States.  William Henry Gregory, MP for Galway and a friend of several "fire-eaters" he had met on a trip to the United States in 1859, proposed the debate but the vast majority of members refused to take up the issue.  Gregory remained a supporter of the Confederacy throughout the Civil War.  (By John Osborne)
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Queen Victoria's speech opening Parliament includes British concern over the United States situation

The British Parliament opened with the Queen's Speech in which Queen Victoria, speaking for her government, expressed gratitude for the reception her son received in North America.  She then expressed deep regret that differences were dividing the United States saying it was "impossible for me not to look with great concern upon any events which can affect the happiness and welfare of a people nearly allied to my subjects by descent, and closely connected with them by the most intimate and friendly relations."  (By John Osborne)
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The Sultan of Turkey dies of tuberculosis in Constantinople, aged thirty-nine

The European educated and progressive Sultan of Turkey, Abdülmecid I, died of tuberculosis in Constantinople, aged thirty-nine, and was succeeded as Caliph by his brother, Abdülaziz.  He had reigned for twenty-years during which he instituted reforms and fostered diplomatic ties with European powers and led the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War.  (By John Osborne)
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Abdülaziz, Sultan of Turkey, detail

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Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey
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Abdülaziz, Sultan of Turkey

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 22, 2011.
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engraving
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No
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The New York Public Library
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Yes
Original caption
Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey
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The Picture Collection of the New York Public Library, NYPL Digital Gallery
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Engraver: George Edward Perine
Original image at NYPLDigitalGallery

Chinese Emperor Xian Feng dies at his summer palace in northern China, aged thirty

Quing Dynasty Emperor Xing Feng died at his summer palace in Jehol several hundred miles north of Beijing.  He had fled there when British and French troops had captured the capital. He was thirty years old and had ruled for eleven years.  Cixi, his most influential concubine and the mother of his heir, Zaichun, swiftly took control of her five-year old son's minority and ruled China for the next half century as Empress Dowager. (By John Osborne)  
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Camillo, Count Cavour, Prime Minister and architect of the new Kingdom of Italy dies in Turin aged fifty

Camillo Benzo, Count Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy and one of the main architects of the nation's unification under the throne of Piedmont-Sardinia, died of a stroke at his palace in Turin at seven o'clock in the morning.  Ill from symtoms of maleria or typhoid, doctors had bled him severely several times probably hindering any chance of recovery. He was fifty years old and had never married. (By John Osborne)     
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