tlrfsrii WdMJ II II II II II ' .,r-i.'ri 1 . - v.i ,,,r A Fl I sVVXXV BY 0. B. GOODLANDEIl & CO. PRINCIPLES, not MEN. TERMS $1 23 per Annum, if paid in ndvanca NEWSKIMES VOL. I. NO 45, VOL. XXXI. WHOLE NO 1650. CLKAKFIKLl), 1A. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, I8GL BE OX TOUItOUAKI). B en yoor guird ! for kindreJ tim By falsehood may bo broken ; Ih hnrt may woar a (loop dij;uio, Though friendship be its token ! Tbt man wammiloi with blunilest gruce, Perchance may seal jour sorrow ; for by Lis words 'tis clnr to trao Tie dullness of to-u:orrotr ! Bs on your guard ! and lnnk afar. Belters not all thou liitiro.t ; And look t uiortnln an thy ore And trust the one who's nearest ! Tb hope that brightens Tiroo and Tate, May cliarni thee ns i ta flowing ; Bat like the sun t Il"aven' pate, 'Tit tinkftig nhile its glowing! Be on your guard 1 lv day und night, When beauty's smile is glijt'ning ; Tor though your doed bo nut of sight, The angles may bo list'uing. Calm Pleasure has hcrgarlandj wove By Fancy's inowy tingotn, And Truth can turn a charm to love, And music while it lingers ! Bs on your guard ! fur life may end A youth's gay tire-ami aro shining ! Tfcs chirr on which you lean may bend, Though jny be round it twining ! Tbe lips that wisper ofl and sweet. From thence nright woidscomo streaming, Btlow a wreath whone flowers meet. And kii-s lovo'isoul while dreaming. listcllancous, Tail Holt better than no Holt. Tbe following laughable affair is from a book entitled Fisher's F.iver Scenes arid characters. The incident is located in Nottn Carolina. It is the story of a man ratued "Oliver Stanley," who was taken captive ly wild "Injuns." After some consideration they put him into tin empty oil barrel und headed bim up, leaving the bung-hole open, that ho mifdit be longer dying. The prisoner relates a portion of hi experience in this wife : t determined to get otit'n that or bust trace; and so I pounded away with my liht until I beat it into nearly a jflly, at the en i of the bar'l ; but it were no go ''.'lieu I butted a spell with my noggin, but I bad Hi) purchase. lik old rants have when they butt : fur, you know, they back ver3l'ar whtdi !!"-.v maLo a till. So I caved in, made my laat will and testament, and virtually pave u)) the ghost, it win mighty seiious time with nie, to be sure. While 1 wur lying thete, balancing ae- counts with t'other world, and nforo 1 had all tny figgers mudo out to see how things 'ud stand, I heard sulhin' scranibulating in the leavss, and 6nor!in', every whip titcli like he smelt sulhin' he didn't ae wclly dke. I lay as still as a salamander, ind thought, muybe thero's a chance for Stanley j it. So the rrittor, whatever it Blight be, kep' moseyin' round tho bar'l. ljst he come to the bung hole, put his (ioe in, stnolt mighty pertieuler. and gin Monstrous loud snort. I holt what little tirHb I iind to keep I If! critter frornsiiiol lin' the intarr.els of that b.it'l. I soon wen it was a bar cl the woods the big king bar of tho woods, who haC lived thar from time innnor'al. Thinks I, old fellow look out ; old Oliver ain't dead y it. .list (lion, he j n t his thick paw i:i jist as furns lit ecu Id, and scrabbled about to make 'roveiy. Tlie lirv lijough I luulwnsto Mib his paw, its a drowiitn' man will ketch itlilrnw; but I soon s(-n thai wouldn't lp,for you ee lie couldn't then travel. Ko I jist waited n ;le!l with gio it Hatter bstion of mind. The next move he made M to put Iih tail in at the bung-hole ov be bnr'l to test inttrds. 1 scon that wur niy time In tr.1,1 k my Jack ; so I seiz-j'! niv hilt, and ."-honie l '.it i he lop ov my voice: "Charge, CUcMor, hnrye ! Ou, Hlanly, on!" And the bar he put, and knowed that tail holt was bolter than no holt; and no we nt, btu'l and all, the bar full speed. Sow, my hope wur that tho bar would jump ovtr saihc presaepias, bra It tho bnr'l .-.1! to ahiveratir n, and liberate mo from my usty, Ftiiikin' ily prison, and sure 'null', the bar at full speed leaped overa cutnrm k fy'-y foot high. l)own we wetil together in riln, cowhollop, on a big rock, Imstin' be b.ir'I ancl nearly shukin' my gizard out' me. I let go my tail-holt had no norense for it and away 'vent tho bar liks whii lygtist ov woodpeckers wur tif t'fit. I've never seen tier heard from that bar sinee, but he has my best wishes for hit present and future wellare. Ax irish Discussion. A contractor' ho was building a tunnel on a certain Ohio railroad, obscrvod, one morning, that lh face of a member of his gang had ibiurface all spotted with bruises and pluUrs. "Ah 1 Jimmy," said he, "what have you wn doin'if" "Kot varry muchcur," answered Jim T. "I was jist down at Billy Mulligan's ""night, ur, rn' him an' me we hint a a discooshen wid sthicks !" Partington wants to know if it '"not intended that women should " their husbands, why ure they put wrougU the bridle cereniDny T A soldier was onco wounded in bnttle "'"P a terrible bellowing. An Irishman, w laid near with both legs shot off, im "Miately sung out "Bad luck to tho iijteaof ye do yer think that cobody is ailtbutycrself?" A DriNQ Irishman was asked by bis con wr i( be was ready to renounce the dev- T a all his works. "Ocbl yer. - vi, oulu x ulj -UOn V BSK U1H UUI i iu ing lo strange country, nd I don't " io make myBoit enemies I Fotuni aotnetirues descends as a anew heaping up a great abundance ; but - ppearance or a worm aim thaws it to '"thing. 1 From tho Jtow.Ywrk Herald. J Sketches of t'-.e Seceded States. We nil know where tin; free States stand. The overwhelming uprising of the Union sentiment, from the Atlantic to t lie Pacific, emphatically shows the po sition of the North. But what is the con dition of tho Southern Slates? This question is ansvvered Vy the annexed brief bketch-s ; VIKG1MA. Virginia, the hist ot the seceding Slates, is i;u nine long, ana liUU bcoa- t its gieatest breadth, containing C1.3.VJ siptare miles of territory, w ith a population of I, o'.t.'i.lO'.t, including slaves ; of the whitos, 1!-1 ,01)0 are liable to military duly. The Stale, from its contiguity to Pennsylvania and the capital, : now the theatre'of war to put lo-n icbcllioii. Tho aggregate number of troops within her border in the secession army eant.ot be far from ,"0, (KKI men, and opposed to them is an equal number of troops loyal to tho American flag and the Union. " The federal govern ment occupy several important strategic military points within ilie oorder of the Staty, wiiich, for tl e time being, give it a partial and not an unimportant degiecof poiaessiun of the H hiilo Slaic. The o-di-natice cl secession, which passtvl the Slate Convention on the 17th tilt., will be ub mitied to the people for ratilicaiijn or re jection on the .'!d inst. The rebels have fortified themselves, and are in foixv a, Norfolk, Harper's Terry, Ui.-hmond and hynchbuig, Stanton, Yorktown, West l'oint and the advance fVoni either side would be productive of a .-eveie context at. anus. WESTERN VI KG I MA. The Western purl of Virginia, caibr.v j eing twenty-five counties, with the popu lation of over two hundred ihou-and, of which twenty thousand are liable to mili tary duty, opposes the ordinance of st cts- I sion of llioState and cliiim its loyally ;,, the Slurs and Stripe. Tho repi"-i iit.i lives of Western Virginia, ivilli a pitriiU- . ic do'erniiiiation, avow, in the event of, the secession oidinance being adopted on ! the '..'lil, they will declare liiem.-elve an j independent Stale, and claim the oiotiv ' tion, if necessary. ( t i . ? I'nit -d Sta'.e ! military forces. In this drtet n i i t : , , ; they have rc eivcd the ;c-siiran:v of the (jnvernor of i'cnnsylvanu that the,- shall have all nece.-sary succor IV.nn his Siato nomtii cakolina. j This State contains an .troa of 13,(11)0 i square miles, Although it hai taken i.o I steps to pa-s n secession ordinance, yet. the action of i:.s authorities ha placed it! in host ility to the L'nion. The Governor! of the Slate has caused the secure of Eorts Casacll and Johnson, seised the Arsenal ' it 1'ayetteville and levied upon the pub- i lie lumJs ol tlie I nited States, and is now equipping a force to join the rebel army to oppose the defenders of law and order The State has a population of 1.00.S, I II', and ot that number l.j'j.uuu males arena bh to military tluty. SOI'TIl .'l;ii(.!."A. ; South Carolina. the pioneer of the S at"s of the Southern Confederacy, is two hun dred miles long and one hundred nod Iwelitvlive broad, containing 0M stptaie miles of territoty, u ilij a total (mu tilation Iti'lillrreti: lv st it 0' 1 at nboiil one It ilt of whom are whiles; of the latter ijM.liUO mules are liahhi to mili tary duty. ThisState sei-edi'd fiom t I.o l.'nion I'l'CeirJier 'JO. lsi', i. i tli sie -n and bonHiardnifiit o! I'm t Somter tins Stale rallied a torce of belccii ei'-ht and ten thot sand men. Since tiie evacuation , of thai Fort bv the I'ni'ed Slates Loops i rive thou-.a-i 1 of the former have been re- tained to hold the forts in Charleston liar- bor, and tliree thousand have been sent , to Virginia to await further operations. ( The harbor of Cha' leslnn is eiVeelually Idockaded by the I nited Mates iteain frigate Niagra, nod ail cuinmercc will for the future lie suspended. Tho blockade ot Charleston is in effect equal to the oc cupancy of tho city . G I.0K1 i I A. This Stale is three bundled miles I0112 from north to south, and two hundred and forty broad, and contains a population of I.OS'J.S'JV, of which number 7('o0 males are liable to military duty. Savannah, situated on the river of I hat name, about seventeen miles from its mouth, is the great s.oiiport commercial mart of the State. 1 ho month of theS.ivannah rivet is defended bv Fort I'ulaski, on Cockspur Island. This fort is an immense, built of brick, nnd mounts 150 guns, some of them of improved make nnd finish. The fort is zarrisoned by six hundred men. To the south of this fort, on Tybee island, tljo secussion tfoo( is luve erected an im mense sand fort, in which has been placed a heavy buttery of guns. This work has nn extended sea range, and will prove n formidable customer to a blockading or attacking squadron. There wo npwnrds of two thousand troops between the city of Savannah nnd the mouth of the rives. Fort Jackson, n small fort two miles from Suvaiifth, has a garrison cf two hundred men nnd an armament of six or eight benvy guns. This Stato seceded from the Union January 10, 18(31, by a voto of 208 to 89. ALABAMA. This Stato is bounded north l y Tenncss ste, enst by Georgia, south by Florida.nnd west by Mississippi. It contains 50,C7'2 square miles of teiritory, nnd has a popu lation of 955,914, of which number 11'), 00U are liable to military duty. This State seceded from the Union, through its Con vention, January 11, 1SC1, by a voto ofCl to 39. Mobile, tho only seaport of any importance in this State, is situated nttho head of Mobile Pay, forty miles from tho sea coast. The bay is pro tec tod by Forts Morgan ami Gaines, tho first situated on ai prominent sand spit, commandinir all the I sea approaches. The latter U situated on the opposite shore. These forts are nov i garrisoned by 1.500 of the Confederate States aimy, under Colonel Hardee. The forts are well equipped and rcidy for a "ood defence. ' i IT.GitlJiA. j This State is ;!! miles long, and from 50 to -50 wide, containing 0'.l,2iiS square miles ; it has a population of 1 -15,000, nnd cf that number 0,000 are liable to milita ry duty. Tito State, from its- petunshla-" ted position, embraces a largo and exten ded sea coast, with few harbors, in which are embraced thoso of Key West and l'un saeola, both of wiiich are now in military possession of tho U. died States troops. Tho State, in her relation to IheSouthern confederacy, can be of very little a-sist-nnce in the present struggle, if wo except the few Hoops she may enlist. Financial ly she is merely able to sustain a State government, nnd is not prepared to f'ur-ni-h money to any extent in the present civil war. Florida seceded from Hie Union January ll.lSol.by a vote ofu-to 7. Mississippi. The Stale of MisM-ippi secede 1 from tliel'nion January 9. I Sol, by a vote of fc-l to 15. Tlie State is "j"!) miles long from north to i.outh, and 150 Uro.t J, cinlaining -17,151 sipiare miles. It has a population of SSil,(i5S ichabitan's ; of lh;it number 71.000 are liable to do military dut;'. Th i Missisiid river, with its various winding'-, forms the entire western boundary ofihe Stati', and ils margin consist of undulated swamps. Like lo r neighbor Slate Arkan sas, this State will havn to -i fiord her quo ta of protection from invasion from the north of the Mississippi river, and this force will have to tie ol' such a magnitude as to detract con-Kloralilv from her force to be furnished io the rcocl Mo'rilc force. A KK A NS AS. This Stale is bounded north by Missou ri, east by the Missis-ippi liver, which separates it from Tenne-see and Mississip pi, south by Louisiana, and west by the Indian Territory. It is tMO miles long, and L'Js ivole, containing 5-1. CM square miles. It has-a populate-!! of -t I',77-i ; ( f this number r,",n 1 1 arc liable to milita ry dn'y. This Slate bavin:: a hrgeex'.ent of l i rder lyiso.' on the Mi-.i-.-ippi, and within a short d slaueu of l he free States, it ivill require u I,, 14 p o-ii 01 of her mili tary force togiiMil against any movement of I'lliled Slates troiqw on the Mississippi river a measure not at all improbable. At present, anil in view of the overwhelm ing force of troops being taised in tho West, this, stale lias called a lai'ite force into the field, and fortified important strategic points on tin- banks ( f the Mi ... issippi. Arkansas seceded from the Un ion, May Cth, lS'il, by a vote of O'J to 1. 1.0 CIS IAN A. This State receded from tiie I'nion, January HC.th, 1 SO 1 , I y n ..le of 1 1." to 17. In extent of teriitorv Louisiana is !llti miles long from north to south, and tlbi broad, containing 1 1 ,.'! hi square miles. 'J'he population ol the Sin(,. is55li,l.'ll : of thai number 75,000 ure liable to n:i!ila;y duty. Th' great Mis-issippi river outlet, and New I i leans, the great commercial m i i t of the extreme Southern Slates, bi ing w iti.in the .juiisilietinii of the Slide, she will, ir. her ir-ent hostile nttitude tc t'le federal govern aien1, intlict seveie il'. jurv or, those within her borders. Willi the Mississippi closely hhu-ka.icd. and her coinaicrco with the West and Southwest cut oil, it will be but a few months before hvr case will he pitiable- In regard to her mobile force for duty in the Southern rebel army, this Slate will be. able to fur nish a fair representation. A standing garrison will bo required in No v Orleans, .111 i the same at the several fi i ts cotnman ding imp 1 -taut points between the Ib-lizo and iheGnif to New rb ans. T 11 X A S . This State contains .'l''5.0!iil squ are miles of territory, and a population of liO.'i.'.'-Vi S-I.0HO of which are liable to military duty. The .'date, through l convention seced"d from the federal Union, E. binary ht, 11)1, by a vote of ll' l to 7, and joined her destinies with the Confederate Slates. At , present there slumbers in the State a deep sentiment tor the Uni n. which require 1; the whole moral force of tho set essioi;iss tokceji fro:'i awakening to ne v vigor and increased life. The huge extent of t 1 ri -' toiy of Texas, with a sparsely settled pops! illation, and large inland frontier eon staidly menaced b hostile Indians ami predatory bands of Mexican adventurers and robbers, renders the presence .t" s J large military lerce within her bnrdeis' necessary. Now that the United States I military 10-roes navu neon driven lroni the State, theCamanolie I ndiaus: will make a dreadful warfare upon its borders. The Ci manehc'3 have many iti ievnuces against the Tcxans, ami are brave nnd desperat. Their movements are very sudden, and in warfare mercile s, Cortimis, the Mex ican bandit, has recently i-e.ippeat ed in the south of tho Stat and w ill give the Tcxans much trouble. 'i he anticipated presence of ft Unite ! Slates blockading squadrou near tho mouth of the Missi-sjp. pi river will have a tendency lo isolate Texas in a ureat measure from the .South ern Confederacy, as her commerce with tho ne'ghboring States was by water principally to New Orleans, land travel being next to Impossible and a blockade would ctit off her sea transportation from New Orleans. It is thought that it will require the whole military forte of Texas to keep the State intact from her Indian enemies, nnd th it even were she ever so well disposed towards providing her quota of men in the military operations of the great body of Confederate States troops, her loss of sea communication would for- j bid tho attempt. KENTUCKY. This Stale, which still continues faith ful to tho Union, we place in our pictorial illustration, in light shaded lines, with Missouri and Western Virginia, consider ing them at present as doubtful Stater. Kentucky in territorial extent Is -100 miles long nnd 170 miles in breadth, containing tiS.iiSO square miles- It has-a population of 1, 14'i,r,t57, of which 180,000 are liable to military duty. This Sti.te, from its prox imity to the free Stales, has among it3 citizens inany thoroughly Unior. men. The eecessioileadt-rs, under instructions from their nTamerf JcirPavlK,' are endeavoring to make the Slate adopt the suicidal couise now being pursued by the confed erated rebels. How far they will succeed, time will prove. At resent Kentucky remains lirni, and we shall not despair as long as she maintains her present course. The western jait of this State occupies one bank of the Ohio river, and the trade between her and Olno is so intimately bL-nd. d that a separation would be veiy injurious to both, out especially to Ken-tucLv. TENNESSEE. The territory embraced in lbi State in mean length U four hundred miles, and its mean biead'h one nundred and four teen miles, containing an area of territory of -11,000 square miles, and cmbracipc a population of 1,1 Pi, (JO, if which 107. Odd are liable to military duty. In regard to the present crisis, 'I'ennes' ee has not ii reclly severed the bonds which bind that State to the Union ; but it his adopted a military league made between its tiover nor and t hree Coni'nisiours of the Con federate States, in which it is agreed that all the force of the State shall tie employ ed to assist Ihe confederated rebels. The Leirislature has also adopted a declaration of independence, And has permitted tho people to vote upon it. which thev will do 011 Ihe S'h of Juno prox. The -state is at present without effective military arms, and some inconveniences may arijo nefore it can send an effective force iir.o the field. At present a ftonsidiahle force from this State, under the command of Mrjc.r Gen eral I'illow, is assembled at Memphis and noith twenty niih-s along the bank of tbe Mississippi. This force, it is reported, is o.vopei a .ing ,viih a force fi 0:11 Arkansas, whose ultimate design is to besiege Cairo, Illinois, n 1.1 w occupied by I States troops. MISSOURI. 'Ihesta'ii of Missouri con t ains C "1, O.'iV Square miles of ten itory, i:nd is two bun dled and eighty seven miles long and two bundfc and thirty broad. It contains a population of 1. 1104.21 I, out of tho male po, ion of which 1,000 are liable to military duty. 'J'he geographical position of Mi'-s, .o-i, coo - u'.i'ed a- she is between '.'. is ;;-! I li.iu 'is, with her great rivc- :! t 11- r '-. i. eerniiletelv in the 1 . : : I rnm-?nt. seems to I'elcuT wil li I lie ri I, el c"nfeil - etacy of the South a li n.ard on s experiment. 1 lie tinloynl conduct ol Gov. Jackson, 111 refi; log to c-mply with the proclamation .of the Ere-ident for troops to uphold the dignity of the liws, engendered a morbid desire among some of the citizens of the State to 'brow off their nlh giance to the Union. For a time it seemed t he seceders were gaining ground: but the Union men '.fine Stale made a giand rally and de fence against tlie revolution-try spirit, sod enrolled themsehesas volunteers of the Union, despite, of the Governor. A State Convention will no doubt I e held at an early day. The jnwero! convening it is with a c )iiiiiii;tee. who-o elia-rm.m, tho'h a Southerner, i-s ut'erly opposed to seces sion. This eoiivnition will beyond doti! t in its lirsl action depose Governor Jackson, !i in I the Legislature. n power cl.irlv within their .jurisdiction. Already four reg'm :-nu of United Scales volunteer troops h ive do dared their loyalty to the general govern ment anil been sworn into the service. Oilier l-esinients are raising nnd willsonn take ihe oaih of allgianae to the Union. How Men Changs. I.1NC01.V AS AN AIVOCATr. Or Si:( Ts.-UO.S', AMI vimuM.i as a iii.i Fsnrtt or the i niov. 'I he Watei town f .'nimi has been study ing pLTsonal t lid political history, and has uuearlhcd Ihe folloaing extract f 0111 a tq eech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, (the ii Lincoln who is now 1'iesident of 1 lie United States) in the house of Heprc scnlatives. Jar.. Uth, ISIS. And in or der to enable every leader to assure hinis self of lis auttienticily, we will t.i'iitiou that tiie speech may be found in the Ap pendix to the Con gressional Globe of ihe edlli Congress, (1st session) pn.-e 91: 'Any people, anywhere being inclined and hat ing the power, the right to i-i-c up shake oil tin! existing government, and form a new one that suits them belter. This is n most valuable, a most sacred light a liijht which, wo hope and believe, is to liberate the woi Id, Nor is this right c infilled to causes 111 which the whole people of an existing government mav choose to exercise it ANY 1'OUTION of such people that -am, mi; revolution ize, and make their oici of so much of the ten itory usj they inhabit. More thar. 1 nityirit; of any pnrtio 1 of such peoplo way levolutioni.e, putting elown a mimrity, in termingled with, or near about them, who may oppo-e their mov-Mionts, Such mi notity was precisely the case of th 3 To ries of our own revolution. It is a qiislity of revolutions not to go by oWJi.ues, or obi laws, but to break up both and make new ones" 'I'Lo Washington lntcUye,wr has been examining its tiles nnd now republishes an article which appeared in the Etch mend AVi.fivr of ,'ov. 1st, 1T4. It will bo remembered that tho objects of the Hartford Convention were communicated by tho Legislature of Massachusetts " to the different Governments of the union" in official letters bearing date Oct.. 17th. 1814. The following extinct will rhow how a leading Virginian newspaper then regarded the threatened secession of New England : " No man,. :io association of men, no State or set of States, has n to with draw itself from the Union," of its own accord, The same power which knit ns together can only unknit. The same for mality which forged the links o the Union is necessary to dissolve it. The majority cf Uinta w hich form the Union must consent to tlie withdrawal of ant, one branch of it. Until that consent has been obtained, liny attempt to dissolve! the Union, or obstruct the efficiency of its constitutional law, is treason treason to all intents, and purposes. Any other doc trine, such ns that which has been lately held forth by the Fedeial l!epubicaii.that any one- State may withdraw itself frum the Union, as in an abominably heresy which tstiipH its author of every possible pretention to tho name or character of t'etlfni'tst. " We call, therefore, upon the Govern ment 01 tlie Ltuon to c:-;ert its energies when the season shall demand it, arid sei.e tlie fiist traitor who shall sprit, gout of the hot lied ol the I onvenlion of llartlord. The illustrious Union, which has been se me'ileil b- Ihe blood of our forefathers, 1 he j ride of America, and tho wonder of the world, intisl be mint ly sacrificed to the heated bri.ins or the aspiring hearts of a few malcontents. The Union must be saved when any one shall dare t as sail it. " Countrymen of the East I we call up on you lo keep a vigilant eye upon the-e wrelclied men who would plunge us into civil v.ar and iinn-iubh) disgrace. What ever may be tho leuipoiiuv calamities which may assail ua let us swear upon the altar of our country to s.ivr, th.: Union." Mr Li icoln is now calling upon citizens to (uit down sivestiuu by arms, and Vir ginia is iu anus lo delend eccis-ion. INTERESTING COERESf ONLEKCE. It F'.PHKeSI Nil Ht.AVK IXSriU'.LCno.V.s. W'u give below tho substaot part of the correspondence that took lace bet iveen (iov. Andrews of Massiuhm-etts, and Gen. ! Ik- Ti.Eit, ihe eoinmandt r e f the Massachti-s'-lts volunteers, re-pecting ihe offer of the latter to Use his troops in the suppres sion cf a sh c insurrection a few days nfier Ins arrival id Annapolis, Tin. (invernor ; in his letter t ) 1 lie iec.er.d s iv s "if 1 rightly undi r.-taud the Icb -raph ic d spati-h, I think llid your action in leu dcrmg to Gov. Hicks the assistance of our Massachuse' ts troops In suppli es n threat ened scl vile insurrection imong the hos tile people of Maryland was unnecessniy. I 1 ope that fuller dispatches, which are on their way from you, may show reasons why 1 should modify my opinion concern ing that paiticuhir instance; but in gener al I think that tho matter o; servile insur rection uniting a community in arms against the federal Union, is no longer to be regarded by our troops in a political, but solely in a military point, of view, anil is to be contemplated as one of the inher ent weaknesses of the enemy, from the disastrous operations of w Inch ive are un der no obligation of h military character to guard them, in orde; that they mav be enabled lo improve the seem ily u hieh'onr anus tMMil I atiord, so as to prosecute with more energy their traitorous i.ttacks upon the federal got r uin"ut and t.apin.d. " The mode in which sue'r. outbreaks are to be considered sho il depend entire'.v 11(11111 the lovultv or disloyalty of the com munity in which they o--..ui-, and in the t icinity of Annapolis e,in, on this ore;;, sion, perceive 110 reason ol military policy w hy it for -. -summoned to the defence of the Federal Owcinmen' at this mon-.ciit of id I other- should be oll'ered to be d it cr ied IVeni its immediate duly to help reb els, who stand with aims in their hands obstructing it s progiess towards (hechy of Washington. I entertain no doubt that w believer we shall have, an opportunity to interchange our t iews personally on this subject, we shall arrive at entire concord ance of opinion. In his reply. Gen. llutVr s--ys tho tele graphic dispatch w.-i.s correct, (ji.it he did oiler to .supples? a 1 umorcd slave insurrec tion, but f.rlunnlely the rumor of such an outbreak proved to be unfounded. He then proceed to justify his course, ?.s fol lows : "Assiimin,;, us your Kvcilency does in your dispatch, that I was c.iiiymg on mil itary operations in an enemy's country, w hen a war it 'imAimv tun to be waged, my act might be a nuttier of discussion. And in that view, nct.ng in the ligiif of tho Baltimore murders, and the appalent ly hostile position of Maryland, your Mx eellency might, w ithout mature reflection, have c une to tlie -oaeJusiOH of disappro bation expressed in your dispatch. Hut the fatts. especially as no-v aided by their re.sul's, will cnli cly justify my act, and reinstate mo in your Lxiellency's good opinion, "Tr-e, I landed on Ihe soil of Maryland against the formal protest of its Governor and of the co.-pnrate authorities of Annap olis, but w ithout itnynrined opposition on their pait, and expecting opposition only from insurgents assembled 111 riotous eon tempi of thelaftsof the State, lleloie, by letter, and at the time of binding, by personal interview. I had informed Gov ernor Hicks that soldiers of the Union, under my command, weio armed only against the insurgeuts pud disturbers of the peace of Maryland nnd of the United Stales. 1 received from Gov. I licks ussti ranees of the loyally of the State to the Union assurances which subsequent events have fully justified. The Miyor, of Annapolis nl-o informed me that the city atithoi ities would in no wiso oppose me, but that 1 was in great danger lroni the excited and riotous mobs of Baltimore po ciing down upon n-e, nnd in numbcr-i beyond the control of hi police, I assur ed both tho Governor and ilia Mayor that I had no fear of a Baltimore or other mob, and that, supporteil bv the tiuthorities of the State and the city. I shou'd repress all hostile demons! 1 at imu cii inst the laws of Maryland and the United States, nnd that 1 would protect both myself and the city of Annnpi lis from any disorder by persons r.hatsoet t-r. On ihelivriiinj! following my landing, I was informed that the city of Annapolis and environs were in danger Iroin an insurrection f ihe slave popula tion, in defiance of the laws of tlie Slate. "W hat was I to do ? 1 hid promised to (nit down a white mob, and to preserve ami enforce the laws against thtit. Ought I ulluiv a black one any preference in a breach of ihe laws ? I understood that I was armed rgainst nil infractions of tho laws, whether by white or black, and upon that understatidiri: I acted certaii.ly with promptness and efficiency. And jour I'lx colleuey's shadow of disapprobation, aria ing from a misunderstanding of 1 lie lacts, has caused all the regret 1 hate for that action. The question seemed to me toba neither mildaiy nor political, and. was not to be so treated. It was simply r, question of ;ood faith and honesty of 1 uri isr. The" 1 benign effect of my course was instantly ji-Di n. The gcod but timid people, of An ! napolis, who had lied from their houses at I our approach, immediately returned ; bu siness resumed its accustomed channels 5 quiet and order prevailed in the ci'.v : con lidence took the place of distrust, fiiend ship of enmity, brotherly kindness of sec tionid hate and I believe todav there Is I .... :., , i. 1 1 1 .!... in, uni 111 uiu uinwii iuuic iv)g 10 loan illl- napi lis. 1 ihink, therefore, I may safely jioint to the . ie.'ults for my justification. I he vote of tho neighboring county of , vi ii.Mi.nton, a fe.v days since, lor us del egate to the legislature, wherein 4,000 out. ot o,udd votes were thrown for a delegate I fivoiablu 10 the Ui-ioii, is among tho ma r.y happy f ruits of firmness of purpose, of : licit ncy uf action cml integrity of mission. 1 believe, indeed, that il will not requiro ' a personal interchange of views, in sllg 'gestcd in jour di.-patrh, to bring our i minds in accordance ; a simple statement I of the I act will KiiU'iee. I "i'.ul 1 inn t j net hereafter, it may bo, ; in an enemy's country, among n scrvilo population, when the question may arise, ; us it has not yet iuiseu,us well in a moral nud Christian, ut in a political and tnililary point of view. What shall I then do? 1 Will jour ll.vceliency bear with me a mo- lucnl while the question is di'cussed? j ' l appicci.de. fully your Kxi.'cllency'n ' suggen'.ion as to the inhcicnt weakness of ' the, rebels, ;u ising frum the (u-ep'-ioleranco I of their so-vile pn illation. Th tpie.st ion then, is, in rdiat nianner tve shall lake advauingeof that weak::rps? Ily allows ing, and cf course M ining that population, 'to lise upon the defenceless women nnd children of ihucounUy, carrying rapine, arson and murder nil the honors of .San Oniiingo, u in. llion times magnified, 'among those whom tve hope to reunite j with us as brethren, mavy of whom are already so, and all who are worth prcscrv. ing will be, when this horrible madness shall have passed away or be tluashe l out juf llieml' Would your llxcelienoy advise, j the troops under my command lo make I ws.r ih person upon the defemvle-i women and children in any partof the Union, no 'com.auieil with i)i tit alii es too horrible to t'C naiiif',1 ' You ttill say, "God forbid 1'' j If we may not do so in person, shall wo in in otheis so to do, over. whom we can have m restraint . exetciso 110 control, and ' who, when once t ht-y hate tasted blood, ' may turn tho very iiinis tve have put ii. j their hands galn-t oorselves, as a jjiit t of 1 the oppi s-iog it i.ite lace ,' J "The ii-adine cf I istory so fmniliar to jyour Kxcellenct- wilt led yon the bitterest e.iu -o ol complaint wiiich our fathers had j against Great I'ruaiu in ihe war of the I Kevohilion y '. 1 !i" hriiiin:' lv the lhitish Miihsliy of 1 In haw k and the women and ci) t hat the pin n- means which ' i r -d man with tlie loma "'p:ng knife against the dr 1; of the colonies, o "May W3 not use all the I ami nature have put in our power to : it 1 jog. -to the colonies "" has passed into a legion of in'aniy ntrainsl the I'.ader of that iii:ni-liy who used it in Par liament, Shall history teach us in vain'.' Could we j i-dify oni'.-elvfs to ourselves ? All hough with armi in our hands amid the savae wil do ess of cim(i and field, vr may h.ivn blinded many of the finer mor al sen-ib:lities, in letting loose four mill ions of worse tl an savages upon the liomet and healths of the South, can tve be jusli lied lo the ' bri-ti.'in community ol Massn chii.sctls? Would such a course be conso mint wiih thi leaching rf our holy reli gion ? I have a very decided opinion on tiie subject, nnd il any one djsires, ns I know your Mxeelter.cy does not, this un hap,y contest to bo prosecuted in that maimer, some instrument other than my self must be found to carry jton, I mast, not discuss the political bearings of th: topic. When 1 went from under the shad ow of my roof treo 1 left all polities behind me, (o be resinned only when every par; of the Union is loyal lo the flag, nnd the potency of the Government through tlx ballot-box is established. ' i'assiiig ilu moral nnd Christian view, let us e-xamiiie the subject as n military question. Is not the Stale already subju gated which requires tho bayonet otf (hast, armed in opposition to its rulers, to pre serve it from the horrors of a servile war ! As the least expot it-need of military men, I would have 110 doubt of the entire sub jugation of a State brought to that contli , tion. When, therefore unle-s I am bet; ter advise I any coiii'tnuriily in tho Uni ted litate? who have met sue in h onorabb warfare, or oven in the prose out j tin f rebellious war in un honorable mwinei shall call upon 1110 for protection ngiiinsi tho naiueh-ss horrors of a fert ile insurree lion they shall havo it, and from the mo; uiet't that call is obeted, I have no doud; we shall bo friends and not onomiei."
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