The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-01
and natural instincts, conservative, national

prompt, the glorious Union and Constitution
| Inherited from our ancestors may be saved
| from impending destruction. We wish to Sc.
| that effort made. It Is the duty of Marylanc
| TO put her hand 10 the work boldly. brayely
and without delay.
We therefore respectfully suggest to you,
| Excellency, that in our judgment the time has
| come for the voice of Maryland TO be heard
and for its conservative tpnes to be raised in
ssnala S@iaa. of the prs'srSa of this glorious
Since the last publication which we hay,
seen of your Exceliency's views lin reply tt
| the Baltimore Committee) the Governor OF
kentucky has issued call for the assem bling
| of the Legislature of that State on the 18th Of
January. That Of Virginia, called, it is true
primarily for the consideration OF another
| subject, but its convocation hasten ed by the
| present crisis, meets on the 7th Of the same
| month. That of Tennessee also we believe
VIII meet in regular session in a short time
and although we cannot pretend TO divine
| what their action will be, yet it seems To- US
| impossible for Maryland TO act with them un-
less she IL promptly put in condition to dc
SO.
We cannot state what course the Senate
would pursue in case the Legislature should
be convened but in view of the fact that the
| impression has gone abroad among the people
OF Maryland that the Legislature, if called to-
gether by your Exceliency, would engage in
other matters of legislation than those in
voived in the present perilous condition of the
country, we have no hesitation, after a free
selves in expressing the opinion that there
will be no legislation other than that which
especially appertains to the extraordinary cri-
sis which is now upon us; and we are satisfied
that the General Assembly, viewing the pre-
sent alarming condition OF affairs above ali
party differences, are willing 10 lay these diff
| ferences aside and act in accordance with the
best dictates of their iudgmen Is as citizens OF
the State, for the preservation Of the best in
terests of her people.
We may add, that from letters received from
eur feiiow-senators, IL. II; Goldsboroug6n,
Bradley and David T.. Blackstone we are sat
i'tied that they would, if present, fully endorse
the views above expressed.
CORRESPONDENTS BETWEEN GEN. CoOMBS AND
HORACE GRBRLEY.
The following correspondence has taken
place between Gen. Leslie Coombs Of KY.
| and Horace Greeley, of the N. Y. Tribune:
FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. %, 1850
ny Dsar Sir - have no time or inclination for
an argument, much less for controversy with you
You know | am an honest citizen of the United
States, | saved Kentucky last August from the
power OF Southern treason, and now wish to say
word to yoa-whlch must Re needed
The Slave and Territorial question must now
noW-be settled on fair and constitutional grounds;
or Kentucky-Oid Kentucky, the land OF soldiers
and patrlots-will be forced into revolutinn.-
Ninety nine out Of every hundred men in Ken
tucky demand this easy solution Of our trou bies
With this we can take care of the South, without
| IT there will be civil war-war-and blood, and
| desolation.
Iou may think lest, or am alarmed; but know
what say is true. 4 he coat OF arms of Kentucky
ID, two men embracing each other; and her flag
| motto. :. United we stand divided we ial'' and
| such will be our fate. Throw away all prejudice
| your country. LEsLIR CooMBs.
| To Hor0ee Greeley, Esq
tRBPLy.I
ny D.ar General Yoa are soldier, and | am
| as little time or taste for argument as you, and
will strive to emulate your dreetness and bTevity
agree with you that 1t ~ well to settle the dis
| them finally.
question On the basis of Mr.. Jeffersons proposl-
ton reported to Congress in April, 7s4 within
territory 10 dea WITH Mr. Jederson was "a '' one sH
our greatest Revolutionary statesme n-he was a
Flrginlan-a straightforward especially honnred
happened foTty.yeaTs afterwards New York was
then slave State, set she supported him right
heartily so did sixteen out OF the twenty. tn ee
members present and voting though nearly all were
from save states | propose that we now take VI
and apply it to ali the Federal Territories, presen
ana prospective, and thus settle the Territorial
pace 10 the country, so far as the Territories can
aHeot 1t.
AS to ali other Slave questions, proposs as fol
Let each State cherish or prohibit slavery, as
1t shall see fit.
H. Let each citizen like or dislike Slavery as to
hin shall seem good and be at perfect liberty to
| giye his reasons for the faith that ls IN nun.
l
| groes so long as he shall retain them IN some
| slave state If any runs out of such STATE let the
him back into servitude. free from any imperti-
| lent lntermeddilng: Should any third party poke
master be at liberty to cowhide him for the intru
| SION But let the laws of everv free State mold
every man free W no does not choose to he slave
| ~ Ii auy person goes from a free into a slave
State, and there attempt to stir up rebellion, al
interfere any way between M asteIs and slaves. lei
hlm be dealt with as the law of that sIave State
| shall direct
Such seem to me the essential basis of settle
ment Of the territorial and slavery question, hich
| deem essentially fair, just, and reasonable, A
| settlement on such basis would be repugnant tC
no moral sense. would leave no room for heart
barnlngs. and would be essentially indestructIble
II you Will give 1t your support, no effort OF mine
fhal oSf. " %aniln9 trn to ensure Its oe success
Gen. Leslie Coons5s, Frankfort. Ky.
| LITTER FROM MAJOR ANDERSON.
| We have been furnished by gentleman o.
| Baltimore, (says the Baltimore Exchange
| with the following letter from the commander
| of the United States forces at Charleston. As
| anything from that quarter.is of interest, we
| lay 1t before our readers:
! FORT M0ULTKIR, s. c., Dec 25. 1860
| Dear Sir:-I thank you for the troubl you
were kind enough to take in correcting some
| OF the rumors about me. You are right in the
| opinion that / could not, and would not, say
| any thing contradictory of them. My plan al.
| ways has been to try to do my duty honestly
| and fully, and to trust that in the good SENSE
| of justice of the people they would give me
| credit for good Intentions, even if my iudg.
| ment should turn out not to have been good
l must confess that l regret that the papers
are making so much OF my position here.
do not deserve the least credit for what au
doing othing more than any one else would
do in my position; and perhaps not done hal
| go well as many others would do. ! receive
| nearly by every mail, letters Of sympathy, anC
many of them from strangers.
l hope that it will kuot be long before some.
| thing will occur to give me chance Of being
| relieved from my present position.
Thanking you for your kind reTnem brancs
| of Inc, am, truly yours.
ROBERT ANDERSON.
| To -, Esq, Baltimore.
| MAJOR AEDKRsoN's reilly TO THw CHARLES.
TON AUTHoRITIEs.
The Wilmington IN. C.) Herald gays;
After Major Andersen removed TO Fort
| Sumter Gov Pickens sent Col Pettigrew and
Major Capers down TO him with 4 dispatch -
| The Courier says his reply had not transpired
but we learn that a gentleman who arrived
here yesterday from Charleston says thai
| Major Anderson received the aboye-named
gentlemen courteeusly, ard stated to them
| that he had acted upon his own responsibility
and for security-that he deprecated the ne.
cessity for it, and hoped no attack would be
made upon him-that he should hate to turn
his guns upon his countrymen, but, unless
commanded by the Government of the Uni ted
States. he would never surrender the pos
while he lived, and that II Al attack was made
upon him, he hoped the first shot fired at the
fort would pierce his heart. 1t is sand he has
one years provisions in the fort and over two
hundred men.
AID FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.
The news from South Carolina received
during the last three or four days, has pro.
duced universal excitement among our citi.
xens, and we have yet to hear of but few per.
sons who do not fully sympathise with the
people of the gallant Palmetto State in theiI
determination to throw off the Black Repub'
Iican ruIe. On the receipt of the first news