Daily national Democrat., 1861-06-05
nailp Acknowledgements

rLo "National Democratic" County Com
nttee of Siskiyou, met recently and called a
C.nvontion The following resolutions eX-
rrossive of the Committees sympathy with
Han jefferson Davis, President of the
c.ncodcrate States of America, were adopted:
RESOLVED, That in the opinion of the Exec
..;ro committee of the National Democracy
Ma restoration and reconstruction of the
1Tniop can alone be affected by Cancellation
"n pesoIred That Coercion" with all its at
.ondant horrors of civil war, must, in our
oninion. SO widen the breach between the
odntending sections that perpetual and per-
manent separation will inevitably ensue.
What patriot can withhold his support
from such party? They are against war
ovcont jeff Davis share in it. They are OPP
nosed to coercion-eXcept by the Southern
ronfederacy. They are opposed to invading
sates-except the loyal States. They are
ocOOsed to shedding blood--except the blood
If those who fight for the stars and stripes.
They think the Union can exist, only i'll the
affections of the people-of the Cotton States.
nize existing authorities They are for a
Union, by annexng the United States to the
Davis Confederacy. They are rampant rev.
outionists, eager to aid, when aid can avail
anything in forcibly deposing Abraham Lin
coln-the Constitutional President-from his
seat in the Presidential Chair Let us all
eupport these "National Democrats"
A Virginian gives John Letcher his Opin-
ion of him.
The following noble letter from Lieuten-
ant in the U. S. Navy, now on this coast, will
be read with pride by all Union men, but
more especially by those who hail from the
Old Dominion:
UNITED STATES SnIp ST. MAEY's,
MARE ISLAND, Cal, May 80, 1860. {
To JoHN LETCHER, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA:
ErcelLency-I have this llay seen, for the
first time, an ordinance of The Convention"
issued in form of a proclamation, "The in
junction of secresy being removed" "by or
der Of the Governor" 10y Geo. W. Mumford,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
One section of this ordinance reads thus
"And that he (the Governor) shall immedi
ately invite all efficient and worthy Virgin
ians and residents of Virginia in the Army
and Navy of the United States, to retire
therefrom and to enter the service of Nir-
ginia, assigning to them such rank will not
reverse the relative rank held by them in the
United States service, and will at least be
equivalent thereto.
John Letcher, for the sake of the Ameri-
can character, | deplore that "the injunction
of secresy" was removed, am slow to be.
leve that any body of Nirgnans, met in
solemn Convention could have deliberately
authorized YOU, "the Governor" to Invite all
efficient and worthy Virginians, and resi-
dents of Virginia, in the Army and Navy of
the United States" to betray their trust to
turn their hand, their efficiency and their
worth, against the flag which has given to
them all they have and all they are worth.
can hardly believe that any body of the Sc
lect men of the Old Dominion could "invitc'
any man, through their Governor, to become
an honorable descrter Even with the tangi
ble evidence of the sad fact before me, am
in doubt as to the identity of the ordinance.
Excellency, feel assured that the fifty odd
loyal and true men-redueed by some ''po-
ftcar hocuspocus TO bakers dozen-who
voted against Secession in the Convention,
did their best to save the state from this cX
ecrable abuse of its people. Western Nir
gnia certainly does not lend itself to such
@Gitdti07s
If | remember ariglt, sir, the leading
States Rights men of Virginia declared, at
the time of the Hartford Convention, that
the secession Of a State from the Federal
Union was treason How can leading States
Rights men from Virginia, Ho~ "inyite' the
military officers of that same Federal Union
to commit the sin which HeA was 50 damna-
Die? What system of morals works the
change?
John Lctcher, am not politician, though
am Nirginian-by BIRTH am no South
erner, no Northerner, no " estern man. am
a citizen of the United States 1t requires no
political acumen to discover that "The Con-
vention," whose orders you obey by publish
ing its own precept "for the benefit of the
public" perpetrated gross fraud upon the
people of Virginia, and a grosser outrage
upon the people and Government of the
United States Your Convention has pre-
cptated the State into hostilities against the
Judgment of, and has insulted, the people
1t has, however, as an Offset, shown the
hands of those who, unhappily, now direct
the State.
John Letcher, | am not your mercenary
nor the mercenary of The Convention.' My
primary and only allegiance is due and rem
dered to the United States. The United
NtaIes mas cared LOT me LOT many years. ana
its Aag is endaared to me 10y two many asso-
Citations to be lightly abandoned and turned
against in this hour of its direst peril, par
ticularly upon the promise to pay of an eX-
hausted treasury, and the promises Of rank"
from State whose militia, by her own show
ing and invitation, are commanded by
foreigner who is trait or to that Government
to which the people of Virginia are not faith.
less, despite the unholy and unpatriotic action
of "The Convention"
Excellency, if were to forsake the "Stars
and Stripes" and join your banner, what as
surance would you have that | would not
betray you? Surely not that of honor, nor
that of patriotism. Remember Arnold
John Letcher, Governor of Virginia, l
scornfully reject the infamous proposal of
"The Convention" made public by you-its
organ. 1t is cut from the same "secret" piece
dyed in the wool-as the perfdy of IIar-
pers Ferry and the Gosport Navy Yard. |
decline to yield myself, upon the invitation
of "The Conv ention" disgraceful subordi-
nate to jeff Davis; ami unworthy and in
efficient Virginian that | am, not all the
wealth, biped and landed not all the honors
which the Old Dominion can create, will ever
seduce me from full and unreserved devo-
iion to the "Stars and Stripes"
EXcellency, you might have restored peace
TO your Country-but you would not.
W. X MAYO,
Lieutenant U S. Navy.
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