The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-09
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The suhjdgatieu vf Maryland.
Everything tnat thro VS. iig b 1 upon the pur-
poses and plans Of the Lincoln DYNASTY is of
Importance 70 the people of the Confederate
States. We juSge OF the future by tn past
What tyranny has done, it will do again, If 1t
can What it has done TO o'hsrs under 'ts
power, it will do to US, If not thw arted in its
c, uel purposes "ro bs forewarned is to be
forear!ned - "If they have done these tn nzs
in the green tree. what shalt De done in tue
dry 80 by object is 10 invite the attention of
your readers To the ccadition of things in Bal
Imore and Alexandria, as a specimen OF the
"reign OF terror" which is to per vade the
tire Sou-h. should the Northern vsncals sue
ceed il their accursed project OF suhjuEadon
] n. the latter city here are, 1t Is supposed,
about six thousa nd Federal troops, and about
two hundred peaseabie, yet loyal siH7ens
Of Virginia, capable o. hearing arms. yet uu-
armed There martial law, in its most risor-
Gus forms, is in vogue The citizens, both
male and female, are almost daily murdered
in tho streets aud In their houses. People
own in cold blood by the Uuitsd States sol
djers. Ministers have been arrested tor not
only preaching, but praying as their conscisp
ces dictated. Churches, though there was no
lack Of accommodation IN other buildings,
are turned into hospitals and barracks, ana
their walls have been defiled with biasphe.
nous sketches and sentences, and the furn.
ture wantoniy destroyed All this has b-en
their own SIDE as we'll by ours, who have
been eye witnesses. These are but srecimens
of what would have been witnessed In Rich
nlond, had not God given us the victory Ct
MANASSAS.
As for the state of things in Maryland, es-
pscialiy in Baltimore, I refer you to the fol-
lowing extracts from & letter recently Tecei red
from highly respec table and reliable cit-
zen of that city. The letter is dated July VI.
Since then the reins of oppression have been
more tightly drawn The Police Commis-
sioners nave been transported 70 be tried, or
perhaps executed without trIsl, in places
wh.re their witnesses could not, without
great difficulty and expense, be heard. . ther
outrages equally hhgrant ard equally IN
known TO the Constitution and laws, have
been committed, Let our people ponder
:hess, things, and see IL in them we do nat
fad 3 sufficient motive foI L iking on stru1gle
really ons of Victory or D.atht" My Bsiti-
You ask how 1t is with as in Baltimore
I can't tell you half on paper for there is 10
knowing into whose hands this may fall
Eyary man Is closely watched, and all hav6ro
oe CAREFUL ho they speak or write. Tet@1t
can do no harm to say that Maryland Is a
suSias.tsd 2,rOutnce. lying on the borders of
the nlstric1 OF Columbia, in which neither
that CT the once State OF Maryland, nor the
laws 0f the city, are in the least regarded -
Since the memorable Is h OF April, We have
had stirring and exci,ing times hero. For
several days following that day the Secession
eisrIaent had the ascen6ancy. We were daily
in expectation of an efJrt to pass Northern
troops through our city This certainly would
have been attended with bloody slaughter --
by degrees the Government gained the mas
terry, and now troops pass through daily -
The ksderaiis.s have every thing their own
Way-camps OF soldiers ali around the city
and in tbs city, and canneA placed at the
B1ttle Monument and in Exchange Place .--
Ihe hdIeuS c0rpms has been suspended over
the protest of Chiet Justice Taney. and our
fellow. citizens held as prisoners in Fort Nc
Ii
and denied trial Capt M6rrvman has been
there for several weeks Our Board of Police
Com N issioners and Marsha, Kane are also
there, The best police in America has been
d.sbauded by order of ey Congressman, ex
Governor, Gen Banks, W hO commands at the
Fort. Gen. Keniy is our Provost Marshal,
and the remains OF the Club dynasty and men
OF such stamp, who will take the oath OF ale
glance are our police. supported by the hire
ling soldiers tationed IN our srreate.-
We have 70 go through a file OF soldiers 70
20 10 the pos office. Ali business is sus pencel
no such thing collecting house rents,
ground rshrs, or anything else. A gentleman
told rae The other day that his ircome iazt year
from real estate was twenty q We Thousand
dollars, but tsts year ne did not expect 20 col
iect enough to pay his taxes - eoo;I that he
had tfered two stores on Baltimore street,
for which he was getting 81 500, 10 tie ten
ants # they would pay tie taxes, and they
would not agree 20 it. - is renting II
IL 4.lo 'store for S75c. and Mr., - is renting
her house on - street for $500, which
last year hrougns $50. Many pei sons do net
pre.snu to charge ything Thousands upon
thousands are ont OF employment, and but for
Thomas Winans thousands wosld slaerish with
| hunger. He has pure hasec the Presby ter ian
church opposite his house, on Baltimore
street, and converted it into {. soup house, and
all VINO will may go there and be supplied
he leeds over SIX thousand daily, and thou
sands have no other nourighment
"WeLhave a most quiet city. The fght ting
men, from the most respecfahls portion o. SO
a,s "A
The rotodiss have joined The Fede ans 5. The
Government have captured all the AIMS they
could lay their hands on, and yet they fear
Baltimore, an unarmed and non Resistant
oinrEuHity }"
Now, let it be remembered that Maryland is
yet q State in the Union. Her Legislature or
her people have taken no legal or official step
towards secession She has her fall quota or
Representatives in both Houses OF Congress,
! and, so far as know, they are al Union
ment She il, as my friend says, " unarr1ed
| enc non resistant" and yet, il reqGires Z
/ force of some ten or twelve thoCsand nsn 10
/ keep her people down in Baltimore alone, 70
. say nothing of the army at Annapolis and
| along har railroao.-aro oably in all not
! Tess than twenty thousand men -
, Now, If this unarmed and non resistant" "
| 5 State--a State that is avoWedly Rt peace with
the United States-is oppressed by the pres
! ence and insoisnce of IN army Of 90 600, wha:
may we of Virginia--a Safe against which
| Lincoln is waging war--Ect expect st his
| hands The foregoing facts and L. ures also
afford matter for some nice calculations on the
| part of Lincoln's adhsrents. Maryland has
| a population of about 200 900; Virginia, about
1,500 GOO l write from memory, without re-
| ference to the late census. Now, the Ques-
| tion TO be considered is II loyal State, (for
| such Maryland processes TO BEL unarDned and
! 1T peace with the United States, cannot be
kept loyal by less than 70 900 men, now large
| Il force VI II II req uire first to subjugate, and
| then to hold Virginia, already il 3 atale OF
| armed rebellion, and backed by the alliance
| of ten other States AS we'll armed and as de.
| tiant as herselff This problem leave for So
| la lion to Lincoln, Seward, Chase Il 90. So
| respectable firm surely can work II out, and
| make thsir calculations and lay their plans
| tor sub bjugation accordingly. Writes.
| General Thomas J. Jackson.
| The Enquirer gives the following sketch o'