Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-14
TIE RELATION on BALTIMORE 10 THE WAR.
EAsrvILLE, Va, Path August, 1861.

LAsI'iLLEt A. %'Ah nebeS' AS'A'
To the Editor Of the Wig:
have Just received letter from gentleman in Bslti-
more dated 5b who has opportunities Of obtaining cor.
rect information and forming sound Judgment possessed
BY few. It will sure, be interesting to your read
CTS, and therefore l send you an extract: T. Il. s.
"And now let me offer you views upon the pref
en-. state Of public matters from my stand point.
.First-and | say il with entire couhdence-the war,
so far wsged for the subugson Of the South or re-
construction Of the Unon over-indeed, abandoned.
The only conflict nov is for Maryland.
New York says, If the South cannot obtain Balti-
more her climatic diseases will prevent her creating q
commercial city; ard between New York and any other
northern city, the preference would s be given 10 the
great centre Of ride already established"
"For this object abe is willing TO make enc more strug-
ole think il will scarcely reach Grand Army fghi
BUT troops will be thrown into Maryland in large Dun-
bers aad the South will be called to drive them out
TIE present aspect Of the matter is this General
Ichrs-on will probably attack Banks, Who commands
tsl Five thousand troops the borders OF the Poto.
- near Harper's Ferry. After driving Banks into
Pennsylvania, he will move towards Baltimore, placing
his army in the rear Of Washington, while Beau
regard al proaches il in 'front.' II this attack is succes.
full the whole contest is at an end Whatever feeling
orce existed here favorable TO union with the North,
has been oberated by the rjudicious course Of the
the Federas
81 look forward to an early settlement Of this unbap-
py quarrel and TO government OF the Confederate
States which will b. guided in wisdom by the chosen
Statesmen of the land instead OF being made the prey
OF ignorant demsgogues who derive their potency from
the pot-house and other pueus OF vice that abound in
Northern cities.
"Tne battle Of Bull Run is perhaps unparalleled, in
some respects in the annals Of warfare friend Of
mine and old correspondent. whom l went to see in
Washington previous TO the fight, wrote TO me on the
27th. He commanded division Of the Federal Army,
comprng three batteries and some five thousand inan-
try, two thousand OF them regulars" he says
About p. H., came pouring out OF the battle car
"rages, hos, men, wagons and scattering soloieis pei
nell. This tn, first intimat;on had OF the de-
feat Until that time believed, from the returning
columns of the enemy, that we were victorious Then
followed the widest zest, most ungoVernsble, un-
manageable stream Of men ever behed. In trying
TO stop them, carisd, know not how far, and
had fallen, should have been trampled TO death.
This from one of their own g nerals!
learn from Washington that so much dissatisfaction
exists among the o,ers Of the regular service that
stampede is contemplated Five are said to have passed
through Baltimore their way to oifr service 70 the
South. Many more contemplate retiring from the SER
vee-an association With the regular political element
Which has risen into place. in the army, being rather un
palatable 10 educsted and refined genen'n.
You will remember how confidently alsays spoke Of
the power of "he South" establish her own form Of
government and release herself from those with whom she
could no longer dwell In harmony. That Conscience
never atered for moment Troops passed through our
city in large numbers-sometimes many as hive thou
sand per dsy-wel armed, well appointed with every
form Of weapon that could give efficiency TO an army
This occurred day after day. until Of our Northern
friends began pity "ths poor South The force seem.
ed to them overwhelming, so perfectly irresistible
Stattsn Eastman, Pratt Evans, all were surprised that
did not at acknowledge the utter hopelessness OF
the Sou bern cause. Ny reply was: "rhe eeater the
number the the will close. Every Yankee that
gets whipped in Virginia will be Missionary Of Peaes
when he gets back 10 New Engand-tbe more OF them
the better'-and so il is They going home by thou
sands each with loud poes sganst the continu'
ance Of the
In corroboration of what my friend has said about
Baltimore being now the bone Of contention heard
conversation related by one of the speakers in Aonu-
meut Square, last April wallis, think with North
ern Senator which occurred last winter, in Washington
The Senator maintained that account should Mary
land be allowed to join the South chiefly because oil is
great commercial CITY, which would become dangerous
rva-,hst 1t would require fifty years to build up sucn
an emporium of comm rce-and than suffer IL 70
belong to the South, 1t must be laid in ashes.
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