The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
The in telligence telegraphed to the North
ern ptess, from Washing ton, on the 4th inst.

The intelligence telegra phed to the North
| ern ptess, from Washing ton, on the 4th inst.
| is as follows:
| 1t is ascertaiued that the Committee of the
| Maryland Legislature, in their interview with
the President this morning, admitted both the
| right and power IF the Government to bring
| troops through Baltimore or through the
State, and TO take any measures for the pub
| lie safety which in the discretion of the Pre-
! sident might be demanded either by actual or
reasonably apprehended exigencies. They
| pressed their belief that no Immediate effort
| at secession or resistance of Federal au thority
| would be attempted by the Legislature or
State an thorities, and asked that In this view
| the State should rs long as possible be spared
the evils of military occupation or mere
re- yeHgeful chas stisement for former transgres-
sons. The President replied that their sug-
gestions and representations should be duly
| considered but that he should now saw no
| more than that the public interest and not any
| spirit OF revenge should actuate his meas
ures.
| 1t is not considered for the public advantage
| that erroneous statements of the proceedings
| in the councils of the Administration should
+: q abroad The assertions that the Secret3
| ries of State and Navy have differed from
their colleagues and from the President,
wayering when others were firm and ener
| getc, are without foundation. Equally un-
| true are the reports circulated in other quar-
| ters, that the Secretary of the Treasury diff
| iers in some manner from tha@ President or
| other members of the Cabinet.
The fact that such erroneous ideas obtain
currency is regarded the best evidence
| that the consultations of the Cabinet are, as
| they ought to be, confldentiaily kept. The
| above is predicated on information from the
| highest authority.
| With regard TO the interview between the
! President and the Committee of the Mary
| land Legislature, reported, the Baltimore
| Exchange says:
| The above is the dispatch of the agent of the
Associated Press. 1t Is needless to say that
| the facts are willfully distorted. The Hon. K
M McLane was the spokesman in the in ter
view with Mr. Lincoln, and we are assured
that the dignity and honor of our State were
| fully sustained by him. His official report to
The Legislature viii no doubt shortly appear,
when IA true statement will be presented to
| the public
| The National In telIigencer thus announces
| the resignat ation OF J udge Campbell
| We regret 10 announce to our readers that the
| Hon. John A. Campbell has resigned his ap-
pom ntment as Associate us tice of the Bench OF
| the supreme Court OF the United States That
tribunal loses IN him learned iurist and a
| faithful judge, who, during the entire period
| OF his official service, has illus trated the
| quail ties which most adorn the exalted station
| he was called to fill, and who in his retire
| ment will carry with him the admiration OF
| his cOuntrymen, and not least that Of those
| who may regret the sense OF duty prescribed
| to himself III rendering his resignation be
| cause, AS is supposed, OF pending political
| complications.