Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-05
TIL. DEgEYcss AT FORTRESS MONROE

The Editor NJ The Richmond wing:
Ds.R The roinder or Mr. segAr card Of the l'h
taking issue with lin 10 the irhiuness Of certain
in relation u the dence' a. Fortress Monroe, demands from
brief reply
viii obvious m,st superficial reader thu. Mr. serar
doe rot deny single fact Mt card whilst he endes
vor5 sustain hts original POSITION By EYerny that there Is no
d-crpatcy between our respective statements Let examine
We presume that person OF cr'lnary intelligence upon
r,Iliny hi, card atone his conciuso
that nothing has been done than ordinarily done and
noting more than az ~ t' usual a. proper A. military
the port but any peo read the array facts in
ca-d R,dnji and chic are aHdeniGbs and re
tln Of t' oPooa hen We need n oager SoHder At The ain
| Of green cheese cred T. JudTas Aiela, &c -, ,
lie there only three polluted inland on the 2nd
goggles Does he meaa to convey the ide, h. htrs srs q,
oasr gi1. HoHfe hs LiHd si5e daef WoIld
three ga united the land side Of the fort; An :
~, there we're at that tine (ind now reen gGn'
i've could be mounted II the fort actually besegsd
nins Of many others which be easily directed towards
Ain he The gdrs referred to by him. being capable of
veg the Impression that theft modnn VAS to protect tic f
from ;he sid bu, that they might turaei against the
Land f-om & Wig M sweep Nov We said Cand We re9eA
M statement, That none Of - guns re- eny mounted since the
ference have sweep Of more than 80 deg ahd very few III any
be made bear seward towards tie roads, whence
a ,tts-s might be mad by foreign re
A guns are pointed direction Nor
'> Princess Arhe c-urtts distance Of four miles 1t Is n
7ey and accuracy that they poln towards the Blue Ridge
Mos OF the pontg towards the roads ut point in that H.
BE fra ruepy qnes, vrpt Is REGARDED as suc6) 10
make attack Afford defence aga attack from the sea-
al have been mouned before within the recoecous
those who have been familiar with the denc OF the fort for
ta.i r. Gu ,rter OF a 'utury.
II these cannon AIRY part Of s'tl
ey prcce Why be asked has this been done he
= although Old Point has artillery pr
1g almost the enirs term Of the pres Mt admpa ion And
hose prepMaioes be msrers Of such obvious moPTey hat
90 commandint who wtul fail In the precauol would de.ve
10 have vs. ephueeI taken from b shoulders by court
what penalty should beuncsi all precious command
. Mo have been dcirct Ia Ibis respct and especially upon
to- present incumbent rens In the proper tscha
h5 duties Ill the i5h OF January, l'ol' Surely mder pea
! ally sh0uld not be visited on lin
As ses,r has information from the officers
ttery Hahius who asl Inspector II Artillery,
-d that these preparations should be made on bis recent Visit
e dismiss he paragraph with regard to the moa, being kept
ng remark that doubt very Proper PIE
cuons under the APPREHENSION Of Al aac aud Ia Ms view Of
- Gaze the vigilance % those in Commands 70 Re highly CON
A. citizens Of Hampton We de- at rake special complaint u
ae-e hingu much alarmed; rraps not more
han Mr. segir himself those beyond the Bne kdse, but
are mel that the facts ali not be withheld rjm the
pu2c and that NJ peparaoas sha be made under
silly preelt that nothing done hut what Ordinary usual
and proper st al tines They may be very proper as We have
curh4cay d.y that they ,ith=r ordinary Usual in
net keeping the most lei w.er, is correct
s0linsTy has been going for the last es weeist Lst the
proper auhoris hat they have been done bec-ue 10 the
ii,ment cf military men, necessity for them ani
as-s Of Hampton, Will complain, hut bear the terrible
posing The prSt assigned BY r sgar no matter upon whose
| Au.Eo Try q mas have been made
A. the mpuon Of 81 mi prociyies We have oay 10 10
mark that In the election for mem0T of tr state Conven
divided In lon Of as voting for the $50
led Conservative and the Recession and date Mile
Of Naide,s Sh Nr. Segdc Ia 1855 and all who
at that time the stage Of action cordially endorsed his
celebrated speech the Onway resolutions In leg when be Ut
tered III: rObe sentiment that sooner than TIL proud old
Cmmonweah degrad Ia right degraded dignity sunk do
lover level than other sts Saies would this
Union dashed into frag uens forever "
mr gives emphgs the fac. that Of visited the
,T Sabbath eye.nK We really cannot discover the reie
Of this the question Issue, and uy trust that kI
JEALOUS regard for the observance Of the SbLah be
unexpected by all the people OF i, vicinity
Def that he rigid
entitled him those who
be quite he Is In the Observance Of
ave Of the decalogue aud who least his
| peers.
Heretofore have been separated Wigs and
hut united citizens d Nr.a dyo "a solely
Interests honor o noble cid Commonvs aud against
Black Republican rule. under It's Union dl Use
W. respectfully eluest papers that copied M rtjOnder
fiye this reply Insertion aud the Richmond Why
advertisement and send the bill II. the
| qlirer Tor collection. respectfully.
| John b Cary Jrsoph Phil Fps,
&c rye W Hope 10 ATueld,
Geo W Senple, john Camel
Richard Hope, WIN. Vaughan,
william Ham, john l.. Joyuts,
Samuel White, II. Vaughan
Ps-some few othe sgners Of the pevou could b,
IN time 20 their signatures attached TO this.
Hampton Feb 10th 1851 mh5-lt