The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-23
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We cali attention to the following commu-
uicaticn with which we have been favored by
a distinguished citizen Of the South, who II
well AGO uain ted with the state of public SEN
timsnt, and who has recently returned from
MARYLAND and was present In the Baltimore
battle on Friday;
Editor Of the Dispatch:-Tbe position of
Maryland Is an exceedingly CRITICAL one
There Is imminent danger OF having her Iorceo
into n position which will enable Lincoln 10
recover from the blow which the ntherh
men delivered in Baltimore last Friday
Hicks is In favor of organizing an Uhioh-at,
any price" party, nnder the style OIL an armed
| neutrality. But that armed neutrality WIN
be made TO include the Capital at Washing
ton, the President, Cabinet officers, and the
| Northern forces now stationed there Few
| days will suffice to enlist the sympatny OF
the Maryland troops on the sioe Oh the Nor'u
| ern Government because special care Will ee
| taken by Winter Davis, that the enemies Of
| the South shall be enrolled at washington
| With the city Of Washington thus secured,
the District Of Columbia VIII become inc pass
| of operations from which to wage an onen-
| sive war upon Virginia, and thus gradually
detach Maryland from our cause.
Baltimore has raised the standard OF resist
ance, and If the Southern men mere naa oeen
| organized and armed, Lincoln would have
| been a prisoner to-day. Our friends are not
| armed as they should be. There are, perhaps,
| seven or eight thousand men In Maryland
/
| in Baltimore is that the line of communica-
| ton will be opened between Virginia and Bal
| timore, by the capture, at once, OF Washing
| ton This is the hope, and this ID the expec-
tation. 1t can be done. But now Is the time
| to do it, before Hicks, Winter Davis and Gen.
Scott can divert the Baltimore movement into
| an anti Sou thern channel.
BY taking Washington, we are complete
| masters OF the position. 1t secures Mary land
| and Baltimore, and thus secures Western ' IT.
| pinia, because Western Virginia is more in
| fiuenced by Baltimore than by Richmond II
fiuenced by Maryland in the same manner
that Maryland is influenced by Virginia. II
| advances our base of operations beyond BAL
timore on the high road to Philadeiphia
where we would hang like an avenging cioue
over that City OF Brotherly Hate, WAN tnt
power to reach even New York. With PhlIa
delphia and New York thus threatened, WE
cause Il diversion which will force the west
| ern troops to the Atlantic seaDoaro, anu tiiu'
encourage, embolden and animate the South
ern men in Kentucky and Missouri IL ~ un
necessary to refer to the moral presttye Whici
we would gain by possessing Washington
Every die tate of policy, of chivairy, ana
gratitude, should urge Virginia TO march u
| the relief of Baltimore. Our friends ther'
are perhaps this day fighting with their hand
against Lncoln's armed hosts or the merce
naries of Henry Winter Davis. The Southern
men of Baltimore have literally thrown thei
unarmed bodies before the SWORD payo
nets of the abolition troops, to save Virginia
: They themselves have struck the blow, ant
surely we should be ready to march to thei
relief We can only reach them-We can onl.
succor them--by marching through the city q
Washington. Baltimore has asked for arms
Let us take them there over the dead bodie
of Lincoln and his abolition crew.
TEXAS RANGER.
Spots,oood House, April %, 1861.