Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-21
RoLIlsToS, NEAR NORFOLK Va.
Nav l6. 1861.

a " -ltnA DoUNSAp
DEAR SlR:-Yours OF the 7th Of May found
ne quite i'll, and | am now barely able to re-
uiY 20 It in the brieies. possible way.
You sag rightly, that the war Of 1856, begun
d; Northern fanatics, was one Of unmitigated
hostility to the rights OF naturalized citizens,
and 10 the religion, especially, of Catholics
Virginia was the bulwark of your defence, aud
!. is the glory Of my life that, in the Prori-
dcnce OF God, I wns made the instrument OF
crushing the tyranny Of test oaths aud intoie-
rance, operating in the horrfd gloom Of the
dark lantern G fsecrecy. Now Virginia and the
Southern States are separated, and hope Tor
ever, frou the land of isma. You ask me
whether Virginia stands now firmly by reli-
sious liberty, and the rights of adopted citi-
zens, as thes did in 1865, and whether the
Confederate States Of America will not, through
cyi! and good report, stand firmly by those
principles which guarantee to all citizens oil
foreign birth every right according to tho Con-
s~,i!u.iun and laws you now possess My an
swcr is en,pnutic, that / an conideut the host
in Virginia wto elected mt Governor of Vir-
sin;a in 1855, are nil true and firm as ever,
w!,en they withstoot your Northern enemies
10 tho memorable campaign Of that year ;
nany Of those opposed to us then are now
friends, and nearly NIL of the iulse men in Fir.
GINA now, who side with Northern aggression,
we're then Know Nothings-wisness, Garlic,
Jackson, Wiley and others, of Northwestern
Virginia, now arrayed against us. The South
ern States all we're, in 1856, united With Viz
GINA for naturalized and religious rights, and
they could not command Iny sympaIhles and
services as they noT do, if I vas not sure Of
their ;ncst sacred respect for these and ali
other ',dividusl rights which belong to hu.
msni,,, as God intended it to exist in this
world. will, with my head ard my heart
be s,..nsible to every naturalized citizen, and
% ever de7otee of true and uode6led religion,
such a. acknowledge the humauities Of civil
cation. ard especially. nil acknowledging Christ
crucihed, Tor equality. protection and freedom,
under :he benign Constitution and luwAoI the
Confederate States of America
With assurances Of my special personal and
political regard, l ain very truly and faithfully
yours, HENRY a WISE
The BALTIMORE BArrALloS.-W learn IRON
the Richmond Wing, that the first company Of
the first battalion of Maryland Volunteers was
election of E. r. Dorsey, late Lieutenant OF
the Baltimore City Guard, as Captain; 5. II.
Stewart, of the same corps, as first Lieutenant,
6IlS ~ SdIlsl SuilbIf W IAN "a" Noo'ay
as second Lieutenant, The company comprises
about one hundred athletic young men, Of each
Of whom it may be trushfully said, hes every
ZACH a soldier" Several other companies Of
B4ltinoseans will be organized here.
FIELD OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.
Friday evening it IVES definitely determined
by the Government: to send Major General 3.
F. Butler to Old Point Comfort, Va, (Fortress
Monroe) rsken in connection with the heavy
additional force known 70 have been ordered
ihither within the last week, this order to
General Butler is believed to involve the de-
sign Of giving him command Of the expected
field operations Of the United States in that
quarter of Virginia- Washington Star.
Removal Of rhe Capital OF the xouthern
Courederacy 60 Eiehmond.
Tho Montgomery Advertiser" Of Tuesday,
says:
'Itis now settled, we believe, beyond persd.
venture, that the Capital of the Southern Con-
fsderacy is TO be removed to Richmond, Virgi-
mia, shortly, the di:,c. vote upon the subject
~hsviagbeen taken yesterday"