Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-06-29

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1ARs ISLAND, CAL, May -, 1851. I
ToJ John Letcher, Governor Of virrini,
Encellexey-I have - day seen, for
the first time, - ordnance of "The
Coavsation, !" issued = form Of Q proc.
lamation, The injuqD(1oa Of secrosv
bsisg removed, ""by Slsaef Of the Gov.
sruor," BY Geo. w. 4umford 6ecre-
taey ofthe Oummoawcaltb.
One section Of this ordinance resds
thus: "And that he (the GOVERNOR
shall Immediately invite oil efficient and
worthy Virginians and residents Of VIZ.
ginia, in the Army and Navy of tho
United States, to retire therefrom and
70 enter the service of Virginja, asaim.
ing TO them such rank b viii mot he.
verse the relative rank held BY them
IN the United 6tates sefv:0y, ma VIM
q least be equivalent tbetitp.y Il ut
John Letcher, for the salde of the
American character I deplore that ssths
ipjunctios Of secrecy" was rstoetol I
am GLOW to believe that any body Of /.
Virginians, met in solemn Convention,
could have deliberately authorised you,
1.-THE Governor" to "invite ill efficient
and worthy Virginians, and residents
of Virginia. in the Army and Navy Of
tho United States" to betray their trust;
to turn their hand, their efficiency and
their worth, against the flag which
has given to them oil they have and ait
they are worth. I can hardly believe that
any body of the select men of the Old
Dominion could "invite" any man,
through their Governor, to become an
honorable deserter. Even with the tan
gible evidence of the sad fact before
me, I arm in doubt as to the identity Of
the ordinance. sifsaa.sr 3
Excellency, I feel assured that the
fifty odd loyal and true men-reduced,
by some "political hocus-pocus to :.
bakers dozen-who voted against 6es,
cession in the Convention, did thslR
best to save the State from this execrS-I
bic abuse of its people. Western Vir-i
ginia certainly does not lend itself to-
such Limitations. sefIaij 40 fsTan,
*A,J* ,erAsl ss9ss
John Lctcher, I am not = politieiapss
though am Virginian--by birth. "
am no Southerner, no Northefner; no
Western man. I am q citizen Of the
United States. 1t requires no political
to discover that f" The conven-
tion," whose orders you obey by pub
fishing its own precept for the bene--i
fit of the public, 'perpetrated . gross,
fraud on the people Of Virginia, and .
grosser outrage on the people and Gov
eminent of the United States. Your
Convention has precipitated the Shte
into hostilitics against the judgment /
Of, and has insulted, the people. II has
as an Offset shown the hands
Of those who, unhappily, now direct
the State. Nm ra4J .ll54a
Excellency, if I were to forsake the.
"Stars and Stripes" and join .yonr bsn-s
ners, what assurance would You have
that I would not betray you? Surely
not that of honor, nor that Of patriot
ism. Remember Arnold 81 .dla ail3 10
JOnn Aetcn0r, GOVERNOR gQI Virginia,
I scorufllly reject the infamous .propo-
sal OF " The Conventions" made public
by you-its organ. I decline to yield
myself, upon the invitation .ofa The
Convention" disgracefhl subordinate
to jeff: Davis; and unworthy md insfR-
cient Virginian that / am, not all the
wealth. biped and landed !. 1ots ~ H.
honors which the Old Domilios Gan
create, will ever seduce me from A. full
and unreserved devotion to the *Starsl
and Stripes" syss.ss;;sF gke..f
Excellency, you might have restored
peace to your Country-but you would
not. ueee $3.50 sei .snat tta
ras ) W. X. MATo, e..
Lieutenant q. ,S. Navy.
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