Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-12-26

I+t,e, frou, Fx-tsov. mos Lowe of yIsni.
The following is the letter from Ex-Governor Lowe
of MARYLAND in response to resolution OF The House
of Delegates of Virginia inviting him to privileged
seat on the floor of the hall of that body TO which we
ryftrred yesterday
SIR have the acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 4th inst the resolution Of the House OF
delegates Of Virginia inviting me to occupy the
privileged seats on the floor Of the ball thank you
cerely for the kind and corfa manner IN which you were
pleased inform of the distinguished honor conferred
upon by the enlightened and patriotic body over which
you preside and beg you assure the House that ear
nesy appreciate this delicate and sion of
its appreciation and good will Although the resolution
high compliment personal to myself dor which
am the grateful nasmuch feel that exceeds my
actual mers s. am nevertheless, perfectly sensible that
the purpose of the representatives of the people of
Virginia. in adopting this resolution show to the
world how deeply thee mpathjze with the loyal of
Maryland the fluctuations hitch Divine Providence
affections whilst bowed in their great
agony and driven almost to despair by that n deferred
0h1ch mdke the heart sack the people Of May ahd are
rot uDmnd nj OF another sautary which the Great
Disposer of events contemplate in lhus subjectng
them for time TO the fiery ordeal of Northern despot8m
and cruelty.
If Maryland had entered Southern racy eght
months she would have brongt with her compare i've
ly small but exceedingly CT class Of whose
rupon would secretly testered III the body polite and
ultima ely perhaps have its decay. On The 10Th of
l8s pr of those ready TO hail the Souh
haDuer nvEccd of lis power. he events of the
past months have asked those serve camp follow
of the North desp0t and placed between them and
the true Of thr Sta gulf which must ever remain
impassable is distinctly understood now that one or
the other Of those hostile classes must cupy and
issue shall have een made by appeal arms can
not doubt what he result Of that conflict will be- feel no
hesitation in predicting At Maryland, like Kentucky and
Missouri will come into the great conservative republic OF
the South purified OF the social and political
which brought upon noble Of by the mon
ey seeking emigants from the land of agfaen taaatcism
and sordid pa sons
Maryland will become again the home of the Cavaliers,
as he was before the mirror of her chivay was dimued
b. the frsat2 of the Slippers Even now the
shores OF Virginia crow ded with exied men who repre-
ancient historical loyalty their races this
hour down by the bright waters Of the chesapeake and
along the beautiful bank OF the Patomac there thou
sands OF mansioEs and small whe Mary anders keep
alive the high spirit aud cult the genial domestic
tues of their renowned ancestry The tasnt OF Northern
pe and ulcers of Northe red republican demagOgueism
will rapidly vanish the old state through the fur
Of actiop into VIII c she has been cast by Lincoln
with ercer rage than that OF the doatrous Nebu hadnez
faith, strive to mitigate the rgOr OF our exile and to
sfe the which rises in heats We listen to
breeze that the Potomac. and sautes the
edeTete flag We have permitted ourselves doubt
rescue of people from their cruel thra!dom lspeak
what kow when say. that despite the insoent mocke
ed sefs and upheld b. their masters bay oDets despite the
ed testimony of and suborned executive despite
the clamor OF subsidized press and the puslanmty of the
mammon- has always been IN cur n 6le
Northern Gesp0t and deVoedy attached to the cause of
Southern independence and constitutional liberty. Ana
after the bitter experiences Of the last half year. it
certain beyond all peadventure, that the actual adhel
of the Northern ent do not amount TO 1.-THE OF the
population. Fraud intimidation, violence, threats
sc ton, imprisonment the continued pressure Of arrogant
military rule pretty persecution temptations
patronage and all other base familiar to yrans
have been used with zesl worthy of less infamous cause
to extort from tie People Of Maryland expression
loyalty to tha UnoD they still persist in character
zng the decayed remain of The old governments and yet
their basties filled repetion with Maryland mart
end they dare not instant withdraw from her soil
the armed mercenaries who in their mbece terror,
guard at the doors of rebel women and arrest rebel boys
for wearing the obnoxious coors of tie Southern G
terrible the tyrapts mn2ns than thing earth ex
cept the ouhern steel which geIed around that flag
an hundred fields OF victory. No They well unders and
that Maryland is at heart REBEL she III '76
they remember the history # her deeds and the ia her
tories
would be an act o. approximation in to undertake
porary suhugation Of Maryland. It due her. however
that should hrey allude TO certain inent facts.
perfectly convinced that she would have left the old
Union Immediately had North Carolina and Virginia gone
out when the cotton Sta seeded Her Executive had
the marh0od oppose the revolution which he feared ard
hated until he surrounded by Northern bayonets.-
Covering under the storm Of popular Indignation he
into Monument quare the afternoon OF the memorable
10Th of april last whilst the blood the youths of
Baltimore, who had scornfuy driven of their city
twelve hundred armed abolition from Massachusetts, was
still fresh the and there called God
ness his loyalty the south and prayed that his might
rot from tie socket be raised his Southern
brethren such man, we'll knew, would have
dared to fs his finger against secession in the month
February last 1t wa, however, geographically and po-
cay BILE for vary land to join the cotton States
whilst other great states lying between her the
Con ederacy renamed even mihay with the North. The
delay from December to April fatal to her, and that
delay beyond her coatroI Lincoln then came into
power WIN ms HaVy Threatening the bay and rivers which
penetrate the state every point, with his army
gathering It's mighty columns from the ORTIZ pofessedly
for the protection OF the federal capital but reality as
have Slice witnessed the invasion Of Virginia. Mary
land had no arms ammunition, military organ zaon
er alseheaTted governor had purp0ely left de-
tenceess condition. in order that lie might without peril to
himself deliver her up at the suitable crucifed
and eceve his thirty pieces of silver the price his
speakahe treachcry. Then now, she uired only
arms. ammunition, ard thirty days organize her
population had she been fortunate to have had her
lot cast sou OF the Potomac, she would ha accomplish
ed her redemption long ago Be only highway
Inc north t. the federal capital her subngaton of
became p0ltca ana military Dc cesy with the northern
people, and she asseparted by wide from her
southern bFehren AID wholly without expectation
early as isiance from any quarter became that
her effort to resist invasion, however gallant and determG
ed, would have resulted certain defeat the
quent destruction of Batin city, which
hths OF her whole population and nearly ali of her com
merclal capital and en- erprise.
Baltimore then had than thirty five hundred rifles and
muskets ten aUzen small field pieces. and
non to defend the approaches the city. She sur
all support. After the 10Th April, Philadelphia New
York camorvd for her desl ucon uder pat
vaIry Manv oyai and gsant s men rense3 TO-
unequal to be followed by such inevitable aud
caamitons results They wonld have been willing carry
but in April and Nay they believed he mpractcabe
unless at the sacrifice Of every thing which constituted the
afford opportunity for the Accomplishment the great
purpose without demanding such price the destruction
and gallant at all times ready bring blacken
ea rum INTO the southern rather then to
chase immunity at the cost of public virtue AID priv
: honor rather than the flowers and jewels Of ~en
tai slavery They have always been ready to decide be-
tween these alternatives whenever necessarily and de6n
lively presented. At this moment with oustreched arms
they stand their desecraed "reminiscences crying out
their Southern brethren to give them an opportunt IN
pronounce the decision on the field Of battle They do not
ask for men 10 fight the bate OF freedom their own soil
They ask only for arms and Ammunition and that tho
yrans hand may be taken from their throat until they
can rally their people from the and valley Then
with the courage of the old MARYLAND line and the hen
edction of just Cod they will he able to carve out and
defend their liberties with their own swords Thew are
willing to accept humiliation as the nenatv of faiinre
he doarJ