The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-23


TAis gentleman, 4 native q viffihig. And
formerly = captain In The 'hfssd States Ma.
fine Corps, has just arrived in his natiys
South, AFTER . long amprtsonusrt A. rore
Lafayette and Fort warren. Cant. Tansili
resigned his poaition ~ long age e the l7th
OF May last, when the frieats 70 which hs
Was attached was abssat on = foreign cruise.
his letter OF resignation to the Secretary Of
me Navy, and the curt reply OF that func-
uonary. ne give below:
tC"py.l U. s. FRIaArx CoSon sss,
Monssvidto. May II, 1851.
President Lincoln, and it ssSms to me that
II the policy therein announced " carried
out civil war must snsus.
In entering the public service took an
ceasArily gives me right to interpret 1t Our
institu lions, according TO my understanding,
are founded upon the principle and right Of
self-govsrnneat. The States In forming the
Con fedsracy did not rslinQuieh that right.
and believe each State has . clear and an
question able right 70 secsds whenever the
people thereof think proper, and the Federal
Novsrnme has no legal or moral authority
to use physical force TO keep them in tn
Union.
Entertaining these views, caunot con.
scisn tiously Join In q war against any Of the
state: .ni .aaa navs :,r.sdy sscsdsd. or may
III.
the purpose OF cosrcing them back into the
Union. Such war, In my opinion. would
not only certainly and permanently ,, destroy
IT,, the Oonfsdsrsey, but. Il successful. estab.
hsn an unlimited despotism on the ruins OF
our liberty No personal considerable OF
advantage, however great, can induce me to
aio In canss which my heart tells me 10
wrong, and prefer to endure the most terri
bic hardShips rather than to prosper in the
destru ction Of the freedom of my country.
And oelievin G, sir, that 1t would be disji.
Genuous In me TO retain 10 y com mission until
inc dovsrnmsnt might require my service IN
consider 1t but prudent and just to now ten.
der my resign alton as Captain in the
United States Marine Corps.
am, SIR respectfully. your OBJ serv't,
hoE1RT TAEsILL
Captain U. s. Marine Corps.
Hon. Gideon Wales, Secretary Of the Navy.
Warrington, ID. y.
NAVY DrpARrnssr, 24,h Aurnst ,sga
str-Ycur resignation Is u Captain in the
Marine Corps OF the United States. rendered
in your letter OF the 18th May. 1854. has been
received,
BY direction of the President, your nsms
has this day been stricken from the rolls Of
tho Marine Corps.
am, respectfully, your obedisnt ser'vt,
0IDEoH WELLEs
MIR. Robert Tansit!,, late Captain U. S. Ma.
rine Corps, Boston Massachusetts.
Upon his arrival in the United States. on
the sd OF August, Captain Tansill was i'm.
prisoned in Fort Lafayette, and afterwards
transferred to Fort Warren. He was relsas-
cd on the 10th inst, being exchanged for
Captain Manson, Federal officer, and reach.
I'd this city on Sunday last.
Captain Tansill describes the treatment of
the prisoners in Fort Lafayette as bad, but
says they were kindly treated at Fort War.
ron. He II OF opinion that Nc lsliaa awaits,
before his advance, the gaining of some i'm
portant strategic point by the Burnside sx-
petition, and the expiration OF the term OF
enlistment BY the Southern volunteers. We
congratulate the gallant officer and his
friends ON his safe return to Virginia, and
hope that he may soon be employed in the
defence Of his alive land.