Year: 1861

call on the President 10 give him their sympathy in
tanning Anderson at Fort Sumter his disposition TO
maintain the federal authority.


D ans ,s aooonsts generally are beginning to crow say


20 one here appears any longer to contemplate recon
any interest and general disruption Of the Union
regarded Dy all as fixed fact The only difference Of
snsa ess's now Is in relation to the tme most
peope however snrewdy believing that is not far OIL


Serious apprehensons are entertained here for the
safety Of the city


Suspicious entertained that Northern roudies will
swarm here on the 4th OF March with view to the plum
der and rapne of the capital Business every kind is ut
teTly stagnant ana universal gloom hangs over the city


from the Richmond Dspatch.l


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s 1870


II sbeleved that Col Anderson acted orders from
General Scott but this denied by the General the
administration also. One thing well known here viz
that General Scott in favor Of immediate force
the extent Of sending large bodies Of federal troops into
all Of the Southern States Az military il is
raj he should urge strict obedience the
and having lived SO long in the North his sympathe
enlisted there rather than the side of his native
State and the South.


Civil war is as certain in my Judgment, as anything
ne b can De MAD an M M last evsng Win
that name He is Of the few Northern who have
studied the subject of slavery thoroughly His views go
the South purer people than the North and that
form Of society ensures at once higher morality and
more stable government How war to be averted he
cannot tell The aboitionss will not yield; the South
cannot and ought not abandon its rights Deprecag fra
ternal strife, he yet thinks inevitable The nfamma
tion Of ntcrsectonal feeling s 30 violent that 1t be
cured only by blood letting


The republicans, fresh from visit to their consttu
enis confirm this opinion They are more defiant than
ever.


What we in Virginia doS A good deal Our Military
Institute has filed the State with competent officers Our
citizens brave. We better organized than any
other State in the Union Every county has its volunteer
company, armed and equipped most Of them, and
guns and ammunition Tho Harper's Ferry raid has put
us on war footing, and events have kept us So In the
United States army we have the greatest military genius
Of the ageso pronounced by General Scott and all the
army ofcers-I mean Major General Lee. He is a of
Virginia. and will be true to her. At home, in Richmond,
you have one of the finest regiments in the world Its
colonel has in his veins that Celtic blood which always
seeks the hottest front Of battle and conquers there Its
General has proved his courage the plains of Mexico
Moreover W. have Henry A. Wise-a two edged sword
Of living fire. Would TO Heaven he was Governor now
Yes, we can do a good deal. We can fight If the
point Of the bayonet Virginia prepared TO mee6S


Our only danger is from treachery in camp.
the valley and Northwest virginia in regard to aues
ton Of taxation to be raised in State Convention if
we hold one II is believed nay, is virtually known
that these letters their origin the suggestions Of
high authority The man who, for selfish purposes and
when civil war is impending, could stir up the embers Of
extinct quarrel divide the house against ITSELF is
denounced infamous beyond the power of language to
express. Such would not hesitate murder his
own mother u by SO doing no could secure the object Of
his contemplate ambition. His motive, in the present
reward.


Our members nave been tardy 10 aCquainting the peO
pie with the imminency Of danger-the impossibty Of
peace. II gives me pleasure to state that the member
from your district Mr. Dejarnette has been less derect
than the rest. Ten days ago paper was drawn up in
his while present, setting forth the simple
fact that there not the least hope in Congress- and
that the people Of Virginia had other alternative than
to rely themselves. This paper Mr. Dearnete carried
around to all representatives, but obtaining only FIVE
signatures thought IL inadvisabe publish IT, 1t Is but
justice make known this fact in regard to who
the honor of his State and the best interests
Of the South any living. The paper TO which
haun oil a6 will uupAat
forwarded TO your city. Harris Oechcrs successor)
and Millson will hardly sign II. Clemens is doubtful.