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[Communicated.]

Richmond, June 10, 1861.
To the Rev. Cornelius Walker, D. D., Rector Christ Church, Alexandria:
Sir:

--It is stated in the journals of the day, that on a certain Sunday recently, you preached as usual in your church, assisted by Rev. Mr. Myers, Chaplain of the Michigan Regiment.

Now, as this was not a private, but a public transaction, and as the Southern public has a vital interest in a precedent involving grave consequences, I will take the liberty to make the following inquiry and inference.--As the Ritual of your Church prescribes a prayer for ‘"the President and all others in authority,"’ and as your Rev. Assistant on this occasion was an officer, commissioned and paid, in the forces now holding Alexandria as a conquered city, I would respectfully ask, for what ‘"President "’ and for what ‘"authorities"’ did that gentleman pray? If for your President, and your authorities, then he is a traitor to the cause in which he is enlisted; but if he prayed for his President, and his authorities, then he is not a traitor, but some one else is.

Quien Sabe.

The Daily Dispatch: June 11, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 11, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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