Frederick, April 28
--
Senator Mason, of
Virginia, who is the guest of
Col. Kunkel, the representative of this District, in the late Congress, was serenaded here last night.
Mr. Xiam responded by saying that he was here accidentally.
He could not with propriety speak of
Maryland politics.
He could speak for
Virginia.
He could say, however, that the reconstruction of the
Union was an impossibility.
Virginia sympathized with
Maryland, and he intimated that
Virginia was disposed to exhibit it practically
Col. Kunkel said that the
North dented Christian fellowship to the
South.
There was no social or political sympathy between the people of the two sections.
The people of
Maryland would submit to be governed by the action of her legal representatives.
The Senate has hitherto acted as a unit, and will probably continue to do so.
In the
House there is considerable diversity of opinion.
It is urged that it is necessary for
Maryland to secede before she can claim the aid and protection of the Southern Confederacy.
Among the measures suggested, is the appointment of a Committee of Safety, with powers similar to those exercised by the Committee of Safety of
Maryland at the commencement of the
Revolutionary War.
Governor Hicks yesterday appointed
Grayson Eichelberger,
Esq., a member of the bar of this city,
Secretary of State.
The address to the people of
Maryland, unanimously adopted and published by the Senate, has been received in
Western Maryland and relieved the public mind of much anxiety from the apprehension of rash measures on the part of the Legislature.
Reports of a very large accumulation of Government troops at
Annapolis have reached here, but there is at present a disposition on the part of the Legislature to offer them no molestation.
The troops are reported, by certain parties, to have exercised very arbitrary powers by dispossessing the citizens of their farms and property, which has created much indignation.
