The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-02-06

i-.-. From the Cincinnsti Rnquirsrs--.
The Feeling in Vlrginis-The Danger
Ahead. as~
We have been permitted to make the
following extract from letter received by
. gentleman in this city from T. s. Allen,
a Clerk of the Court in Ritchie County,
Va. This is in the northwestern part
of the State, where the Union feeling is
the strongest, and where secession has the
fewest friends Mr.. Alien, writing under
date of January %, says: 6
"As to the crisis, / favor Crittenden's
Compromise, but I have no idea it will
meet with favor in tho House. Our cleo.
tion for delegates to tho State Conven-
tion will come of on the 4th prox., and
the Convention is to assemble on the 18th.
If no compromise is Effected in Congress
before the latter date Virgins will be
added to the number Of seeding States.
Virginis will never join the Northern
States in crusade against her sisters of
the South. l returned . few days ago
from Baltimors--intense interest and ex-
citement prevail there. Maryland is only
awaiting the action of our Convention to
determine her in the course to pursue.
She will follow Virginia. and 30. will the
othe. border States. Should war ensue,
l assure you it will be bloody one. :
It is needless to talk about coercing. sub
ljugating and that kind of stuf. Those
who think that the Southern States can
be whipped into measures know very little
about the character of the inhabitants" y,
As confrmatory of this letter, which
was not written for publication, we pub.
lish the following extract from the Staun-
ton [vs) Vindieator, edited by Mr.. Yost
one Of the few Virginia delegates who
did not secede from the, Baltimore Con-.
vention, bat who remained 10 that body
and voted for Mr.. Douglas, and who has
always been strongly opposed to the Sc
cessionists. He says: sassiidgqss1 'ie 81
Ave have been the steadfast friend of
the Constitution, and the institutions ,of
the United States--we have ever urged
our people to stand by aud maintain the
Union Of these States while the equality
of the States ir the Union was preserved
But If the coercive policy of Mr.. Buch.
anan is to obtain---if worse than militia
1 ~ despotism is to be established--if we
are to be governed at the point of the
bayonet, and our negroes hemmed in by
farmed men to multiply and increase upon
tus until our substance is consumed and
our very vitals eaten out---in the name oil
1 God and BY the memory of our Revolu-
tionary ancestry! we invoke our country.
, men to declare, in unnistakabls terms,
that We are prepared, before submission
to such Union of the victors and the
vanquished,' to havs the entire race o
virginians extinguishedi and blotted out
) of existence sssa $50, .ti...6.
Willing Ts Reslgn---Who Arc Afraid
To Trust The People.
Some time since, Mr.. Montgomery, o
Pennsylvania, o Democratic member, drew
,, ,,iup written proposition that the memberl
!. of Congress resign. and arrangements b
!! made for the election of their successors
TO meet on the Esd of February, in orde
that they. being fresh from the people
may adjust the present political differ
ences. That is q fair proposition. ant
ought to be accepted. The following
gentlemen have agreed to do so: III
Messrs. Montgomery and Florence. Q
Pennsylvania.
y Messrs. Clemens, Bocock, Martin, Gar
nett, jenkins, Edmundson aad DeJar
nett, of Virginia. - hp4i
Messrs. Wright and Avery, of Tennes
SEQ. l5g.e.,F, gs,., !,
+ Mr.. Riggs, of New jersey.
: Mr.. Taylor, of Indiana.
:. Messrs. Davis, Niblack, Holman an
= Engiish, of Indiana. t astaaa ssI
: Messrs Peyton, Burnett, Sinmon.
Brown and Stevenson, of Kentucky. aiss
Mr.. Smith. of North Carolina.
d Mr.. Whitley, Of Delaware.
: Mr.. Larrabee, of Wisconsin. as
! Mr.. Scott, of California. iesi sri 81
. n Mr.. Sickles, of New York. q y ba
2 Messrs. Craig and Anderson, Missouri
u Aessrs. Hughes and Kunkel, of Mary
land.
: Messrs. Fonks. Logan and McCler
y nand, Of Illinois. nsae 81 - yiins9a
The lsst-namsdi adding, '.becausel
= will facilitate Just settlement. eaa -
. Not single Republican is on that list
They are all Democrats. The Republ
: can members are afraid to trust the pee
J J pie with an opportunity to settle the mai
= ter. $3.50 iliT iiid So
q Major Anderson.
n As one of the members Of the Andel
!. son family 10 ct this time somewhat prom
inent in the 2ublie attentions It may nc
h. un;nx arast;ro IN the countrv In knov