Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-05-13
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THE FEW SHOULD NOT INIuRR rHR MANY
Under this heading, our neighbor, the Alexan-
dria Ssatinsl, urges the propriety Of treating all
Unionists Of Virginia who now write or speak
their sentiments, as traitors properly liable to be
punished with death for SO Doing. II there be
soundness In his position that the liberty Of speech
and Of the press shsud no longer be tolerated
where the disunionsts have been successful In
revolutionizing their local governments, IL will
strike the sensible and really patriotic reader that
the parties who most deserve the traitors doom
are these who In the face of clearly ascertained
Union msjorties Of 90 900, as In the Of Vir-
ginia, and of 50, eco. as in the Of Tennessee
have udulently, by hagrant usurpation and the
establishment Of the revolving despotlsm of
naked reign Of terror-such as that for which the
Sentinel pleads-at single blow swept away all
the rights, liberty and blessings which the citizen
OF the United States has enjoyed under the be-
nign protection of his government; substituting in
their stead the unbTidled will of mobs, vigilance
committees, &c, as the lalU 10 the supremacy
OF which every man must submit his life and for
tune without daring to open his mouth in protest.
under penalty Of experiencing the traitors doom
Sooner or later, due reckoning with the conspir-
ators against popular liberty ia this country Will
be had. That il is dreaded by them already, is
evident IN the nervous ferOcity with which Jour
nails In their interest claim for them the right Of
lie and death over all their felow-citizens not
disposed tamelv to submit to their naked despot-
Ism. That the Sentinel is perfectly aware of the
truth Of our recent declaration that three fourths Of
the people OF Alexandria Unionists at heart is
manifest IN tne coVertthreats embraced In the arti
Gle on which we are commenting Ii Is also mani
fest in the haste with which the Sentune! office has
otlate been packing up to absg guatulate from amor
them, after doing quite its share to bring about
the utter ruin which has overtaken them already
through Nirginia's ordinance of secession 1t
Tears that the people Of Alexandria accepting its
etroc1ous doctrine as principle to be acted upon
may NOT long hence apply IL to its (the SeninsLS)
own case; Furnishing its managers for the wrong
upon the community they have helped TO work
as IL unblushingly proposes to punish those sur
rounding II who may dare to continue longer to
assert their rights as citizens of free country
S.-The following bandbilI tells that the
UnlonlsS OF the Valley of Virginia-BerkCley
county-are not vet disposed to admit the r,gbt of
Inelr dlsunion neighbors to hang draw and omar
ter-as the Sentinel virtually prOposes-aIl or any
around them who may dare longer to claim their
States: ~ '''''0
ATTENTION, UNION MEs,-LovERs OF YouR
COUNIRY.
Al very large and enthusiastic meeting of the
citkens OF MaftlnsbGTg. held at ssFeIIer's Hall y
On friday evening the Sd inst. ii was unanimous
~ resolved to hold mass meeting at the Court
House, on Monday, the 18th inst at , O'Clock
(court day. TO give expression to public senti-
ment on the importdnt issues of the day, and also
10 select two through and thorOu2 h-coinp I'M.
yielding, incorporating, and unbought L nion
men to represent Berkeley county In the next
nonse OF delegates Men who will oppose any
RESTRICTION 10 the rights Of the ballot box and who
Will not fear 10 trust their constituents with this
sacred rig ht, which is formidable to tyrants opIv
come from the mountains, from the valleys
tfom the hie eeways, from the hedges and The
ol'coes, for you are freemsn yet but who can tell
no. long you VIII De SO, II demagogism and Sc
Sessionism are to rule. Turn out, turn out and
let as drive back ali these fa,alisms tc their ma
tive hell " '-e'i 'io-
Msrtinshurg, May 4, 1861.