Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-23
EEALrY oR LoupouN COUNTY.

HILLsBoRo, Dec "a, 1861.
EDrroRs DIsPArcu: have seen lately some extracts
from letter OF Lsesburg correspondent OF the CHARLES
ton Courier which think is calculated to make false
impression upon the public mind outside OF the county,
10 regard to tho position which the great mass OF the
people Of Loudoun occupy relative TO the contest now
being wsged between the United States and the South
err Confederacy.
0le would suppose from reading the letter alluded
to- that loyalty the cause Of Southern independence
was the exception and not the rule among the citizens
Of this wealthy, populous, and important county. 10
the estimation Of the writer thereof ut is foul tester
upon the body Of the Oonfederscy and its loyal citizens
are confined to some ten or twelve gentlemen whose
he gives that they may be held up to admiration
being pure and true where every body else is false
and corrupt
l knew the gentlemen named-the most Of them init
mately-and believe them to be earnest and honest
hearted patriots ready to Sacrifices "ther lives their
fortunes and their sacred honor in the Of South
ern Independence but that they more patriotic or
ready to do all and dare all for their country than
q vast msorly Of the people Of the country, utterly
deny aud co. no doubt, would each and every one Of
them. A simple statement Of facts will establish the
truth Of this proposition beyond the possibility OF dis
pute Contradiction.
Loudoun county, though she gave a very large ma
joty for the Union candidates for the State Convention
stained the ordinance passed by tina. Convention, by
sO2 majority in voting population OF some 2.2OO or
$780, Her people perfec y understood their exposed
position upon the Northern frontier but nevertheless
freely accepted the fixed alternative Of war rather than
to ssbmt to the encroachments OF Northern desposm
Let this fact no. be forgotten and let IL carry with II all
the weight 1t deserves. Providence has rewarded her
noble devotion, by giving her battlefield which the
daring of Southern chivary has rendered glorious for
ever.
And, again, Notwithstanding the fact that she has
among herpeopls very large number Of Quakers who
are non.combatants from religious principle, she has
given to the Southern army from twelve to fourteen
hundred Of as gallant fighting men, there in it
men who rushed to arms as the tims-honored
Avg Of their old mother was given to the breeze.
In the "blOody eighth"-a regiment which an eminent
Georga General has pronounced the most distinguished
in the servce-there six companiesof Loudouners,
and one Of them, (Capt Heaton's Hilsboro Border
Guards reunited right from portion Of the country,
which the CoierS Lsesburg correspondent would con-
slider the fouest part of the ouleser" These brave
men won undyog honor for themselves, and illustrated
the invncble Of Southern resistance TO tyranny
in the blacklist and hottest parts oil the battle OF hanas
sas aud Leesburg whle doub. the Coivisrs valiant
CORE spondent heard them from affair." in the sale retreat
Of hospital or baggage Wagon.
In addition TO these, Loudoun has three full cavalry
companies Ia the servics-Oapts. Dulany Garter, and
Mead Capt Welby Carters, was the company which
made the gallant charge at Manassas In fact believe
that was the only cavalry company which charged at
all that day, until after the battle was won.
Loudoun has also company Of artillery, (Oapt- Rog-
ers) which did good work on the 2lst Of July, ard
company Of infantry 1.-THE LoudOun Guards 10 the 18th
Va regiment foremost in the fight at Bull Run on
the lSih OF July.
know, that in a certain seaion Of Loudcun, known
as the Dutch settlement traitoS scattered thick
as tories we're in South Carolina 10 the Revolution but
rs South Carolina not denounced at that time be-
,use Of her tories neither should Loudoun be thus de-
nounced because Of the vainous teactery Of COM
paratvely very small number Of her people. The
great body Of her citizens loyal to the South
the citizens Of any other portion of the Confederacy.-
She has been bereaved Of eighteen twenty Of her sons
who rec lived their death by the bullets Of the enemy
ard numbers Of others who contracted their diseases In
the service She has furnished more supplies TO the
army than any other county in the Coufederacy Her
horses wagons and borers have been tAken until there
il scarce enough left to the ordinary work Of
farming and many Of her citizens living along the river
have had nearly all their movable property taken and
destroyed BY the Yankees and yet there have been
murmurs or complaints. Having done ind suffered all
this Think ito say the Heterogeneous to attempt
to brand her with the foul stigma of disloyaly especially
upon the part Of one, who, in all probability, has joy
cd for months the kindness aud hospitality Of her people
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