Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-05-29
Union Men of Virxinia.

We commend to the attention of all violent parti
Fans in this State, the following magnaminous vim.
dication of the old Union men of Virginia by the
Richmond Dispatch, one Of the first ablest and
most fiery secession journals in that State. What
the Dispatch afirms to be true of the late Union
men of Virginia is also to the letter true of the late
Union men Of North Carolina; and yet vile parti.
zanships treats them and impertinently charges
them with submissioaism. Thank Heaven, the late
Union men Of this State true as STEEL have patriot
ism SO lofty. SO true to principle and duty, that it
soars unassailed and unassailabe, above the veno-
nous shafts of partizan detraction:
1--WE trust that the result of this election will dis
pei all doubts from the minds of Northern skeptics
and cavillers to the Union sentiment of Virginia
The truth is, that from the moment of Lincoln's
Proclamation there has been but one party in Vir-
ginia, and that is the party of Southern Indepcn-
dence and Nationality. We are inclined 10 doubt
whether the Northern journals which denied this
the election of yesterday must have ended their
doubts forever =
Having from tho beginning advocated the seces-
sion Of Virginia We are free to say that this party,
to which We were for time opposed, and which,
previous to Lincoln's Proclamation, had large ma
jority in the Virginia Convention, commands our
unbounded admiration for the prompt, united and
intrepid front with which they unfurled the banner
OF Independence the 6rst moment that the real pur-
poses Of the military despotism at Washington were
avowed. From that time to this, their whole souls
have been given to the vindcation Of the honor and
glory of Virginia; they are at this moment in the
front rank Of its armies; in every fight they will
be among the first and in every retreat among the
last. Augusta county, the great stronghold of
Unionism in Virginia, has sent more men to the
field than any other county in the State, and not
Union county can be named which is noeattesting
its devotion by sacrifices as great and courage as
lofty as that which distinguished the most ardent
advocates Of promp. action in Virginia"
PR1vArEERIse-The London Times thus hits off
the positions taken by the Lincoln government and
the Northern press to the treatment Of privateers
authorized by the Confederate States, AZ pirates
telegraphic correspondent of the Wilmington Jour.
nal says: =,
'' The London Times speaking Of the rejection by
the United States Of the proposition to make priya
teerng piracy by the universal Law of nations says,
that proposal having been rejected the belfgerents
holds ancient rights, and that commissions from
President Davis are as good bose from President
Lincoln: =. As to the resoldliOn adopted by the
New York merchants, to treat privateers from the
nnrccosnizsd South pirates, the proposition can.
not be maintained Every jurist must hold, that 10
long as Mr. Davis is Presidentof . Confedcracy Of
sovereign States he has the same right to issue let
lers Of marqae. which any President Of the ;Repdb.
ic Of either North OF South America has"