Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-05-17
THE NEWS HERE.

NIRsINIA.-The public NAV rest assured that
disunion has SO far gained no foothold IN North
western Virginia. II was satisfsctoriIv asce,.
,oInea , az the recent Wheeling Convention that AZ
Sia,s Gounties may be relied on 70 repu.
G%iaS % ehuiely The Hction Of the disunionists In
hIcnnond, thoIgh It was not settled wbetbar
hdrWds I'd |e done by setting ND a npyv Vvea,
,h ,ns!ala-State Government, or by holding
- P'|siHOn that the Conventions action was
WnTIIy revolutionary in its character snbve,sive
oI popular liberty, and TO be resisted by force of
arms as a patriotic duty. Our belief is that thu
1on, VIII 4e 1tsorted to by the Ilth-of June Con-
we also sincerely believe that the coun-
Hes (nf Nirgintal adjoining those for,vfvc viii
80 ny one sooner or later, unite tLefr fortunes
rs-Iolnlng them in rePudatng the rev.
Old4Chety measures Of the Convention ard assert
ing the authority Of the United states within
their esPective limits. From the Pctom.c m Tho
0hlc Slc that will be the case, speedily. after tho
Nest makes the expected move Alexandri,
IoudOun, FaTfax. Jefferson. BerkIev and usr1n'
West moves " " "Hehe'eI tue
Tne election on the 23d inst. will afford no
more truthful ST of the popular sentiment NJ ,be
STATE. than the late election in RaItimo,e Iyrba,e
al tne votes cast were for disunion candidates
auoioe1 OF the views of the legal voter, Of maj
CIV ne reign of terror will be even n,o,e 60, .
pee on thSt occasion throug hout Eastern Virginis
ana the valley, than In Baltimore where No ma
IsEorlhg the continuance Of the Union dared IN.
Vote MS sentiments. Twenty men, Organized:
anu In arms, can easily suppress the civil rabtx
oi TWO hundred unarmed and unoTosni-ad -,
now now mat work Ia already being carried ont in
rngLnia VIII De comprehended from the follow
bis ssIIo,, 6y disunionist of Fairfax to
L,eI ~ -cluIen OF Union sentiments which we
,a.u kSuw 70 DC geanine production-for we know
Doth the Parties well, personally: A'''"
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va NAV Q 1851
ou have never had truer friend
.ndh am, and love all Your family Therefore
nae the liberty friend to EARNESTLY ad v;.a Won
" oe cautious In future how you express Yourself
ID reierence to the present state Of the country
yTu gu '1dt II you continue TO express yourself
against 'he South, as you have done In the last few
days you will be arrested for ty,o soa ooo,,t, o.
oOnh' ana uled for that offence before the pToper
Snta.,is muss OF Ihe state Of Virginia. have this
t9lbk IL solemn duty as friend to live Won tb,.
anvlce no" do. The information | give You ia
nom an ofhcer of the ELaT Virg mia army You
must see that in the present state of tbings with
the united North Of all partie es arrayed the
oOu' ana ner rights, that ii is useless and dan.
S'ious, and the height Of folly to talk about
CIiOn, While an army Of thirty or forty thou
sIhu northern hlrelings are at your very door for
he eVcWed purpose Of whipping the South into
submission. Is there a southern man with a
soutneIn heart that will submit TO this God for
b'i ord heif is now no neutral gronnd there is
cu' one chelce TO be made one QUESTION TO be an
sweIed by each man, woman and child in ths
south! Are you for the North or are Won for the
SoS'n S Iheie is no Union now of the northern
aho southern States. Already ten are out and
Gthtrs VIII soon follow. w here do YOU find Jobn
bel and the Ewings, of Tennessee and ali the
SS cnlon men, with few exceptions, In the
IV! IuIh NOW ihe strongest secessionists and bat
ulng against Lincoln. Where do Won And Hnnt
iholnas and DulanY, and all the leading men vf
our county! Strong secessionists. All must come
70 tn's Know there is nota kinder hearted man
u Ee county than you, but YOU are Ike very
nlshY othes OF Us, exciteable, and while under
tnls excitement, We say many things we are sor[v
Iof afterwards Nothing but the purest friend.
sup, and the interest take in yourself and FAINT
IY5 would have induced me to write 10 Won
Your friend, as ever
Where such a state of terrorism exists does ,uv
rational man look for free and unbiased er
preston OF popular sentiment upon the quest ion
OF the times, at the ballot box,