The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-31
Matters ia Virginia.

Occasional" writes to the Phila-
lelphia Press from Washington as
.ollows:
On Thursday next, the 23l OF
May, the people OF Virginia will be
called to vote upon the secession
ordinance which was stolen through
in secret session, at the Richmoni
Convention. 1t is also the day upon
which the Representatives OF the
Uni'c1 States and the delegates to
tie House OF Delegates OF tie state
are elected. The confederate troops
from the cotton and other states. now
assembled at llarper's Ferry, Rich.
mond, Alexandra, fredericksburg.
and other points, will all vote on The
SIDE OF secession, bur the Secession
ist5 will not run candidates, because
they regard Virginia as wholly our
of the Union. Tho Union men.
however, while voting against the
secession or r!inance, will at the same
time vote tor mcmbera ., Congress.
wherever they have All opportunity,
and, taking it for granted that the
secession ordinance will be carried
by fraudulent votes. they have in
advance declared their determination
not TO submit 10 decree in favor of
that ordinance, believing :hat the
majority oi the people Of the state
are largely against it. You may
look for a most amin ated, and pro
badly bloc ly election day in Vir
sinia Three, and probably tour, #
the Congressional dlstricts will send
Union men to the next House
These are the ninth, in which John
J.. Harris is running; tn; tenth,
in which William e. Br,wn in run.
ming and the eleventh, in which
John S. Carlisle ID 'uuning-all un.
undoubted Union men, and probably
in the eighth, in which A. Il
Boteler. a UniJn man, is q candi.
date, although the overwhelming
number OF secession troops ut 1ar
per's Ferry, in this district, may
give the victory to the other side -
Force will, Ct course, be used to
prevent all Union men from voting
in any oi the other districts. Should
the secession ordinance carry, a.
with all the Q influences it must,
then the Western counties will take
all necessary eteps either TO secure
their independence Of the slave pow
er in the tide-water, or will call upon
the federal government to protect
them in the maintenance OF their
rIghts.
Indeed, this may be rem leroi
necessary on the very day Of the
election, and am glad to hear that
arrangements have been made to
give them the full support OF the
army in the event Of any resort to
violence or the part OF the disuniou-
lists. As to the matter of erecting
an independent state out OF Western
Virginia, various opinions are enter
tanned. Some statesmen argue that
TO do so wouii he to almit the just
ice of the Secession movement, and
therefore the plan OF calling upon
the Union men to elect Representa-
tives in all the Congressional dis
tricts, whether by majority or by
any number Of votes, is generally
received. In other words, Tho
federal government is determined
to apply the same remedy to Virgin
la that has been 80 successfully >
adopted in reference to Maryland,
viz: the subjugation oil the disunion.
lists, and their punishment wherever
found arrayed against the laws and
the Constitution. Major General
Butler will probably not move for
ward with HE troops, now collecting
at Fortress Mouroe, until after the
day OF the election, and not then
unless new provocations arc resortet
to.