New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

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bread, VIII Do TO- lie Chinese wal, have niaee {"
France alieeo,i s1;pply of cotton IRON 'ua g. tbn
TaDgeme9'r. nth together with tne suPP t,ao nde
The woi5tl vii in a few YEAR Iehuei lii he .nb
Eat lDdes Tttop States; for all these VIII w ~.
reDdent Of lne elsewhere; but simply thro" 'ngni
sect for aIs e.. Election and for making has'e Sy
ouf % Din 80 become of that vast mnutuue - S,a,as
WIN ,izens scattered through me S,o,es Gov
Itl>S s,eOra allegiance 10 VIC ~ overv land
who owe a5;cb l. bound to protect them on e'ey ~
emmett Ioae or abroad Are they TO lie Hsheu
wbe'iei ~ ;IIfnl reriury by taking up arms agae'
colii, and a Government they have s S ~
C "a suopor or are they TO DC uIis sIaJ (. Nv
SOntb as aliens and enemies 70 l,e ~ Tnestion for
cOu .naent that is 10 be erectedf IL If hn their
en ANNEXATION TO determine what Is 10 DO and
gIs.s ,ybtn we separate from our uo!eliuS nv, 80
s@ ~; II Won the natives OF llrgihla, wv - =.
e. iii, oiapee 10 the State, surely theS o"'
The General Government. myself and live in
IT. I've b,ief am ready TO sacIlhce InyeS "a eI
10 III oTerty deserted by friends ior whom
oId de rather than HARM II by suon saViho ;btS
w. ~ ,;ch legacy from our isthers anu 'ue Luz
81 49, ~ our children. am ready 10 n]a.u ~!
.H in fighting the battles OF Virginia IN
INC, . 80 bnt am not willing 10 sacrnce the oest
Jtta of nv State and my country, ana tne IoPes VI
hrsssd mankind throughout the world III upnoiuIB
Sprtk Carolina in bad cause, and wholiy
sogth on, yyhim which she avOws she has INDUCED
E b;,,v wears am not willing to rush upon oes'rnc
~ Co. MISPLACED sympathy for State that eXuted
nSs, the election Of Republican President ourheu
90; taT barrels and illumnf ted Their cles because
E,Ae5 them the gTcteTt for rebellion, ana mas SINCE
o v sezed upon the Forts Arsenals, arms and am
.;,;n3 and money of the UDited States, aud has
Ed mon and driven from her waters an uh-
armed vessel bearing that flag OF our Union wmch mas
horne us tIiumphantly through every war anu every
uhls am not one of those who profess or feel such
svmpsthy, nor will uphold her in such conddct let
woud afford her every opportunity to retrace her IN
Iudicious steps. Wit:
NV earnest and urgent advi,e is, that Virginia
,honld remain in the Union demanding all her consti-
,onal rights the repea of all unconstitutional laws
or the declaration OF their nullty by the Supreme
Court and Just punishment for those who shall re-
yist lis decisions Let her remain IN and taxing Sdes
sci nthcT, act the part OF mediator ana peaceaker
between the extremes of both sections Of the country
Recolect that those who beckon you on to destruction
are the same advisers and leaders that lured you on IN
1854 10 insist upon the repeal OF the Missouri Compro
mise which has brought you TO your present conui,
Ton That was grievOus error, OF which You mao
finely warning but to which You would not hsteni
and those who warned you then were denounced as
submissonists aud traitors TO the Soutn as ney arc
now. BE not deceived by the same men AGAIN, WI" WIZ
would now lead you into ten thousand times more
fatal aud do not hereafter forget that tell you now,
when YOU give up your Union you surrender your no
critics and the liberties of all who are TO come AFTER
you. Il. r - ;s
should meet with the concurrence Of the people OF
Richmond and they desire TO call me INTO thelr ser
vice at moment when all the calmness dehDeratlon,
and philosophy of the most experienced and
statesmen should be called into requisition, shall
apprecate the honor and not decline the trust But II
they are bent upon committing act Of
that no time or labor, or money, can repair, ana
involving this State and themselves in everlasting ruin,
some other arm than mine must be selected to strike
The blow; for cannot and will not commit the parri-
cidal act that would hand my name down in dshonor
10 potery as one Of the desroyer of my country and
of the liberties Of the people.
am, with great respect, your obedient servant
JOHN MINOR Bolts.