Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1861-02-21
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ih~ omesissed body. whsrh ccDDauced
In scss;ess 80 R'sh.osd On wednesday.
embraces ~ s'sss IN is.saIrrt ari pa.r;osisn Of
the State Il Virginia "A ex.uises;cs n The
list Of members exhibits IN. rr.t;f,;nc fsrs sha,
the party di,isions Of former ,;r,A, have b<xn
entirely discarded by the people :. ,A~;r cAo;c.
Of representatives mon THE ssgu.s and dcc;s-
i've occasion. pcmccrats are found represent.
ing the strongest Wing counties. and the strong.
cat Wings in the State are elected from the
Tenth Legion Democracy That the county e
Rockingham. the banner county Of the Tenth
Legioa. which tan easily give two shcsssssi
pcmocrs'ic majority. should eject Wing. and
that Wing such dy~i;n-tbewool Wig -
John =. Lewis. sccms 10 those who have known
any thing Of Virginia polite, and politician.
little Ices than = miracle. Such fsrts sp~ak
trumpet songsed ihc deep devotion Of The REQ
PIE of Virginia to the Government which was
est.blishcd by the ~isdom and couscruatcd by
the best blood Of their faiher~ Tbs monen,
that they believed their county was in danger
they roc. ~ masss. FROM the Atlantic TO the
Ohio. and breaking ,b-ir party organization. A
samson snapped the bonjs Of Dclilah. they
,hunderrd forth their love and loyalty to the
Union IN tones that might rou.c the dead. Fiji.
~ thousand Unicn majority ai least OF the pop
ulsr vote. and in the Convention. q bosiy which
u composed OF one hundred and fifty-two meu-
bcrs only thirty Sccess,oni-ss! We have hard
good deal IN our time Of the omprch~nsible
character Of Virginia politics. but there can he
nd Misunderstanding the present position
Above all party Virginisns place their country.
and thus IL 10 that in State which gave Mr..
buchanan thirty thousand majority. and which
never from the foundation of the Go,crnmsn,
east an electoral vote for oi,pcstion candidate.
TIL the last Presidential election there are. nc.
cording TO old party eIa,siGeations. eighty. FIVE
Bell n.rn, thirty seven Douglas men. and only
thir'y friends Of Mr.. Brechnridgc. whist the
Convention has chosen rs IL. President JONI
JASSEr. OF Loudoun. thu strongest Wbir-in the
days Ut Wing and Democrat len the old Wing
county of Loudoun. which is the .trongcs, Wing
county IN Virginia; or, IL We adopt these new
party designations Of UNl0NIST and DIS
,NloNisr, under which parties throughout
the country will. in all probability. BE- hereafter
arranged we may speak Of Mr.. Janney the
'"''' "''''''' "h"r"ush'''o'ng "ut-and ont mon
man between the Potomac river and the Gulf
OF Meh'eo' The individual who mistakes Viz
gina . meaning this time must be binder than
4 beetle and deaier than an adder.
Indeed no matter what the justification. Of
Democratic party politics in former times there
never was An hour IN her history when the de-
'oiion OF Virginia 10 the Union was not the
most prominent and unmistakAble feature Of
her political character This IN Drni6crnt 10, al
y" the mon has Always stood out in Virgin
IN ponies Ike her own Peaks Of Otter above
the surrounding mountains. The Union wa,
ti'e hrsto'rn ehiid OF this iilsstrious Moiber of
''"'es' IL was born OF her patriotism. il has
grown sirong and glorious under her training
"eo'ge Arlington himself was not more truly
anu e"Phaueahy virginia production than
was the American Union. She first conceived