Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-01
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IL nc IcoPte ~ fduQutef county Our
Spring elections being near at hand, the neo.
pie OF Our county (Fauquier) will he called
upon to elect members for the Senate ana
House of Delegates
Never i'll the history OF our dear old Gem.
monwealrh has there been greater necess:.y
for sending our best, calmest and II ost er.
perienced men to the Legislature. Tn.
crisis demands it, the best interests Of oor
State require it. Will not the people If
the county, those whose best and deares, in.
terests are jeopardised by the fanatic zeal
Of the ,SecesSionists, take the matter in hand
and as they did in the contest for The Con.
vention, rebuke the intolerant uncomnrc.
missing and vindictivc zeal of this Secession
faction, bent rs it is upon anarchy and ruire
In order TO preserve our State from ruin.
! eternal and everlasting--this faction must
, be put down ard made to know, that q mi.
nority cannot rule, and will be made 10 r.,
spect and abide by the laws
| Let the people look 10 it, and eradicate
the evil whilst there is yet time When H.,
people Of the State and of this county think
their honor, or the honor Of the State is in
peril and attacked, in digniiied manner
and at proper time they will rcsis. the al
tack and protect themselves. and not leave
the honor of the State in the keeping of ex
cited men and fanatics. Virginia. as she
stands, is the Virginia of '76--hcr sons ara
as true and as loyal now as Mrn, and az lit
tie tnctured with SaGmissi0n. freemsa.
whose motto is "Sic Semper Tyrann:s." will
neither submit to ''coerc>n" by the FsJerak
Government, nor coercion" by blinded ia
natics.
People Of Fauquier, this fuction has mads
nominations for the Legislature; their stand
ard bearers are Col. Lawson Eastman, of
Rappahannock for the Senate, and Messrs.
ChildS and kincheloe, for the House Of Del
egates. Will you permit them to represent
you? Speak a decided and crushing no on
the fourth Thursday in May next, and with
Richurd II. Carter and john g. Nayy as
your candidates, victory will be yours To
your posts, for the enemy are upon us
"UPPERVlLLE."
Fauquier county, Va. Marc! 80, 1861.
| see the following, published in the New
York World, and some other papers, as an
extract from the Southern Literary Mes
senger:
''An abolitionist is any man who does noe
love slavery for it's own sake, as divine in
stitution; who does not worship it as the
cornerstone of civil liberty; who does not
adore it as the only possible social coni;-
ton on which permanent republican GOV.
eminent can be erected; and who does not in
his Utmost Soul, desire to see it extended and
prrpetuated over the whole earth, as IA means
OF humane reformation second in dignity,
Importance, ana sacredness, alone to tho
Christian religion He who does not love
African slavery with this love is an abo.
ZIONIST"
Whether this he correct quotation, can.
not undertake to say, not having seen tho
Southern Literary Messenger for several
years. My object in asking you to publish
it, is, for myself, and all other sensible slave
owners, and staunch defenders of the institu-
ton OF slavery, to tenonnce the promulga-
ton of any such ideas-to assert that it is
such preposteTouS nonsense as is continually
injuring the cause of the South and causing
Invasion Of our just righss--and TO say that
those who put forth such sentiments are.
whether they knew it or not, actually play
ing into the hands of tie 1boiiiDnisks, fur
lthering their designs, and contributing to
bring upon us strife and contention have
been an owner OF slaves all my life, As my
ancestors were before me, and have been
rather inclined to separation from the North
but repudiate, and reject with scorn, tho
ideas quoted above. A SLAVE OWNER
Fairfax County.
SPERRYyILLE, RApPAHANSocK Co., March
ga truce with politics. There is some
thing more genial in Spring. lovely Spring.
to think of and talk about For myself,
greet it with hearty welcome. 1t is open
ing upon US in all its beauty though there
are drawbacks in high winds, rains and un-
seasonable shows. And still, the grass be-
gins to cover the earth-although afraid, APP
parcntly. to come premAturey. The cattle
anxiously await its full development ready
for the feast that bounteous nature is abou.
to spread. The growing crops present. 50
far, an excellent ppearance-though It Is
too soon To calculate upon results. Farmers
delight in an early and favorable Spring, ~
it enables them 10 he greatly advanced III
the years work How | long for the sing
ing of the brds--the familiar notes Of tho
warblers of the air-the visits Of the robin
and the wren. Is not Spring, its acc"mpa-
nimentS, its sights, its sounds. its freshness
and beauty something much better to con
template, than to be constantly thinking OF
strife and turmoil. and looking after the
horrid alarms of strife and war? \.
1t is mritteu that 400 out of $50 voters in
King George are in favor Of immediate
Secession" Many things are written. and
much il written. EouKE's LA>uISd.
King George County, Va.