Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-01-31
Warning Voice from Virginia Let
not the North be Deceived.

NOT the NoItn Do DtcSlFco.
| The following article from the Richmond
Wing one of the ablest and most conserva-
tive papers in the State, Should commend
iitself TO every lover ofihe Union:
We would fain hope that neither the
Northern people are in any wise deceived
in regard 10 theresa feeling existing at the
South. And yet all their recent acts and
Iatterances=seem toEindiease an utter failure
! ON their part 10 comprehend the condition
of public sentiuent in this section of the
Onion. L-l3L L. " a. - (
But let us again proclaim TO them as we
have of,en done heretofore, that there IS no
esq entail difference of opinion among the
! Southern people, as 10 the grievances they
have suffered at the hands ofihe NORTH
Tho eply real difference lbat does exist, or
has existed amepg them on this subject, is
as TO The means OF redress. There are, 70
be sure goodly number Of rank per Sc dis !
lnnionists; abut the & number of that class is
exceedingly small esp eoisly outside Of fe%
Of the. Gulf STATES, compared with our
whole population. The great body OF the
Southern people are. staunch and devoted
friends Of the Union, upon The term and in
the spirit of the Constitution, but they are
Union men in no other sense and upon no
other condition, nor have they ever been.-
We belong to this class, ourselves. We
have already fondly hoped that The Union,
as founded and handed down to us by the
wise and pririoiic fathers of the Republic
would be perpetual. lis std the fervent
aud ,apxigus wish ..of1tour heart that such
should be the case. And such u.s. the feel
ing and idea as we have said, of the great
body ofthe Southern people.
70 Bnt though there are yunnumberrd thou
sands of such Union NEE in.lhc South, there
are no s,rbmissionisls. We; believe indeed
thai if Virginia were reked and scraped,
there would not be found q hundred per-
sons within alb her borders, who would rea-
sonably be classedl as suBMIssIoNIsTs.-
There is stern and universal determine.
ton, among all the citizens of the. State, to
insist now either upon an EQUITABLE AND
FINAL SETTLEMENT Of the slavery contr5'
versy, or upon prompt and eternal sepa
ration between the North and South. While
prefering the former, we are yet willing TO
meet the consequences Of the latter, if forr
ced upon. We look upon civil war as a ter
rible acaiamiIy.p but upon dishonor and deg
relation Is "a calamity a thousand-iold
worse. ,af ID, es-.EJ..al aialiH a'-'s'a,<
Let moi the Northern States and people
then, be deceived. Let them realize at
once that The South presents two alterna-
tiYes- either prompt and satisfactory od.
iustment of the pending difficulties, or sep.
aration forever, The fifteen slave States
once out Of the Union, there can be no re-
constructions Of the Union-let at least no
such construction as would make The u
nion wllat it now is. This prevalent idea Of
sreeonstIuction is mere sbsurdity, and no
msn North or South, should permit it to
delude him FOR moment.
We, trust, in conclusion, tina. in, this
great contest, Virginia The proud cid moth
err ofStates and statesman, will bear her
self with. dignity, moderation, iirmness and
courage. We hope she will notify vindi-
Cafe her ancient fame, and that neither the
/ threats nor the number of her enemy will
f cause her TO swerve hairs breadth from
| the path OF duty and honor. May she al
ways be right: but right or wrong, We 70,
one, shall be with her through all her diff.
fculties and dangers. In. word her peo
pie shall be our people, and her God shall
be our God, and where her sons die there
will we be buried also. '