The Shasta courier., 1861-10-19
The Union Sentiment in Virginia.

There are in the State of Virginia l55
counties, casting in the late Presidential
election 167 ,223 votes in the aggregate. VI
this number of counties, 65 west Of the Blue
Ridge are loyal to the core, and If man out
there opens his head in advocacy of seces-
sionism, the probabilities are that he gets it
taken off just then. These 65 counties cast
81 .S45 votes in the election alluded to. 1t
can be safely put down that of that number
SO. 900 are for the Union under all circum-
stances. Now when it is recollected that
there is very strong Union sentiment in
Eastern Virginia, it is not difficult to see that
if Davis bripands were Withdrawn from that
State it would be for the Union at once, and
Darts knotcs Il.
The Union vote in that State is represented
by the vote cast for Bell, Douglas and Lin
coin, which amounts to $4,000. The vote
from which the secession element almost ex-
clusively. derives strength is the Breckin-
ridge vote, which amounted to "A 223 in that
election, leaving the Union element 1867
majority. Now let it be remembered that
all in that State who voted for Breckinridge
are not disunionists, nor that all who voted
for Bell, Douglas or Lincoln are now loyal !;
but it would be safe to say that where you
find one disloyal Bell, Douglas or Lincoln
man, you will find two loyal who voted for
Breckenridge at that time. So on the whole
it can safely be assumed that the net gain
from this quarter to the Union cause is 5 200
men. Let the reader fix his eye upon any of
the late maps of the United States. He will
observe that the course of the Blue Ridge
mountains, and the western boundary of
Virginia, trend south westerly, in what
might be described as parallel lines. lie Will
further perceive that these lines embrace the
greater part of the entire area of the State of
Virginia. This portion of the State he can
put down as loyal to the Government Now
let him still further extend in Imagination
these parallel lines to the south, in the same
general direction, that they leave Virginia,
until he reaches the Northern boundaries of
Georgia and Alabama, and he will discover
that he has embraced all of East Tennessee
and a considerable portion of Western North
Carolina. These districts too are loyal
Keeping this in his mind let him look gen
orally at the States comprising the empire of
Davisdom, end it will be seen how important
is this loyal district, and how impossible it is
to establish the Southern Confederacy untilit
is conquered and subdued, which all the de-
wills in hell could never do. 1t is-so to speak
"a wedge of loyalty running right into the
vitals of treason. When Anderson's bate
ries are planted on the southern boundary of
Tennessee, and we have possession of either
Mobile or New Orleans, and probably both,
all of which is of easy accomplishment, let
him look again at the map, and he will see
that the war is over, and " coercion" COM
plete.
U. s. PosTs.-The Sacramento Union fur
nishes the following list of posts which are
to be garrisoned by the California volun
teers
Fort Colville, Colville Valley, Washington
Territory. rr - r
Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound, Washington
Territory.
Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla Valley,
Oregon.
Fort Dalles, Dalles, Oregon. st. ,
Fort Cascades, Columbia river, Oregon.
Fort Umpqua, mouth of the Unrqua river,
Oregon. c1
Fort Vancouver, Columbia river, Oregon
Fort Yamhill Oregon.
Fort Crook, Pit river, California.
Fort Castor, Northern part of California.
Fort Terwan, Mendocino county, Califor
MIA.
Fort Humboldt, Humboldt county, Cali
fornia.
Fort Point, San Francisco county, Califor-
MA
Fort Aleatraz, San Francisco county, Cal
ifornia
Fort San Bernardino, San Bernardino
county, Cal.
Fort Yuma, Colorado river California
Fort San Diego, (new) San Diego county,
California.
Benicia Barracks, California.
Presidio, San Francisco county, Cal.
Bragg Greek.
Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory.
WE see it stated that Charles L. Scott, for
merly Member of Congress from this State,
and now Colonel, or something of that sort
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