Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-05-10
THE FEEL1NG IN VIRGINIA.

The Richmond Examiner urges the
Convention to take immediate action in
reference to uniting the State with the
Southern Confederacy, that she may not
be left to confront the horrors Of Fede-
raj ;nvasion unaided. It says:
A single days hesitation might prove
fatally disastrous to the commonwealth,
and.do deep and serious injury to the
cause of the South. 1t must be borne
in mind that We are almost entirely
without organization; and, therefore,
something akin to chaotic confusion
would possess the country, if Lincoln )
cut-throats were to invade our State in
her present condition. 1t must, also be
borne in mind that the bloody campaign
against the South, planned by Winfield
Scott, and now in process Of execution
under his orders and especial superyis-
! ion, eontemplates the invasion of Vir-
ginia, and Lincoln has repeatedly ex-
pressed his determination to carry out
the plan, so far as it may be necessary to
possess himself of the property and
places of the late Union. The Custom
House in this city, will afford Scott and
Lincoln ample excuse for sending their
forces up James river, aud Of lombard
ing the city.
As military movement, all must al
low it would be good one to make Old
Point Comfort the base Of operations
and from thence, with the artillery and
infantry, the very flower of the army, at
tempt an attack upon Norfolk, Ports
mouth, Petersburg and Richmond
| Virginia is the particular object Of abo-
lition envy, hatred and arrogance. AS
the doomed and damned of Tophlet hate
the blessed in Paradise, so do the mean,
hungry, avaricious, lying, cheating,
hypocritical, cunning, cowardly Yankee
hate the hight toned, elevated Souther-
nor, but, above all, The Eirginian. An
invasion Of our soil, the discontinue Of
our troops, by the hired emissaries OF
Scott and Lincoln, would console the
North almost for the secession Of the
South. Lincoln would be reelected to
the Presidency, and General Winfield
Scott would be ranked Immediately next
to old John Brown in the calender OF
Yankee saints. The bait is very
strong one to invade Virginia. The
james River is open to them, and they
have seized upon the river steamers
sufficient to carry their troops.
The Richmond Wing does not place
SO high an estimate upon the power OF
the North. Speaking OF the Baltimore
riot; it says:
1t reflects eternal honor on the cour-
age and patriotism of the people OF
Maryland, and proves, beyond doubt,
that they viii sooner suffer extermina.
ton than submit to the infamous rule OF
the despots at Washington. Laboring
under all the disadvantages of a Tory
Governor-sold body and soul to Lin
coln-and without arms, they fought a
picked regiment Of Yankees for hours
with brick bats and paving stones, and
killed and wounded more than they lost
themselves, and puttheir adversaries to
the rout. The only regret we feel on
the subject is, that they did not succeed
IN exterminating the last one of these
wretehcs, as just vengeance for law
less invasion Of a free people, and as a
warning to their brethren for all time.
Some Of the incidents of the fight are
worth noting The negroes pitched into
the scoundrels with a patriotic ardor
only equaled BY that Of their white as
sociates. Let the Yankees put that in
their pipes. Some of the wounded, who
begged for quarter, confessed that they
came against their will-that they had
been forced into the service, and would
be gladly out of it. With all their
boasted valor, it appears that they ran
like clever fellows-wisely concluding
that feetness of foot is gift bestowed
for use. a-~ - =