New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-25

and submit 10 be used by the conspstors engaged in
this effort 10 enslaye You, their inetruments by
which your enslayement il tn he Elected
Freemcn who would remain free, must prove them
selves worthy to be free. and must themselves first
strike the blow.
What is Secession A deed not To be accomplished
in the broad glare Of n0ondy sun, but deed OF dark
ness which had 10 be performed ia secret cOnclave,
BY the reckless spirits who accomplished it. in contempt
of the people their matters under form Of govern
ment bat who the leaders in hs work OF destruction
have determined 10 eIslave.
What is Secession Bankruptcy, ruip civil war,
ending in military despotsm. Prior TO the adoption
of the Ordinance Of Secession in Virginia and TO tne
passage by the Legislature Of the bill calling Con-
veuon all was peace aud tho greet business interests
Of our State uninterrupted. From The hour that
il proclaimed the Ordinance of Secession had been
psssed business of every description has been para
Iysod So, corporation and iad idunl Sfedt is
trae, ard bankruptcy and ruin stare In the face and
war, civil war, with all lite attendant horrors is upon
Secession, all SOW zee, is war. Ii is preceded by
war, accompanied uad sustained by war, ushered into
being by war.
Who stand he brnt Of hi. cOn.e.t' VIII be tho.s
who have s,mor.d oas for ssce'1s and who have done tie
from the very approach Of da ger They hurry IN every train
% ,ed ssyy o.ee ron ths sne scenes Of d.,gI0snce
tho aud shoaier the In the which they
s.s sd faas al r s.. .a cns Is. f s
appointments witch sPperIain to the order Of ns They
with horses, and .evani, and rsous match while Union
loving people will be called upon f The honor Of Vri. aud
,hip OF war 'Ws sfs 4. yirxn,sp, ,.y tIey The state
must be sustained and, nsst must all hsht for Viz
What 1, II to hsh. for virsin,i What !. II to sustain te
snd sps dsS 00t b 2s r.. va, y.n S % s.d Sh to % s
which we testify devotion the II
AL dead in u.s. shall exhibit love for Virginia by rePud.
endosSorod TO impose And sucr Ourselves sod Ike
heep from tho shamb The people yet hold their dssnes
woss many Iims. sn .ha rom which the war Of 7S deliver
cd u'-nos the tyranny Of one man, but OF many.
But, people Of Northwestern Virginia, why should
We tins permit ourselves to be tyranDzed over and
made slaves Of by the huughty arrogance and wicked
Vaccinations Of w,uld-be Eastern despotsi Are we
subnssionsts, craven towards who will yield to dar.
Ing ambition the rrh legacy of Freedom which we
have inherited iron oar fathers or are we men who
know our rights, and knowing, dare maintain them
II are, will nsst the usurpers, and drive from
midst the rebellion sought TO be forced upon
We will In the strength Of cause, resolutely and
determInedly stand by rights and hbere, se-
cured to us by the struggles Of our Revolutionary
Fathers, and tho authors of the Constitution under
which we have grown and prospered beyond all pre-
cedent in the world history We will maintain pro-
tect and defend that Constitution and the Union with
all our strength, and with ell powers, ever re-
membering that " RESISTANCE TO tyrants Ia obedience
10 God"
We utterly rcpudiate the war sought to be forced
upon without aud against the consent and earnest
protestaons Of the people who have not produced IT,
but who have regret 10 say, thus far offered
sance, bat have submitted to tho filing up of armies
and the quaerng of troops in their midst taking for
tue purpose young who had, in time Of pro-
found peace. and with expectation Of ever being
called upon 10 aid rebellion, attached themselves
to tho volunteer corps Of State. The people,
stunned by the magIitude of the crime, have for
time, offered resistance; but, returning reason
enables them 10 perceive distinctly the objects and Pur
poses Of tho vile perpetrators Of this deed their hearts
swell within them, aud already the cry has gone mp
from mountains and our valleys " Resistance to
typuts is obedience 10 God
lie. US urge yon, then, that our resistance may be
eectu 10 act in the spirit of the resolutions here ap-
pended, adopted by the Convention whose Committee
we are. Let all ends be directed to the creation
Of All organized resistance to the despotism Of the
tyrants who have been in session In Richmond and
who aTo soon to rasemble, that we NAV maintain our
position in the Union under the flag of our common
country, which has for many years waved grace
fully and prutectirgly US, and which, when We
behold upon s ample folds the stripes and the stars of
Freedom, causes our bosons TO glow with patriotic
heat and hearts TO swell with honest love of eoun-
try. That this fay, the symbol Of might, chal-
lenges admiration, and Justly claims our every
eIor against those who have dared 30 dcsecrate and
dshonOr it, all admit. Lot US, then, that
take tho proper TO make eectual those Efforts
The Convention TO assemble on the Ilth proximo is
looked 20 to organize action lts importance, its
necessity w II at strike your minds; take iume
date steps, therefore, TO secure for your Representa-
uves in the Convention, your most determined reso-
lutte, temperate and wisest We have already
detained you too long, The time for action, prompt,
firm ard decided, has In the hope that our sec
ton will be that Of united people, We take leave Of
you, confidently calculating that you will give your
body soul, strength, mind, and all the energies oil
your nature to the work of svng your country from
becoming the theater Of koody war, brought upon
you without your consent and aganst your VIII Let
show Mr. ExSecretary Csbb, now President OF the
Montgomery CoDgress that are not willing 10 rec
ogrizc the trausier of us mah by the Richmond Con-
vention, nor do we intend h allow our borders as he
says they will be- to be made the theater OF this war;
Fellow -citizens, we ask yen TO read and ponder well
the passage from Mr. Cobb'tspeseh we recste;