The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
SAINT PAUL. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 90, 1865,

SAINT PAUL. FRIDAY
PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN VIRGINIA.
From the N. z. Evening Post Repubncan,.
Joseph Segar, of Virginia, known as q
steadfast Unionist from the beginning Of
the war, q man who refused to be dragged.
into secession, but clung to the Union
when bis State was misled into secession
by r. n. T. Hunter and Mason, has made
public 9 number Of letters from prominent
citizens of different parts of Virginia,
drawn out by his request to know from
them the prevailing sentiment of the peo-
pie of their sections of the State. 90.
We notice that Mr.. Segar has written,
IN general, to citizens well known as Union.
men, and whose word strangers and the
government win therefore the more nm
hesitatingly believe. Alexander 81. 81.
Stuart, of StauRton, wrote, on the 1st of
August: aCE i -. .a. @ssE
'sI have no hesitation in saying that nine.
tenths of the people Of Virginia cheerfully ac-
Quiesce In the result Of the late terrible war,
and are sincerely and anxiously deeirous Of
seeing cordial relations re established between
the Northern and Southern States. In this
part of the State (the Valley the people haye,
very little interest In the subject of slavery,
and accept the present condition of things
has been felt owing to the suddenness with
which the revolution has been made, bat as
soon as the transition stage is over everybody
viii be reconciled to the change" -
Charles L. Mosby, of Lynchburg, wrote
on the Sd of August: .... .g.---....-..,
II have had opportunities of conference
with Q number OF persons of highest standing
and all grades of political sentiment from
Southwestern Virginia and the country round
about this place, and very free interchange Of
opinion among our own citizens. And-while
do not undertake to speak for everybody or
to say there may not be individual, exceptions
to the remark ] am about to make-my DELHI
crate opinion Is that o very large majority of
the people of Lynchburg and surrounding
counties, and Of Southwestern Virginia, en-
bracing men of all classes and views sincerely
rejoice at the. termination of the war-accept
the result as q permanent settlement of the
have no wish or purpose ever again to open or
attempt to open them. They are heartily tired
Of war and all its incidents, and pant for re.
pose and the return, as soon as possible, of
kindly relations between North and South.
This letter has been shown to number of our
leading citizens, holding originally most con-
trary opinions, and they all concur In the senti-
ments 1t expresses" 2& 20 i4I.' I....' yEa
Tucker Darlington, of Charlotte county,
wrote on the 31st of July: 1.n,ie.z =.
81 am, as you know, a citizen of Mecklen-
burg, but owing to my extended connections
in the counties of Halifax and Charlotte, both
adjoining Mecklenburg have had much op.
portunity of knowing the sentiment of those
counties also. Our people want peace and
repose after the bloody struggle we have had,
and they look forward with honest and heart
felt longing to the re-establishnent of law and
order. 1t can scarcely be hoped, and it would
be more than human to expect, that the same
cordial feeling could spring up in the Southern
heart toward the North in the short time
which has interviewed between the overthrow
Of the Southern cause and the present moment.
But there is here no spirit of resistance to Fed.
eral authority. but quiet acquiescencs in ex-
isting events" sa.-. no. -..... p
John Janney, of Leesburg, who was
President of the Virginia Convention, and
is well-known Union man, wrote on the
10th of August: . ia -,'1 ..+
"In this quarter the disposition to submit
without further resistance is, in my Judgment,
not only general, but universal do not know
ton Of the miIitarv antboritv at Richnond ,r n
nnilifv;no the election is viewed With e-,x,st
Concern here. and eaIi. for eS,,lanaai,, f =
trust 1t may receive one that viii prove satis-
factory. Inc people wait peace solid and
Of all ther ,onstisntionsl s riHSts s1e
Jobn 8 M;,lson ~ Nors,lk e,o,h.r
we'll ll-knovn and ateaatast TIn;on;st w-ote
w a. III - 49,. "A"'0
On Ine AAsn oA august; p a8ssg a &
81 know Of no one who counsels OF medi-
tates renewed efforts to withdrawal from the
Union, or who would approve further resist
ance TO the authority to which Virginia is
rghttully subject as a State Of the Federal
Union The people seem to be animated by
desire to repair the wastes of the past, so far
as It is now within their reach Of human effort,
and, BY dligent cultivation of the acts Of
pposperity Tthere be any Of whom le1 ab;s as1
not be said, they must, think, be yery few.
They should not be allowed to influence, much
less 70 conuol' any gentfsi pan OF settlement" "
James Marshall and 4. 7. Conrad, of