Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1871-10-27
VOL. XVII.---N0. l3.
Letter from Virginia.
LOUISA Q. hi, Ya., o., l9th, ]

LOUISA c. H., Va, Oct, 10Th, 1871.
Mn EDiroR Thinking few lines from
this point by an old contributor, wonld not
be nmiss, with your concurrence, shall be
most happy to make the essay. This town or
village is situated upon the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad, and is ono OF the old landmarks
OF Virginia Her Courl-Honse is constructed
of brick, imported from England prior TO the
onpieasdttRess between the colonies and tho
mother country. Within its walls the voice
of the immortal Patrick Henry has resounded
time and agau, and many of the revered dead
Of the 50 Old Dominion have frequently gath
cred here on court day. The county of
Louisa taken M whole, is not remarkable for
It's fertility, vet the land in several parts of the
county is exceedingly rich. That portion
bordering upon the North Anna and upon
either bank of the South Anna being splendid
farming land, while the section known rs
" Green Spring Valley is unrivaled, with its
cattle upon thousand hills, and its towering
mansions, even by the peerless valley of tho
Shenandoah Within the limits Of this county
stand the dwelling-house and store occupied
and kept by Patrick Henry in his youthful
days, ere he pleaded ut the bar Of Virginia, or
by his imprisoned harangues and soul-strring
philippines awakened TO enthusiasm and action
his lelow-cii2eus. II stands to-day ms it
stood when ho pulled down his sign as II
merchant and grasped his Blackstone es-
hordcs, which n few years agone overran the
State The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
passing by this town and through the county
is the most important road Of Virginia md
when completed TO the banks of the Ohio river
will become the great thoronghfare of the
South It is presided over by Malone The
great railroad king of Virginia and the South
and second only in the whole country to Gar
rett of your State Four miles north of this
place on the railroad is Trevlian, memorable
during the invasion rs the scene of great
cavalry fight in which many of the gallants'
from old Montgomery participated. Tho
graves of the fallen thcreabout dot the grove
and plain with
" No marble slab or craven stone
Their gallant deeds to tell
No monument to mark the spot
Where they with glory fell:
Their namcs shall yet herald find
In every tongue Of fame,
When valley, stream, and minstrel voice
Shall ring with their acclaim"
The Radicals have n preponderancc in this
county of between three and four hundred.
When | say Radicals, ! mean the negroes led
by II few designing and imported expectora-
tons from elsewhere (whte in color Of coursc.)
cannot close these lines, without a word Of
warming and counsel to the voters of the First
District in your county. When the ides Of
November arrive 70 to the polls and deposit
the Democratic ticket unmarried, UBscratched
and uaJlemished. However strong your mn
lipathy against any iadioiaarl upon that ticket,
| cast it from you MS you would the leprosy and
through that pery iHdj0daal vindicate the su-
premncy Of Democratic doctrines for / ns your
old leader, tell you, If you would see a reign OF
terror in Montgomery aud in the State Of
Maryland, let the Monsrcls get the helm. II
you were here and look around, argument
would he useless, fine spun phrases and flights
Of rhetoric would 60 for naught. Once more
to the breach, then ye wavering Of Craeklin,
regardless Of any Objectionable name, keeping
only in view the pure principles Of Democracy.
of which those 10 whom you object are only
the representatives and standard-he hearers, and
when November arrives with eican Hctets and
II shout of enthusiasm welcome to the arena Of
battle the dusky sons OF Ham and their white
allies. u. 7,