The Disruption of Virginia
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Since disunion had been decided ui>on by the "fire-eaters'* of the South, it was of no conse- quence whether Lincoln was elected or not; it would merely serve as a reasonable pretext. The plan was to get Governor Letcher to call a special session of the legislature and by a warlike message stir that body up to rebellion.* The eastern Virginians were warned that the western counties would not be dragged into secession ; that nine tenths of the people of western Virginia were in favor of trying t...he administration of Mr. Lincoln, even though they abhorred his principles. The opportunity was seized to read the east a homily on their duty to the west. On the other side of the Blue Ridge Moun- * Philadelphia Public Ledger, Dec. 17, 1860. See below.
'This presentiment was probably more general than appears on the surface. Union men disliked to admit that their cause was hopeless.
'From a speech delivered at Alexandria, Oct. 10, 1860.
* National Intelligencer, Oct. 20, 1860.
Digitized by LjOOQ IC PBELIMINABIE8 OF THE CONTENTION 90 tains were the majority of the white population of Vir- ginia ; these constituted the bone and sinew of the state, furnished the fighting men in time of war, were ardently devoted to the Union, and would not follow the state leaders in any war upon the Federal Grovemment until that government had actually ceased to be the govern* ment of the whole United States.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Since disunion had been decided ui>on by the "fire-eaters'* of the South, it was of no conse- quence whether Lincoln was elected or not; it would merely serve as a reasonable pretext. The plan was to get Governor Letcher to call a special session of the legislature and by a warlike message stir that body up to rebellion.* The eastern Virginians were warned that the western counties would not be dragged into secession ; that nine tenths of the people of western Virginia were in favor of trying t...he administration of Mr. Lincoln, even though they abhorred his principles. The opportunity was seized to read the east a homily on their duty to the west. On the other side of the Blue Ridge Moun- * Philadelphia Public Ledger, Dec. 17, 1860. See below.
'This presentiment was probably more general than appears on the surface. Union men disliked to admit that their cause was hopeless.
'From a speech delivered at Alexandria, Oct. 10, 1860.
* National Intelligencer, Oct. 20, 1860.
Digitized by LjOOQ IC PBELIMINABIE8 OF THE CONTENTION 90 tains were the majority of the white population of Vir- ginia ; these constituted the bone and sinew of the state, furnished the fighting men in time of war, were ardently devoted to the Union, and would not follow the state leaders in any war upon the Federal Grovemment until that government had actually ceased to be the govern* ment of the whole United States.
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