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The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.Palmetto flag, &c. Wytheville, Va., Wytheville, Va., Feb. 20, 1861 To-day has been one of much interest to the people of this town, owing to the raising of a Palmetto or secession flag, which was thrown to the breeze at three P. M., amidst the cheers of the populace. It is the first flag of the kind I have seen — can't say that I admire the design as much as the object — probably on account of its rattlesnake appear- ance, as I have a perfect horror of such reptiles, and would not tread on one for the whole Confederacy. I think our Southern friends, when they split the Union, they ought to have split the flag also, carrying away as many stars as States, and as many stripes as possible for their enemies. This would be handsome, in my opinion. At our last County Court the Magistrates voted $4,000 to arm the people of the county, and a committee of gentlemen have started to purchase the weapons. I am told they are to be of long ra