The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Coercion in full Blast--U. S. Army for the South.

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Coercion in full Blast--U. S. Army for the South.

We suppose no man of ordinary brains and sagacity is surprised at the exciting intelligence from New York. Lincoln has been silently concentrating military resources for a month, and the Southern ports are to be blockaded, and the storm of war burst upon our Southern plains. We have never doubted that such would be the result, and have raised the voice of warning again and again. Is this Coercion, or is it not? Is Virginia expected to stand still and see the thirsty earth drink up her kindred blood? Are the mercenaries of the Federal Government to slay our brethren and friends, and Virginia, mother of the States which may soon be panting in the death struggle, to desert her own offspring?--Will the Virginia Convention adjourn, amid the solemn rumblings of the coming storm, and leave our unprotected homes and firesides hostages for our good conduct, bonds and pledges that we will keep the peace, and bow the knee, and not utter one groan, nor drop one tear over the invasion of Southern soil and the desolation of Southern firesides?

The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 6, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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