Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Western Virginia” in chapter 6 of James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States.:

...icians and the ignorance of the country editors — who took for granted whatever figures or opinions their leaders advanced--Mr. Thayer would probably meet with resistance at the outset; but, in Western Virginia , where slavery was weak, and a free soil feeling had long been predominant, he would be welcomed, he believed, with open arms, and realize his most sanguine hopes of pecuniary success, if the affairs...
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