...thy of the people than in New York. In Virginia the Blue Ridge answered British menaces with a mountain tone of defiance. We cannot part with liberty but with our lives, said the inhabitants of Botetourt . Our duty to God, our country, ourselves, and our posterity, all forbid it. We stand prepared for every contingency. The dwellers on the waters of the Shenandoah, meeting at Staunton, commended t...