Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Messrs. Barton” in article pos=38 of The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
... the separation of Virginia from the Federal Union until the action of Lincoln demonstrated that it was impossible for the State to remain in the Union without submitting to the basest degradation.
Messrs. Barton and Williams have long been leading members of the bar in the Valley.
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