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The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ntees of safety or security, and was not worthy of acceptance. Mr. Seddon next addressed the throng. He gave the report of the Peace Conference a most thorough sifting, and denounced it as a delusion and a sham — an insult and an offence to the South. Yet he thought if the Commissioners had been more strongly backed up by public sentiment at home — had there been exhibited a positive determination to have ample security for the future or secede at once — Virginia could have got all she wanted. Neither of the distinguished gentlemen entered into a full exposition of their views, choosing, properly, to reserve them for a more appropriate occasion. There were loud calls for Ex-Gov. Wise, but he did not make his appearance. Lieut. Gov. Montague was called out, and made a strong secession speech. The band next proceeded to the Spotswood Hotel, where another serenade was given, and speeches were made by Messrs. Sheffey of Smythe Morton, of Orange, and perhaps oth
The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Texas. (search)
Western Virginia. If the New York Tribune desires an illustration of the fidelity of Western Virginia to the South, we commend it to the spirit-stirring speech, on Wednesday last, of James W. Sheffey, Esq., of Smythe, one of the ablest and most influential members of the Convention. We believe that the patriotic and gallant tone of Mr. Sheffey, on the subject of coercion, indicates the unanimous spirit of all Virginia, East and West, mountain and lowland, as the day of trial will incontestably prove.