Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
a Vacation, if not the question, for the people of Virginia to consider.
Warrenton,Fauquier, Feb.13
Should Virginia, ‘"the mother of States and Statesmen,"’ continue to delay her intended decided, if not prompt action, under the far off contingencies, until Lincoln's inauguration, and until the ‘"Force Bill"’ shall have been passed, will not the militia of Virginia be subject to his orders?
And if coercion be the policy, will not her citizens be not only comparatively powerless to prevent it, but will they not (the militia) be compelled to take up arms against her Southern sister States--composed, as they are, of their brethren, sons, daughters and friends; or incur and suffer the penalty for refusing, if in the power of the Federal Government and coercionists to execute it?
If so, has it entered into the mind of any even to conceive of the horribleness of the scenes that will be enacted in our liberal, hospitable, confiding, peaceable and too hopeful dear old Commonwealth.
For, would hot, not only the State be divided and arrayed in arms against herself, but would not the cities, towns, counties and neighborhoods be subdivided, and in bloody conflict with each other?
Under the circumstances, should not the members of the Convention, now in session in Richmond, and the people of Virginia, not only consider, but should they not act now, so as, if possible, to prevent consequences, the thoughts of which sicken the heart, and which tongue cannot portray?
Enquirer. 