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Valley Spirit, July 20, 1861Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Probable Results of the Present War
(Column 6)Summary: Summarizes why war will evidently be worse for the South, even if it is victorious. It is argued that Southern debt will be crippling and that slavery will be even less secure as the abolition party will have full sway in Northern affairs.
Excerpt: "...a second Canada as it were, shall stretch itself from one end of their border line to the other, what security will remain for the perpetuity of slavery?"
Origin of Article: Lutheran Observer
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Description of Page: Various battlefield reports from western Virginia, column 4; Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, columns 5 & 6 |
Personal
(Column 1)Summary: Valley Spirit asks that its subscribers pay what they owe.
Excerpt: "We need money very badly..."
Resigned
(Column 1)Summary: Reports the resignation of Capt. Reilly from the McClure Rifles.
(Names in announcement: Capt.WilsonReilly)
A Warning to the Democracy
(Column 2)Summary: The Spirit criticizes the Times as an abolition paper, alleging that free-soil and abolition have led to the dissolution of the Union.
Excerpt: "The Times Newspaper, of this place, hissed on by its abolition master, makes a most unprovoked and malignant attack on the Spirit in its issue this week."
Read It
(Column 3)Summary: Calls attention to the page 1 article from the Lutheran Observer and endorses its views wholeheartedly.
Excerpt: "Secession was the very worst remedy to which the South could have resorted to redress her wrongs. Had she remained in the Union...she could have commanded the sympathy and support of the Northern Democracy."
How to Judge Them
(Column 3)Summary: Spirit responds to charges of Confederate sympathy and friendship with South Carolina.
Important from the Seat of War
(Column 4)Summary: Reports that the Union army marched to Centreville, Virginia on the morning of July 18th. There is an unconfirmed rumor that an engagement with the rebels occurred at Centreville.
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Description of Page: Column 1 remainder of Secretary of the Treasury's report; Advertisements |
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Description of Page: Advertisements |