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The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter from Col. F. H. Smith to a friend, on the questions of the day. (search)
Letter from Col. F. H. Smith to a friend, on the questions of the day. Virginia Military Institute, December 13th, 1860. My Dear Sir: When the correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch represented me as favoring a "Southern Confederacy," he was as unjust to me as I think he was to Major Preston when he stated that gentleman expressed his "satisfaction with the Union as it is." My position may be enunciated in two general propositions: I not only prefer, but am most earnestly anxious, to preserve and perpetuate the Constitutional Union under which we live. I am no less determined to vindicate the constitutional rights, and to preserve inviolate the honor and character of my beloved mother Commonwealth — Virginia. The two propositions, though seemingly paradoxical, are perfectly consistent, and are based upon the fundamental principles which underlie our Federal Union. No constitutional right of a single State can be trampled upon by the Federal Government or