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Union men and Secessionists.

The vote of this day will dispel forever the delusion which Republican journals continue to cherish, that a strong Union party is left in Virginia. Except in certain sections of Northwestern Virginia, the State will be a unit in its vote for the Ordinance of Secession.--There are no parties left in the State, or, if there be, it is a generous rivalry which shall achieve the greatest labors and sacrifices in the common cause. The old Union party that was, stands like a Gibraltar in defence of the honor and independence of Virginia. The only Union it now tolerates is the union of the ocean rock with the assaulting billows, which it dashes off at every contact with empty spray and foam.

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